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11 сюжетовМинистерство транспорта Японии устанавливает четыре уровня риска затопления для подземных переходов
Министерство земли, инфраструктуры, транспорта и туризма Японии 6 октября опубликовало руководящие указания, классифицирующие подземные переходы по всей стране по четырём уровням риска затопления и призывающие к установке дистанционно управ…
Russia denies plague after worker at Siberian institute dies of unknown pneumonia
A woman who worked at a plague-control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia has died; Japanese outlets differ on whether she died on Oct 1 or Oct 2. Russian authorities say the cause was “pneumonia of unknown cau…
Citizen Medical Lecture wins newspaper association's regional contribution grand prize
The Japan Newspaper Association selected the “Citizen Medical Lecture” run by Nishi-Nippon Shimbun Area Group Kitafukuoka for its 2026 Regional Contribution Grand Prize. Eleven newspaper sales outlets have held the lectures with doctors as …
Japan audit finds ¥14.9bn in road repair subsidies used for ineligible work
Japan's Board of Audit found that about ¥14.9 billion in state subsidies for bridge and tunnel repairs went to work outside the subsidy programme's scope, in 469 contracts at 88 municipalities, according to Asahi Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimb…
Russian woman at plague research institute dies; cause disputed
A woman in her 20s who worked at a plague control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region died on October 2. Russian health authorities said on October 4 the cause was “pneumonia of unknown origin,” while speculation of plague infecti…
Shizuoka to charge for off-season Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues, aligning with Yamanashi
Shizuoka Prefecture will make climbers rescued by prefectural disaster helicopters during Mount Fuji's closed season pay for the rescue, Gov. Suzuki Yasutomo formally announced at the prefectural assembly. An ordinance is to be enacted with…
Fukushima's Futaba to lift evacuation order for two districts in December
Two districts in Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba Town are expected to have their evacuation orders lifted around December, which would let residents live there again after about 15 years and 9 months. It would be the first lifting in a “speci…
LDP approves bill to cut food consumption tax to 1% for two years
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill at its general council on Oct 6 to cut the consumption tax on food to 1% for two years from next April, according to TBS NEWS DIG and NHK. The bill also includes an income-linked benef…
Japan minister: two Futaba districts may see evacuation orders lifted by December
Reconstruction Minister Hosono said on October 6 that the government will work with relevant ministries so that evacuation orders can be lifted in two districts of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, possibly within December. The districts a…
Японское общество по изучению ожирения предупреждает против использования препарата от диабета Mangiaro для снижения веса
Японское общество по изучению ожирения заявило 3 октября, что использование препаратов от диабета, таких как Mangiaro (тирзепатид), для снижения веса при резком ограничении пищи или углеводов связано с кетозом и кетоацидозом, которые могут …
Британия рассматривает пошлины до 45% на китайские электромобили, действуя в русле ЕС
Tokyo Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun и Sankei Shimbun сообщают, что правительство Великобритании рассматривает возможность усиления пошлин на китайские электромобили, действуя в русле Европейского союза, при ставке, которая может составить о…