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Residents of a town in central Japan have been instructed not to approach a cat that fell into a tank of hexavalent chromium and, authorities fear, could expose local people to the highly toxic chemical.
Two senior members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s youth wing have resigned from their posts after reports surfaced that politicians and their supporters were being entertained by scantily clad dancers at a gathering in central Japan.
Yu is nervous. She tugs at her hair constantly and adjusts her mask to cover as much of her face as possible. As she displays dozens of credit cards bound with elastic bands and photocopies of bar bills showing eye-watering amounts, her movements are twitchy.
Industry insiders and analysts broadly agree that an additional small daily levy would not place too much of a burden on travellers or put others off visiting Osaka – but they emphasise that the prefecture must keep its promise to plough those funds back into the tourism sector.
The Jama Meteorological Agency (JMA) has recorded 28 quakes since the start of March this year, and 30 similar tremors last month. Most have been relatively small, but there were several level-four quakes on the agency’s seven-level seismic intensity scale. A quake on February 29 had a magnitude of 4.9 and another the following day registered a magnitude of 5.2.
Starting in April, the council will cordon off the maze of alleyways in Gion, which are lined by restaurants and tea houses where the geisha work. Entry will be limited to the geisha, their clients and residents.
While Kyiv is unlikely to support Tokyo’s decision to restart the grass roots exchanges – including sending Japanese teachers to Russian schools, resuming government scholarships for Japan-bound Russian tertiary-level students and the return of “small-scale” Japanese cultural events – such exchanges may well advance an anti-war agenda, an analyst said.
Japanese taxpayers have been footing the bill for noise pollution caused by American aircraft in dozens of compensation suits filed by people living close to US military bases.