Ibaraki Prefecture, one of Japan's leading agricultural regions, is taking up the challenge to make its agriculture and fishery industries profitable and sustainable
MITO Ibaraki and Saga prefectures have reached an agreement to accept each other s certification for same-sex couples as partners following their relocations to either prefecture.
Only four of Japan’s 47 prefectures will take the central government’s option of easing infection count rules that currently oblige medical workers to report detailed information of every COVID-19 case, the Asahi Shimbun learned.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Aug. 25 that doctors in the capital will continue to report all new COVID-19 cases every day, despite the central government’s decision to ease that burden on medical workers.
Twenty prefectures are giving “deemed positive” diagnoses to potential COVID-19 patients without actually conducting tests to confirm if they are infected, The Asahi Shimbun has learned.