Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura is calling for more flexibility in thinking about how to pay for and build national pavilions that have yet to start construction for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo.
Scandals have knocked the wind out of the sails of Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), the opposition force that was flying high following its success in the April unified local and by-elections.
SUZU, Ishikawa Prefecture Less than 5 percent of residents here took shelter at evacuation centers despite landslide warnings following the powerful earthquake that rocked the region.