Four people in Yokohama who used a machine on March 27 to get their residency certificates instead received ones belonging to someone else due to an overload in the system, according to city officials.
Sapporo city has suspended activities to promote its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, saying it should first regain public trust that was lost over the corruption scandals surrounding the Tokyo Games.
TOKAMACHI, Niigata Prefecture This city might be the only municipality that will hear Japanese cheers erupt if Croatia scores against Japan at the World Cup in Qatar.
MAKINOHARA, Shizuoka Prefecture The head of the Kawasaki Kindergarten School said he will resign over the tragic death of a 3-year-old child who was left on the school bus in the scorching summer heat.