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Japan s local gov ts striving to minimize waste of COVID-19 vaccines
June 5, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This photo taken on May 27, 2021 shows a local official reaching into a box used in a lottery to choose people who will be administered extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) With the COVID-19 vaccination rollout just starting to gather steam in Japan, local governments have been figuring out how best to use surplus doses resulting from sudden appointment cancelations or no-shows and coming up with a variety of schemes. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested in writing that each local government study and adopt flexible measures to address the question of whom should be administered leftover doses of vaccine that would otherwise be discarded.
Shima Seiki chief carries Olympic torch for Wakayama
Mitsuhiro Shima, President of Shima Seiki, took part in the Olympic torch relay as it passed through Wakayama on its way to Tokyo.
20th April 2021
Mr Mitsuhiro Shima, President of Shima Seiki, the leading Japanese flat knitting machine manufacturer, took part in the Tokyo Olympics torch relay when it passed through Wakayama prefecture earlier this month. The relay is currently moving from prefecture to prefecture, beginning in Fukushima and ending in Tokyo.
With the Tokyo Olympics starting in just three-month time, Shima Seiki was invited to take part as one of the prefectures leading companies, and Mr Shima was greatly honoured to take part.
Wakayama woman arrested for switching price tags at supermarket Dec. 13, 2020 06:14 am JST Dec. 13, 2020 | 06:23 am JST TOKYO
Bit by bit, self-checkout systems have been popping up in Japanese conveniences stores and supermarkets over the past few years. With these developments, some have worried whether the rapidly aging population here would be able to adapt to the new technology.
However, it seems some have adapted to them so well that they’ve used it to enter a life of electronic crime. This was the case for one unidentified 83-year-old resident of Kainan City, Wakayama Prefecture, who now faces charges of computer fraud.