NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture Commuters and railway workers here cheered as Noto Railway Co. partially resumed operations on Feb. 15, more than six weeks after the New Year’s Day earthquake damaged its tracks.
Officials in charge of reservations for COVID-19 vaccinations in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, noticed a troubling discrepancy in the billing numbers after outsourcing the call-in system.
TOYONAKA, Osaka Prefecture One in 20 people infected with the novel coronavirus experienced affect-effects even one month after they first developed symptoms, a city government survey here showed on Dec. 14.
IKEDA, Osaka Prefecture Children at an elementary school here vowed on June 8 to continue cherishing the preciousness of people’s lives on the 21st anniversary of a stabbing spree that killed eight students and injured 15 others, including teachers.
The government agreed to pay full compensation to the widow of a Finance Ministry employee who killed himself in 2018, but she said she was disgusted by the abrupt move that ended her lawsuit.