US military aircraft also suspected of low flights over Japan s Kagoshima Pref.
April 26, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Osprey aircraft are seen flying low over the city of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2021, in this image provided by citizens group Amami bloc pro-Constitution Peace Forum. KAGOSHIMA Amid the issue of U.S. military helicopters spotted flying over Japan s capital and the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa at very low altitudes, aircraft appearing to belong to U.S. Forces have also been seen more frequently in southwestern Japan s Kagoshima Prefecture. A record-high 137 sightings of low-flying aircraft were reported in Kagoshima in fiscal 2020, about 1.6 times the figure for the previous fiscal year. Among them, 83 were suspected to be of U.S. military aircraft another record-high as of December 2020. While many of these were over remote Amami-Oshima island, low-altitude flights possibly involving U.S. military aircraft have also been confirmed ove
80% of public junior high schools in Japan city have rules on underwear color: lawyer group
December 24, 2020 (Mainichi Japan)
A group of lawyers and others are seen announcing the results of their investigation of municipal junior high schools in the city of Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Bar Association s headquarters in the city s Chuo Ward, on Dec. 22, 2020. (Mainichi/Keisuke Muneoka) FUKUOKA More than 80% of municipal junior high schools in this southwest Japan city have rules on the color of students underwear, and a majority also exercises rules pertaining to hair and eyebrows, it has emerged from the results of an investigation conducted by the Fukuoka Bar Association released on Dec. 22.