KYOTO The defendant in a horrific arson attack that killed 36 people at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in 2019 admitted to the charges in his first hearing at the Kyoto District Court on Sept. 5.
Japan’s worst pathogenic avian influenza epidemic has spread to poultry farms in 23 prefectures, leading to a record 10.08 million chickens culled or scheduled to be killed as of Jan. 10.
Municipalities are divided over whether to promote the widest possible protection against the spread of COVID-19 in their communities or to follow the letter of the law concerning undocumented foreign nationals.
Ibaraki Prefecture’s success from promoting its beauty and charms was short-lived. The prefecture returned to its familiar bottom-basement ranking in a survey this year of “attractive prefectures.”