Some opposition party leaders skipped the Sept. 27 state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and those who did attend raised questions about the decision-making process for the event.
The two largest opposition parties on Sept. 21 agreed to “fight together” on six issues in the extraordinary Diet session next month to put pressure on the now-weakened administration of Fumio Kishida.
The new leader of the second largest opposition party said he will not rule out joining forces with the ruling coalition as long as assurances were given that policy goals would be met.
Nurses at Osaka Gyomeikan Hospital help treat a COVID-19 patient with serious symptoms. (Provided by Osaka Gyomeikan Hospital)
OSAKA The health care system in Osaka Prefecture is now in such a critical situation that hospitals fear they may soon have to turn away seriously ill COVID-19 patients.
There are now more patients with severe symptoms than the number of available hospital beds for their treatment in the prefecture.
The prefecture has squeaked by after some medical institutions initially designated to treat those with minor or medium symptoms were forced to treat patients with serious symptoms because no other facility was willing to take them in.