Apr 24, 2021
Dave Prucha’s work day begins at the crack of dawn, when he heads out to tend his hop plants in rural Yamanashi Prefecture, on his farm, Obina Hops.
Prucha purchased land in Obina, just outside of the city of Kofu, 12 years ago after falling in love with the scenery and the warmhearted locals. He had already been taking groups of students out to the area to learn about rice cultivation as part of his course on sustainable business for Takushoku University in Tokyo, and the San Francisco native and lover of craft beer eventually saw a chance to immerse himself in a new venture bringing back domestic hop production to the region and starting his own microbrewery in Kofu.
The time is ripe to bring hops back to Yamanashi
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Japan to go public with vaccination status by prefecture to avoid municipality competition The Mainichi © The Mainichi People are seen waiting to see if there are any immediate side effects from coronavirus vaccinations and receive a certificate after getting vaccinated at a health and welfare facility in Kai, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 15, 2021. (Mainichi/Ayano Tanaka)
TOKYO The number of coronavirus vaccinations that have been administered to elderly people in Japan will be announced publicly by each prefecture instead of by municipality to avoid competition among local governments.
While residents are concerned about the vaccination status in their local communities, there have been voices within local governments saying that it would be problematic if detailed vaccination numbers by municipality are announced.
Missing girl s mom sues Twitter in Japan for IDs of trolls over online harassment
April 21, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Tomoko Ogura displays a photo of her missing daughter Misaki at a press conference at the Ministry of Justice press club in Tokyo s Kasumigaseki district, on April 20, 2021. (Mainichi/Yohei Koide) TOKYO The mother of a girl who went missing on a family camping trip in September 2019 has filed suit at the Tokyo District Court demanding U.S. social media giant Twitter Inc. reveal the identities of users who slandered her online over her daughter s disappearance. I was wounded by the swords of people s words online, 38-year-old Tomoko Ogura told an April 20 news conference. I don t want anyone else to have to experience what I ve gone through. She added that, if Twitter reveals the information on her online attackers, then it will be possible to file damages lawsuits and criminal reports against them.