Residents in the southwestern Japanese city of Saga filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the construction of a Ground Self-Defense Force garrison site for Osprey transport aircraft, amid safety concerns following a recent U.S. military Osprey crash. Local fishermen and other landowners involved in the suit filed with the Saga District…
The first avian flu case of the season was found on a farm in Saga Prefecture. Last year, the country had to cull 17.71 million chickens because of the virus. The local prefecture, the government, and the World Health Organisation are mobilising to put in place countermeasures to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus.
SAGA Fearing that a lack of higher educational institutions is causing a “brain drain,” Saga prefectural officials are seeking to open new universities and reorganize an existing one.