TOTTORI When chief curator Shinichiro Osaki sought pieces for the planned Tottori Prefectural Museum of Art, artworks created by U.S. artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) seemed a natural drawing card.
MAEBASHI The top leaders of prefectures that host the nation’s popular hot spring resorts want the world to recognize and appreciate the soothing mineral waters that Japanese have enjoyed for centuries.
Only four of Japan’s 47 prefectures will take the central government’s option of easing infection count rules that currently oblige medical workers to report detailed information of every COVID-19 case, the Asahi Shimbun learned.
Hospitals and public health centers are so inundated with COVID-19 patients that they should be relieved of the burden of reporting new cases to the government on a daily basis as the task takes up precious resources, according to a proposal by mayors and governors from around Japan.