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完成したコースター（上）とキーホルダー。コースターには同塾のロゴになっている島の偉人・大濱信泉氏、キーホルダーにはミンサー柄をあしらった 市公営塾 　ビーチクリーンを主宰する同塾の「島そうじプロジェクト」は海洋ごみの認知度を高めるため2020年度、プラスチックごみを粉砕して再加工するオランダ発祥の企画「プレシャスプラスチック」に挑戦。 　同...

朝日稲荷神社は古来より当地に鎮座し、守護神として厚く奉斎され、遠近の崇敬を集めていた。しかしながら、安政の大地震により社殿倒壊し、三十間堀に幽没して以来、社地は荒廃し、浮浪の徒付近に散集して見るかげもなかった。 大正六年、銀座を襲った大海嘯によって、三十間堀より霊体が顕れた。建築業館岡田某が当地に奉安したが、関東大震災により転地を余...

Japan Post says a former postmaster in the western city of Nagasaki swindled more than 11 million dollars from customers with false promises of high-interest postal savings.

May 2, 2021 In 1962, the year Robert Whiting arrived in Japan as a 19-year-old soldier from small-town America, the United States was at the peak of its economic power. Under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, the nation had embarked on a quest to put a man on the moon and its Peace Corps volunteer aid program was dispatching idealistic young Americans abroad to help countries in need. Tokyo Junkie, by Robert Whiting 384 pages STONE BRIDGE PRESS Meanwhile, the Japan in which Whiting fo...

Bulgari collaborates with renowned architect Tadao Ando on limited edition Octo Finissimo watch May 1 06:08 am JST May 1 | 06:53 am JST TOKYO Watchmaker Bulgari has teamed up with world-renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando to produce a limited edition of its Octo Finissimo timepiece. Ando has gained worldwide acclaim for his buildings, which combine concrete and glass with the primordial element of light. The Octo Finissimo-Tadao Ando Limited Edition watch expresses the pas...

Lodging houses used as morgues in Japan create unease among residents Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ One private residence in Osaka, licensed to take in lodgers, has been used as a temporary storage facility for dead bodies. | KYODO Kyodo Apr 20, 2021 Osaka – In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licen...

Lodging houses used as morgues create unease among residents Today 06:00 am JST Today | 06:39 am JST OSAKA In a quiet residential neighborhood of southern Osaka, the transition of a private house licensed to take in lodgers into a so-called "corpse hotel" has left locals up in arms. "The corpse was carried in wrapped in a cloth," a local man in his 70s recently explained as he recounted his astonishment at seeing a body arrive last December at the house with its dingy and bla...

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 initi...

Coronavirus pandemic hits Japan’s feared Yakuza in the pocket Closure of restaurants, bars and nightlife venues deprive underworld groups of their protection money and other revenues 13 April 2021 • 5:15am Restaurants, bars and nightlife venues were ordered to close in the early phases of the health crisis Credit: Bloomberg The coronavirus pandemic has delivered a body blow to Japan’s feared Yakuza underworld groups, which were already under growing pressure from authorities trying to st...

Membership in Japanese criminal syndicates dropped for the 16th straight year in 2020