YAMAGUCHI After making a New York Times’ top travel list on Jan. 9, officials here hope to start seeing more tourists from abroad this year despite one disappointment for visitors.
YAMAGUCHI A court here on Nov. 2 ordered Yamaguchi Governor Tsugumasa Muraoka to pay 20.9 million yen ($141,752) in damages for his government’s “illegal” purchase of a luxury vehicle using taxpayers’ money.
After seeing what has happened in Okinawa Prefecture, communities near U.S. military facilities on other parts of Japan are bracing for accelerating surges in novel coronavirus infections.