Devices for the English listening test are handed to university entrance exam-takers at the venue of the University of Tokyo in Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 16. (Rei Kishitsu)
A man who repeatedly refused to cover his nose with his face mask while taking a university entrance exam was found hiding by police in a campus restroom after being disqualified and arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
The man, 49, locked himself in a restroom stall for roughly four hours at the exam venue after refusing to leave, before police climbed over the top of it and apprehended him, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
Hida Suppon Marimo moss balls shown at the Gifu Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Gifu on Nov. 24 (Fumiko Takaki)
TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture Officials are trying to give the struggling area here a boost through sales of a more durable “marimo” moss ball that forms in hot spring water used to cultivate “suppon” softshell turtles.
Marimo moss balls grow naturally in Lake Akanko in Hokkaido and elsewhere, and the cute appearance of the small ones has long made them imported or artificially made popular bottled desk ornaments.
The Hida Suppon Marimo from the Okuhida onsen hot spring resort here can be kept in tap water.