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news 91% of Japan's local gov'ts yet to tap doctors for COVID-19 vaccinations: Mainichi survey The Mainichi © The Mainichi A COVID-19 vaccination drill takes place in the city of Kawasaki's Saiwai Ward in Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 27, 2021. (Mainichi/Naotsune Umemura) TOKYO -- Ninety-one percent of municipal governments surveyed by the Mainichi Shimbun said they are still "making arrangements" to line up doctors needed to administer the coronavirus vaccine. Furthermore, nearly 70% stated that the national government has provided insufficient information on the vaccine ro...

Japan Photo Journal: Snow strikes Tokyo, with more on the way for much of Japan January 29, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki) Snow falls on Tokyo's Nerima Ward as flurries hit the Japanese capital on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2021. People were seen walking with umbrellas, and children played in the white stuff. Due to a low-pressure system and a strong winter pressure pattern, extremely strong wind is forecast to hit areas across Japan, with heavy snow falling mainly on the Sea of Japan side of the country on Jan. 29 and 30, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)...

news Shutdown of sobriety support groups due to coronavirus takes toll on alcoholics in Japan The Mainichi © The Mainichi An alcoholics' meeting is seen here in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 2, 2020. One is held somewhere in Tokyo almost every day. (Mainichi/Natsuko Ishida) TOKYO -- Appeals from the Japanese government to stay home as a measure to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus have forced sobriety peer support groups to cancel their meetings, which has led people to fall off the bandwagon. It first began when the government declared a state of emergency in the spr...

Doctor arrested for dangerous driving resulting in death Dec. 21, 2020 06:00 am JST Dec. 21, 2020 | 06:37 am JST TOKYO Police in Tokyo on Sunday arrested a 59-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after he hit and killed a man in his 80s on Saturday night. Police said Hiroki Nagase, a doctor who is head of the Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, has admitted to the charge, Sankei Shimbun reported. He was quoted as saying he was took his eyes off the road for a second and didn’t see the man. Police said the incident occurred in Tokyo’s Ner...