MAEBASHI Two Labrador Retrievers named Niko and Haru will be trained to sniff out health problems in humans under an initiative by Gunman Prefecture to be the first local authority in the world to put the research into practical use.
UENO, Gunma Prefecture Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that claimed 520 lives offered silent prayers and flowers here Aug. 12, the 38th anniversary of the world’s deadliest aviation accident involving a single aircraft.
MAEBASHI, Gunma Prefecture The president of a local Japanese language school officially resigned after coming under fire for calling his Ukrainian students “elite refugees.”
CHITOSE, Hokkaido More than 3,000 passengers were stranded at Shin-Chitose Airport here through the early morning hours on Feb. 24 as heavy snowfall brought the region’s train services to a grinding halt.
SAPPORO Record snowfall paralyzed transportation networks here and in its neighboring region, forcing a railway operator to cancel all train services to and from the prefectural capital on Feb. 7.