municipal government

A city in northeastern Japan is stepping up road snow removal efforts to help the visually impaired

January 11, 2022

MORIOKA — This municipal government in northeast Japan has taken steps this winter to step up snow removal efforts so that visually impaired people…

Ghanaian man with kidney failure sues Japan’s city government for blocking aid because of his nationality

December 15, 2021

The Chiba Municipal Government Office can be seen in Chuo Ward, Chiba, in this file photo taken on March 1, 2019 (Mainichi / Buntaro…

Public high schools in eastern Japan city allow girls to choose pants instead of skirts

December 12, 2021

UTSUNOMIYA – Female students at the 25 municipal high schools in this eastern Japanese city will be able to choose pants instead of skirts…

Western Japanese city to use anonymous donation to give $ 88 per child to families in need

November 13, 2021

The Takarazuka Municipal Government Building is seen in Hyogo Prefecture on November 11, 2021. (Mainichi / Kazuhiro Doi) TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo – The government of…

Eastern Japanese city launches avatar robot test for educational purposes

November 10, 2021

The robot avatar presented by the Yaita Municipal Government is seen at the government office in Tochigi Prefecture on October 25, 2021. (Mainichi /…

Eastern Japanese city creates first government-run helpdesk for young caregivers

November 3, 2021

(Getty images) TOKYO – To support young caregivers required to care for and care for their family members, starting in fiscal 2022, the municipal…

Lithuanian cookbook distributed for free in eastern Japanese city after host city pact

October 17, 2021

HIRATSUKA, Kanagawa – A recipe book on food in Lithuania on the Baltic coast has been published and is distributed free of charge in…

All emus that escaped from ranch in southwestern Japanese town captured

October 11, 2021

An emu that escaped from a ranch can be seen in this photo provided by a local resident. KIKUCHI, Kumamoto – All the emus…

Western Japanese city offers multilingual support to 6,000 foreign residents to boost COVID fire

September 12, 2021

A woman completes a medical questionnaire with the help of interpretation staff at the Toyonaka International Center in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture on August…

Wreckage of Japanese warplane arrives in southwestern Japanese town of Usa for preservation

August 8, 2021

USA, Oita – Wreckage of a former Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bomber that was recovered after the plane crashed off Tanegashima Island in the…

Anonymous man donates $ 9.2,000 to western Japanese city to support young caregivers

April 19, 2021

This photo shows the letter and envelope that the anonymous man brought to the Ashiya Municipal Government Building in Hyogo Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of…

Western Japanese city to start providing free sanitary napkins amid coronavirus pandemic

March 22, 2021

Akashi’s municipal government can be seen in this file photo from September 26, 2019 (Mainichi / Toshihiro Hamamoto) AKASHI, Hyogo – The government in…

80% of Japanese City Public High Schools Have Underwear Color Rules: Lawyer Group

December 24, 2020

A group of lawyers and others announce the results of their investigation into Fukuoka City Municipal High Schools at the headquarters of the Fukuoka…

Amid anger over luxury local government vehicles, Japanese town sends mayor’s car on school trips

October 19, 2020

A student is seen getting into the Shibukawa City Public Use Vehicle, which has a school bus sticker on its hood, in Shibukawa, Gunma…

Wild boar leads police in hours-long chase in southwestern Japanese town

August 5, 2020

FUKUOKA – A wild boar led police in a savage chase through this southwestern Japanese city for much of the morning of August 5….

A city in Japan in the “second wave” of the coronavirus crisis to resume dispersed school attendance

June 3, 2020

Kitakyushu Municipal Government Building (Mainichi / Kimiya Tanabe) A special worker is seen disinfecting the building of Moritsune Primary School, where a cluster infection…

City in southwestern Japan sees 12 new cases of coronavirus, group suspected at school

June 1, 2020

A special worker is seen disinfecting the building of Moritsune Primary School, where a cluster infection is believed to have occurred, in Kitakyushu on…

Southwestern Japanese city sees 46 new COVID-19 cases in 6 days after lull

May 29, 2020

People wearing masks walk to work and school at JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on the morning of May 29, 2020 (Mainichi…

City in southwestern Japan declares climate emergency, country’s 1st

September 26, 2019

A city in southwestern Japan on Thursday became the first municipality in the country to declare a “climate emergency”, joining more than 1,000 local…

Japanese Ministry of Education Seeks Local Government Cooperation in Investigation into Foreign Student Attendance

May 25, 2019

In this archive photo from November 2017, the logo of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is seen during a press…

Teacher’s passion drives city in central Japan to promote education for foreign children

February 10, 2019

Foreign children study the basics of the Japanese language in a class for these young people in Kani City, central Japan, Gifu Prefecture, September…

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