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Shoplifting becomes unforeseen side effect of ban on free plastic bags

National / Crime & Legal | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Nov 27, 2020

Shoplifting becomes unforeseen side effect of ban on free plastic bags

More and more customers are now taking advantage of their own personal, reusable bags to conceal unpaid items, making theft harder to spot.

Oyster firms suffer as travel ban exposes reliance on foreign trainees

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Oct 23, 2020

Oyster firms suffer as travel ban exposes reliance on foreign trainees

The shortage of manpower due to the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to deal a heavy blow to Hiroshima Prefecture’s oyster industry.

Rules on buying farmland eased in rural Hiroshima amid depopulation

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Sep 25, 2020

Rules on buying farmland eased in rural Hiroshima amid depopulation

Smaller plots are being made available in a bid to attract younger people from the cities to the countryside.

Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime

National / Social Issues | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Aug 21, 2020

Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime

Fewer Japanese people want to work in sewing jobs, one industry insider said.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later

National / History Aug 9, 2020

Hiroshima and Nagasaki struggle to preserve A-bombed relics 75 years later

by Kyoko Niiyama and Tetsuyuki Hanayama

The cities face a continuous dilemma over how to maintain ruins and how to find the money with which to do it.

Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials

National / History | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Aug 7, 2020

Japan institute struggling to preserve A-bomb autopsy materials

by Yuji Yamamoto and Kyosuke Mizukawa

Specimens from victims were held by the U.S. for almost 30 years. Now returned and fading, the government has refused to fund their digitization.

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

National / History Jul 31, 2020

Time fails to dim Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Peace Declarations

by Kyoko Niiyama and Eiko Tokumashi

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely have some effect on this year's ceremonies marking the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Iwakuni facility a remnant of 'special privileges' the city enjoyed for hosting base

National | Regional Voices: Yamaguchi Jul 24, 2020

Iwakuni facility a remnant of 'special privileges' the city enjoyed for hosting base

Despite a range of benefits on offer to residents, the city itself is experiencing severe depopulation.

Traditional Hiroshima Shinto dance in peril due to coronavirus

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Jun 19, 2020

Traditional Hiroshima Shinto dance in peril due to coronavirus

Orders from local kagura communities — themselves grappling with the economic fallout of the pandemic — have stopped coming in.

Language barrier hampers flow of virus info to Hiroshima's foreign residents

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima May 22, 2020

Language barrier hampers flow of virus info to Hiroshima's foreign residents

Although the city’s website is equipped with a language-switch option, the question remains as to how many residents know about it.

Cities in Japan flush bad image with upgraded public toilets

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima May 1, 2020

Cities in Japan flush bad image with upgraded public toilets

Municipalities are teaming up with corporations when carrying out renovations aimed at improving experience for tourists and families.

Nuclear energy exhibit to be turned into clinic for doctor-hungry Yamaguchi town

National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Feb 10, 2020

Nuclear energy exhibit to be turned into clinic for doctor-hungry Yamaguchi town

In an unusual move, a nuclear power exhibition facility in a small town in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which has been seeing a steady decline in the number of visitors in recent years, will reopen as a medical clinic when a new doctor starts work there ...

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