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TOKUSHIMA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2016
Staff at five Shikoku prison facilities punished for wrongly dispensing medicine
Officers at five prisons and juvenile detention facilities in Shikoku have been reprimanded over errors in administering medicine to inmates, it was learned Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 8, 2016
'Pull Me Under': Whirlpools of confusion and psychosis in Tokushima
Chizuru Akitani, daughter of violinist Hiro Akitani, a National Living Treasure, and American Elena, who committed suicide by jumping from the Naruto Bridge, has apparently inherited her mother's depression. With her mother gone and her father remote, 12-year-old Chizuru has little defense against the "black organ" — "a dark presence in (her)chest" — or the class bully, Tomoya Yu, whom she fatally stabs during a psychotic episode.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2016
Tokushima woman becomes first Japanese fatality linked to 'Pokemon Go'
A woman run over by a distracted driver in Tokushima Prefecture is believed to be Japan's first death related to "Pokemon Go," police have announced.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 6, 2016
Kochi voters feel neglected after redrawing of electoral boundaries
Campaigning is at fever pitch ahead of Sunday's Upper House election, with candidates pounding the pavement, holding rallies and calling out their names and slogans for hours on end via loudspeakers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2016
Tokushima stork breeding deemed failure as crow snatches egg
The Tokushima Prefectural Government said Wednesday that a recent attempt to breed storks in the wild had failed after a crow snatched an egg laid in March and any others in the nest were deemed unlikely to hatch.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2016
Less well-known regions of Japan vie for pieces of tourism pie
Tourism is becoming a bright spot in the economy now that foreign visitors are venturing beyond the well-trodden "golden route" encompassing Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2016
Tokyo bureaucrats trial working from Tokushima Prefecture
Senior officials of the Consumer Affairs Agency are carrying out a trial in which they are working remotely from a facility in Tokushima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 25, 2016
Ministry, Mikawaya21 test drone to deliver food to rural Tokushima elderly
The transport ministry tested a drone in Tokushima Prefecture on Wednesday to deliver parcels containing food items to elderly households in sparsely populated areas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2016
Tokushima group trains abandoned dogs for rescue roles
Local authorities across Japan are struggling to reduce the number of abandoned pets they put down. But a program by Tokushima Prefecture aims to improve the situation by turning unwanted dogs into rescue and therapy animals.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2016
Government eyes transfer of two agencies' functions to prefectures
Some functions within the Cultural Affairs Agency and Consumer Affairs Agency could be relocated to Kyoto and Tokushima prefectures, respectively, under a government plan to be finalized in March, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 24, 2015
Facing depopulation, rural towns turn to online cram schools
One of the biggest concerns for families living in depopulated areas may be a lack of educational opportunities for their children that larger cities can offer.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 5, 2015
'Feast of Beauty: 300 Years of Western Painting'
April 29-June 21
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2015
Magnitude 5 quake jolts Shikoku
An earthquake in Shikoku with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook Tokushima Prefecture on Friday morning, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2014
People cut off by snow in Tokushima are safe, officials say
All inhabitants of towns in Tokushima Prefecture cut off by last weekend's heavy snowfall are safe, officials said Tuesday after intensive efforts to reach residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 8, 2014
120 households in Tokushima still cut off by snow
About 200 people in some 120 households in Tokushima Prefecture remained isolated Monday night as roads blocked by fallen trees and snow after heavy weekend snow had yet to be cleared.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2014
Amazon signs disaster relief delivery pact with Tokushima Prefecture
Amazon Japan K.K. signed an agreement Friday with Tokushima Prefecture for consumers to buy and donate relief supplies on the retailer's website in the event of a major earthquake or other natural disaster hitting the area.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2014
Awa Odori dancers bound for Paris
Dozens of Japanese folk dancers will perform the traditional Awa Odori in Paris next year as part of efforts to promote Japanese culture overseas, organizers say.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2014
More racist stickers discovered at Shikoku pilgrimage restrooms
Racist stickers are found at three more restrooms along the 88-temple Shikoku Henro calling on hikers to 'protect our precious pilgrimage route from Korean hands.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2014
Anti-Korean sign discovered on popular pilgrim trail
A xenophobic notice calling for the exclusion of foreigners was discovered Wednesday on the route of a popular 88-temple walking course known as "Shikoku Henro" on Shikoku.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 15, 2014
Marinos handle Vortis
Yokohama F. Marinos maintained their perfect start to the J. League season with a comfortable 3-0 win over promoted Tokushima Vortis on Saturday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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