Heart Attack Victim in Nara turned away from 9 hospitals – treatment delayed by 1 hour 20 minutes

The Asahi newspaper reports this morning on a 69-year-old man who suffered a heart attack due to low blood-sugar levels and was refused admission to 9 hospitals within the Osaka prefecture and city area; it is understood that an hour and 20 minutes passed before the man was finally admitted to a public hospital in [...]

Osaka Governor Hashimoto argues for decentralization

[ Asahi Shinbun : 25th July : morning edition ]
In a conference with Yokohama mayor Takada in Tokyo, Osaka governor Hashimoto reported that around 20 local governors have agreed to form a group pressing for regional decentralization from Tokyo in the next election and are ready to announce which party they will back.
According to information [...]

Tokyo – Heat Island

The Asahi Shinbun reports today on the effects on the climate of Tokyo of population density/global warming. At peak times, electricity consumption in the Tokyo area is greater than that of the entire UK or France.

Compensation for Atomic Bomb victims

In the continuing review of the government policy relating to the acknowledgement of and compensation for the effects of radiation-related illness (from Hiroshima and Nagasaki), the “LDP Atomic Bomb Victims’ Policy-related Project Team” petitioned the Labour, Health and Welfare Ministry on 15th March and received its agreement that the new assessment (of victims) policy [...]