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Japanese kindergarten principal could be charged over boy’s death on bus
Police plan to charge a kindergarten principal in southwestern Japan with professional negligence causing death as she is suspected of leaving a 5-year-old boy on a school bus she drove, causing him to die after several hours in the heat, investigative sources said Friday. The boy, Toma Kurakake, was found unconscious in a locked school …

Free meals will be provided in DODEA schools throughout the next school year
Students at Defense Department Educational Activity Schools Abroad, such as those in Netzaberg, Germany, in 2016 will be eligible for free lunches through June 2022, the Defense Exchange Service announced. army and air force. (Julie Mitchell/AAFES) KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Department of Defense schools overseas will continue to provide free meals to students through June 2022, …

VA makes a ‘mistake’ using gender-neutral motto in official government notice
No, the Department of Veterans Affairs has not officially changed its mission statement, despite releasing a gender-neutral version in an official U.S. government publication last week. Buried in a July 23 Federal Register notice of regulations about reporting medical debt and veterans benefits to credit bureaus is a statement that the mission of the VA …
Defense official says food insecurity is a national security and preparedness issue> US Department of Defense> Defense Department News
The readiness of the US military includes many factors, but “food insecurity” has an impact on physical and mental health, the Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy said at the time. of a virtual round table at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Patricia Montes Barron discussed âFood Security …

Ramen Hatoba Restaurant serves Hawaiian drinks at Navy Yard
Hatoba now serves a Hawaiian-style menu from Katsuya Fukushima. Photograph by Veronika Sabiridrissi The leader of the Daikaya group, Katsuya Fukushima, grew up eating Hawaiian food as the “military man” of a third generation Hawaiian father of Japanese-American descent. Although he was born on a base in Okinawa, Japan, near where his mother was from, …

Super Secret Izakaya elevates Japanese street food to Kaiseki cuisine
Takikomi, summer mushrooms, winter truffles from Australia. Photo: Olivier Koning Inside Luana Hotel in Waikīkī, a a solid wood door separates a small restaurant area from the lobby. The doorway is a detail that echoes intimate izakaya spots deeply special to Ricky Goings, the chef behind the $150 prix-fixe dinners that unfold behind her, meticulous …

Weather alert: U.S. Consulate General in Naha
Location: Okinawa Prefecture (July 20-23, 2021) Tropical Storm In-Fa (which is expected to strengthen into the typhoon today) is expected to bring high winds, dangerous storm tides, heavy rains and possible flooding to areas of Okinawa Prefecture from the July 20, 2021 and reaching its closest point to the main island of Okinawa. Prefecture around …

Japan’s economy remains weak in some sectors, government says, maintaining view
In its latest monthly economic assessment on Monday, the government maintained its view that the Japanese economy has experienced increased weakness in some sectors as measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 continued to weigh on the country. consumption in July. The economy is showing “new” weakness in some components and remains in dire straits …

Tropical Storm In-Fa Expected to Impact Weather in Taiwan Next Week | Taiwan News
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A tropical depression likely to develop into Tropical Storm In-Fa on the night of Saturday July 17 is likely to affect the weather in Taiwan as it bypasses the north of the island on July 22, according to meteorologists. The low is located east of the Philippines’ main island, Luzon, and …

Military commanders do not receive necessary legal training, government review finds
Military commanders may not be getting the legal training they need, according to a Government Accountability Office study released on July 8, 2021 (Samuel Morse / US Air Force) Legal training provided to commanders may be inadequate, a government watchdog agency found in a report released as Congress determines whether to remove commanders from prosecution …

Mikan Gohan: Japanese soul food or… Japanese myth?
A strange local specialty that surprised the nation. Wherever you go in Japan, you are bound to discover local specialties that are the pride of their respective regions. Himeji town in Hyogo, for example, is known for its almond toast, while Okinawa is known for its spam onigiri. And in Wakayama Prefecture, one of the …

Boris Johnson says government intention is to resume events at full capacity in England from July 19
The events industry is set to fully reopen in England on July 19 once the government has made its final decision to proceed to Step 4 on July 12. Speaking to the public from Downing Street on July 5, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that once Stage 4 was activated all restrictions would be lifted, …

See famous works of art recreated with fake food at this exhibition in Shizuoka
The counterfeit food trade is still going strong in Japan, with the country’s famous food sample displays still regularly featured outside of Okinawa restaurants and cafes in Hokkaido. Although the items look completely edible, these very realistic food displays are usually made from plastic, resin or wax. Japanese artist takes fake food to the next …

Women hold only 5.9% of managerial positions in Japan
Women held only 5.9% of senior positions in Japanese government offices in Tokyo in FY2020, underscoring the country’s slow progress in closing the gender gap on work place. The Cabinet Office on Thursday released data showing that the share of these posts held by female civil servants rose only 0.6 percentage points from the previous …

At the time of the Olympics, Tokyo’s food scene has taken on a vibrant new look
The more intimate Eat Play Works dining hall in residential Hiroo is home to Sushidan, a family-owned sushi restaurant owned by Hiroyuki Sato – from the exclusive Hakkoku restaurant – as well as the Taratata pasta house, an outpost of the popular Melograno restaurant. Sincere Blue, the notoriously hard-to-book younger brother of Sincere, focuses on …