Lukewarm response to general PCR testing trial in Hiroshima City
Only just over half of available PCR tests taken up by residents in designated parts of Hiroshima city’s Naka-ku ward in COVID-19 general testing trial.
Read moreOnly just over half of available PCR tests taken up by residents in designated parts of Hiroshima city’s Naka-ku ward in COVID-19 general testing trial.
Read moreHiroshima trials general PCR testing for 6,000 peiople who live and work in certain parts of the city this week.
Read moreA total of 1,190,000 Hiroshima Prefecture residents will be included in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations reports Chugoku Shimbun.
Read moreDaily COVID-19 cases have dropped steeply in recent days, but authorities are asking for cooperation with continued virus prevention measures.
Read moreIt was announced January 27 that the 2021 Hiroshima Flower Festival will go ahead, albeit in a very different form than we are used to, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreChugoku Shimbun reports that the Hiroshima City government is making preparations for the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine this spring.
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Yesterday, Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki announced that current business restrictions and emergency measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Hiroshima are to be be extended and expanded.
Hiroshima welcomes the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entry into force, even as the Japanese government continues to boycott it.
Read moreWill a new biomass power plant being built east of Hiroshima city live up to its clean image when it opens in March 2021?
Read moreHiroshima’s iconic A-bomb Dome is undergoing preservation work and will be under scaffolding until the end of March, 2021.
Read moreMaximum attendance at Hiroshima Carp games to be raised from 5,000 to 16,500 after Covid-19 restrictions eased.
Read moreA drive-through PCR testing center is coming to Iwakuni from September 10, at a former waste processing plant.
Read moreA man is in custody connected with the shooting of a gang leader in Iwakuni on the night of Sunday, August 15.
Read moreA 52 year old leader of a designated organized crime group affiliated with with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi was shot in Iwakuni last night.
Read moreJuly 29, 2020 36 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Hiroshima Prefecture and a further 10 in other
Read moreYesterday, July 27, 6 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 were announced in Hiroshima Prefecture, 3 in Okayama Prefecture and 1 in both Yamaguchi and Shimane Prefectures.
Read moreThe number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continued to climb over the 4 day holiday weekend.
Read moreJuly 22, 2020 7 more cases of Covid-19 were announced in Hiroshima Prefecture yesterday, July 21. 4 in Hiroshima City,
Read moreAn Iwakuni man in his 40s has been arrested for violation of cultural property protection law after riding his motorbike over Iwakuni’s iconic Kintai Bridge.
Read more4 new cases of Covid-19 were announced in Hiroshima Prefecture and 2 in Okayama Prefecture on July 20
Read moreTotal cases of Covid-19 in Hiroshima Pref passes 200. Okayama nightlife cluster. YouTuber spreads virus in Yamaguchi. New cases in Fukuyama and Kurashiki.
Read moreBanned Japanese YouTube “prankster” has angered Yamaguchi locals for bringing and spreading Covid-19 on a tour of the prefecture.
Read moreLocal news has been reporting an act of vandalism on a motorbike which left tire marks on 322 of the 522 slats that cover Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni.
Read moreTwo new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Hiroshima City July 16. A nightlife cluster grows in Fukuyama City. New cases in Okayama and Yamaguchi prefectures.
Read moreJuly 15, 2020 21 new cases of Covid-19 have been announced in the Chugoku Region over July 14 and 15.
Read moreJuly 13, 2020 4 new cases of Covid-19 in Hiroshima City have been announced since we published our last update
Read more8 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been announced in Hiroshima City over the past few days.
Read moreJuly 8, 2020 Hiroshima Prison inmate tests positive for Covid-19 Hiroshima City announced July 7 that an inmate at the
Read moreHiroshima Prefecture’s first new confirmed case of Covid-19 for 58 days was announced yesterday, July 1. The patient is Hiroshima Prefecture’s 168 confirmed case.
Read moreCross-prefectural travel restrictions for residents of Japan were lifted today across the nation, but local governments still urge caution.
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