Shiga Blog – by Philbert Ono

Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s major news headlines for May–August 2020 (according to the year, month, day). Originally posted on Twitter under Shiga Headlines by Philbert Ono. Twitter posts are limited to 280 English characters including spaces and links (shortened by Twitter). Dates and times below are based on GMT, not Japan time. May 5, 2020: On April 30, private high school male teacher (55 阪本和仁) arrested for DUI after hitting a car on a National Route 1 in Kusatsu. May 5, 2020: Royal Oak Resort operating Royal Oak Hotel Spa & Gardens in Otsu has become the 1st company in Shiga to

Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s major news headlines for January–April 2020 (according to the year, month, day). Originally posted on Twitter under Shiga Headlines by Philbert Ono. Twitter posts are limited to 280 English characters including spaces and links (shortened by Twitter). Dates and times below are based on GMT, not Japan time. Jan 31, 2020: Congrats to Olympic sprinter Kiryu Yoshihide who got married on Jan. 1, 2020. His wife is slightly older and a sports nutritionist. He’s reportedly refraining from having kids until after the Olympics are over. Jan 31, 2020: Otsu has a new mayor, Sato Kenji, elected on Jan.

Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s major news headlines for September–December 2019 (according to the year, month, day). Originally posted on Twitter under Shiga Headlines by Philbert Ono. Twitter posts are limited to 280 English characters including spaces and links (shortened by Twitter). Dates and times below are based on GMT, not Japan time. Sep 23, 2019: On Aug. 22, 2019, all 19 local BOE in Shiga met in Otsu to discuss how to improve the scholastic achievement test scores of Shiga’s 6th graders & 3rd-year jr high kids scoring below the nat’l average. Jr high English listening skill is one area needing improvement.

Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s major news headlines for May–August 2019 (according to the year, month, day). Originally posted on Twitter under Shiga Headlines by Philbert Ono. Twitter posts are limited to 280 English characters including spaces and links (shortened by Twitter). Dates and times below are based on GMT, not Japan time. May 9, 2019: In Nagahama, 7 people who ate chicken at Ryoma Shamonojo restaurant on April 19, 2019 suffered from food poisoning caused by the Campylobacter bacteria. Shamonoji was ordered to close for three days from April 30. #龍馬軍鶏農場長浜店 May 9, 2019: On April 25, 2019 in Hino, two jr.