Starting on April 1, 2013, over 70 percent of supermarkets in Shiga Prefecture will charge 5 yen for a plastic shopping bag. Some…
NHK TV news in Otsu reported an interesting bit of news on Feb. 26, 2013 about the governor of Kyoto stating that he…
Congratulations to Miki Ito who won the World Cup dual moguls event today (Feb. 24, 2013) in Inawashiro, Fukushima. She is from Hino,…
This has become an “I told you so” story. People who were opposed to Kada joining hands with Ichiro Ozawa must be repeating…
Chronology of Shiga Prefecture’s news bits for January-December 2012. Compiled by Philbert Ono. Jan. 22, 2012: Naomi Koshi (越 直美) defeats two-term (8 years)…
What seemed to be totally out of the blue, our Shiga Governor Yukiko Kada has formed a new political party called Nippon Mirai…
Big congratulations to Shiga-native and Shiga-based Olympians who won medals at the London 2012 Olympics. They include Olympians who made history as being…