A man in the Japanese city of Hiroshima waiting to be hospitalized for coronavirus infection experienced a rapid deterioration of his condition at home and died there.
Hiroshima officials held a news conference on Sunday to explain what happened. They said the man in his 60s tested positive for the coronavirus on December 13 after having been determined to have had close contact with another virus-carrier.
A museum in Hiroshima that documents the 1945 atomic bombing of the city has been temporarily closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is one of 45 facilities in the western Japanese city that officials have decided to temporarily close to reduce personal contact.
Officials in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, are culling about 134,000 chickens after the H5 strain of bird flu was detected at a local farm.
The officials say they found dead chickens at a farm in the city of Mihara on Sunday. They say the dead poultry tested positive for the virus.
The mayor of Hiroshima City says the enactment of the UN treaty will be a major milestone on the road to abolishing nuclear weapons.
Mayor Matsui Kazumi noted that nuclear powers and countries under the nuclear umbrella remain opposed to signing and ratifying the treaty. He said making the treaty more effective will be the next challenge.
Preservation work on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, started on Thursday after a delay of more than one year.
The structure in the city of Hiroshima was built more than 100 years ago. It survived the 1945 US atomic bombing.
People in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, have remembered the victims of a series of landslides caused by heavy rain six years ago.
Rain of more than 100 millimeters per hour caused landslides at 166 locations in the city on August 20, 2014, directly or indirectly killing 77 people.
The prefecture and the city of Hiroshima have appealed a district court ruling that legally recognizes people exposed to radioactive rain immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing as "hibakusha," or survivors of the bombing.
The local governments filed their appeal with the Hiroshima High Court on Wednesday, the deadline for appealing against last month's Hiroshima District Court ruling.
The mayor of Hiroshima City says the city and Hiroshima Prefecture have jointly appealed a district court ruling over the post A-bomb "black rain" case.
Mayor Matsui Kazumi made the announcement to reporters on Wednesday, the deadline for appealing against last month's Hiroshima District Court ruling.
People in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of a catastrophic event.
Seventy five years ago, an American warplane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Hiroshima is marking the 75th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. A ceremony will be held Thursday morning at Peace Memorial Park in the western Japanese city.
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is scheduled to attend what will be a more muted event this year due to the coronavirus.
People in Hiroshima have made paper cranes that symbolize peace, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Each year, about 13,000 strings of hand-made paper cranes are given to the Peace Memorial Park ahead of the annual ceremony on August 6.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo plans to attend the ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Abe told government and ruling coalition executives on Monday that he will participate in the ceremonies in Hiroshima on Thursday and in Nagasaki on Sunday.
Officials in the city of Hiroshima have begun their annual campaign to trace the relatives of atomic bomb victims whose remains have been identified but not yet claimed.
The officials on Thursday sent out a list of the names of 814 victims of the 1945 bombing of the city to municipalities across Japan.
NHK has learned that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has given up on his plan to attend a ceremony in Hiroshima City, western Japan, to mark the 1945 US atomic bombing of the city.
Sources say the decision is due to the coronavirus pandemic. Japan has banned entry by foreign nationals from the United States. Even if the UN chief were allowed to enter Japan, he would be asked to self-isolate for 14 days after arriving.