(4)Antiwar demonstration in Japan

(4)Antiwar demonstration in Japan

OITA, Japan - Teachers from two Oita Prefecture schools stage a 48-hour hunger strike outside JR Tsukumi Station on March 23 in protest against the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

Oita Prefecture's experiment in using drones to deliver packages to remote islands

Oita Prefecture's experiment in using drones to deliver packages to remote islands

With the participation of local companies, the project aims to be put to practical use as a mechanism for dealing with the logistics and shopping needs of the aging population in remote island areas. A single-rotor drone provided by ciRobotics (Oita City) was used in the experiment. S.T.K. Technology (same) installed a luggage storage box equipped with a drone port on a solid island. Oita Prefecture has been conducting drone verification experiments in mountainous areas and other areas, but this is the first time the maritime route has been used. There are no shops or clinics on Mukujima, and the island is served by a regular service that makes one or two round trips a day, six days a week, but the annual cost of the service exceeds 10 million yen. (March 19, 2020, Tsukumi City, Oita Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

2 dead, 3 missing as typhoon batters Japan archipelago

2 dead, 3 missing as typhoon batters Japan archipelago

A resident stands in her mud-wrecked house in the southwestern Japan city of Tsukumi, Oita Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2017, following torrential rain as Typhoon Talim ripped through the Japanese archipelago. The typhoon left two people dead and three missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 dead, 3 missing as typhoon batters Japan archipelago

2 dead, 3 missing as typhoon batters Japan archipelago

A resident of the southwestern Japan city of Tsukumi, Oita Prefecture, removes mud from a house on Sept. 18, 2017, following torrential rain as Typhoon Talim ripped through the Japanese archipelago. The typhoon left two people dead and three missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(4)Antiwar demonstration in Japan

(4)Antiwar demonstration in Japan

OITA, Japan - Teachers from two Oita Prefecture schools stage a 48-hour hunger strike outside JR Tsukumi Station on March 23 in protest against the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (Kyodo)