Eye-catching manhole covers adorned with unique designs that showcase local tourist spots and specialties have become valuable tourism assets in Japan, drawing many visitors to municipalities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/04/japan/manhole-designs-tourism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #manholes #mlit
The transport ministry launched a special audit of Japan Post on Friday over improperly conducted mandatory alcohol and health checks on delivery drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/25/japan/japan-post-special-audit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #japanpost #alcohol #health
About 75% of the post offices across Japan have improperly conducted mandatory alcohol and health checks on delivery drivers after four cases of drunk driving by postal drivers were found in fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/japan-post-improper-checks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #internalaffairsministry #japanpost #postalservices #alcohol #health
The land ministry has selected 26 model projects nationwide to promote a lifestyle in which people divide their time between rural and urban areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/japan/society/projects-dual-habitation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mlit #shinkansen #jreast #ana
Railway operators in Japan will restrict certain hazardous materials from being carried on board as part of a move to bolster security ahead of the 2025 Osaka Expo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/trains-chemicals-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rail #jr #chemicals #mlit #osakaexpo
Public-private partnerships are gaining attention in Japan as a way for financially strained local governments to revitalize aging port green areas by utilizing private-sector funding and expertise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/20/japan/port-green-ppp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #localgovernment #greens #startups #ports
The infrastructure ministry says emergency inspections on sewage pipes have found abnormalities such as corrosion at three locations in Saitama Prefecture, separate from where a road recently caved in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/japan/sewage-pipe-abnormalities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #mlit
The transport ministry will support installing portable containers with restrooms and showers to roadside rest stations across the nation to help enhance their use in post-disaster relief. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/container-roadside-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #trucks #michinoeki #toilets #disasterpreparedness
The transport ministry will launch priority lanes for autonomous vehicles on a roughly 100-kilometer section of the Shin-Tomei Expressway to conduct test runs of self-driving trucks, starting on March 3. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/japan/japan-self-driving-test-expressway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #selfdriving #trucks #mlit #shintomeiexpressway
Osaka police announced Wednesday that they have identified the remains of a dismembered body as an official at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/crime-legal/osaka-dismembered-body/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #mountains #mlit #cameras #japanesepolice
A slope was completed Saturday for using heavy machinery in the search for a male truck driver trapped in a sinkhole that appeared Tuesday in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/01/japan/saitama-sinkhole-slope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #yashio #sinkholes #trafficaccidents #mlit #firefighters
In their bid to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture, rescue crews are preparing to deploy heavy machinery to stabilize the site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/31/japan/crime-legal/sinkhole-machinery-rescue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #yashio #sinkholes #trafficaccidents #mlit #firefighters
A 74-year-old truck driver remains trapped for a third day in a massive sinkhole in Saitama Prefecture, believed to have been caused by a ruptured sewage pipe, with rescue efforts hampered as the ground collapse expands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/japan-sinkhole-rescue-continues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #sinkholes #mlit #firefighters
Japan's infrastructure ministry is developing a system that combines administrative information held by local governments to detect vacant houses using artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/12/japan/ai-vacant-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #housing #mlit
Japanese authorities are urging drivers to exercise caution — and asking party-goers to go easy on the drinks — as collisions involving drunk people asleep on the road typically spike in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/crime-legal/drunk-pedestrians-run-over/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mlit #cars #alcohol #drinking #trafficaccidents #nationalpoliceagency
The transport ministry has begun procedures to revoke certificates needed to produce three vehicle models made by Daihatsu, after an inspection in a deepening safety scandal found air bags had been set to inflate automatically in tests rather than when a crash was detected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/01/17/companies/daihatsu-to-lose-certificates-for-3-models/?utm_content=buffer2dad6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #companies #daihatsu #cars #carmakers #fraud #toyota #mlit
Japan Airlines flew some domestic flights without conducting required checks by mechanics, the transport ministry said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/22/japan/jal-some-flights-no-maintenance-checks/?utm_content=buffera87ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #jal #airlines #mlit #haneda
