伊勢崎市は６月１９日から、男性職員のひげを禁止したと聞いた。タリバンのひげ強制法律と正反対ですよね。の英語

I heard that Isezaki city decided to ban beards for male city employees starting June 19. It's the complete opposite of the Taliban laws imposing the wearing of beards.

According to an official of the Nagoya City Board of Education, the coffin is a valuable discovery that shows there was already a custom of using such coffins 2,000 years ago.

Special hina dolls made by Mataro Doll, a traditional Japanese doll maker in Tokyo, were shown to the press on Nov. 22.

At Tokyu Hands stores, haircut scissors are one of the few products that have maintained or increased their sales over the past year.

Inageya, a large supermarket chain in Tokyo, decided not to sell any imported clams during this year’s Hina Matsuri season.

Over a month has passed since the first case of foot-and-mouth disease was found in Miyazaki Prefecture.

Kanazawa City Office used nets, wires and bird repellent to get rid of the pigeons but these efforts had only limited success.

On Nov. 16, Mataro Ningyo Company displayed its hina dolls to the press.

In 2009, Kawasaki started a pilot project to produce bioethanol from rice straw in cooperation with Akita Agriculture Public Corporation.

According to Ryohin Keikaku Company, May sales of haircut scissors at its Muji stores were up 10 percent from May of last year.

Young residents of Miyazaki Prefecture are selling wristbands to support farmers affected by foot-and-mouth disease.

In Okayama Prefecture, the number of victims of billing fraud in the first six months of this year was more than double the number during the same period last year.

Sales of haircut scissors are increasing as more people cut their hair at home to save money.

This year, there were plans to use firewood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture but the plans were canceled.

Despite a bird flu outbreak in Miyazaki in January, processed local chicken sold much better this year than last year.

A resident of Gunma Prefecture who came to the event with his wife said, "We're very glad Gunma-chan finally won the grand prix. I think it must be a lucky year for Gunma-chan because this is the Year of the Horse. And this year Gunma's Tomioka Silk Mill was added to the World Heritage list, so that may have added to the luck."

Suginami, Tokyo, and Usuki, Oita Prefecture, are using yellow plastic bags and getting good results.

A shopkeeper at a dye shop dating back to the Edo period said, "I'm glad many people are coming to visit Mount Fuji but we must also think about the environmental impact on the mountain."

The city of Gamagori has worked with two companies to develop a way to prevent the wood from warping and to produce chopsticks from it.

The design of Shinjo-kun's hat is based on nabeyaki ramen, a popular local dish in Susaki.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced on Oct. 6 that it has succeeded in producing bioethanol fuel from rice straw.

A construction company in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, shipped about five kilograms of weatherfish to restaurants in Tottori for the first time in March.

Kondo Hidekazu, the head of Negibozu said, “I hope a lot of Thai people will learn about the abduction issue through these comic books.”

The city of Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture has issued a special resident card to a female crested ibis roosting in the city.

He is trying to get restaurants in Chosi, a city next to Asahi, to use his sauce.

At Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, the wholesale price of king crabs is about 2,300 to 3,100 yen per kilogram, around 25 percent cheaper than last year.

One important person and the stable boy arrived to the cow cabin the first of January. Therefore, there is only one plastic bowl left at the tea ceremony arbor.

Umehara Hatsumi, a kumihimo maker working at the company, said, "So many orders are coming in that we hardly have time to think."

Mizuno Minoru, a professor emeritus at Osaka University and the chairman of the committee, says, "Wooden panels are not just good for the heat problem. They are also nice for passersby to look at."

Generally, forest fires tend to occur frequently in early spring because the strong, dry wind that is a characteristic of this season fans bonfires and lit cigarette butts.