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Free pet clinics open for disaster victims in areas with few animal hospitals

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Veterinarians from the Ishikawa Veterinary Medical Association visited the affected areas in a bus equipped with medical equipment to provide free treatment for the animals. The mobile clinic is one of the few animal hospitals operating in the earthquake-damaged region of the Noto Peninsula. The service has been in the north of the Noto Peninsula … Read more

Japan to end travel support program for evacuees from Ukraine

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NHK has learned that the Japanese government’s travel support program for people evacuated from Ukraine to Japan using commercial flights will end this month. Japan started the program in April last year as an emergency measure following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The government has secured seats on commercial flights from Poland once a week for … Read more