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Iga FC Announces the Addition of DF Tsuneda to Nadeshiko League Women's Soccer Team

On the 10th, Iga FC Kunoichi Mie, a division 1 team in the Nadeshiko League for women's soccer, announced that defender Nana Tsuneda (26) from Osaka Prefecture would transfer from WE League club Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara to join the team. After graduating from Toyo University, she played for Iga from 2021 to 2023, and then transferred to Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She played in 16 games in the WE League, including cup matches. Th…Read Article

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Miyamoto to Become Manager of INAC Kobe; Former Iga FC Kunoichi Alumnus and Former Japan Women's National Soccer Team Player

On the 2nd, INAC Kobe, a women's soccer team in the WE League, announced that Tomomi Miyamoto (46), a Kanagawa native who played for the Iga Football Club Kunoichi (now Iga FC Kunoichi Mie), based in Iga City, will be the new manager. She served as coach of Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) from 2021-2024. This is her first time leading a team in the top domestic league, and through the club, she commented, "I will turn pressure into…Read Article

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Mie Prefectural Board of Education Issues Disciplinary Action Against Teacher Who Physically Punished Student, Club Advisor Reprimanded, Pay Cut for Teacher Involved in Fatal Accident

On the 22nd, the Prefectural Board of Education issued a disciplinary warning to a male teacher (32) who serves as the advisor for the boys' handball club at Iga Hakuho High School (Iga City) for injuring a student through corporal punishment during club practice. In addition, a male teacher (58) from Hokusei High School (Yokkaichi City) was given a disciplinary punishment of a 10% pay cut (January) for causing serious injuries in an accident wh…Read Article

Woman in Her 70s From Iga Transported to Hospital with Suspected Heatstroke in Mie

On the 16th, Mie Prefecture announced that a woman in her 70s was taken to the hospital in Iga City with suspected heat stroke. Her life is not in danger.Iga · Iga Read Article

Hattori to Make Policy Speech at Prefectural Assembly for Chairman Election, Morino to Become Deputy

On the 15th, the Mie Prefectural Assembly accepted applications for candidates for the election of the chairman and vice-chairman. Tomio Hattori (76) (LDP prefectural assembly group, 6th term, elected from Mie County) and Shinji Morino (55) (Shinsei Mie, 5th term, elected from Iga City) filed their candidacy for the chairman election, and for the vice-chairman election, Shinji Morino (55) (Shinsei Mie, 5th term, elected from Iga City) filed thei…Iga · Iga Read Article

Woman in her 80s from Iga transported to hospital with suspected heatstroke in Mie

On the 13th, Mie Prefecture announced that a woman in her 80s from Iga City was rushed to the hospital with suspected heat stroke. Her life is not in danger.Iga · Iga Read Article

In conversation with Japan’s last ninja

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Getting an interview with Jinichi Kawakami, the man known in Japan as “the Last Ninja,” was no easy task – but nor should it have been. Ninjas, Japan’s legendary covert operatives and assassins, were renowned for their elusiveness, so it would have been disappointing if tracking one down had proved a cinch. It took a good deal of research and persistence before I was granted an interview by landline telephone – which also seems appropriate since…Iga · Iga Read Article

Iga City mayor petitions Mie Prefectural Board of Education to "keep Akebono Gakuen High School open"

On the 30th, Iga Mayor Toshihisa Inamori submitted a petition to the prefectural board of education, requesting that Mie Prefectural Akebono Gakuen High School (Kawahigashi, Iga City) remain open and that the "learning safety net" be maintained, as the school's survival is in jeopardy. According to the city and others, the High School Revitalization Promotion Council, which is made up of the prefectural board of education and school officials in…Education · Iga Read Article

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Iga FC Announces the Addition of DF Tsuneda to Nadeshiko League Women's Soccer Team

Miyamoto to Become Manager of INAC Kobe; Former Iga FC Kunoichi Alumnus and Former Japan Women's National Soccer Team Player

Mie Prefectural Board of Education Issues Disciplinary Action Against Teacher Who Physically Punished Student, Club Advisor Reprimanded, Pay Cut for Teacher Involved in Fatal Accident

Woman in Her 70s From Iga Transported to Hospital with Suspected Heatstroke in Mie

Hattori to Make Policy Speech at Prefectural Assembly for Chairman Election, Morino to Become Deputy

Woman in her 80s from Iga transported to hospital with suspected heatstroke in Mie

In conversation with Japan’s last ninja

Iga City mayor petitions Mie Prefectural Board of Education to "keep Akebono Gakuen High School open"

Iga NINJA Festa from May 3rd: Costume rental and experience session in Mie

Fishing hook found in school lunch at Iga elementary school, no injuries, Mie

The world's first ninja studies degree is in Japan

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