Fujiidera Municipal Hospital! Municipal hospitals are in the middle of this COVID-19 pandemic! Even if they are in the red, there are things that can't be closed down! ️ On the 27th, Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture, announced a basic policy proposal for the Fujiidera Municipal Hospital (Domyouji, Fujiidera City) to close on March 31, 2024, and began accepting public comments from citizens. Until August 16th. This is the first time that the city has expressed its intention to close the hospital. According to the basic policy proposal published by the city, the hospital was listed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare as a "medical institution subject to a request for reexamination" in 2019. In response to this situation, a review committee composed of external experts has been discussing the hospital's future, including its survival, since November 2012. According to the committee's report issued in June this year, it is expected that it will be difficult to secure doctors in the future, and the hospital's operating profit and loss is estimated to be approximately 850 million yen in fiscal 2025 and approximately 920 million yen in the red in fiscal 2026. In addition, the entire hospital, including the building constructed in the 1960s, is aging, and in order to continue operating in the future, a large amount of money would be needed for reconstruction, so the hospital concluded that "closing the hospital is unavoidable." According to the city, it has not yet been decided how to proceed after the public comment period ends. A residents' briefing session is scheduled for August. A city official said, "We will keep a close eye on what opinions are gathered." "When we looked at the Diet members whose interviews and roundtable discussions were published in the Sekai Nippo over the past five years, we found that there were 13 currently serving Diet members. Of those, Mr. Baba appeared the most, three times." The "poison" of the former Unification Church is also present in the new leader of the Ishin Party, Baba Nobuyuki... "Thank you" for the 2015 double election at an event for an affiliated organization The "poison" of the former Unification Church is also present in the new leader of the Ishin Party, Baba Nobuyuki... "Thank you" for the 2015 double election at an event for an affiliated organization Is the poison of the former Unification Church still circulating? Baba Nobuyuki, a member of the House of Representatives, was elected as the new leader of the Japan Restoration Party. He has revealed that he was interviewed by the Sekai Nippo newspaper and attended events held by related organizations regarding his relationship with the former Unification Church (now the World Peace Unification Family Federation), but it has been revealed that he gave "thanks for the election" at the related organization's event. Osaka Sakai City Council member Ikeda Katsushi (Osaka Restoration Party) posted the following on social media on December 5, 2015, about the "Christmas Party" held on the same day at City Plaza Osaka by the Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP), an organization related to the former Unification Church. "I'm at the Christmas party." "In his speech as the representative of the guests, Representative Baba Nobuyuki lightened the mood with laughter and spoke about his gratitude and the significance of the double election." A photo of Baba giving a speech on stage is also attached. The double election is thought to be the Osaka Prefectural gubernatorial and mayoral elections that were held on November 22, 2015. Matsui Ichiro was elected governor and Yoshimura Hirofumi was elected mayor. Both are officially endorsed by the Osaka Restoration Party. Did the Restoration Party receive support from the former Unification Church in the W election? Did Baba attend the Christmas party to express his gratitude? In an interview with Nikkan Gendai, Baba's office confirmed that he attended the "Christmas party" and sent the greeting in the manner stated in the post, and responded as follows: "It was right after the W election, and we probably talked about it, but the thank you was purely ceremonial. I have never received support from the former Unification Church or related organizations in any of my elections, not just the W election." The number of Restoration Party lawmakers with ties to the former Unification Church is second only to the LDP. Will the Restoration Party, led by new leader Baba, be able to cut ties with the former Unification Church?