Dispensary Corner

THERE’S been a resurrection of sorts in Japan this week, where a woman has told police the body she identified as her missing husband twelve months ago was in fact a similar-looking stranger.

The incident occurred after her long ‘dead’ spouse appeared alive and well a year after being reported missing.

Tokyo police have now acknowledged the body found in a river in the city’s east at around the same time was that of another person who disappeared at roughly the same time.

They apologised for the mix-up and said the remains would now be returned to the right family.

Unfortunately the body was initially delivered to the grieving widow after she and two other relatives “positively” identified it as her husband.

The family sheepishly notified police that the man had returned home alive in May, with no details as to where he had been during his year-long disappearance.

WE ALL know Australian pharmacy staff welcome customers with a smile, but that’s not the case in Russia where the FIFA World Cup kicks off tonight.

In fact smiling is not a Russian cultural norm, so a number of organisations are undertaking special staff training so the estimated 1.5m visitors entering Russia for the tournament are not offended by surly faces, according to the BBC.

The opening match is between Saudi Arabia and Russia tonight, and if the host nation wins it may give the locals a reason to openly express their happiness.