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2022-08-18 15:16:00
At around 2:46 pm on the 18th, there was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 4 in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. There is no tsunami from this earthquake. Seismic intensity 4 was observed in Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture and Soma City, Naraha Town and Namie Town in Fukushima Prefecture. In addition, seismic intensity 3 was observed in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, and Fukushima City in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture. In addition, shaking with a seismic intensity of 2 and 1 was observed in a wide area of Tohoku and Kanto, Niigata Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture. According to observations by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, with an epicenter depth of 60 kilometers and an estimated magnitude of 5.3.
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2022-08-18 15:12:00
Multiple US media reported that the US Air Force has suspended all flights of the CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft, which is also deployed at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, due to a problem.
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2022-08-18 14:03:00
Akiko Ikuina, a member of the House of Councilors of the Liberal Democratic Party, told reporters on the 18th that she visited a facility related to the former Unification Church with Hagiuda, chairman of the political affairs research committee, before the election, and explained that she did not know that it was a facility related to the church at the time. Did.
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Economic news
2022-08-18 13:39:00
While the serious poor catch of Pacific saury continued, at Hanasaki Port in Nemuro City, Hokkaido, on the morning of the 18th, a small boat for the main fishing net fishing returned and landed the first catch. The amount of catch was only about 260 kilograms, and it was sold at auction at a high price of 50,000 yen per kilogram, more than five times the price of last year.
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2022-08-18 08:08:00
In the New York stock market on the 17th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the first time in six business days as selling orders increased due to concerns about the future of personal consumption in the United States and the rise in long-term interest rates.
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2022-08-18 06:49:00
The minutes of last month's meeting where the Federal Reserve Board, the central bank of the United States, decided to raise the interest rate to 0.75% for the second consecutive time has been released. It turns out that participants shared the view that a slower pace of rate hikes could be appropriate at some point as monetary tightening tightens to keep inflation in check.
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Political News
2022-08-18 14:46:00
Regarding the fact that Akiko Ikuina, a member of the House of Councillors of the Liberal Democratic Party, visited facilities related to the former Unification Church before the recent House of Councilors election, Hagiuda, chairman of the political affairs research committee, acknowledged that she had accompanied her and asked the church to do something about it. I don't think it's true.
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2022-08-18 14:35:00
Opposition parties such as the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan submitted a request to Hosoda, Speaker of the House of Representatives, to convene an extraordinary Diet session based on the provisions of the Constitution, stating that it is necessary to correct the government's stance on the relationship between Cabinet members and the former Unification Church.
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2022-08-18 14:14:00
Regarding the fact that Akiko Ikuina, a member of the House of Councillors of the Liberal Democratic Party, visited facilities related to the former Unification Church before the recent House of Councilors election, Hagiuda, chairman of the political affairs research committee, acknowledged that she had accompanied her and asked the church to do something about it. I don't think it's true.
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2022-08-18 15:16:00
At around 2:46 pm on the 18th, there was an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 4 in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. There is no tsunami from this earthquake. Seismic intensity 4 was observed in Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture and Soma City, Naraha Town and Namie Town in Fukushima Prefecture. In addition, seismic intensity 3 was observed in Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, Izumi Ward, Sendai City, and Fukushima City in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture. In addition, shaking with a seismic intensity of 2 and 1 was observed in a wide area of Tohoku and Kanto, Niigata Prefecture, and Shizuoka Prefecture. According to observations by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, with an epicenter depth of 60 kilometers and an estimated magnitude of 5.3.
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2022-08-18 15:12:00
Multiple US media reported that the US Air Force has suspended all flights of the CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft, which is also deployed at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, due to a problem.
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2022-08-18 14:46:00
Regarding the fact that Akiko Ikuina, a member of the House of Councillors of the Liberal Democratic Party, visited facilities related to the former Unification Church before the recent House of Councilors election, Hagiuda, chairman of the political affairs research committee, acknowledged that she had accompanied her and asked the church to do something about it. I don't think it's true.
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