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2025-05-30 21:45:00
Regarding the provisional gasoline tax rate, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party have said that they will not be able to submit a bill to clarify the abolition of the tax in July of this year, which the Japan Restoration Party had called for, to the Diet, citing a lack of progress in the consideration of financial resources. The Japan Restoration Party has also said it will consider terminating discussions between the three parties.
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2025-05-30 21:22:00
The Osaka District Public Prosecutors' Office has decided not to indict the dentist and director of a dental clinic in Sakai City, Osaka, who were referred to prosecutors on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death two years ago after a 17-year-old male student at the time became hypoxic after receiving general anesthesia and subsequently died.
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2025-05-30 21:16:00
Regarding the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration, Minister of State for Economic Revitalization Akazawa has been in Washington for ministerial negotiations with Treasury Secretary Bessent and others. He is expected to repeatedly call for a review of the measures and to seek common ground on which they can reach an agreement.
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2025-05-30 20:48:00
The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has recommended to the Financial Services Agency that it order the major general contractor Taisei Corporation to pay a penalty for insider trading, in which four employees of the company learned about construction defects in a high-rise building under construction while working, and sold their own company shares before the company made this public.
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2025-05-30 20:21:00
The Nagoya City Board of Education announced on the 28th that during a science class at a municipal elementary school in the city, a teacher gave incorrect instructions, causing ethanol to ignite, resulting in a female student suffering severe burns to her arm. The school did not call an ambulance, and the student's parents took her to the hospital, but the student is currently hospitalized for surgery.
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2025-05-30 18:32:00
A third-party committee that has been investigating the case of Iwaki Shinkin Bank, headquartered in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, misappropriating funds, released a report on the 30th, pointing out that the fraud has been ongoing since 2004 and that the total amount of money determined to have been fraudulent loans amounts to at least 24.7 billion yen.
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2025-05-30 18:27:00
Regarding the third-party committee set up by Fuji Television and its parent company finding in its investigation report that Nakai Masahiro committed sexual assault, Nakai's lawyers have once again called on the third-party committee to disclose relevant evidence by June 6th, stating that "it is a fundamental principle that when a finding is made that is unfavorable to the judge, the supporting evidence must be disclosed and an opinion must be sought."
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2025-05-30 17:39:00
On the 29th, six students at a junior high school in Kunisaki City, Oita Prefecture, complained of feeling unwell after an experiment to generate hydrogen sulfide, and three of them were hospitalized, but all were conscious and their symptoms were not serious. The city's Board of Education said, "We apologize for causing concern and inconvenience. We will thoroughly ensure safety to prevent a recurrence."
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2025-05-30 16:42:00
Regarding education policy, in working-level discussions with the Japan Restoration Party, the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito presented a proposal for an "interim summary" which stated that there are concerns about support for wealthy foreign students when it comes to making high school tuition free, and that measures need to be taken.
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2025-05-30 16:15:00
Oonosato, who was promoted to the 75th Yokozuna in sumo wrestling, demonstrated the "Unryu-gata" style of ring-entering at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
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2025-05-30 16:02:00
Regarding his remarks about stockpiled rice, in which he said, "After a year, it will become animal food," leader of the Democratic Party for the People, Yuichiro Tamaki, said he was referring to the current system and indicated his intention to carefully explain the intention behind his remarks.
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2025-05-30 16:01:00
Regarding Nippon Steel's plan to acquire US Steel, President Trump is scheduled to speak at a rally in Pennsylvania on the morning of the 31st (Japan time). With US media reporting that the US government may have some involvement in the management of US Steel, attention is focused on how President Trump will decide on Nippon Steel's acquisition plan.
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