2024-06-05 21:47:00
An earthquake and tsunami observation system installed on the ocean floor off the coast of the Tokai region has malfunctioned, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is warning that earthquake early warnings may be delayed by up to 13 seconds.
2024-06-05 21:31:00
At 11:52 pm Japan time on the 5th, the Starliner, a new spacecraft developed by American aircraft giant Boeing, will carry two astronauts for the first time to the US on a test flight.・It is scheduled to be launched from Florida to the International Space Station.
2024-06-05 21:22:00
In a case in which a former head of public safety at the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Headquarters was arrested for leaking internal documents to a third party, procedures to clarify the reason for his detention were carried out at the Kagoshima District Court, and the former head sent the document to a reporter. ``As a police officer, I simply cannot forgive the fact that the chief of prefectural police tried to cover up a criminal act committed by a prefectural police officer.''
2024-06-05 20:46:00
A portion of the sample from the asteroid Bennu, which was brought back to Earth by a NASA spacecraft last year, will be provided to Japan this summer, and JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, will We hope that new scientific results will be obtained by comparing the asteroid samples brought back by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa 2 a year ago.
2024-06-05 20:44:00
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy is expected to visit France and meet with President Macron and US President Biden. A series of international conferences are scheduled to be held in June to discuss matters such as aid to Ukraine, and President Zelenskiy emphasized their importance, saying, ``This will be decisive for this year.''
2024-06-05 20:16:00
The Japan Sports Association held a board of directors meeting in Tokyo on the 5th and officially announced the establishment of a panel of experts with a view to drastic reform of the national sports tournament, which has been pointed out to have issues such as a heavy burden on the local governments hosting it. I decided.
2024-06-05 20:13:00
The city council has approved a supplementary budget that will more than double the original cost of a tour planned by Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, to support local pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers, a major league baseball player, in Los Angeles.
2024-06-05 19:43:00
Last month, in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, a curved mirror on a city road collapsed, injuring an elementary school student who was walking nearby.The city revealed that the mirror's support had been modified so that it could be removed. The city believes that the strength of the mirrors has been weakened by this process, and plans to replace or remove other mirrors in the city that have been processed.
2024-06-05 18:58:00
Shizuoka Prefecture Governor Yasutomo Suzuki and JR Tokai President Shunsuke Niwa met for the first time on the 5th regarding the ``Maglev Shinkansen'', which has not yet begun construction in Shizuoka Prefecture, and Governor Suzuki stated, ``We need to promote the linear project.'' I conveyed the idea that we should strive for both securing water resources and preserving the environment.
2024-06-05 18:47:00
South Korea's Ministry of Defense announced that a US military B1 bomber conducted a joint training exercise with South Korean fighter jets to drop precision-guided bombs. North Korea is highly wary of this bomber, and a backlash is expected.
2024-06-05 18:20:00
Anticipating that demand for domestically produced whisky, as well as whiskey both domestically and internationally, will continue to grow, manufacturers are increasingly making new investments to strengthen their businesses, such as increasing distillery equipment.
2024-06-05 18:08:00
UA Zensen, a union formed by labor unions in the textile and distribution industries, has compiled the results of a survey on customer harassment, or so-called "kasuhara." Customers in their 60s are the most common types of harassment, with the most notable being requests for an apology for poor handling, requests for product replacement, or requests for re-service.
2024-06-05 17:46:00
Closed-door proceedings have begun in a lawsuit in which Hitoshi Matsumoto, a member of the popular comedy duo Downtown, is seeking compensation for damage to his reputation caused by an article in Shukan Bunshun that published the testimony of a woman who claimed to have been sexually assaulted. Mr. Matsumoto claimed that he had never forced any sexual act on any woman without her consent.
2024-06-05 17:26:00
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested four people who worked at a real estate sales company for defrauding a woman in her 80s with dementia of 16 million yen in cash by making her enter into a contract to purchase real estate. Investigators suspect that he used similar tactics to conclude approximately 50 sales contracts and generate sales of 130 million yen.
2024-06-05 17:12:00
At a plenary session of the House of Councilors on the 5th, a treaty to establish an international organization to act as a control tower for the development of the next generation of fighter jets, which will be jointly developed with Britain and Italy, was approved by a majority of the Liberal Democratic Party, New Komeito Party, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. It was passed and approved.
2024-06-05 17:06:00
When a federation of labor organizations compiled responses as of the 3rd during this year's spring labor union, it was found that the average wage increase rate for more than 4,900 companies decreased by 0.09 points from the previous survey to 5.08%. The average wage increase rate continues to be lower for small and medium-sized enterprises compared to large enterprises, and the focus is on whether they can continue to maintain a high level of over 5%.
2024-06-05 16:55:00
As labor costs and raw material prices continue to rise, the Fair Trade Commission has issued guidance based on the Subcontract Act, including in cases where businesses have engaged in "buy-bashing" practices that unfairly set transaction prices with subcontractors. The number of cases exceeded 8,000 for the second consecutive year last year, and the number of recommendations was 13, the highest in the past 10 years.
2024-06-05 16:34:00
Regarding the supercomputer that the country is currently developing as a successor to the supercomputer "Fugaku," which has the world's highest class computing power, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's review committee has announced that it will increase the computing power by more than five times and achieve the highest level of computing power in the world. We have put together a policy to achieve AI performance.
2024-06-05 15:43:00
In an effort to help people meet people who want to get married, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is developing its own matching app, and hopes to have it fully operational by this summer.
2024-06-05 15:09:00
Regarding the revision of the Political Funds Control Act, the newly amended bill by the Liberal Democratic Party based on the arguments of Komeito and Nippon Ishin no Kai was voted on by a special committee of the House of Representatives and passed with a majority vote in favor of the three parties. . The bill is expected to be passed by the plenary session tomorrow and sent to the House of Councilors.
2024-06-05 14:29:00
Amendments to the Child and Child Care Support Act, which incorporate measures to strengthen countermeasures against the declining birthrate, including the expansion of child allowances, and the creation of a "support subsidy system" to secure financial resources, were approved by a majority in a plenary session of the House of Councilors. It was approved and enacted.
2024-06-05 14:10:00
According to the police, just after 12:40 pm on the 5th, a person passing by reported that a taxi had crossed the separation strip and hit a person in front of Chiba Station.
2024-06-05 14:00:00
The birth rate, which measures the number of children a woman gives birth to, was 1.20 last year, the lowest since statistics began being kept, according to a summary by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This is a 0.06 point decrease compared to the final value for the year before, marking the eighth consecutive year that it has been lower than the previous year.
2024-06-05 13:11:00
Three people, including the president of a chemical machinery manufacturer in Yokohama City, were arrested on suspicion of illegal export, and the second trial of a civil trial has begun regarding the false accusations, for which it was later revealed that they were innocent. The manufacturer submitted new evidence claiming that the police had fabricated the incident, while the investigative agency requested the questioning of nine police officers as witnesses in order to deny the illegality of the investigation.
2024-06-05 13:05:00
A Tokyo tax accountant was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department on suspicion of fraud after allegedly defrauding 34 lawyers at a law firm with whom he has tax advisory contracts out of a total of approximately 87 million yen.
2024-06-05 12:42:00
``DMM Bitcoin'', which operates a crypto asset exchange business, has announced plans to raise a total of 55 billion yen from group companies by the 10th of this month in order to guarantee all customers' Bitcoins that have been illegally leaked.
2024-06-05 12:03:00
Questions were held at a special committee of the House of Representatives regarding the revision of the Political Funds Control Act, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan pointed out that the committee meeting scheduled for the 4th did not convene, pointing out that there had been confusion and addressing the cause. , the Liberal Democratic Party explained that this was the result of amending the bill to reflect the opinions of a wide range of parties.
2024-06-05 11:51:00
Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Dodgers hit his first hit in two games against the Pirates on the 4th, but the team's batting line could not connect and they lost 0-1.
2024-06-05 11:02:00
Preliminary procedures have begun on the 5th for those planning to run for the Tokyo gubernatorial election on the 7th of next month to smoothly submit their candidacy on the notification date. More than 30 people have expressed their intention to run, and the number of candidates may be the highest ever.
2024-06-05 10:27:00
The first televised debate in the run-up to next month's general election in the UK was held, with Prime Minister Sunak, leader of the ruling Conservative Party, and Starmer, leader of the main opposition Labor Party, engaged in a fierce debate over economic policy and other issues.
2024-06-05 10:17:00
32 years ago (1992) in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, two elementary school girls were murdered in the so-called "Iizuka Incident," and the Fukuoka District Court has decided to retry the former death row inmate who had already been sentenced to death. , decided to deny the second motion and not grant a retrial.
2024-06-05 10:12:00
Following Toyota Motor Corporation, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced on the 5th that Yamaha Motor Corporation, located in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture, We have begun an on-site inspection of our headquarters.
2024-06-05 08:30:00
This April, the scheduled salary, which is equivalent to the basic salary per worker, increased by 2.3% compared to the previous year, the highest growth rate in about 30 years. On the other hand, real wages, which reflect prices, continue to be negative, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare states, ``Despite the movement to raise wages during the spring labor union, the effects of rising prices continue to be strong.''
2024-06-05 07:25:00
32 years ago, in 1992, in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, two elementary school girls were murdered in the so-called "Iizuka Incident," and a former death row inmate who had already been sentenced to death was retried.This is the second petition requesting a new trial. On the 5th, the Fukuoka District Court will make a decision on whether to approve or not. There has never been a case in which a retrial of a former death row inmate has been granted, and the decision will be closely watched.
2024-06-05 07:18:00
Major League Baseball announced on the 4th that Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life for his involvement in baseball gambling against the Pirates, his team until last season.
2024-06-05 07:02:00
Two Japanese men living locally in Paraguay, South America, were found dead in their home, and local police believe they were murdered by someone and are investigating.
2024-06-05 06:30:00
On the 5th, the Diet passed a bill to amend the Child and Childcare Support Act, which includes measures to strengthen countermeasures against the declining birthrate, including the expansion of child allowances, and the creation of a "support grant system" to secure financial resources. It is expected that this will be established. The government hopes to reverse the trend of declining birthrate by steadily implementing countermeasures.
2024-06-05 06:13:00
In order to revise the Political Funds Control Act, the Liberal Democratic Party submitted a revised bill to the Diet in response to a request from the Japan Restoration Association. The bill was approved by a special committee of the House of Representatives on the 5th with a majority of votes from the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito Party, and Japan Restoration Party, and is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives on the 6th.
2024-06-05 05:48:00
On the 4th, a Japanese man was stabbed to death in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest city. Local police arrested a Vietnamese national believed to be involved in the incident and are investigating the details.
2024-06-05 05:44:00
The ruling coalition maintained a majority of seats in India's general election, which was held on the 4th, and Prime Minister Modi declared victory. However, the ruling party has significantly reduced its number of seats, and the election results appear to reflect dissatisfaction, especially in rural areas, that despite high economic growth, economic disparity and unemployment have worsened.
2024-06-05 05:15:00
Defendant Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball's Dodgers, told a court near Los Angeles, U.S., that he was charged with bank fraud and other charges for illegally transferring money from Shohei Otani's account. ``The method was to use the money in the account,'' he said, admitting the charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced on October 25th.
