2024-06-28 22:57:00
The Emperor and Empress, who are on an official visit to the United Kingdom, arrived at Oxford University, a place where they both studied, at just after 11:30 a.m. local time on the 28th, the final day of their stay.
2024-06-28 22:49:00
Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture, issued an evacuation order to 41 people in 12 households in part of Tsuji Town at 9:55 pm after a mountain behind a residential area collapsed. The information corresponds to Level 4 on a five-level alert scale, and calls for everyone to immediately evacuate from dangerous areas.
2024-06-28 22:15:00
A self-employed man in his 30s from Nagoya City was arrested by the police for allegedly using a forged My Number card to defraud a mobile phone shop of a smartphone in someone else's name. The forged My Number card is believed to have been obtained by misusing personal information such as the name and address of a city council member from Yao City, Osaka, that was found on the Internet, and the police are currently investigating the details of the incident.
2024-06-28 21:59:00
Last month, the US personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.6% compared to the same month last year. The rate of increase was 0.1 percentage points lower than the previous month, matching market expectations. With the inflation rate showing a downward trend, attention is focused on how it will affect the timing of the Federal Reserve Board's interest rate cut.
2024-06-28 21:25:00
On the 26th, smoke was seen rising from the side of the tracks on the JR Chuo Line, causing services to be suspended for over four hours. JR East revealed that the cause was believed to be a broken electrical cable installed next to the tracks.
2024-06-28 20:18:00
On the second day of the Japan Athletics Championships, held in Niigata City on the 28th, which also serves as the selection for the Paris Olympics, middle-distance ace Tanaka Nozomi won the women's 1500m, breaking the participation standard for the Paris Olympics and being selected for the team. Tanaka has been selected for the team in two events in two consecutive Olympics, including the 5000m. In the men's 400m hurdles final, 21-year-old Toyoda Kane won in a time of 47.99 seconds and was selected for the Paris Olympics. NHK is broadcasting the event on General TV from 7:30 pm.
2024-06-28 19:20:00
The Japan Meteorological Agency called for caution, warning of the possibility of a linear precipitation band occurring in northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture from the 27th through the morning of the 28th. Some affected areas saw extremely heavy rainfall, but no linear precipitation band occurred.
2024-06-28 18:42:00
In connection with the case three years ago in which a former town council member was murdered and a safe missing from a home in Kumamoto City, police have decided to soon arrest two men in their 40s who were arrested in connection with a separate fraud case on suspicion of robbery and murder, according to interviews with investigators.
2024-06-28 18:29:00
Morinaga & Co. has announced that it will voluntarily recall approximately 190,000 units of its Bolo, a baked snack eaten by small children, after finding a foreign object in the bag. So far, there have been no reports of health problems.
2024-06-28 17:35:00
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced details of additional electricity and gas bill reduction measures that will be implemented for three months starting in August as a measure to combat rising prices.
2024-06-28 16:56:00
The major airlines All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have jointly drawn up a policy to deal with customer harassment, or "customer harassment." They have categorized acts that fall under customer harassment into nine types, including assault and slander, and have made it clear that the organizations will take firm action against such acts.
2024-06-28 16:52:00
Regarding the issue of people who took Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red koji supplements developing kidney diseases, it has been discovered that Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has reported to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare that it is investigating 76 inquiries about the deaths of family members to confirm causal relationships, such as whether the supplements were taken and the contents of doctors' diagnoses. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has stated that it will provide instructions on how to proceed with the investigation and will monitor its progress going forward.
2024-06-28 16:40:00
In order to prevent accidents caused by mistaking the accelerator for the brake, the United Nations has announced that it has established new standards for sudden acceleration control functions.
2024-06-28 15:52:00
The city of Iwata in Shizuoka Prefecture lifted the "urgent safety assurance" issued to 1,598 households and 4,180 people, as well as the evacuation order issued to 2,241 households and 6,190 people, at 2:45 p.m., citing a drop in the water level of the Shikiji River that runs through the city.
2024-06-28 15:45:00
According to the Japan Tourism Agency, a preliminary estimate shows that a total of 51.76 million people stayed in hotels, inns, and other accommodations across Japan last month, up 0.8% from the same month last year and the highest figure for May on record.
2024-06-28 15:42:00
The Fukuoka District Court sentenced a 32-year-old defendant to 20 years in prison on charges of murder and violation of the Stalking Prevention Act, including ambushing and killing his former girlfriend on a street near JR Hakata Station in January last year.
2024-06-28 15:23:00
The South Korean military released a video that it said captured an explosion in mid-air of a ballistic missile launched by North Korea on the 26th. It pointed out that North Korea's claim that the test was successful was a deception and exaggeration to cover up a failure.
2024-06-28 15:08:00
The third unit of Japan's new flagship rocket, the H3, was scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the 30th, but due to expected worsening weather conditions, the launch was postponed by one day and rescheduled to July 1st.
2024-06-28 14:16:00
Regarding the series of accidents that occurred on the "Do-Dodonpa" roller coaster at Fuji-Q Highland, an amusement park in Yamanashi Prefecture, through 2021, a national investigative committee has compiled a report stating that the frequency of the car's shaking could have increased strain on passengers' necks and that passengers were not prepared, which may have been the cause.
2024-06-28 14:11:00
In order to prevent damage caused by bears, Akita Prefecture will begin operating a new system called "Kumadas" from July that will consolidate information on bear sightings received by the prefecture and municipalities into one place and display it clearly on a map.
2024-06-28 13:49:00
The South Korean government has published a "North Korea Human Rights Report" that includes testimony from North Korean defectors who say that residents in North Korea are publicly executed if they come into contact with South Korean films and other media, pointing out that ideological control is being strengthened.
2024-06-28 13:10:00
It has been revealed that a public-private fund under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which supports the overseas expansion of infrastructure, recorded a loss of over 70 billion yen in its last fiscal year settlement. Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito stated that he "takes this seriously" and indicated his intention to set up a panel of experts to consider the future of the fund and measures to improve its management.
2024-06-28 13:00:00
A survey of the national budget revealed that 70% of road construction projects costing over 10 billion yen have seen costs increase from the initial estimates as the projects progress. The Ministry of Finance is calling on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to create a system to estimate appropriate project costs from the start.
2024-06-28 12:35:00
Early on the morning of the 28th, a man in his 70s was attacked by a bear near a house in the mountains of Aizu Misato Town, Fukushima Prefecture, and suffered serious injuries to his face. The man is said to be able to talk, but the police are calling for caution against bears in the area.
2024-06-28 12:21:00
On the 28th, it has been three years since a drunk driver crashed into a group of elementary school students on their way home from school in Yachimata City, Chiba Prefecture, killing and injuring five children. Flowers are being offered near the scene to mourn the children who were killed.
2024-06-28 12:04:00
According to JR Central, services on the Tokaido Shinkansen have been suspended on both lines between Shin-Fuji Station and Shizuoka Station since just before noon on the 28th due to rain.
2024-06-28 11:56:00
Interviews with investigators and others have revealed that a U.S. Marine Corps corporal was indicted in June for injuring a woman in Okinawa in May while attempting to sexually assault her. It has just come to light that a U.S. Air Force soldier was indicted in Okinawa for sexually assaulting a young girl, and it is expected that protests and backlash will grow against the recent spate of sexual violence cases perpetrated by U.S. military personnel.
2024-06-28 11:55:00
At a cabinet meeting on the 28th, the government decided to appoint Naomi Unemoto, currently the chief prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors' Office, as the new prosecutor-general, making her the first woman to hold the post.
2024-06-28 11:50:00
As the water level of the Shiki River, which runs through the city, rose and there was a risk of flooding, the city of Iwata in Shizuoka Prefecture issued an "urgent safety check" to 1,598 households and 4,180 people in the river basin at 11:10 a.m. The alert level is Level 5, the highest level, and calls on people to check their surroundings, such as staying on the second floor or higher of nearby buildings or their homes, or away from slopes, and to take action to find the safest possible place and to save their lives.
2024-06-28 11:03:00
National civil servants were paid summer bonuses, with the average payment for employees excluding managers being approximately 659,000 yen, more than 22,000 yen more than last year, marking an increase for the second consecutive year.
2024-06-28 10:46:00
European Union member state leaders have agreed to keep von der Leyen in her position, whose term runs until the end of October this year, and the focus now is on whether this will be approved by the EU Parliament.
2024-06-28 10:35:00
On the 27th, Japan time, so-called "space debris" was found at an altitude close to the International Space Station, and the astronauts there were temporarily evacuated. The debris was originally a Russian satellite, and the US side is currently investigating its orbit in detail.
2024-06-28 10:13:00
In connection with an incident on the 24th of this month in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in eastern China, in which a man armed with a knife attacked a Japanese school bus, injuring Japanese parents and children, police in Suzhou have announced that a Chinese woman who was stabbed by the man with a knife and was in critical condition and receiving treatment at a hospital has now died.
2024-06-28 10:11:00
On the 28th, on the Tokyo foreign exchange market, the yen temporarily fell to the 161 yen range per dollar.
2024-06-28 10:03:00
The results of the first round of fan voting to select the starting fielders for next month's Major League All-Star Game have been announced, with Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani coming in first in the National League designated hitter category and advancing to the final round of voting.
2024-06-28 09:59:00
Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture changed its "evacuation for the elderly and others" information issued to 172,698 households and 408,933 people in Chuo Ward and parts of Hamana Ward to an evacuation order at 9:35 a.m., as heavy rain had caused the water level of the Magome River that runs through the city to rise and there was a risk of flooding.
2024-06-28 09:04:00
The first televised debate between President Biden, who is seeking reelection in the November US presidential election, and former President Trump, who is seeking a comeback, will be held today (28th) at 10:00 a.m. Japan time. This will be the first direct confrontation in four years since the last election, and attention will be focused on whether either of them will gain momentum in the election campaign.
2024-06-28 08:06:00
On the 28th, a fire broke out in a house in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and two people were found in the ruins in a state of cardiac arrest. The police and fire department are investigating the cause of the fire.
2024-06-28 07:47:00
Russian President Putin is expected to meet with leaders of friendly countries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Modi, next month, as he steps up his diplomatic activities in countering Western countries.
2024-06-28 07:36:00
The first televised debate between President Biden, who is seeking reelection in the November US presidential election, and former President Trump, who is seeking a comeback, will be held on the morning of the 28th Japan time. This will be the first direct confrontation in four years since the last election, and attention will be focused on whether either of them will gain momentum in the election campaign.
2024-06-28 06:50:00
Due to the influence of the rainy season front and low pressure, the atmospheric conditions have become very unstable, especially in Kyushu, and in Kagoshima Prefecture, the amount of rainfall since it began has exceeded the average amount for the month of June. As the ground has become loose from the rain so far, please be on high alert for landslides and continue to stay in a safe place.
2024-06-28 05:39:00
In a case where the bodies of a married company executive couple were found in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, it was revealed through interviews with investigators that the eldest daughter, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, and her common-law husband were apparently discussing the future management of the company on the assumption that the couple would no longer exist, prior to the incident. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that the eldest daughter was also aware of the murder plan in advance.
2024-06-28 05:17:00
The Emperor, who is on an official visit to the UK to promote international goodwill, visited the British royal family's burial grounds at Windsor Castle outside London and laid flowers at the graves of Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip.
2024-06-28 00:02:00
In a hit-and-run incident in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, where a university student was killed after being hit by a car two years ago, the mother of the 27-year-old suspect, who is listed on the wanted list, has told the police, "I want my son to turn himself in as soon as possible," according to an interview with an investigator. With the incident marking two years on the 29th, the police are searching for the suspect by investigating his acquaintances, among other things.
