2025-01-01 21:25:00
Regarding the natural gas that Russia has been exporting to Europe via Ukraine, Ukraine has indicated its intention not to renew the contract in order to reduce Russia's source of revenue, and on the 1st, Russia's state-owned gas company announced that it had stopped supplying natural gas via Ukraine.
2025-01-01 21:18:00
In New Orleans, Louisiana, in the southern United States, a car plowed into a group of people gathered on a street in the city center in the early hours of January 1, just after New Year's Day, and local authorities have announced that 10 people have been killed and 30 injured.
2025-01-01 19:08:00
In the passenger plane accident at an airport in southwestern South Korea in which 179 passengers and crew were killed, it has been revealed that the plane made a belly landing and collided with a concrete structure just before the airport's outer wall, and several South Korean media outlets have reported that the collision with this structure may have exacerbated the damage.
2025-01-01 18:48:00
The first focus of this year's political situation is whether the Ishiba administration, now in a minority in the Diet, can get the new fiscal year budget bill passed by the end of the fiscal year with the cooperation of the opposition parties. The opposition parties are preparing to demand that the government and ruling party realize the policies they each advocate, and with an eye on the House of Councillors elections in the summer, the bargaining between the ruling and opposition parties is likely to intensify.
2025-01-01 18:48:00
Today, New Year's Day, marks one year since the Noto Peninsula earthquake. A total of 504 people died in this earthquake in Ishikawa, Toyama, and Niigata prefectures. In the affected areas, a moment of silence was observed at 4:10 p.m., the time of the earthquake. We will provide updates on the situation in the affected areas on the 1st.
2025-01-01 18:26:00
On the 1st, a man in his 70s died in Tokyo after choking on mochi. The Tokyo Fire Department is urging people, especially the elderly and children, to be careful when eating mochi, such as by cutting it into small pieces and chewing it well.
2025-01-01 18:01:00
The traditional New Year's countdown took place in Times Square, the heart of New York, USA, and those gathered were heard expressing their hopes and fears for the next President, Trump.
2025-01-01 17:13:00
On January 1, one year after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, Prime Minister Ishiba attended a memorial service in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, where he expressed his determination to work as one to expedite the recovery and reconstruction of Noto, as well as to advance efforts such as the establishment of a Disaster Prevention Agency, to make Japan the world's leading disaster prevention nation.
2025-01-01 16:30:00
On the 31st, an 89-year-old woman who was receiving bathing assistance at a special nursing home in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, was transported with full-body burns and later died. The facility said that "the water in the bathtub was very hot," and the police are investigating the situation at the time in detail, as they believe that the bath temperature may have been poorly controlled.
2025-01-01 11:48:00
Snow continues to fall mainly in mountainous areas from Hokkaido to Hokuriku on the 1st due to the influence of winter atmospheric pressure. Winter atmospheric pressure is expected to continue through the start of the year, and snowfall is expected to increase in mountainous areas. Please be aware of traffic impacts and accidents when removing snow.
2025-01-01 09:43:00
January 1st marks one year since the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Two young people are taking new steps forward. The first is Taniuchi Miku, who lost her father in the earthquake. She got married last April. What was her father's secret wish, and what is love, that she didn't know until she decided to get married? (News Media Division Takano Akane / Kanazawa Bureau Omura Kazuki / Morioka Bureau Kato Sawako)
2025-01-01 08:40:00
The British economic newspaper Financial Times reported that the Russian military had compiled a list of 160 target locations, including defense facilities and nuclear power plants in both Japan and South Korea, in the event of a war between the two countries.
