2025-01-10 22:58:00
The December U.S. employment statistics, which affect the yen exchange rate and stock prices, were released, showing that the number of people employed outside the agricultural sector increased by 256,000 from November, far exceeding market expectations.
2025-01-10 21:51:00
Regarding a variety show aired by TBS Television in October last year, the Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization (BPO) has decided to review whether there were any issues with broadcasting ethics, as the show had a strong corporate promotional flavor and could be mistaken for an advertising broadcast.
2025-01-10 21:34:00
Kanoko Mabuchi, who trained many athletes, including Rikuto Tamai, who won the silver medal in the men's high diving event at last year's Paris Olympics, passed away on January 4th due to pneumonia. She was 86 years old.
2025-01-10 21:16:00
Regarding Denmark's decision to release the former head of the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd and not allow his extradition to Japan, Foreign Minister Iwao summoned the Danish ambassador to Japan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and conveyed his deep regret.
2025-01-10 20:56:00
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, a major non-life insurance company, has decided to raise the starting salary for new university graduates who join the company next April to a maximum of 410,000 yen. Although the conditions for this include a transfer that requires relocation, the increase in starting salary has intensified competition to attract talent in the financial industry.
2025-01-10 20:54:00
Just before noon on the 10th, at Naha Airport, a dog that a passenger had left with the airline escaped and ran around the airport, temporarily blocking the runway and causing delays to seven flights.
2025-01-10 18:47:00
Satsuki Katayama, former Minister of State for Regional Revitalization and the Liberal Democratic Party, has announced that she will attend the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on the 20th of this month.
2025-01-10 18:31:00
Prior to his departure, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emanuel held a press conference in which he stated, "I can say with confidence that the U.S.-Japan alliance is better prepared for the future than ever before," and reflected on his three years in office, saying that he had been able to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance.
2025-01-10 18:06:00
The Cabinet Office announced that the coincident index, which indicates the current state of the economy, for November last year was 115.3, down 1.5 points from the previous month, with 2020 as the base year. This is the first decline in the index in three months.
2025-01-10 17:54:00
Elon Musk, a businessman who will hold a key position in the incoming Trump administration, has repeatedly criticized the governments of major European countries, sparking backlash from those countries for interfering in their internal affairs.
2025-01-10 17:53:00
On the 9th, two women in their 20s were killed after being hit by a train at a Sanyo Electric Railway crossing in Tarumi Ward, Kobe City. The two had stopped and were facing the pedestrian signal just beyond the crossing, and police are investigating the possibility that they may have mistakenly been waiting for the signal at the crossing.
2025-01-10 17:19:00
A trial has begun for Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, the former chairman of major publishing company Kadokawa, who was arrested and indicted in connection with a corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.He has sued the government, claiming that his long-term detention, in which he maintained his innocence, was an unjust "hostage justice" policy.The government has shown an attitude of fighting the case, arguing that its response was reasonable.
2025-01-10 17:14:00
On the afternoon of the 10th, a 22-year-old female university student hit several students with a hammer at the Tama Campus of Hosei University in Machida, Tokyo, injuring eight students, all of whom were conscious. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the female university student on the spot on suspicion of assault and is currently investigating the details of the incident.
2025-01-10 16:25:00
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi met with Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea, and others at the Prime Minister's Office, and emphasized his intention to do everything in his power to ensure the return of all abduction victims as soon as possible.
2025-01-10 16:23:00
Regarding the arrest warrant for South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, who declared "emergency martial law," the police have summoned the head of the Presidential Security Service, who obstructed the execution of the warrant, and are investigating him on suspicion of special obstruction of public duties. As the Joint Investigation Headquarters considers executing the warrant once again, the outcome of the investigation into the head of the Security Service is attracting attention.
2025-01-10 16:17:00
British media reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping will send a high-ranking official as a special envoy to the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the 20th of this month. It has been pointed out that this is aimed at reducing tensions between the U.S. and China as the Trump administration begins.
2025-01-10 15:57:00
With the regular Diet session due to convene this month, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Noda emphasized at a press conference that he would like to seek the realization of free school lunches for elementary and junior high schools and free high school tuition fees during deliberations on the new fiscal year budget proposal.
2025-01-10 15:02:00
In response to the announcement by Meta, a major American IT company, that it would end its third-party fact-checking of posts on social media, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Murakami stated at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting that operators of social media sites bear a certain degree of responsibility, and expressed his intention to promote comprehensive measures against false information.
2025-01-10 14:26:00
Regarding the fact that the number of influenza patients has reached the highest level since statistics began being collected using the current method, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Fukuoka commented, "There are significant waiting times for outpatient treatment. I would like to ask everyone to once again take basic infection prevention measures."
2025-01-10 13:22:00
The "Kosho-Hajime" ceremony, where Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress receive lectures from researchers in various fields at the beginning of the year, was held at the Imperial Palace.
2025-01-10 13:13:00
In discussions between the ruling party and the Japan Restoration Party over education policy, the party presented a timetable that included making high school tuition free starting in April of this year. However, the ruling party pointed out that there would be practical issues to overcome before the policy could be implemented from April, and it was decided that further discussions would take place.
2025-01-10 12:25:00
In a security flaw in some websites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other central government ministries and agencies, it was discovered that a website domain previously used by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was temporarily diverted to an advertising site linked to an online casino in Thailand. This has now been corrected after being pointed out by an outside source, but experts say, "It is a huge problem that the domain of a highly reliable government agency was used for a fraudulent site."
2025-01-10 12:04:00
The European Union's weather agency announced that last year's global average temperature was the highest since records began in 1850, and the first to be more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than before the Industrial Revolution.
2025-01-10 12:00:00
Prime Minister Ishiba, who is visiting Malaysia, held a summit meeting with Prime Minister Anwar and is believed to have confirmed that, with China's increasing maritime expansion in mind, they will maintain and strengthen a free and open international order based on the rule of law.
2025-01-10 11:57:00
Snow continues to fall mainly on the Japan Sea coast due to the winter pressure pattern and strong cold air above. The risk of a sudden increase in snowfall is low, but snow is expected to continue to fall mainly on the Japan Sea coast from northern Japan to western Japan through the morning of the 11th, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for continued vigilance against snowfall and the impact of heavy snowstorms on traffic.
2025-01-10 10:25:00
In Syria, where the dictatorial regime has collapsed, ministers of the newly formed interim government gave an interview to NHK in the capital Damascus on the 9th, expressing their determination to rebuild the economy, which has been devastated by years of civil war, and to work toward national reconciliation, and called for support and investment from the international community, including Japan.
2025-01-10 09:00:00
According to the household budget survey released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in November of last year, the amount spent by households with two or more people on consumption, excluding price fluctuations, was down 0.4% compared to the same month of the previous year. This is the fourth consecutive month of decline, and the average household consumption was 295,518 yen.
2025-01-10 08:23:00
On the 9th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke in Germany, where he was visiting, saying that the number of North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in combat with Russian troops currently stands at 4,000. He said, "The collusion between North Korea and Russia shows Putin's weakness," and called for continued pressure on Russia through sanctions and other measures.
2025-01-10 08:18:00
The traditional New Year "Lucky Man Selection" event, in which worshippers sprint through the grounds at full speed in an attempt to be the first to arrive at the shrine, took place on the morning of the 10th at a shrine in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
2025-01-10 07:04:00
In an interview with NHK, a former senior official who served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Asia-Pacific region during the first term of the Trump administration pointed out that China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are the "axis of authoritarianism" that are deepening cooperative relations over the situation in Ukraine and other issues, and emphasized that this is an issue that the next Trump administration, which takes office in January, must face head-on.
2025-01-10 07:01:00
Regarding U.S. President-elect Trump's claim that the United States should own the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "The Arctic is part of our national interests," and indicated his intention to closely monitor future developments.
2025-01-10 07:00:00
The wildfire near Los Angeles, USA, is now in its third day, and the strong winds that caused its rapid spread have subsided, and firefighting efforts are in full swing. Fire authorities have estimated that thousands of buildings have been damaged, calling it "one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of Los Angeles."
2025-01-10 06:59:00
In the trial of a former high-ranking Chinese local government official who was busted for corruption, it was revealed that he had received bribes over a period of more than 20 years amounting to 17.7 billion yen, and the Xi Jinping administration has demonstrated its intention to step up efforts to crack down on corruption.
2025-01-10 06:33:00
A state funeral was held for former US President Carter, who passed away on the 29th of last month, and in his eulogy, President Biden praised the former president as a man of great character with a vision for the future, and paid tribute to him for working to resolve conflicts for many years and for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2025-01-10 06:17:00
According to an interview with a source close to Japan and China, the first hearing of the defendant in the case in which a boy attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen, southern China, was attacked with a knife by a man and killed last year will be held on the 24th of this month. The focus is on how much of the motive for the crime will be revealed.
2025-01-10 06:16:00
On the night of the 9th, entertainer Masahiro Nakai, whose trouble with a woman was reported in a weekly magazine, made a statement saying, "It is true that there was trouble. I sincerely apologize." In response, TV Asahi made a statement about the program he appears on, saying, "Because there are still some unclear points about the truth of this incident, we will suspend the program for the time being," and the impact is spreading.
