2025-02-06 21:24:00
The Consumer Affairs Agency is urging caution, saying there have been a series of reports of people being scammed out of their money after applying for part-time jobs advertised on social media that promise easy money, with the total amount of damage exceeding 1 billion yen in just one year last year.
2025-02-06 20:50:00
The final qualifying round for women's ice hockey at next year's Winter Olympics to be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, began in Hokkaido on the 6th. Japan, aiming for their fifth consecutive appearance in four Olympic Games, started off with a comfortable 7-1 victory over France in their first match.
2025-02-06 20:29:00
In the South China Sea, where China is strengthening its maritime expansion, joint training between Japan, the United States, the Philippines, and Australia was held for the first time since the inauguration of the Trump administration. In conjunction with the training, U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth spoke by phone for the first time with his Philippine defense minister, confirming the importance of working with allies to rebuild deterrence in the South China Sea.
2025-02-06 20:07:00
Regarding generative AI developed by China's DeepSeek, the government has stated that it is necessary to be fully aware of the risks of using it, and has warned government agencies and other organizations to seek advice from specialized departments such as the Cabinet Secretariat before deciding whether to use it.
2025-02-06 19:20:00
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has announced that it will begin dismantling some of the tanks that have become empty due to the release of treated water accumulating at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea from February 13. This will be the first time that a storage tank for treated water will be dismantled in about a year and a half since the release began.
2025-02-06 18:31:00
The heads of Honda and Nissan Motors met on the 6th, and Nissan conveyed that it was unable to accept the proposal from Honda to make Nissan a subsidiary, as there were many opposing opinions. Honda believes that it will be difficult to continue the discussions unless Nissan accepts the subsidiary, and the two companies plan to make a final decision soon on whether to end the business integration discussions.
2025-02-06 18:16:00
Former House of Representatives Speaker Ibuki, who was involved in political reforms about 30 years ago, expressed the view that the agreement between then Prime Minister Hosokawa and LDP President Kono did not include a complete ban on corporate and organizational donations.
2025-02-06 17:56:00
Regarding Nippon Steel's plan to acquire the major steel manufacturer U.S. Steel, which was banned by former U.S. President Biden, Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori revealed at an earnings briefing on the 6th that he is working to ensure that moves are made under President Trump to approve the acquisition plan.
2025-02-06 17:31:00
Regarding reports that the campaign team of Shinji Ishimaru, who ran in last year's Tokyo gubernatorial election, paid approximately 1 million yen to a company that live-streamed rallies during the election period, Ishimaru said at a press conference on the 6th, "I think there is a risk that we may be violating the law.I would like to change what needs to be changed."
2025-02-06 17:22:00
Cabbage prices continue to rise, and in Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, where cabbage is produced in great numbers, there have been successive outbreaks of a fungal disease that causes the leaves to rot, raising concerns about the impact on production.
2025-02-06 17:09:00
Two years have passed since the devastating Turkish-Syrian earthquake, which killed more than 59,000 people, and memorial ceremonies were held in the devastated areas of southern Turkey on the 6th.
2025-02-06 16:48:00
As rice prices continue to rise, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has reviewed its operations to make use of the government's rice stockpiles to smooth distribution. In response to this, JA Zenchu, Chairman of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, Toru Yamano, stated at a regular press conference on the 6th that he intends to closely monitor future trends in rice prices.
2025-02-06 16:41:00
Regarding the disputed border between the towns of Yuzawa and Tokamachi in Niigata Prefecture, the Tokyo High Court has handed down a ruling in favor of the town of Yuzawa. If the ruling is upheld, Yuzawa will gain the right to tax the lifts and other facilities at Gala Yuzawa Ski Resort, which is visited by many people from the Tokyo metropolitan area.
2025-02-06 16:41:00
Mitsubishi Corporation, a major trading company, has announced that it is reviewing its plans for offshore wind power generation off the coast of Akita and Chiba prefectures from scratch, citing significantly higher costs than originally anticipated.
2025-02-06 16:24:00
The US State Department has announced that government ships will be exempt from tolls for the Panama Canal, a key maritime transport route in Central America. However, the Panamanian side denies this, and there is a discrepancy between the views of the two sides.
2025-02-06 15:50:00
Regarding the free high school tuition, Japan Restoration Party co-leader Maehara revealed on the 5th that the Liberal Democratic Party had presented a proposal to abolish the income restrictions on tuition support grants for public schools in April of this year and for private schools in April of next year, and that discussions would continue.
2025-02-06 15:48:00
A former employee in charge of asset management at Nomura Securities was arrested on suspicion of fraud for offering false investment stories to customers and defrauding them of 10 million yen. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that he may have committed similar frauds and used the money to repay his own debts.
2025-02-06 15:10:00
The Okayama branch of the Hiroshima High Court has ruled that the disparity in the value of one vote in last October's House of Representatives election, which was up to 2.06 times, does not violate the Constitution, dismissing a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the election. A group of lawyers has filed lawsuits in courts across the country seeking to invalidate last year's House of Representatives election over the disparity in the value of one vote, and this was the first ruling in the series of lawsuits.
2025-02-06 14:47:00
In a lawsuit filed by a former lawyer against the government, alleging that a prosecutor insulted him by calling him a "kid" during interrogation after his arrest, the Tokyo High Court, in its second instance, found that parts of the interrogation were illegal and, as in the first instance, ordered the government to pay 1.1 million yen in damages.
2025-02-06 14:30:00
A former employee of the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit on suspicion of instructing a Tokyo real estate company on how to post fictitious losses, thereby evading approximately 51 million yen in corporate taxes.
2025-02-06 13:31:00
In a lawsuit filed by the wife of a Kinki Finance Bureau employee who committed suicide after being implicated in the falsification of Finance Ministry documents related to Moritomo Gakuen, the government sought disclosure of related documents. The Osaka High Court, in the second instance, ruled the government's decision not to disclose the documents without even revealing their existence, as illegal, in a ruling that was the opposite of the first instance and overturned the decision. Finance Minister Kato recently spoke to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office, revealing that he had been instructed by Prime Minister Ishiba not to appeal the decision. Minister Kato said, "The Prime Minister just said that, considering that someone who had devoted himself wholeheartedly to his work has passed away, we should accept the decision sincerely and not appeal. I have been instructed to carefully consider the decision to disclose or not disclose documents in accordance with the law and from the perspective of accountability to the public."
2025-02-06 13:12:00
A 47-year-old man from Tama City, Tokyo, was arrested for sending approximately 16,000 messages to the official blog of celebrity Chiemi Hori, disrupting the work of the blog's management company. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the messages, as they were slanderous and libelous.
2025-02-06 13:01:00
On the 6th, Tamura Naoki, a member of the Bank of Japan's Board of Directors involved in deciding monetary policy, gave a speech in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, saying that the risk of an upward fluctuation in prices is growing, and that "it will be necessary to raise short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the second half of the new fiscal year (2025)," indicating his view that interest rates should be raised multiple times in the future.
2025-02-06 12:54:00
On the 6th, a large truck collided with an overturned light wagon in a tunnel on the Hokuriku Expressway in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, and a 52-year-old man driving the light wagon died. The accident occurred near the entrance to the tunnel, where snow was blowing in at the time, and police are investigating the circumstances of the accident, believing that the light wagon slipped.
2025-02-06 12:33:00
A proposed amendment to the Whistleblower Protection Act, which includes provisions for imposing criminal penalties on individuals or corporations that fire or discipline employees for reporting wrongdoing internally, was approved at a joint meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party on the 6th.
2025-02-06 12:17:00
In connection with the large-scale road collapse in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, where one man is still missing, the prefecture is proceeding with bypass construction to divert part of the sewer pipe upstream in order to reduce the amount of water that is overflowing into the hole at the site from the damaged sewer pipe, which is believed to be the cause, and the amount of water flowing into the downstream area where what appears to be the driver's seat of a truck was found.
2025-02-06 12:13:00
On the morning of the 6th, a road collapsed in Nagoya City, causing the front wheels of a passing car to get stuck and become unable to move. Near the site, a hole had been dug underground to replace a water pipe, and the police and city government are currently investigating the cause of the collapse.
2025-02-06 12:05:00
On the afternoon of the 5th, an 80-year-old woman who lived nearby was found dead in an irrigation canal in Oyabe City, Toyama Prefecture. Police believe that she may have accidentally fallen while clearing snow, and are currently investigating the matter further.
2025-02-06 11:56:00
Honda approached Nissan Motors about making the company a subsidiary, but at the Nissan board meeting held on the 5th, there were a number of opposing opinions. The Nissan president met with the Honda president on the 6th to convey the company's intentions based on the discussions at the board meeting, and the situation is looking grim for the realization of a business integration.
2025-02-06 11:38:00
The National Police Agency has found that the amount of damage caused by special fraud last year was the highest ever at approximately 72.1 billion yen, and that when investment fraud using social media and "romance fraud," which tricks people into giving up on romantic feelings in order to defraud them of money, are combined, the total amounted to approximately 200 billion yen. The National Police Agency is calling for caution as there has been a sharp increase in the number of methods that abuse internet banking to trick people into transferring money.
2025-02-06 11:31:00
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, and has indicated his intention to ask the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to not allow transgender athletes to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
2025-02-06 11:13:00
The National Police Agency has released a report on the crime situation for the past year. It states that the crime situation is severe, with a series of violent crimes, including robberies, perpetrated by perpetrators solicited via social media, and an increase in the number of victims of specialized frauds and frauds using social media.
2025-02-06 11:01:00
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball took batting practice as part of his voluntary training on the 5th, showing off a powerful swing that showed no signs of being affected by the surgery he underwent on his left shoulder last November.
2025-02-06 10:09:00
In connection with the case in which a former manager at major trust bank Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is suspected of engaging in insider trading based on information he learned in the course of his work, it has been learned through interviews with people involved that the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission has conducted a compulsory investigation of the former employee's related parties on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
2025-02-06 09:49:00
A White House spokesman explained that President Trump's remarks about the United States taking long-term ownership of and rebuilding the Gaza Strip in Palestine are a plan to enable people to live in peace, and expressed the United States' desire to work with countries in the region to make this a reality.
2025-02-06 09:08:00
In order to commercialize a technology known as CCS, which captures carbon dioxide emitted by factories and other facilities and stores it deep underground, the national government has decided to designate the area off the coast of Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, as the first "designated area" under the law in the country.
2025-02-06 08:39:00
Following US President Donald Trump's announcement that the country would withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), Argentine President Mirell Milley, who is known to have close ties with Trump, also announced on the 5th that the country would withdraw from the WHO.
2025-02-06 07:07:00
On the 5th, an accident occurred at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state in the US, when the right wing of a Japan Airlines plane collided with the vertical stabilizer of a Delta Airlines plane while on the ground. There have been no reports of injuries so far.
2025-02-06 06:55:00
The strongest cold front of the season is flowing in, and snow and winds are intensifying, especially in the Japan Sea coast. In Hokuriku, Niigata Prefecture, and southern Tohoku, there is a risk that the "JPCZ" that creates a band of snow clouds will cause a sudden increase in snowfall in a short period of time, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against heavy snow, blizzards, impacts on traffic due to snowdrifts, and high waves.
2025-02-06 05:34:00
Prime Minister Ishiba will depart for the United States on the 6th for his first summit meeting with President Trump. He hopes to build a relationship of trust between the two leaders, confirm cooperation in the fields of security and the economy, and strengthen ties between the two countries.
2025-02-06 05:24:00
U.S. President Trump's announcement that the United States will own and rebuild the Gaza Strip in Palestine on a long-term basis, and that the residents of the area will be resettled elsewhere, has sparked outrage and concern not only from Middle Eastern countries but also from around the world, with some claiming that his announcement is a violation of international law.
2025-02-06 05:02:00
In the case where the dismembered body of a male national government official was found in the mountains of Higashiosaka City, Osaka, it was learned from an interview with an investigator that a person believed to be the suspect was caught on security camera footage withdrawing cash using a cash card in the man's name. The man was believed to have already died at the time, and the police are currently investigating the details.
2025-02-06 04:21:00
On the 5th, what appears to be the driver's seat of a truck that fell into a sewer pipe downstream of a large road collapse in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, where one man is missing, was found, but the man has not been identified. The search is not easy due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide inside the pipe, and the prefecture is planning to quickly consider specific methods for future searches with related agencies.
