2025-03-21 22:05:00
As the need for cosmetic medical treatments grows and the number of clinics increases, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to step up its crackdown, including patrolling the Internet, on the issue of advertisements that violate laws and regulations in order to attract customers.
2025-03-21 20:14:00
Prime Minister Ishiba met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yol, who are both visiting Japan, and conveyed his intention to build a future-oriented cooperative relationship with both countries through dialogue, although difficult issues sometimes arise as neighbors.
2025-03-21 19:34:00
A couple who worked as an assistant professor and a professor at a private university in Miyazaki City sued the university, alleging that it was unfair for the wife to be notified of the termination of her employment and for both of them to be disciplined for marrying a coworker. It was revealed that a settlement was reached on the 21st. The settlement clause included a provision that the university would revoke all of the terminations and disciplinary measures.
2025-03-21 19:32:00
Measles cases have been confirmed in various areas, including Hyogo and Kanagawa prefectures. In addition to people who were infected overseas, there have also been reports of people who are thought to have been infected through contact with such people. Experts are calling for people traveling to countries where measles is prevalent to consider getting vaccinated after checking their vaccination history.
2025-03-21 19:23:00
A Korean music group that was once popular worldwide as "New Jeans" changed their name due to a dispute with their agency, but a Korean court issued a provisional injunction banning the group from continuing activities. The group plans to appeal, but the impact on their activities is expected to be unavoidable.
2025-03-21 19:23:00
A group including Keio University conducted clinical research on transplanting nerve cells made from iPS cells into patients who had lost the ability to move or feel their bodies due to spinal cord injuries caused by accidents or other causes, and announced that the motor functions of two out of four patients improved. The group claims that this is the world's first case in which symptoms have been improved by treating spinal cord injuries using iPS cells.
2025-03-21 19:12:00
The Israeli military has resumed its attacks on the Islamic organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, and in addition to air strikes, announced on the 20th that it had expanded ground operations to the southern town of Rafah, further increasing military pressure on Hamas.
2025-03-21 18:58:00
Regarding the issue of gift certificate distribution, Prime Minister Ishiba stated that he was explaining the situation sincerely, and indicated that if the explanation was not satisfactory, he might appear before the Political Ethics Committee. He also emphasized that he was not in a position to definitively answer whether the distribution of gift certificates had been a practice under previous cabinets.
2025-03-21 18:28:00
How much does it cost to cook curry and rice at home? The price of curry and rice, calculated independently by a private research company, has been hitting new highs for 10 consecutive months, driven by rising costs of rice and other ingredients.
2025-03-21 17:58:00
Ahead of the "Spring National Traffic Safety Campaign" which begins next month, a traffic safety event was held in Tokyo, and the Metropolitan Police Department called for caution, saying that more than 60% of pedestrians who died in accidents had committed road violations.
2025-03-21 17:49:00
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries revealed that JA Zennoh accounted for more than 90% of the winning bids in the auction for stockpiled rice held last week.
2025-03-21 17:42:00
On the morning of the 21st, a fire broke out at a house in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, and two bodies were found in the ruins. The two residents of the house have not been contacted, and police and fire departments are working to identify them.
2025-03-21 16:45:00
In the third game of the fourth day of the Senbatsu High School Baseball Tournament, Chiben Wakayama High School defeated Chiba Reimei High School 6-0 to advance to the second round.
2025-03-21 16:44:00
Electricity bills for May billings by major power companies are expected to rise due to the end of government subsidies and an increase in "surcharges" added to promote the spread of renewable energy. Tokyo Electric Power Company expects the average household to pay more than 9,000 yen, up by more than 400 yen from the previous month.
2025-03-21 16:28:00
London's Heathrow Airport has announced that it will be closed for the entire day of the 21st due to a major power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation.
2025-03-21 16:09:00
Regarding the handling of corporate and organizational donations, the House of Representatives Special Committee on Political Reform has begun deliberations on a bill jointly submitted by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Japan Restoration Party and others to completely ban donations from companies and labor unions.
2025-03-21 16:00:00
The Tokyo District Court has handed down a guilty verdict to Tokyu Agency, a major advertising agency that was charged with violating the Antimonopoly Act for fraudulently adjusting orders in connection with a bid-rigging case surrounding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, and ordered the company to pay a fine of 200 million yen. Tokyu Agency had pleaded not guilty to most charges.
2025-03-21 15:27:00
NHK's budget for the new fiscal year 2025 was approved by a majority vote from both the ruling and opposition parties at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 21st.
2025-03-21 15:03:00
A national committee made up of experts has put together a policy on how society as a whole should respond if a large-scale eruption occurs at Mount Fuji or elsewhere and a large amount of volcanic ash accumulates in the Tokyo metropolitan area. While the basic rule is to continue living at home, it says that evacuation is necessary in areas where volcanic ash accumulates to 30 centimeters or more, and that stockpiling of supplies should be promoted and easy-to-understand information about volcanic ash should be provided.
2025-03-21 14:57:00
On the evening of the 20th, the Japanese national soccer team won 2-0 against Bahrain in the seventh match of the final Asian qualifying round for the World Cup, securing their eighth consecutive appearance in the finals. This was the earliest qualification in the world, excluding the host countries of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The following day, we are broadcasting live the press conference of head coach Hajime Moriyasu and captain Wataru Endo.
2025-03-21 14:08:00
In a lawsuit filed by a former real estate company president who was acquitted of an embezzlement case investigated by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors' Office Special Investigation Division, the Osaka District Court ruled not to recognize the government's liability for compensation and dismissed the lawsuit, alleging that the investigation was illegal.
2025-03-21 14:06:00
Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, Toshitaka Ooka, revealed that after being first elected in the 2012 House of Representatives election, he received gift certificates in conjunction with a dinner held at the Prime Minister's official residence during the second Abe administration.
2025-03-21 13:22:00
As part of measures to combat the declining birthrate, a proposed amendment to the law to create a system to reduce or waive entrance fees and tuition fees for universities and other institutions from the new academic year for households raising three or more children was passed by a majority vote of both the ruling and opposition parties in a plenary session of the House of Representatives on the 21st and sent to the House of Councillors.
2025-03-21 13:10:00
Tesla, an American electric car manufacturer owned by Elon Musk, has filed a recall with authorities for more than 46,000 units of its new Cybertruck model sold in the U.S. It is believed to be almost all of the models sold so far, and this is likely to be a further blow to the company's stock price, which has already fallen sharply due to boycotts and other factors.
2025-03-21 13:00:00
On the 21st, the House of Councillors Budget Committee held an intensive debate, during which the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan pointed out that Prime Minister Ishiba may have been aware that it was illegal to hand out gift certificates prior to the dinner. In response, Prime Minister Ishiba stated that he had been careful to ensure that the gift certificates would not become baggage, and reiterated his view that there was no legal problem.
2025-03-21 12:15:00
This month, a man in his 50s from Suginami Ward, Tokyo, was tricked into handing over 67.8 million yen worth of crypto assets to a person claiming to be a police officer via video call, who threatened to use his account for money laundering. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case as a special fraud and is urging caution as frauds impersonating police officers are on the rise.
2025-03-21 12:13:00
On the morning of the 21st, a truck collided with several cars and bicycles on a national highway in Okawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, resulting in the death of a male bicycle rider and leaving the driver of the truck in a coma and in critical condition.
2025-03-21 11:58:00
A 17-year-old boy was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of illegally logging into the system of the mobile phone company Rakuten Mobile and signing up for a line contract. Last month, three junior and senior high school students were arrested for signing up for a line contract with Rakuten Mobile using a program created by abusing generative AI, and it is said that the group of boys this time also logged in using some of the same program.
2025-03-21 11:45:00
It has been learned from an interview with a person involved in the investigation that a police inspector who was the head of the second investigation division of the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Headquarters has been referred to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Local Public Service Act for allegedly leaking investigative information to a female acquaintance regarding a case in which a former head of the prefectural police's public safety bureau was indicted. The same police inspector was also referred to the prosecutor's office in February on suspicion of sexually assaulting another woman.
2025-03-21 11:36:00
In the first game of the fourth day of the Senbatsu High School Baseball Tournament, Hiroshima Commercial High School defeated Yokohama Seiryo High School from Kanagawa, which was making its first appearance under the 21st Century枠, 10-2 to advance to the second round.
2025-03-21 11:33:00
The National Police Agency has reviewed the uniforms of female police officers and decided to eliminate the skirt from the two types currently available: skirt and trousers. As the scope of work for female police officers expands, skirts are no longer worn as they make it difficult to move around in the field, and they have been removed from the police uniform regulations about 50 years ago.
2025-03-21 11:30:00
The government has decided on a new basic plan to combat gambling addiction. In response to online casinos, the plan includes strengthening crackdowns on payment agents used by customers to transfer bets.
2025-03-21 11:10:00
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 21st, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Eto stated that regarding JA Zennoh's request to its trading partners to sell the stockpiled rice that it won at a bid in a way that does not make it clear that it is stockpiled rice, "this is not an instruction from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries," and indicated that he intends to leave it up to the discretion of the businesses as to how they label the rice when selling it.
2025-03-21 10:57:00
In response to the issue of falsifying the origin of products in Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture, for hometown tax donations, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Murakami has requested a report from the city and indicated his intention to consider how to respond, including whether to revoke the city's designation as a local government eligible for hometown tax donations.
2025-03-21 10:40:00
According to the police, at around 8:00 a.m. on the 21st, a head-on collision occurred between two light passenger vehicles on a national highway in Kibichuo Town, Okayama Prefecture, resulting in four people being injured and taken to the hospital. According to the police, two people in one of the vehicles, believed to be a woman and a small child, are in critical condition.
2025-03-21 08:44:00
The February Consumer Price Index, which tracks the price movements of goods and services consumed at home and excludes fresh food, which is subject to large fluctuations due to weather, rose 3.0% from the same month last year. Although the rate of increase was 0.2 percentage points lower than the previous month's 3.2%, it has remained in the 3% range for three consecutive months.
2025-03-21 08:35:00
A meeting of military officials from European countries was held in the UK to discuss how peacekeeping should be carried out after the ceasefire in Ukraine. Prime Minister Starmer revealed that they are considering the scope of activities of peacekeeping troops to include not only ground but also air and sea.
2025-03-21 07:41:00
The US Department of Justice announced that it had indicted three people on charges of setting fire to vehicles of an electric car manufacturer whose CEO is Elon Musk, the businessman who heads DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) in the Trump administration. Attorney General Bondi warned, "If you join the wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla, you will be put in prison."
2025-03-21 06:44:00
A large eruption occurred at a volcano in Indonesia at around 12:40 a.m. on the 21st, Japan time. The Japan Meteorological Agency is investigating whether there will be a tsunami caused by the eruption and its impact on Japan, but as of 6:30 a.m., no significant changes in sea levels have been observed at observation points in Japan or overseas.
2025-03-21 06:14:00
The British Ministry of Defence has released an analysis stating that between 200,000 and 250,000 Russian troops have been killed since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine.
2025-03-21 05:24:00
An election to decide the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was held in Greece on the 20th, and Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe, Africa, was elected. Coventry will be the first woman to be president, while Morinari Watanabe, the president of the International Gymnastics Federation, who was the first Japanese to run for the position, was not elected.
2025-03-21 05:11:00
In response to the gift certificate distribution issue, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to question Prime Minister Ishiba in the House of Councillors, where the new fiscal year budget bill is being deliberated, and then to ask him to explain himself at the Political Ethics Committee. In response, the Liberal Democratic Party has decided to do everything in its power to pass the budget bill within the fiscal year, arguing that it is the ruling party's responsibility.
2025-03-21 04:55:00
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan is calling for caution following a series of accidents in which children's two-wheeled bikes, which have no pedals or brakes, have fallen and been injured while riding uphill.
2025-03-21 04:52:00
On the 21st, it will be six months since the heavy rain disaster in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, in which 16 people died. More than 80 people are still living in evacuation centers, and all temporary housing planned for construction is expected to be completed within this month.
