Main news(2025/05/09)
SBIHD President Kitao: "Fuji TV CEO Yoshiaki Murakami also collaborates with his eldest daughter"
2025-05-09 22:44:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Television's parent company, SBI Holdings President Yoshitaka Kitao, who is a candidate for director independently proposed by a major shareholder investment fund, said at a press conference held on the 9th about the eldest daughter of Yoshiaki Murakami of the former Murakami Fund, which is a major shareholder, "We would like to fully cooperate in any way we can," hinting at the possibility of cooperation.
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[Professional Baseball Results] Hiroshima's winning streak ends at 4
2025-05-09 22:19:00
In professional baseball, one game was canceled due to rain, and five games were played. Hiroshima's relief pitchers miscalculated and they suffered a walk-off loss to DeNA in the 10th inning, bringing their winning streak to an end at four.
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Osaka District Court partially upholds Toshiba shareholders' compensation claim over accounting fraud
2025-05-09 21:40:00
In a lawsuit filed by 185 individual and former shareholders from the Kansai region and elsewhere against Toshiba, a major electronics manufacturer, and its former management, claiming that they suffered losses due to the company's accounting fraud scandal that came to light in 2015, the Osaka District Court handed down a ruling ordering Toshiba to pay a total of more than 100 million yen in damages. However, the lawsuit against the former management was dismissed.
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Aichi Prefecture, Tahara: Elderly man and woman bleed to death; body has trauma; possible crime
2025-05-09 21:12:00
On the evening of the 9th, two elderly men and women were found bleeding and collapsed in a house in Tahara City, Aichi Prefecture, and were confirmed dead. The bodies had trauma, and the police are investigating the details, believing that it may have been a crime.
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Japan Post to check nationwide for falsified special delivery reports at Ginza Post Office
2025-05-09 21:10:00
Japan Post has announced that reports on delivery of mail that requires special qualifications to be handled have been falsified. The company will investigate whether similar practices are occurring at post offices across the country.
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President Trump: 80% tariffs on China seem right
2025-05-09 21:00:00
On the 9th, US President Trump posted on his social media, "China should open their markets to the US. It would be good for them. Closed markets don't work anymore," and added, "80% tariffs on China seem right. It's up to Treasury Secretary Bessent." As trade friction between the US and China intensifies, talks between high-ranking officials from the US and China are scheduled to begin in Switzerland on the 10th to discuss trade issues.
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MK West Japan call center employee tells customer, "I'm going to kill you"
2025-05-09 20:05:00
MK West Japan Group, which operates taxi companies in Fukuoka and Kobe, announced and apologized for the fact that after a call center employee received an inquiry from a customer about welfare taxi vouchers for people with disabilities, the employee sent messages to the customer such as "You're just disabled, so don't get ahead of yourself" and "I'll kill you."
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Missing Moritomo disclosure documents: Ministry of Finance "assumes there are many references to politicians"
2025-05-09 19:41:00
On the 9th, the Ministry of Finance responded in writing to the legal team representing the surviving family members of the Kinki Finance Bureau employees who had requested an explanation for the issue of some of the documents related to Moritomo Gakuen that were newly disclosed by the Ministry of Finance last month being missing. The Ministry of Finance stated that "it is presumed that the majority of the missing parts refer to people connected to politicians," and expressed the view that many of the missing documents were destroyed in the process of intentionally destroying records of negotiations with the school eight years ago.
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Major machinery manufacturers consider response to shipbuilding technical cooperation proposal amid tariff measures
2025-05-09 19:03:00
In the Japan-U.S. negotiations over tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration, the Japanese side has presented proposals such as technical cooperation in the shipbuilding sector as one way to extract concessions. A major machinery manufacturer with a shipbuilding business has decided to consider its response depending on the progress of the negotiations.
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Princess Aiko visits Osaka Week and the Singapore Pavilion at the Expo
2025-05-09 18:29:00
Princess Aiko, the eldest daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who is visiting Osaka, viewed the exhibits for "Osaka Week," which began on the 9th at the Osaka-Kansai Expo site.
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US Steel acquisition by Nippon Steel: "President Trump to make decision by the 5th of next month"
2025-05-09 18:01:00
Nippon Steel said at a press conference on the 9th that President Trump is expected to decide whether to approve the plan to acquire American steelmaker U.S. Steel by the 5th of next month.
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Male student commits suicide at Fukuoka's Tagawa Junior High School; third-party committee determines cause of bullying
2025-05-09 17:32:00
Regarding the suicide of a third-year male student at a junior high school in Tagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture, last year, a third-party committee set up by the Tagawa City Board of Education determined that the victim had been bullied by other students, who repeatedly called him "smelly," and published an investigative report stating that it was believed that the mental stress led to the student's suicide.
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Panasonic Holdings to cut 10,000 jobs at home and abroad as part of group restructuring
2025-05-09 17:06:00
Panasonic Holdings has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs as part of a restructuring of the group.
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Climbing restrictions for Mount Fuji: Shizuoka Prefecture ordinance comes into force; mountain entry fees to be charged in both prefectures
2025-05-09 16:44:00
On the 9th, Shizuoka Prefecture's ordinance to regulate climbing Mt. Fuji came into force, and starting this summer mountain season, both Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture will begin to charge mountain entry fees. Tourists visiting the trailhead on the Shizuoka side expressed their understanding of the need for the regulations.
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[Updated regularly] Russia's "Victory Day" ceremony begins, attended by world leaders
2025-05-09 16:18:00
On the 9th, Russia celebrated Victory Day in World War II, and a commemorative ceremony was held in Moscow, attended by leaders of various countries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Putin, who continues to invade Ukraine, is expected to give a speech at the ceremony, calling for unity among the Russian people and asserting that the country is not isolated from the world.
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Osaka: Man stabbed by knife-wielding man, transported to hospital; man in his 30s arrested
2025-05-09 14:03:00
Around noon on the 9th, a man in his 30s was stabbed by a man with a knife near an apartment building in Abeno-ku, Osaka, and was taken to the hospital. He is said to have suffered minor injuries. Police have arrested a man who was near the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and are currently investigating the details of the incident.
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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits his 11th home run but loses, Yamamoto Yoshinobu takes 3rd loss
2025-05-09 13:20:00
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers in Major League Baseball started as the leadoff hitter and designated hitter in the game against the Diamondbacks on the 8th, and hit his 11th solo home run of the season, his first in two games, in his fifth at-bat in the ninth inning.
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LDP lawmaker Nishida plans to retract remarks made regarding explanation of Himeyuri Monument
2025-05-09 13:16:00
Liberal Democratic Party Senator Masashi Nishida has indicated he intends to retract his remarks regarding the explanation of the Himeyuri Tower, which commemorates the female students who died in the Battle of Okinawa, saying that they were inappropriate and lacked a thorough explanation.
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Subway stabbing incident: "Parents who are enthusiastic about education take it too far and become criminals" - motive explained
2025-05-09 12:52:00
In the case on the 7th at Todai-mae Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, a 43-year-old suspect was arrested for stabbing a university student passenger with a kitchen knife, interviews with investigators have revealed that the suspect has begun to make statements about his motive for the crime during questioning by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, saying, "I started skipping school because my parents were too education-conscious. By committing the crime at Todai-mae, I wanted to show parents around the world that if they take it too far, their children will become criminals."
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China trade statistics: April exports to the US fall sharply
2025-05-09 12:50:00
According to trade statistics released by China's customs authorities on the 9th, the value of exports to the United States in April fell sharply, down 21% in dollar terms compared to the same month in 2024. In addition, the value of imports from the United States fell 13.8% compared to the same month in 2024. In April, the Trump administration in the United States raised additional tariffs on China to 145%, while China retaliated by raising additional tariffs on the United States to 125%, intensifying trade friction between the two countries, which influenced the results.
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Two Chinese arrested for forging foreign resident cards, Japanese name data also included
2025-05-09 12:22:00
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested two Chinese suspects for forging residence cards issued to foreigners residing in Japan. Approximately 10,000 records of family registers and other records of foreign and Japanese nationals have been found at related locations, and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the details of the case.
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Japan Airport Terminal Co. chairman and president resign after 200 million yen was paid to company with no actual operations
2025-05-09 12:11:00
In response to a problem where a subsidiary of Japan Airport Terminal Co., which operates the terminal building at Haneda Airport, was allegedly paying approximately 200 million yen to a consulting firm that was found to have no actual business operations by the National Tax Agency, the company announced the resignation of its chairman and president. It plans to hold a press conference on the afternoon of the 9th to announce the results of its investigation.
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Kanagawa Prefectural Police set up team to investigate Kawasaki body abandonment case
2025-05-09 12:11:00
On the 9th, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters established a team to investigate the series of responses to the case in Kawasaki City where a woman's body was abandoned and her ex-boyfriend was arrested. In this case, the woman's family and others complained that the police did not respond adequately to the complaints of the woman who had consulted them about her being stalked, and the police will investigate whether there were any problems and make the results public.
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Secretary of House of Councillors sexually assaulted female journalist; government ordered to pay compensation
2025-05-09 12:03:00
The Tokyo District Court has ordered the government to pay 4.4 million yen in damages to Senator Seiji Ueda's public secretary for sexually assaulting a female reporter for a news organization. The government has not appealed, and the ruling has been finalized.
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Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games opening ceremony to be held simultaneously in two locations for the first time in history
2025-05-09 11:16:00
For the first time in history, the opening ceremonies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will be held simultaneously in two locations.
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Finance Minister Kato says ruling and opposition parties' proposal to lower consumption tax rate is "inappropriate"
2025-05-09 10:46:00
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 9th, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato expressed his negative view on the reduction of the consumption tax rate, which has been proposed by both the ruling and opposition parties, saying, "The consumption tax is an important source of revenue supporting the social security system, so reducing the tax rate is not appropriate."
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Princess Kako to make official visit to Brazil, marking 130 years since diplomatic relations were established
2025-05-09 09:01:00
It has been officially decided that Princess Kako, the second daughter of Prince and Princess Akishino, will make an official visit to Brazil for two weeks from next month 4th, marking the 130th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Japan, in order to promote international goodwill.
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North Korean media reports ballistic missile launch drills in the presence of Kim Jong Un
2025-05-09 07:02:00
North Korean media has just reported that on the 8th, North Korea conducted a launch drill of a 600mm caliber "super-large rocket artillery" and a tactical ballistic missile "Hwasong-11" in the presence of General Secretary Kim Jong Un. The South Korean military revealed that North Korea launched several types of short-range ballistic missiles on the 8th from near Wonsan in the east toward the Sea of Japan, and this announcement is likely a reference to this.
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[Reaction Summary] Cardinal Prevost's reaction to the Pope from around the world
2025-05-09 07:01:00
The election to decide the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the conclave, was held on the 8th and it was announced that American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected and will take the name Leo XIV. This is the first time that a pope from the United States has been born. We have summarized the reactions of leaders of various countries and people around the country.
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Very heavy rain expected tomorrow in western and eastern Japan
2025-05-09 06:21:00
Due to the influence of the front, there is a risk of very heavy rain accompanied by localized thunderstorms from western Japan to the Pacific side of eastern Japan through the 10th. In western Japan, winds are expected to strengthen, making the weather rough, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against flooding in low-lying areas, landslides, and rising rivers.
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President Trump reaches agreement with UK on tariffs to reduce auto tariffs to 10%
2025-05-09 05:39:00
US President Trump announced that he had reached an agreement with the UK in negotiations regarding tariff measures. While the Trump administration will impose an additional 25% tariff on cars imported into the US, the tariff on up to 100,000 cars produced in the UK per year will be reduced to 10%.
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LDP lawmaker Nishida's comments about Himeyuri Monument spark backlash from opposition parties, criticism from within the party
2025-05-09 05:22:00
Opposition parties have stepped up their criticism of the remarks made by Liberal Democratic Party Senator Masashi Nishida regarding the explanation of the "Himeyuri Monument" in Okinawa, calling them "absurd remarks that contradict the facts." There are also voices within the Liberal Democratic Party calling for the retraction of the remarks, fearing the impact they may have on the upcoming House of Councillors elections in the summer.
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[Breaking News] Cardinal Prevost elected Pope from the United States
2025-05-09 05:21:00
The election to decide the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the conclave, was held on the 8th and it was announced that American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected and will take the name Leo XIV. This is the first time that an American pope will be born.
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Subway stabbing suspect may have another knife; investigation into purpose
2025-05-09 04:52:00
In a case where a 43-year-old suspect was arrested on the 7th at Todaimae Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line for stabbing a university student passenger with a kitchen knife, it was revealed through interviews with investigators that the suspect was carrying another knife in addition to the murder weapon. The Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating in detail the purpose of the suspect possessing multiple knives and the planning of the crime.
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