2025-05-24 22:05:00
On the 24th, two professional baseball games were canceled due to rain, and four games were played. Rakuten's Hideto Asamura became the 56th player in history to achieve 2,000 hits, and the team also beat the leading Nippon-Ham Fighters.
2025-05-24 18:36:00
In the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, a large-scale attack by Russian forces using drones and ballistic missiles injured at least 15 people. Kyiv authorities said it was the largest attack on the capital to date, and President Zelensky stressed that "Russia is the reason the war is dragging on," and called for tougher sanctions.
2025-05-24 18:05:00
Victims of air raids during the last war and their supporters held a rally in Tokyo, calling for the early passage of a bill to provide relief to air raid victims, which was compiled this month by a cross-party group of Diet members.
2025-05-24 17:56:00
With Megumi Yokota's mother now the only surviving parent of the victims the government has recognized as having been abducted by North Korea, the families of the victims held a large rally in Tokyo, calling for government efforts and North Korea's decision to return the children to Japan as soon as possible, as time is limited.
2025-05-24 17:46:00
On the afternoon of the 24th, a crane crashed into a sidewalk in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, injuring four people, including two children. All of them are conscious, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the accident.
2025-05-24 16:53:00
A ceremony to hand over the carriages transferred from Odakyu Electric Railway to Seibu Railway was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo on the 24th, ahead of the start of commercial operation at the end of May after refurbishing the carriages.
2025-05-24 16:44:00
On the morning of the 24th, a horse participating in the traditional festival "Soma Nomaoi" collided with a train in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture. According to police and other sources, the horse was waiting for the train to pass at a railroad crossing when it fell into a nearby ditch and entered the tracks. The horse died on the spot, but no passengers were injured.
2025-05-24 15:03:00
On the 24th, Rakuten's Hideto Asamura (34) hit a single to right field in the first inning of the game against Nippon Ham at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi, achieving his 2,000th career hit. He is the 56th player to achieve 2,000 career hits in professional baseball since Yohei Oshima of Chunichi Dragons achieved it in August of last year.
2025-05-24 14:44:00
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers in Major League Baseball recorded his first hit in two games in a game against the Mets. After a long battle that was interrupted by rain and went into extra innings of 13 innings, the Dodgers won 7-5 to extend their winning streak to three.
2025-05-24 14:31:00
Honda, an automaker, has opened one of its main factories in the U.S. The company has revealed that it will focus on producing hybrid vehicles, which are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S., and will also further promote local procurement of parts in light of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration.
2025-05-24 13:18:00
On the night of the 23rd, police arrested a male high school student from Nagoya City who had been taken into custody in neighboring Thailand and returned to Japan, for allegedly making false phone calls to a man in Mie Prefecture, posing as a police officer, from a base for special fraud in Myanmar, and defrauding him of over 9 million yen in cash. The high school student had responded to voluntary questioning after returning to Japan, but it is said that he had become unreachable a few days ago.
2025-05-24 13:05:00
According to Kagoshima Prefecture, the Shinkawa River, which flows through Kagoshima City, exceeded the flood danger level at the Tagamibashi observation station at around 12:40 pm. The prefecture is calling for people to pay close attention to future information.
2025-05-24 12:10:00
U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated his intention to impose tariffs on smartphones made by tech giants such as Apple's iPhone and South Korea's Samsung Electronics if they are imported and not produced domestically.
2025-05-24 11:42:00
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, a major league baseball player aiming to return as a two-way pitcher and batter, will pitch in a live game-style pitching practice on the 24th. It will be about a year and nine months since Ohtani last pitched to a batter.
2025-05-24 10:03:00
Regarding bills related to pension system reform, the Liberal Democratic Party plans to accept in principle the amendments proposed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, which include measures to raise basic pensions, and will make final adjustments with the other three parties, including the Komeito Party, with the aim of passing the bill in the House of Representatives within this month.
2025-05-24 10:00:00
The Danish parliament has decided to raise the retirement age for workers to 70. This is thought to be the latest in Europe, where the population is aging, and has raised concerns and opposition from the public.
2025-05-24 07:22:00
On the 23rd it was five years since professional wrestler Kimura Hana passed away after being subjected to slander on social media for comments and actions made on the Fuji TV program "Terrace House." Her mother, Kyoko, who continues to work to eliminate slander and abuse from society, said, "We are working with the idea that we are 'sowing seeds,' and we don't know when the 'flowers' will bloom, but we want to create a world where people support each other, not one where they attack each other."
2025-05-24 06:59:00
Regarding Nippon Steel's plan to acquire U.S. Steel, U.S. President Trump posted on his social media on the 23rd, "This is a planned partnership between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel that will create at least 70,000 jobs and bring an economic impact of $14 billion to the U.S. economy," making clear his intention to approve the partnership between the two companies.
2025-05-24 06:39:00
Regarding the tariff measures taken by the Trump administration, Minister of State for Economic Revitalization Akazawa, who is visiting Washington, held ministerial negotiations with USTR (United States Trade Representative) Representative Greer. It appears that Akazawa once again strongly called for a review of the series of measures, and listened carefully to the arguments of the other side, seeking common ground for an agreement.
2025-05-24 06:18:00
As Russia's military aggression into Ukraine continues, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the two sides had exchanged 270 prisoners and 120 civilians, based on an agreement reached during direct talks between high-level officials from the two countries last week.
2025-05-24 05:59:00
Rain is getting stronger mainly in Kyushu due to the influence of a front and a low pressure system. Heavy rain is also expected in eastern Japan through the 25th, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against landslides, flooding of low-lying areas, and rising and overflowing rivers.
2025-05-24 05:15:00
It has been one month since the announcement that all four giant pandas kept at a theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, would be returned to China. Preparations are underway at the theme park to send the four pandas off ahead of their return at the end of next month.
2025-05-24 01:49:00
In the case of the Hyogo Prefectural Governor Saito's whistleblower document, it was learned from an interview with a related person that the prefecture's third-party committee has determined that the former director of the general affairs department leaked private information of the former director who prepared the document to a prefectural assembly member. The prefecture is considering taking disciplinary action against the former director of the general affairs department.
2025-05-24 00:30:00
It has come to light that an online teaching material from the company that runs "Try Tutoring" contained a factually incorrect statement about Minamata disease, one of the four major pollution-related diseases, such as "The scary thing about this disease is that it's hereditary," and that an organization made up of Minamata disease patients and others had requested the company to make a correction. The content has already been deleted and is no longer accessible.
