2024-07-27 07:13:00
In Akita and Yamagata prefectures, where record-breaking rains hit, two people were killed: a man found in a swollen river and a man believed to be a police officer who was heading to the scene in a patrol car to rescue the deceased.
2024-07-27 07:02:00
Regarding "active cyber defense" to prevent cyber attacks before they occur, the government is considering infiltrating the servers of attacking entities and neutralizing them as necessary. The government envisions criminal groups as the source of attacks, and would like to be able to exercise this power based on police powers to protect public order within the country.
2024-07-27 06:52:00
Regarding the issue of people who took Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice supplements developing kidney problems, the company revealed that there is a possibility that two companies that supplied the red yeast rice ingredients may have used ingredients that contained "puvelluric acid," which is made from blue mold. There have been no reports of health damage from the products of the two companies so far.
2024-07-27 06:49:00
Heavy rain is expected to fall intermittently until around Tuesday, the 30th of this month, mainly in the Japan Sea side of Tohoku, including Yamagata and Akita prefectures, where record-breaking rains have occurred. Even a small amount of rain can increase the risk of disasters, so please continue to be on high alert for river flooding, inundation, and landslides, and be mindful to evacuate early.
2024-07-27 06:28:00
On the 22nd of this month, two maintenance vehicles on the Tokaido Shinkansen line collided, affecting many passengers. In response, JR Central has decided to suspend operation of vehicles used to scatter stones on the tracks on the side of the collision for the time being, and is working quickly to identify the cause of the accident.
2024-07-27 06:11:00
Following an incident in June in which a man armed with a knife attacked a Japanese school bus in Suzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, the Chinese Communist Party has awarded the death to the Chinese woman with the title of "a warrior who acted bravely for justice."
2024-07-27 05:48:00
The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan has estimated the situation in the Mogami River basin in Yamagata Prefecture, where flooding has been occurring one after another due to the recent record-breaking rains, using helicopter images and other sources.The authority has found that in Tozawa village, which was severely damaged, the water depth reached 5.7 meters along the river, and that a wide area of the village was flooded.
2024-07-27 05:15:00
On the 26th, the day of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in France, equipment along several TGV high-speed train lines caught fire, and authorities are investigating what they suspect to be an organized crime targeting the rail network.
2024-07-27 04:42:00
As the transportation industry faces the challenge of dealing with customer harassment, or "customer harassment," in which passengers make unreasonable demands on passengers, Hokkaido-based airline Air Do has decided to abolish name tags for ground staff working at airport check-in counters and other locations as early as next month.
2024-07-27 04:35:00
The Sumida River Fireworks Festival, one of the Tokyo summer traditions, will be held on the night of the 27th. The Metropolitan Police Department will implement traffic restrictions on roads around the venue and deploy police officers to keep watch to prevent crowd accidents.
2024-07-27 04:31:00
The city of Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture lifted both the "emergency safety measures" and "evacuation orders" that had been issued within the city due to the risk of river flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain at 12:25 a.m. today.
2024-07-27 04:10:00
Dwango, the operator of the video sharing site Nico Nico Douga, which was shut down following a cyber attack, has announced that it will resume service on the 5th of next month after carrying out restoration work.
