2024-03-30 22:34:00
An accommodation base has been completed at Noto Airport in Ishikawa Prefecture for employees of local governments and other organizations from all over the country who are providing support in the wake of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and will begin accepting visitors from March 31st.
2024-03-30 21:54:00
OpenAI, an American venture company, announced that it has developed a generative AI that reproduces the human voice. While the company says it will be useful for supporting people who are unable to speak the language due to illness or other reasons, they are not making it publicly available at this time to avoid the risk of it being misused in elections and other events.
2024-03-30 20:55:00
On the afternoon of the 30th, two personal watercraft collided in the Nagara River in Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture, resulting in a 38-year-old man operating one of the bikes sustaining a broken rib, and a 7-year-old passenger on the boat. My son is unconscious and in critical condition.
2024-03-30 20:32:00
A joint memorial service was held to commemorate the war dead on Iwo Jima, a fiercely fought site where nearly 30,000 people from both Japan and the United States died in the final stages of the Pacific War 79 years ago.Bereaved families held a moment of silence and prayed. I offered it.
2024-03-30 20:15:00
According to a report received by the police, two personal watercraft collided at around 2:30 pm on the 30th at the Nagara River in Horitsu Town, Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture. As a result of this accident, a 7-year-old boy living in Ama City, Aichi Prefecture, was taken to the hospital and was unconscious when he was transported. The 38-year-old father, who was driving the personal watercraft, also sustained injuries, including broken bones, and was taken to the hospital, but he is said to be conscious.
2024-03-30 19:44:00
In order to support teachers and staff who were affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and have been sleeping in their school buildings, private living spaces have been set up at elementary and junior high schools in the disaster-stricken areas, and residents have begun moving in.
2024-03-30 19:24:00
A ``cultural property rescue'' initiative is underway in Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, to relocate historical materials, arts and crafts, etc. from houses damaged by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake to another location for safekeeping.
2024-03-30 19:21:00
A concert was held at a children's center in Shiga Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, in an effort to bring smiles to children affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake through music.
2024-03-30 18:55:00
Ahead of the spring national traffic safety campaign, an event was held with the participation of entertainer Tsutomu Sekine and others, urging people to wear helmets when riding bicycles.
2024-03-30 18:50:00
On the 30th, the weather was sunny and the temperature rose in many parts of the country, making it a summer day with temperatures exceeding 25 degrees Celsius in eastern and western Japan. Meanwhile, yellow dust has been observed in a wide area from Kyushu to Kanto, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution.
2024-03-30 18:31:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the City of Osaka announced on the 30th that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the City of Osaka have decided to issue a red malt product based on the Food Sanitation Act in response to the issue of people who ingested health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red malt (beni koji) developing kidney disease. We conducted an on-site inspection at a factory in Osaka City that manufactured koji raw materials.
2024-03-30 18:20:00
The international race "Formula E", also known as F1 for electric cars, was held in Tokyo for the first time in Japan on the 30th.
2024-03-30 18:01:00
In the logistics industry, a cap on overtime work for truck drivers will be applied from April 1st, making it an issue to respond to the ``2024 problem,'' which raises concerns about a decrease in transportation volume. Overtime work for truck drivers will be capped at 960 hours per year, which is expected to reduce long working hours and improve the working environment. On the other hand, the issue of responding to the ``2024 problem,'' which concerns a decrease in transportation volume due to shorter working hours for drivers and worsening labor shortages, has become an issue. A private think tank estimates that if no measures are taken, approximately 35% of parcels nationwide will not be able to be transported by 2030, and the question is how far companies and other organizations can expand their efforts to improve delivery efficiency. It becomes.
2024-03-30 17:43:00
The Israeli government sent a letter to Japan on the 29th officially announcing its participation in the Osaka/Kansai Expo to be held next year. While budgets and resources are being spent on the fight against the Islamic organization Hamas, the decision was made to hold the exhibition in a building prepared by the Expo Association rather than in its own pavilion, so the fighting has had a negative impact on the company's ability to exhibit at the Expo. I'm dropping it.
2024-03-30 17:33:00
Due to the issue of people developing kidney disease after ingesting health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the city of Osaka announced on the 30th that they would be unable to manufacture red yeast rice ingredients based on the Food Sanitation Act. I entered the factory where I was working for an on-site inspection.
2024-03-30 17:02:00
A 55-year-old man from Fukuoka City, who was one of the two people caught in the avalanche that occurred on Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture on the 2nd of this month, was found on the 30th and was confirmed dead.
2024-03-30 16:05:00
Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels that entered Japan's territorial waters off the coast of the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on the 28th left the territorial waters around noon on the 30th. The Japan Coast Guard Headquarters continues to warn and monitor the vessel to prevent it from entering territorial waters again.
2024-03-30 15:42:00
A ceremony was held on the 30th to mark the deployment of the first surface-to-ship missile unit on Okinawa's main island to the Ground Self-Defense Force's base in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture.
2024-03-30 15:20:00
A case involving the alumni association organization of Tokyo Women's Medical University in which it is suspected that salaries were fraudulently paid to employees who were not actually working at the university. It was learned through interviews with people involved in the investigation that he was in charge of this. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of how this employee was paid.
2024-03-30 13:33:00
Ama divers and other women surveyed the damage to turban shells and abalone on the coast of Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was uplifted by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
2024-03-30 13:33:00
In Himi City, Toyama Prefecture, where the Noto Peninsula Earthquake caused a series of damage to homes and other properties, work has begun to use public funds to urgently demolish a warehouse that was damaged and blocked a road, as it would impede recovery efforts.
2024-03-30 12:24:00
It has been learned that the only company operating taxis in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, has given up on continuing operations due to the effects of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. The company will close its operations at the end of March, but has received an offer from another taxi company to take over the business, and will continue to negotiate.
2024-03-30 11:50:00
Due to the issue of people developing kidney disease after ingesting health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the city of Osaka announced on the 30th that they would be unable to manufacture red yeast rice ingredients based on the Food Sanitation Act. I entered the factory where I was working for an on-site inspection.
2024-03-30 11:48:00
The Kanto-Koshin region on the 30th has been mostly sunny and warm since the morning, with some places already having temperatures above 25 degrees. Meanwhile, yellow dust has been observed in Tokyo and Nagano prefectures, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution.
2024-03-30 11:37:00
In response to the highest number of "serious incidents" such as suicide and refusal to attend school due to bullying, a national support team analyzed multiple local governments and found that teachers lacked understanding of the law and bullying on SNS. We found that increasing numbers of people are common issues.
2024-03-30 11:05:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the City of Osaka announced that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the City of Osaka will issue an order based on the Food Sanitation Act at around 11 a.m. on the 30th due to the issue in which people who ingested health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice have developed kidney diseases one after another. An on-site inspection was conducted at a factory in Osaka City that manufactured red yeast rice raw materials until December last year.
2024-03-30 10:50:00
The results of a water quality survey of rivers, groundwater, etc. regarding PFAS, an organic fluorine compound some of which are considered harmful, have been published, and it has been found that PFAS, an organic fluorine compound, has been detected in 111 locations in 16 prefectures at levels exceeding the national limit.
2024-03-30 09:46:00
The Seibu-Shinjuku Line had been suspended from around 8:45 a.m. on the upper and lower lines between Seibu-Shinjuku Station and Kami-Shakujii Station due to a fatal accident, but operations resumed at around 9:33 a.m.
2024-03-30 09:15:00
The Seibu Shinjuku Line has suspended operations on the up and down lines between Seibu Shinjuku Station and Kami-Shakujii Station from around 8:45 a.m. due to an accident that occurred between Iogi Station and Kami-Igusa Station. It is expected that operations will resume around 9:50 a.m.
2024-03-30 09:06:00
In response to the issue of people developing kidney disease after taking supplements sold by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical as foods with functional claims, the Consumer Affairs Agency has published a database on the safety of foods with functional claims. A private research company investigated and found that the information on about 1,000 products, or nearly 15% of the total, had not been updated for more than half a year. The Consumer Affairs Agency requires businesses to promptly update information when there is a change, and experts say, ``Because information disclosure is left up to companies' autonomy, there is a lack of databases that consumers can use.'' The problem is that this is not the case, and we need a fundamental review of the system."
2024-03-30 08:15:00
On the night of the 29th, a man in his 40s who was walking on a sidewalk in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto City, was injured when a man slashed him in the back with a knife-like object. The man who slashed her appears to have run away with the knife in hand, and police are investigating his whereabouts as a case of personal injury.
2024-03-30 07:44:00
In an effort to secure talented people to become teachers, the Chiba Prefecture and Chiba City Boards of Education have decided to establish a system that will cover all scholarship repayments for university and junior college students hired as teachers.
2024-03-30 06:55:00
In a case in which the Tokyo Women's Medical University alumni association is suspected of fraudulently paying a salary to an employee who was not actually working there, investigators have revealed that the employee is believed to have received approximately 20 million yen over two years. I found this out through interviews with people. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the incident, as he was also receiving salary from another company where he worked at the same time.
2024-03-30 06:10:00
As the number of foreigners visiting Japan increases, the Immigration Services Agency will introduce a system from next fiscal year to check the information of foreigners heading to Japan before they depart from the airport, in an effort to prevent terrorist attacks and ease congestion at immigration inspections. I decided to introduce it to the test.
2024-03-30 06:08:00
In this year's national book review competition, which receives many entries from elementary school students to high school students, there were at least 10 entries that inappropriately quoted sentences generated by AI, which violated the application guidelines, and resulted in them being excluded from review. I found out that I was excluded. The organizers of the competition said, ``We believe that only a small portion of the cases are being used inappropriately.'' This does not mean that the use of AI is completely inappropriate, but rather that the use of AI in book reviews written in one's own words. In the future, we would like to consider how it can be used while preserving its essence."
2024-03-30 06:05:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has received health consultations from doctors to 52 companies to which Kobayashi Pharmaceutical wholesales red yeast rice ingredients due to the issue of people developing kidney disease after consuming health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice ingredients. However, by the inspection deadline of the 29th, it was discovered that there were no such products.
2024-03-30 06:02:00
After ingesting a health food containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice, a man was diagnosed with inflammation in his ureter and was hospitalized and underwent surgery.He said in an interview with NHK, ``There have been no reports of damage. "Only those who have ingested it can understand the growing sense of fear. We don't know the cause and it's scary," he said, calling for an investigation into the cause as soon as possible.
2024-03-30 06:00:00
Due to the issue of people developing kidney disease after ingesting health foods containing Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 30th that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will begin manufacturing red yeast rice raw materials in accordance with the Food Sanitation Act in cooperation with Osaka City. We are planning to visit the factory and conduct an inspection.
