2024-05-14 21:47:00
A video purporting to have been taken of a destroyer by a drone at a Maritime Self-Defense Force base was posted on SNS, and it was discovered that the footage was likely actually taken, but the Self-Defense Force was unable to detect the drone's intrusion into the base. This was revealed through interviews with government officials.
2024-05-14 21:34:00
On the evening of the 14th, there was an accident in which a truck and two cars collided on the Wangan Route of the Metropolitan Expressway in Kawasaki City, resulting in one person being killed and two others being injured. Police arrested the truck driver on the spot on suspicion of causing injury by negligent driving and are investigating the circumstances.
2024-05-14 21:27:00
A woman in her 50s in Osaka was scammed out of approximately 100 million yen under the pretext of investment after seeing a fake advertisement purporting to be businessman Takafumi Horie on social media. Another man in his 70s in Osaka Prefecture was also defrauded of more than 200 million yen using the same trick, and police are investigating the incident as a fraud and calling for caution.
2024-05-14 21:16:00
In January this year, Gunma Prefectural Police arrested five Cambodian nationals for stealing approximately 950 meters of copper cables worth 6.95 million yen from two solar power plants in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture. Did.
2024-05-14 21:05:00
At a temple in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, whose main hall was destroyed by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, monks from all over the country held a memorial service to remember the victims and pray for the recovery of the disaster-stricken area.
2024-05-14 21:01:00
On the evening of the 14th, there was an accident on the Shuto Expressway Wangan Route in Kawasaki City in which three vehicles, including a truck and a passenger car, collided, resulting in three people being injured, one of whom was unconscious and in critical condition. Police arrested the truck driver on the spot on suspicion of causing injury by negligent driving and are investigating the circumstances.
2024-05-14 20:50:00
Due to an accident that occurred on the Metropolitan Expressway in Saitama Prefecture on the morning of the 14th, when a large truck collided with a line of congested traffic, the outbound section of Route 5 Ikebukuro Line between Takashimadaira and Bijogi Junction continues to be closed. The company says that the road closure is expected to be lifted in the early morning of the 15th, as construction work such as resurfacing the road is required.
2024-05-14 19:39:00
On the evening of the 14th, there was an accident involving three cars, including a truck, on the Wangan Route of the Metropolitan Expressway in Kawasaki City, in which three people were injured, one of whom was unconscious and in a critical condition. Police are investigating the details.
2024-05-14 19:22:00
On the afternoon of the 14th, a fire broke out in one room of an apartment building in Neyagawa City, Osaka, and a male resident in his 40s died. In addition, the body of a woman, who appeared to have been dead for a long time, was also found in the room, and the police believe that it is her mother in her 70s.They are proceeding with the identification, and are investigating the details of the incident, as they suspect that the resident may have set the room on fire. Checking it up.
2024-05-14 19:21:00
Around noon on the 14th, two passenger cars collided head-on on a national highway in Kaiyo-cho, Tokushima Prefecture, killing two men and women in their 60s and 80s, and leaving one man unconscious and in critical condition. Police are investigating the circumstances and cause of the accident in detail.
2024-05-14 19:13:00
According to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters, at around 5:45 p.m., a report was received that there had been a collision between a truck and a car on the Bayside Route of the Metropolitan Expressway in Kawasaki City, and a person was thrown from the vehicle. According to the fire department, three people were injured in the accident, but their condition is not known. Police and fire departments are carrying out rescue operations.
2024-05-14 19:12:00
In Chiba Prefecture, stink bugs, a pest that causes fruit damage, are on the rise, so the prefecture has issued its first advisory since 2014, calling on producers to take countermeasures.
2024-05-14 19:05:00
The first meeting of the review committee to determine whether to recognize people who died while living in evacuation centers after the Noto Peninsula earthquake as "disaster-related deaths" was held on the 14th, and according to Ishikawa Prefecture, 30 people died as disaster-related deaths. A report has been submitted to certify the matter as such. In the future, if deaths are recognized as disaster-related, the number of deaths caused by earthquakes may increase significantly.
2024-05-14 19:02:00
As the number of foreigners living in Japan and visitors from overseas increases, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama has announced that the ``Hepburn style'', which is similar to English, is becoming more widespread, and that the Cabinet has decided to use the ``Kunrei style'' as the basis for writing in Roman characters. We consulted the Agency for Cultural Affairs' council for consideration, with a view to revising the Act.
2024-05-14 18:55:00
On the morning of the 14th, a male employee went missing while working at a steelworks in Oita City, and when the police searched, they found what appeared to be human bones in equipment containing molten iron. We are investigating the possibility that he may have fallen.
2024-05-14 18:45:00
On the 13th, a sightseeing helicopter made an emergency landing in the mountains of Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture, resulting in an accident in which three people, including the passenger and the pilot, were seriously injured.The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators to the scene and began an investigation. Ta.
2024-05-14 18:41:00
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced that it will hold public comments and gather opinions from a wide range of people in response to recommendations from a special subcommittee of the National Council for Educational Education to raise teachers' salary supplements and to reform ways of working. Did.
2024-05-14 18:40:00
A national review committee was held to review weather-related disaster prevention information, which has been criticized as being complex and difficult to understand, and proposed a new name that combines the current word "warning" with the keyword "danger." I did. However, the committee members continued to disagree, saying that ``information should not be increased unnecessarily,'' and it was decided that the committee's chairperson and the secretariat would discuss the matter in the future.
2024-05-14 18:20:00
On the afternoon of the 14th, a fire broke out in one room of an apartment building in Neyagawa City, Osaka, and a male resident in his 40s suffered burns and is in a critical condition, unconscious. In addition, the body of a woman, who appeared to have been dead for a long time, was found in the room, and the police suspected that it was the mother, and they are investigating the details of the incident, suspecting that the resident may have set the room on fire. I am.
2024-05-14 18:11:00
In the early hours of the 14th, multiple men broke into a house in Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, tied up the wrists of a woman in her 60s who lived alone in the house, stole cash, and fled. Police are investigating the incident as a robbery and injury incident, and are also investigating whether there is any connection to robberies that have occurred in nearby Tochigi, Nagano, and Gunma since late last month.
2024-05-14 18:08:00
The amount of long-term care insurance premiums paid by people aged 65 and over is reviewed once every three years. Regarding the amount revised in April, we found that there is a difference of approximately 6,000 yen between the highest and cheapest municipalities. What is the background behind this difference?
2024-05-14 17:58:00
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced that it will hold public comments and gather opinions from a wide range of people in response to recommendations from a special subcommittee of the National Council for Educational Education to raise teachers' salary supplements and to reform ways of working. Did.
2024-05-14 17:56:00
Aichi Prefecture has decided to revoke the designation of a group home for people with disabilities operated by a company in Minato Ward, Tokyo, after it was found to have fraudulently claimed compensation for welfare services for the disabled. Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Takemi asked whether to apply the so-called "association system," which disallows the renewal of the designation of all other offices of the same company in the event that a company's organizational involvement is recognized. I can't make a statement, but I would like to respond appropriately."
2024-05-14 17:45:00
In a civil trial in which the former president of a real estate company, who was found not guilty in an embezzlement case investigated by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation department, is demanding compensation from the government, claiming that there was an illegal interrogation, one of the prosecutors in charge of the case It was revealed in a statement submitted to the court by the government that he had expressed his opinion to the chief prosecutor leading the investigation, saying, ``It would be better to wait to arrest the former president.''
2024-05-14 17:38:00
Around noon on the 14th, two passenger cars collided head-on on a national highway in Kaiyo-cho, Tokushima Prefecture, killing two men and women in their 60s and 80s, and leaving one man unconscious and in critical condition. Police are investigating the circumstances and cause of the accident in detail.
2024-05-14 17:24:00
Potteries producing the traditional craft "Suzu ware" in places such as Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which were heavily damaged by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, are making preparations for reconstruction despite being damaged by the third earthquake in the past two years. .
2024-05-14 16:56:00
A piano removed from a building that collapsed in the Noto Peninsula earthquake has been installed as a "street piano" in a shopping district in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, where anyone can play, bringing peace to the people affected by the disaster.
2024-05-14 16:36:00
On the morning of the 14th, a large truck crashed into a traffic jam on the Metropolitan Expressway in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, causing multiple cars to burst into flames and three people to be killed. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the truck driver on the spot and is investigating the details of the incident.
2024-05-14 16:00:00
Regarding the bill to introduce the ``Japanese version of DBS'', a system to check whether people who work with children have a history of sexual crimes, Minister of State for Children's Policy Kato stated that underwear theft and violations of the stalking control law are not sexual violence. We explained that they were not included in the verification as their nature was different.
2024-05-14 15:47:00
Around noon on the 14th, two passenger cars collided head-on on a national highway in Kaiyo-cho, Tokushima Prefecture, leaving three men and women who appear to be elderly, all unconscious and in critical condition. Police are investigating the circumstances and cause of the accident in detail.
2024-05-14 15:28:00
Aichi Prefecture has decided to revoke the designation of a group home for people with disabilities operated by a company in Minato Ward, Tokyo, after it was found to have fraudulently claimed compensation for welfare services for the disabled. Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Takemi asked whether to apply the so-called "association system," which disallows the renewal of the designation of all other offices of the same company in the event that a company's organizational involvement is recognized. I can't make a statement, but I would like to respond appropriately."
2024-05-14 15:09:00
A former employee of a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, a major manufacturer of toys and games, was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement on the job after selling approximately 500 mobile phones used by employees without permission and embezzling 54 million yen. Ta. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that the former employee fraudulently obtained a total of approximately 400 million yen using the same method.
2024-05-14 15:07:00
According to police, just after 1 p.m. on the 14th, two cars collided head-on on National Route 55 in Shishikuiura, Kaiyo Town, Tokushima Prefecture. Three men and women, who appeared to be elderly, were taken to the hospital, all of whom were unconscious and in critical condition. about it. The scene is a gentle curve on a one-lane national highway that runs along the coast on the south side of Tokushima Prefecture, about 2 kilometers from JR Kaifu Station.
2024-05-14 14:37:00
In the early hours of the 14th, multiple men broke into a house in Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, tied the hands of a woman in her 60s who lived alone in the house, stole her wallet containing cash, and ran away. Police are investigating the incident as a robbery, and are also looking into whether there is any connection to robberies that have occurred in nearby Tochigi, Nagano, and Gunma since late last month.
2024-05-14 14:13:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has revealed that the long-term care insurance premiums paid by people aged 65 and over have been revised, and from April onwards, the national average will be 3.5% higher than before at 6,200 yen per month. Insurance premiums continue to rise with each revision, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare analyzes that this is due to the effects of the aging population and improvements in the treatment of nursing care workers.
2024-05-14 14:06:00
On the 13th, following an accident in which an elementary school girl was hit and killed by a garbage truck on a city road in Hamamatsu City, the president of the company where the arrested driver worked said in an interview, ``It was an irreversible accident.'' I am very sorry for causing this," he apologized.
2024-05-14 13:56:00
On the 14th, His Majesty the Emperor carried out the annual rice planting in the paddy fields at the Imperial Palace.
2024-05-14 13:51:00
On the morning of the 14th, there was an accident on the Shuto Expressway in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, involving seven vehicles, including trucks and cars, and multiple vehicles burst into flames. Three people have been confirmed dead in this accident, and the Metropolitan Police Department arrested the truck driver on the spot and is investigating the circumstances.
2024-05-14 13:49:00
14 days marks one year since a fisherman was attacked and killed by a bear at Lake Shumarinai in Hokkaido's Horokanai Town, and the town, police, and tourism industry officials offered a moment of silence for the victim, before returning to a campsite by the lake. At the scene, a response drill was conducted based on the assumption that a bear had appeared.
2024-05-14 13:08:00
A former employee of a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings, a major manufacturer of toys and games, was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement on the job after selling approximately 500 mobile phones used by employees without permission and embezzling 54 million yen. This was revealed through interviews with investigators. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the suspects, believing that they fraudulently obtained more than 100 million yen using the same method.
2024-05-14 13:00:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has revealed that the long-term care insurance premiums paid by people aged 65 and over have been revised, and from April onwards, the national average will be 3.5% higher than before at 6,200 yen per month. Insurance premiums continue to rise with each revision, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare analyzes that this is due to the effects of the aging population and improvements in the treatment of nursing care workers.
2024-05-14 12:45:00
The prefecture has issued a warning for the first time in two years, calling on farmers producing pears and other crops to take immediate countermeasures, as a large number of stink bug pests are predicted to occur in orchards in Ibaraki Prefecture.
2024-05-14 12:39:00
The Ishikawa Museum of Modern Literature in Kanazawa City, which exhibits materials from writers related to Ishikawa Prefecture, is closed due to damage to the building in the Noto Peninsula earthquake, so the spring exhibition that is usually held around this time of year will be held nearby. Open at the Prefectural Museum of History.
2024-05-14 12:39:00
The 14th marks the 33rd anniversary of the Shigaraki Kogen Railway accident in Shiga Prefecture, in which 42 people died, and a memorial service was held near the accident site in Koka City.
2024-05-14 12:36:00
On the 12th, a 30-year-old employee of Fussa City, Tokyo was arrested for allegedly visiting an apartment in the city posing as a welfare worker at the city hall and performing obscene acts such as hugging a teenage woman living in the apartment. . In response to the investigation, he has denied the charges.
2024-05-14 12:25:00
The library in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which had been closed due to the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, resumed lending books on the 14th for the first time in about four and a half months.
2024-05-14 12:20:00
In the early hours of the 14th, multiple men broke into a house in Minamiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture, tied the hands of a woman in her 60s who lived alone in the house, stole her wallet containing cash, and ran away. Police are investigating the incident as a robbery, and are also looking into whether there is any connection to robberies that have occurred in nearby Tochigi, Nagano, and Gunma since late last month.
2024-05-14 11:55:00
Regarding the bill that includes a new subsidy system to bridge the price difference with fossil fuels in order to spread the use of hydrogen, which is expected to be the next generation of energy, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito said that if the bill is passed, the government will start business from around summer this year. They have begun accepting applications from individuals, and have indicated that they aim to begin support by the end of the year.
2024-05-14 11:53:00
Just after 7:30 on the 14th, there was an accident on the Shuto Expressway in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, involving seven vehicles, including trucks and cars, and multiple cars burst into flames. Three people have been confirmed dead in this accident, and the Metropolitan Police Department arrested the truck driver on the spot and is investigating the circumstances.
2024-05-14 10:41:00
Just after 7:30 on the 14th, there was an accident on the Shuto Expressway in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, involving seven vehicles, including trucks and cars, and multiple cars burst into flames. Three people have so far been confirmed dead in this accident, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details.
2024-05-14 10:06:00
According to investigators, three people were confirmed dead in an accident that occurred on the Shuto Expressway in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture on the morning of the 14th, when seven trucks and cars collided, causing multiple cars to burst into flames. That's it. There was heavy traffic in the area at the time, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the accident, suspecting that a truck crashed into the congested line and caused the collision.
2024-05-14 08:57:00
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, just after 7:30 on the 14th, there was an accident involving four trucks and three passenger cars on the outbound line of the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5 Ikebukuro Line in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, and several of the cars burst into flames. is.
2024-05-14 08:19:00
It has been one year since the devastating cyclone that killed more than 450 people in Myanmar. Since then, fighting between the military and ethnic minority armed groups has intensified in the disaster-stricken areas, and UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is concerned about a further increase in the number of people displaced by the disaster and fighting.
2024-05-14 06:34:00
An exhibition that conveys the preciousness of life through life-size panels and personal belongings of people who died in crimes and traffic accidents will be held in Tokyo from the 14th. The bereaved family of those who lost their wives and daughters in an out-of-control accident in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, participated in the exhibition for the first time and appealed, ``We want people to understand the damage caused by crime and traffic accidents.''
2024-05-14 05:42:00
In the case where the bodies of a married couple were found in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, the suspect who acted as the intermediary and was re-arrested on suspicion of murder has stated that the method of murder was decided in consultation with the two perpetrators. This was revealed through interviews with people involved in the investigation. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the case, suspecting that he was deeply involved in the murder from the planning stage.
2024-05-14 05:37:00
Regarding the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the government's Earthquake Investigation Committee has summarized its evaluation results that it is highly likely that two areas of active submarine faults that had not been confirmed to be related to the earthquake were shifting.
2024-05-14 05:00:00
In the by-election for Tokyo's 15th Ward of the House of Representatives held last month, the political group Tsubasa no Toi's camp interfered with the election activities of other camps, and on the 13th, the Metropolitan Police Department suspended the group's affairs on suspicion of violating the Public Offices Election Act. I searched places etc. The Metropolitan Police Department plans to proceed with analysis of the confiscated computers and mobile phones, and to investigate in detail the purpose and planning of the series of activities.
2024-05-14 04:04:00
At the Tancho Crane Nature Park in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, a red-crowned crane chick, a national special natural monument, has hatched and is looking adorable.
