2024-06-25 23:58:00
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who are on an official visit to the UK as state guests to promote international friendship, participated in a horse-drawn carriage parade through the centre of London, before attending a welcome luncheon at Buckingham Palace.
2024-06-25 23:18:00
In response to the problem of overcharging food fees at facilities operated by "Megumi," a management company that operates group homes for people with disabilities in Aichi Prefecture and the Kanto region, Aichi Prefecture and other areas have revoked the designation of some facilities. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to not approve the renewal of the designation of other group homes operated by the company, citing systematic involvement in the fraud. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will work with local governments to address the issue so that people with disabilities living in group homes do not end up with nowhere to go.
2024-06-25 23:08:00
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who are on an official visit to the UK as state guests to promote international friendship, participated in a horse-drawn carriage parade through the centre of London, before attending a welcome luncheon at Buckingham Palace.
2024-06-25 21:17:00
A 30-year-old suspect from Chiba Prefecture was arrested for using scaffolding for large-scale repair work to sneak into an empty room on the 11th floor of an apartment building in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture, and stealing cash. Dozens of similar cases have been confirmed in Saitama Prefecture and other areas since around September last year, and police are investigating whether they are related.
2024-06-25 20:45:00
Regarding the issue of Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. committing fraud in obtaining type approval necessary for mass production of automobiles, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that it had instructed the company to promptly file a recall, as it had confirmed that three vehicle models did not meet national standards.
2024-06-25 20:35:00
On the evening of the 25th, a fire engine from the Tokyo Fire Department crashed into a guardrail at an intersection in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. The firefighter who was driving said that he "mishandled the steering wheel," and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the circumstances of the accident.
2024-06-25 20:35:00
Keisei Electric Railway has announced that the line of its subsidiary Shin-Keisei Electric Railway, which will be absorbed into the company in April next year, will be operated under the new name "Matsudo Line."
2024-06-25 20:30:00
Regarding PFAS, a type of organic fluorine-containing compound that has been detected in rivers and other sources across the country and is believed to be harmful, the National Food Safety Commission has officially compiled a health impact assessment that includes standard values for PFAS in drinking water and other sources, and called on the government to implement appropriate risk management.
2024-06-25 19:34:00
In response to intensifying competition among intermediary sites in the hometown tax donation system, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has revised its standards and will ban soliciting donations through sites that offer points from October next year.
2024-06-25 19:27:00
The third review committee was held to decide whether to recognize as disaster-related deaths those who died while living in evacuation shelters after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and submitted a report recommending that 18 people be recognized as disaster-related. If officially recognized, the death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake is expected to reach 300.
2024-06-25 19:25:00
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who are on an official state visit to the UK to promote international friendship, will soon be attending a welcoming event in the capital, London.
2024-06-25 19:24:00
Temperatures are expected to be higher than average across the country from July to September, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to take caution against heatstroke.
2024-06-25 19:07:00
It has been revealed that a 25-year-old soldier serving with the U.S. Air Force in Okinawa has been indicted on charges of luring a girl under the age of 16 whom he did not know for lewd purposes, taking her to his home and sexually assaulting her.
2024-06-25 19:06:00
"They say it's a historic wage hike, but I wonder in what world this is happening." People who work for the same hourly wage as the minimum wage are calling for a significant hike, saying they are struggling to even maintain a normal lifestyle amid the continuing price hikes. While companies are not opposed to a minimum wage hike, they are cautious about a large increase. How will this year's minimum wage debate turn out? We have put together a detailed summary.
2024-06-25 19:01:00
A meeting of representatives from countries participating in the Osaka-Kansai Expo began in Nara City on the 25th. During the meeting, the Expo Association, the organizing body, announced that the opening ceremony will be held on April 12th next year.
2024-06-25 19:00:00
Temperatures are expected to be higher than average across the country from July to September, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people to take caution against heatstroke.
2024-06-25 18:49:00
A senior official at the Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau was given a disciplinary warning for using a government vehicle for personal purposes and for inappropriately receiving travel expenses for business trips. According to a person familiar with the matter, the senior official was the head of the Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau's inspection department and resigned voluntarily.
2024-06-25 18:27:00
Four people working for a real estate sales company were arrested for allegedly getting an elderly woman with dementia to sign a contract to purchase an apartment and then defrauding her of cash. The Metropolitan Police Department re-arrested them for allegedly getting her to sign a contract for another property and defrauding her of 34 million yen. A list of approximately 90,000 elderly people was seized from the related parties, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that more than 50 other contracts were made targeting elderly people with dementia. A relative of one of the victims explained the method used.
2024-06-25 18:23:00
While beach erosion has been reported at beaches across the country, in Kanagawa Prefecture, erosion has progressed on the uninhabited island of Sarushima off the coast of Yokosuka City, causing the beach to be closed.
2024-06-25 18:10:00
NHK has released its financial results for last fiscal year (2023), which were approved by the Board of Governors.
2024-06-25 18:02:00
The Yokohama District Public Prosecutors' Office will be conducting a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether a 33-year-old suspect arrested this month for stabbing and killing a 57-year-old woman on the street near JR Yokohama Station is criminally responsible.
2024-06-25 17:39:00
A 64-year-old lawyer who served as the top prosecutor at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office was arrested by the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office on the 25th on suspicion of sexual assault.
2024-06-25 17:30:00
A survey by the Architectural Institute of Japan found that 30% of buildings damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake, including wooden houses built before 2000, when new earthquake resistance standards were established in 1981 but became stricter, were completely or partially destroyed.
2024-06-25 17:12:00
On the morning of the 25th, a car crashed into a convenience store in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, leaving two customers slightly injured. The driver of the car, who is in his 80s, said he "mistakenly stepped on the brake and accelerator," and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the details of the accident.
2024-06-25 17:10:00
This year's Nuclear Energy White Paper has been completed, and it points out that in order to resolve issues such as radioactive waste, exemplified by so-called "nuclear waste," it is important to make continued efforts to gain the understanding and trust of the public regarding the social significance of these issues.
2024-06-25 17:04:00
"They say it's a historic wage hike, but I wonder in what world this is happening." People who work for the same hourly wage as the minimum wage are calling for a significant hike, saying they are struggling to even maintain a normal lifestyle amid the continuing price hikes. While companies are not opposed to a minimum wage hike, they are cautious about a large increase. How will this year's minimum wage debate turn out? We have put together a detailed summary.
2024-06-25 16:27:00
Kyoto City's Mayor, Matsui, who faces the problem of overcrowding of public transportation due to the high concentration of tourists, visited the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to ask for support in implementing a system that would allow tourists and others to pay higher fares than local residents.
2024-06-25 16:26:00
On the morning of the 25th, the fire department received a report that a person had been attacked by a bear near Sukayu Onsen in the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori City, and a woman was found unconscious and collapsed. The police and fire department are currently investigating the details of the incident.
2024-06-25 16:15:00
In response to intensifying competition among intermediary sites in the hometown tax donation system, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has revised its standards and will ban soliciting donations through sites that offer points from October next year.
2024-06-25 15:33:00
According to the Tokyo Fire Department, by 3:00 p.m. on the 25th, 19 people, both men and women aged between 14 and 91, had been rushed to the hospital with suspected heatstroke in Tokyo.
2024-06-25 15:26:00
It has been almost six months since the Noto Peninsula earthquake. In Himi City, the city that suffered the most damage to houses in Toyama Prefecture, the demolition and removal of buildings at public expense, with the local government bearing the costs, began in earnest on the 25th.
2024-06-25 14:46:00
On the 25th, lawyer Kentaro Kitagawa (64), who served as the top prosecutor-in-chief of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, was arrested by the Osaka High Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of sexual assault. Former prosecutor-in-chief Kitagawa served as the head of the criminal division of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, deputy chief prosecutor, and head of the criminal division of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, and served as the chief of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office from 2018 to the following year.
2024-06-25 14:11:00
The Noto Satoyama Kaido and Noetsu Expressway were damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake and have been one-way in many sections, but from noon on the 17th of next month, two-way traffic will be allowed on almost all sections.
2024-06-25 14:05:00
On the 25th, an area in Hokkaido's Hidaka Mountains, home to a pristine natural ecosystem, was designated as Japan's 35th national park.
2024-06-25 13:54:00
Regarding the recovery and reconstruction efforts following the Noto Peninsula earthquake, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Matsumoto announced that a special grant of 52 billion yen will be provided on the 25th as a source of funds for Ishikawa Prefecture's newly established "Reconstruction Fund."
2024-06-25 13:50:00
In the case of two people arrested for the murder of a 17-year-old high school girl by pushing her into a river from a bridge in a valley in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, the police conducted an on-site inspection at the bridge on the 25th. The two arrested suspects, both in their 20s, are said to be denying the charges.
2024-06-25 13:22:00
On the morning of the 25th, the fire department received a report that a person had been attacked by a bear near Sukayu Onsen in the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori City. The extent of the injuries is unknown, but one woman is believed to be in a condition in which she is unable to descend the mountain on her own, and the police and fire department are currently investigating.
2024-06-25 13:00:00
Six months before the Noto Peninsula earthquake, police officers in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, were trained to practice using equipment in the event of an earthquake.
2024-06-25 12:56:00
A baby beluga whale, a species of whale rarely bred in Japan, was born on the 24th at the Aquas aquarium in western Shimane Prefecture. Both mother and baby are said to be in good health.
2024-06-25 12:53:00
In the case where a junior high school girl was found dead in a park in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, three years ago and bullying was determined to have occurred, a document believed to be an investigative report compiled by a third-party committee of the city's Board of Education has been found to have been leaked onto the Internet. Details of the bullying, which were kept private at the request of the victim's family, have also been made public, and the city's Board of Education is currently investigating the matter.
2024-06-25 12:33:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council to discuss this year's minimum wage began on the 25th. With the trend of large companies raising wages at high levels through the spring labor offensive, the focus is on whether the minimum wage will also be raised significantly.
2024-06-25 12:26:00
A meeting of representatives from countries participating in the Osaka-Kansai Expo began in Nara City on the 25th. As construction of foreign pavilions begins one after another, the Expo Association, which is implementing the expo, plans to steadily advance preparations by listening to requests from each country regarding the exhibit content and operation of the pavilions.
2024-06-25 12:18:00
Last month, a zoo in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, became the first in Japan to successfully breed the endangered Arctic wolf, also known as the "mythical white wolf," and the two babies are thriving.
2024-06-25 12:13:00
In a case where four people working at a real estate sales company were arrested for defrauding an elderly woman with dementia by getting her to sign a contract to purchase an apartment, the Metropolitan Police Department has re-arrested them for defrauding her of another 34 million yen by getting her to sign a contract for another property. A list of approximately 90,000 elderly people was seized from the related parties, and the Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that they may have signed more than 50 other contracts targeting elderly people with dementia.
2024-06-25 11:52:00
A meeting of representatives from countries participating in the Osaka-Kansai Expo began in Nara City on the 25th. As construction of foreign pavilions begins one after another, the Expo Association, which is implementing the expo, plans to steadily advance preparations by listening to requests from each country regarding the exhibit content and operation of the pavilions.
2024-06-25 11:47:00
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council to discuss this year's minimum wage began on the 25th. With the trend of large companies raising wages at high levels through the spring labor offensive, the focus is on whether the minimum wage will also be raised significantly.
2024-06-25 11:46:00
On the morning of the 25th, a car crashed into a convenience store in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, injuring two customers, but neither of them is in any danger of dying. The driver of the car, who is in his 80s, said that he "mistakenly stepped on the accelerator for the brake," and the Metropolitan Police Department is currently investigating the details of the accident.
2024-06-25 11:35:00
Last month, a 26-year-old nursery school teacher was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for assaulting a child at a nursery school in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, including pulling his hair.
2024-06-25 07:56:00
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco Systems, a major American communications company, gave an exclusive interview to NHK. After emphasizing the importance of the Japanese market, he expressed his intention to deepen cooperation with the Japanese government and companies in the cybersecurity division, which is strengthening its business.
2024-06-25 04:59:00
In a case where four people working at a real estate sales company were arrested for allegedly defrauding an elderly woman with dementia of cash by making her sign a contract to purchase an apartment, an interview with an investigator revealed that a list of approximately 90,000 elderly people's contact information was seized from the related parties. The Metropolitan Police Department believes that they used this list to make so-called "appointment calls" to find elderly people with dementia living alone, asking about their living conditions, and plans to re-arrest the four on the 25th and continue further investigations.
2024-06-25 04:55:00
The Emperor, who is on an official visit to the UK to promote international friendship, attended a reception in London hosted by friendship organizations between the two countries.
