2024-10-05 21:55:00
Yukio Hattori, a food critic who appeared on many cooking shows on television and who advocated for the importance of "food education," collapsed on the 4th at the culinary school where he served as chairman, and later passed away. He was 78 years old.
2024-10-05 20:26:00
Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, issued an evacuation notice for the elderly and others to 18,889 households and 42,634 people in the Horidore River basin in Chuo Ward at 7:50 pm, citing the increased risk of landslides and flooding due to the heavy rains. The city is at alert level 3 out of five heavy rain alert levels, and is calling on the elderly and people with disabilities to begin evacuating.
2024-10-05 19:30:00
According to investigators, Hattori Yukio, a well-known food critic who appeared on many television shows, collapsed on the 4th at the culinary school in Shibuya, Tokyo, where he served as chairman, and was taken to hospital, where he later died. It is believed he died of an illness. He was 78 years old.
2024-10-05 19:17:00
A training exercise was held in Obihiro, Hokkaido on the 5th to help with the early discovery of missing elderly people with dementia and other people. The exercise involved using a smartphone to read QR code stickers attached to clothing and other items to identify individuals.
2024-10-05 18:48:00
It has been two weeks since the record heavy rains hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture on the fifth day. Expert analysis has revealed that landslides have occurred in approximately 1,900 locations in parts of Wajima and Suzu, approaching the damage caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on New Year's Day. Even now, two weeks after the disaster, more than 490 people are still living in evacuation shelters in Noto.
2024-10-05 18:27:00
Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea from Niigata City when she was in the first year of junior high school, celebrated her 60th birthday on October 5th. In Niigata City, a charity concert was held by Megumi's classmates, and Hitomi Soga, an abduction victim who once lived with Megumi in North Korea, and others vowed to meet her as soon as possible.
2024-10-05 18:25:00
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Ito visited Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since taking office and met with Governor Tamaki. After the meeting, he told reporters that Okinawa promotion measures will be important in promoting the use of the former U.S. military base sites, and expressed his intention to proceed in consultation with local people.
2024-10-05 18:12:00
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto visited Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant for the first time since taking office, and said of the decommissioning work, "I would like to ask you to respond appropriately so as not to cause anxiety not only in the local area but also in other parts of the country and around the world," and called for the work to be carried out with a high level of urgency.
2024-10-05 18:09:00
A ceremony was held to commemorate the victims of the "October 10th Air Raid," in which Okinawa Prefecture and other areas were subjected to fierce air raids by the U.S. military during the Pacific War, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the event on the 10th of this month.
2024-10-05 17:52:00
Prime Minister Ishiba visited the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture for the first time since taking office to inspect the damage caused by the earthquake and heavy rains, and expressed his intention to designate the damage caused by the heavy rains as a "severe disaster." He also stated his intention to speed up preparations for the establishment of a "Disaster Prevention Agency."
2024-10-05 17:22:00
Ahead of the National Community Safety Campaign, which begins on the 11th of this month, weather forecaster Monon Haruyama served as the Metropolitan Police Department's police chief for one day, calling for caution against special fraud and other scams.
2024-10-05 17:20:00
Governor Suzuki of Shizuoka Prefecture, who last month approved the "boring survey" to examine geology and other aspects in preparation for tunnel construction for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, visited the survey site in Yamanashi Prefecture on the 5th and commented that "the situation is being well managed and the residents of the prefecture can feel at ease."
2024-10-05 17:07:00
On the 5th, Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress visited Saga Prefecture and attended the opening ceremony of the National Sports Meet.
2024-10-05 15:42:00
A tour was held at a junior high school in Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, which has become unusable due to the effects of the nuclear accident and is scheduled for demolition, with graduates and others biding their farewells.
2024-10-05 15:16:00
A ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Gardens, the oldest large-scale public botanical garden in Japan, was held in Kyoto City, with Prince and Princess Akishino in attendance.
2024-10-05 13:14:00
Regarding the Noto Peninsula earthquake and the record-breaking heavy rains that followed, image analysis experts have analyzed the earthquake and heavy rains and the landslides that occurred from each of them using photos taken from the sky and compiled them into a three-dimensional map. It has been confirmed that areas downstream of the collapse caused by the earthquake, such as Machino-cho, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, have collapsed due to heavy rain and flowed like mudslides, resulting in complex disasters, and it has been pointed out that caution is needed in the future.
2024-10-05 12:56:00
Next year marks the 30th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, in which 14 people were killed and approximately 6,300 injured, and an exhibition is being held in Tokyo to inform people of the damage caused at the time and the current state of the organization that succeeded it.
2024-10-05 12:55:00
The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention used satellite data to estimate the locations of landslides and debris flows caused by the record-breaking heavy rains on the Noto Peninsula, and found that the number of locations was approximately 1,900 in parts of Wajima City and Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture. Noting that this is approaching the number of locations that were affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, the researchers called for the data to be used to develop countermeasures, as "there is a possibility of further landslides due to future rains."
2024-10-05 12:00:00
It has been two weeks since the record-breaking heavy rains hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture on the fifth day. In the affected areas, a search is ongoing for a 31-year-old woman whose whereabouts are unknown. In addition, more than 1,600 homes have lost water, raising concerns that the impact on people's lives will be long-lasting.
2024-10-05 11:47:00
On the 3rd, the city and the meteorological observatory investigated the gust of wind that occurred in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and found that 40 cases of damage, including broken windows in houses, were confirmed in the surrounding area. The city will start accepting applications for "disaster damage certificates" and other documents necessary to receive public assistance from the beginning of next week.
2024-10-05 07:30:00
On the 5th, Prime Minister Ishiba will visit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit by the earthquake and heavy rains, for the first time since taking office. He will reiterate his intention to make every effort to restore and rebuild the affected areas, and also intends to use the visit to consider strengthening disaster prevention measures, such as establishing a "Disaster Prevention Agency."
2024-10-05 06:06:00
A former researcher at TDK, a major electronics manufacturer, was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act for allegedly taking out trade secret technical information on cutting-edge components before leaving the company. The Metropolitan Police Department believes he was trying to use the information to find a new job.
2024-10-05 05:49:00
It has been discovered that a man in his 60s from Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, was approached by multiple people, including some posing as foreigners, with false investment offers and was defrauded of approximately 129 million yen in cash and other items.The police are investigating the case as a fraud.
2024-10-05 05:27:00
It has been two weeks since the record-breaking heavy rains hit the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture on the fifth day. In the affected areas, a search is ongoing for a 31-year-old woman whose whereabouts are unknown. In addition, more than 1,600 homes have lost water, raising concerns that the impact on people's lives will be long-lasting.
2024-10-05 05:16:00
Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea when she was in the first year of junior high school, celebrated her 60th birthday on the 5th. Her mother, Sakie Yokota, who attended a rally held in Tokyo on the night of the 4th, said, "An unimaginable amount of time has passed since she was taken to North Korea for 47 years," and called for the immediate rescue of all abduction victims.
2024-10-05 05:06:00
On the afternoon of the 4th, two trucks collided head-on in a tunnel on a prefectural road in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, killing two people. Police believe that one of the trucks crossed the center line and ran into the oncoming lane, and are currently investigating the situation in detail.
2024-10-05 02:07:00
Due to a fatal accident, Keikyu Railway suspended services on both lines between Kanagawa-Shinmachi Station and Kamiooka Station from around 11:20 p.m. on the 4th, but services have just resumed at 1:55 a.m. on the 5th.
2024-10-05 00:06:00
On the evening of the 3rd, a strong wind gust caused damage including broken windows in homes in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture. On the 4th, the Meteorological Observatory announced that after an on-site investigation, it was "highly likely to have been a tornado."
