2024-10-20 22:36:00
According to JR East, services on the Narita Line were suspended on both lines between Sakura Station and Narita Airport Station due to a train colliding with a wild boar, but services resumed at around 10:20 p.m.
2024-10-20 21:58:00
Pico, a fashion critic and TV personality who was known as the "Osugi and Pico" duo and appeared on many TV shows, passed away on the 3rd of last month at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture due to multiple organ failure caused by sepsis. She was 79 years old.
2024-10-20 21:29:00
According to JR East, the Narita Line has suspended operations on both lines between Sakura Station and Narita Airport Station due to the impact of a train colliding with a wild boar. There is currently no timetable for when operations will resume.
2024-10-20 20:40:00
Pico, a fashion critic and TV personality who appeared on many TV shows, passed away on the 3rd of last month at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture due to multiple organ failure caused by sepsis. She was 79 years old.
2024-10-20 20:24:00
Eight customers who ate mushrooms at a restaurant in Anan City, Tokushima Prefecture, complained of nausea and other symptoms. The Tokushima Prefectural Government believes that the cause of the food poisoning was tsukiyotake, a type of poisonous mushroom, and has suspended the restaurant from business for seven days, starting from the 20th.
2024-10-20 18:06:00
On the morning of the 20th, a man was found bleeding from his neck in a car parked on a street in Miyazaki City, and was later confirmed dead. Police arrested a suspect in his 60s at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder, and have since changed the charge to murder and are currently investigating the details of the incident.
2024-10-20 17:19:00
The mother of a woman who was victimized in one of the recent series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which took place in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture on the 17th of this month, spoke to NHK in an interview, saying, "We cannot forgive the suspects who broke into someone's home, inflicted violence on them, and even imprisoned them. We hope they will not commit any more crimes."
2024-10-20 14:45:00
In the case of a judge seconded to the Financial Services Agency who is currently undergoing a compulsory investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of insider trading, it has been learned through interviews with people involved that the judge is suspected of engaging in multiple illegal stock transactions every month since he was seconded to the agency in April this year. The judge handled information about takeover bids (TOBs) as part of his work, and the Surveillance Commission believes he repeatedly engaged in illegal stock buying and selling based on the information he obtained, and is proceeding with an investigation with a view to filing charges with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division.
2024-10-20 13:27:00
In October, a 25-year-old suspect was arrested in a Sapporo home for a robbery and assault case in which a male resident was tied up and injured, and his cash was stolen. Investigators learned that he had made a statement to the effect that he had "applied for an illegal part-time job." Similar cases involving illegal part-timers have been occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the police are carefully investigating whether there is any connection.
2024-10-20 12:16:00
In connection with the case in which a 75-year-old man was murdered and cash stolen at a home in Yokohama City on October 15th, the suspect who was arrested on the night of the 19th on suspicion of robbery-murder has stated during questioning that "I used a highly confidential communications app to contact the person who gave me instructions," according to interviews with the police.
2024-10-20 12:12:00
On the 20th, the Empress Emerita celebrated her 90th birthday, and a celebration is being held at her residence.
2024-10-20 11:56:00
The National Tree-Planting Festival, which calls attention to the importance of protecting and nurturing greenery, was held in Fukui Prefecture, with Prince and Princess Akishino in attendance.
2024-10-20 11:55:00
On the 19th, a 49-year-old suspect was arrested after throwing what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail in front of the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo and then crashing his car into a fence in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence. Interviews with investigators have revealed that the suspect was wearing protective clothing.
2024-10-20 11:29:00
Due to the influence of strong cold air from above, the first snowfall was observed in various parts of Hokkaido, including Sapporo, from the 19th to the morning of the 20th.
2024-10-20 10:49:00
In a case where an elementary school girl was beaten and kicked in the abdomen at a house in Otaru, Hokkaido, and her mother was arrested, it was discovered that there were multiple bruises on the girl's abdomen as well. The police believe that the girl may have been subjected to violence in the past and are investigating the details of the incident.
2024-10-20 08:17:00
On the 20th, the Empress Emerita celebrated her 90th birthday.
2024-10-20 06:20:00
The city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture announced that there was a mistake in sending incorrect documents to some people who applied for absentee voting for the House of Representatives election. It is possible that more than 100 people are affected.
2024-10-20 05:56:00
On the night of the 19th, the Metropolitan Police Department searched the suspect's home in Saitama Prefecture in the case where a 49-year-old suspect was arrested after throwing what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail in front of the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo and then crashing his car into a fence in front of the Prime Minister's official residence. They seized a computer, containers, and other items, and are currently investigating the background and details of the incident.
2024-10-20 05:35:00
Regarding PFAS, an organic fluorine-containing compound some of which are considered hazardous, the Ministry of the Environment has decided to begin full-scale consideration of whether to raise the standards for the compound to one that would require testing and improvement by law, after water quality tests of tap water across the country found concentrations above a certain level for three consecutive years.
2024-10-20 05:24:00
On the night of the 19th, police arrested a 22-year-old suspect on suspicion of robbery and murder in connection with the murder of a 75-year-old man and the theft of his cash at a house in Yokohama City on the 15th of this month. During questioning, the suspect reportedly said that "three of us carried out the crime." The suspect arrested in the case that took place in Chiba Prefecture is also believed to be involved, and police are also investigating whether there is a connection to a series of crimes in the Tokyo metropolitan area that involved illegal part-time workers as perpetrators.
2024-10-20 04:58:00
Among the series of robberies occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area, an incident occurred on the 17th in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, where a female resident who went missing for a time was found to have had her cash card used to withdraw cash after the incident, according to an interview with an investigator. The arrested suspects are believed to have withdrawn the money, and police are investigating the possibility that they kidnapped the woman on the orders of their supervisor in order to find out her PIN number.
2024-10-20 04:57:00
During an emergency investigation of an unexploded bomb at Miyazaki Airport, a metal reaction was found underground beneath the taxiway, and when the road surface was dug up and examined, it was discovered that a large amount of iron sand had been buried there.
2024-10-20 00:00:00
On the 20th, the Empress Emerita celebrated her 90th birthday.
