2024-10-23 22:14:00
In October, a one-year-old boy was found unconscious and died in an apartment building in Osaka Prefecture. On the 23rd, police arrested the mother's 26-year-old boyfriend on suspicion of injury resulting in death. He has reportedly denied the charges.
2024-10-23 21:30:00
A committee of experts has recommended that the 14 people who died in Ishikawa Prefecture after the Noto Peninsula earthquake that hit on New Year's Day this year be recognized as disaster-related deaths. If the deaths are officially recognized by the local government, the death toll from the Noto Peninsula earthquake is expected to rise to 426.
2024-10-23 21:13:00
In an accident last year in Sapporo where a tire came off a modified car and struck a 4-year-old girl, leaving her in critical condition, the Sapporo District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted the driver of the car on charges of negligent driving causing injury, etc. Meanwhile, the prosecutors indicted the owner of the car on charges of violating the Road Transport Vehicle Act for modifying the car in a way that did not meet safety standards, but decided not to indict him on the suspicion of negligent driving causing injury that was under investigation.
2024-10-23 20:37:00
The 23rd marked the 20th anniversary of the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake, and a memorial ceremony was held in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, where 22 people died, with attendees mourning the victims.
2024-10-23 20:31:00
Executives from a Nagoya renovation company were arrested by police on suspicion of attempted fraud and other offences after they visited homes to make cold calls and lied, saying things like "the roof is rotten," in order to defraud people of money under the guise of payment for construction work.
2024-10-23 20:29:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 19:48:00
On the 22nd, heavy rain fell in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, causing flooding in many homes and leaving residents scrambling to clean up.
2024-10-23 19:34:00
On the 23rd, a committee of experts from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approved a proposal by a specialist society to revise the order of transplants by creating a slot in which patients with a high level of urgency would be given priority in order to reduce the number of patients who die while waiting for a heart transplant. The proposal will come into effect as early as next year.
2024-10-23 19:33:00
In connection with a series of robberies occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the actual recruitment details of the illegal part-time jobs used have become clear from the statements of arrested suspects. Why did the arrested "perpetrators" apply for the illegal part-time jobs, and how did they get involved in crime? A defendant in his 20s who was sentenced to prison for being involved in some of the robberies carried out under the command of a leader calling himself "Luffy" met with an NHK reporter and said, "Applying for an illegal part-time job is the beginning of the end. All that awaits me in the end is a prison sentence."
2024-10-23 19:25:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 19:11:00
Recent analysis has revealed that in the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake 20 years ago, there is a possibility that adjacent faults were linked about four seconds after the earthquake occurred.
2024-10-23 19:06:00
It has been learned from interviews with people involved that an employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been under compulsory investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for allegedly passing on undisclosed information about a company's takeover bid to a family member. The family is said to have made at least several hundred thousand yen in profits by trading related stocks, and the Surveillance Commission is investigating the circumstances of the stock transactions with a view to filing charges with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division.
2024-10-23 19:04:00
The 23rd marked the 20th anniversary of the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake, and a memorial ceremony was held in Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, where 22 people died, with attendees mourning the victims.
2024-10-23 19:02:00
The Fair Trade Commission has issued a recommendation to a Yokohama-based company involved in the sale of construction materials, etc., calling for the company to take measures to prevent recurrence, after it found that the company had unfairly reduced the amount of money it paid to subcontractors to manufacture products by a total of more than 23 million yen.
2024-10-23 18:58:00
An organization made up of the families of crime victims held a symposium in Tokyo, calling for local government ordinances to be enacted to promote victim support in the community.
2024-10-23 18:53:00
In order to make up for the labor shortage in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake and the heavy rains in September, Ishikawa Prefecture is working on a "Noto Reconstruction Promotion Team" initiative to enlist the cooperation of local residents, and on the 23rd the team worked at an elementary school in Wajima City.
2024-10-23 18:53:00
On the 23rd, which marked the 20th anniversary of the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake, emergency rations were provided at elementary and junior high schools in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture, where many homes were completely destroyed, to encourage people to prepare for future disasters.
2024-10-23 18:51:00
Due to the influence of the front and low pressure, the atmospheric conditions are extremely unstable over a wide area from Hokkaido to Kinki, and rain clouds are developing locally from Hokkaido to Tokai. The extremely unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through the 24th, so please be careful of flooding in low-lying areas, landslides, lightning strikes, and gusts of wind.
2024-10-23 18:45:00
In connection with a series of robberies occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the actual recruitment details of the illegal part-time jobs used have become clear from the statements of arrested suspects. Why did the arrested "perpetrators" apply for the illegal part-time jobs, and how did they get involved in crime? A defendant in his 20s who was sentenced to prison for being involved in some of the robberies carried out under the command of a leader calling himself "Luffy" met with an NHK reporter and said, "Applying for an illegal part-time job is the beginning of the end. All that awaits me in the end is a prison sentence."
2024-10-23 18:34:00
Robbery cases are occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Suspects who are believed to have applied for and joined "illegal part-time jobs" are being arrested one after another. Why did these young people step foot into illegal part-time jobs? Couldn't they have turned back at some point? Based on interviews, we have compiled the methods used to recruit them.
2024-10-23 18:32:00
In connection with a series of robberies at homes in the mountains of four prefectures, including the northern Kanto region, police have rearrested two Vietnamese nationals on suspicion of robbery and other crimes for breaking into a home in Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture, in May this year and stealing cash. One of the men has denied the charges, and the other is reportedly remaining silent during questioning.
2024-10-23 18:17:00
It has been learned from an interview with a person involved that an employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been subjected to a compulsory investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for allegedly passing on undisclosed information about a company's takeover bid to a family member. As the family member had been trading related stocks, the Surveillance Commission is investigating the circumstances of the stock transactions with a view to filing charges with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Division.
2024-10-23 17:53:00
A memorial service was held in Hachioji, Tokyo, to commemorate those who died from overwork caused by long working hours or workplace accidents that were recognized as work-related accidents. Attendees mourned the deaths and renewed their commitment to eradicating workplace accidents.
2024-10-23 17:45:00
At a facility for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara City, where 19 residents were murdered eight years ago, a local volunteer group held its first social gathering and enjoyed a boccia match with the facility's residents.
2024-10-23 17:43:00
Recent analysis has revealed that in the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake 20 years ago, there is a possibility that adjacent faults were linked about four seconds after the earthquake occurred.
2024-10-23 17:33:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 17:30:00
In Tokyo's Adachi Ward, which had the lowest voter turnout among the 23 wards in the last House of Representatives election, a mock election was held at a school to get junior high school students, who will likely become future voters, interested in politics and elections.
2024-10-23 16:26:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 16:23:00
In a robbery-murder case in which a 75-year-old man was killed and his cash stolen from a house in Yokohama, it was revealed through interviews with investigators that one of the perpetrators who broke into the house visited a convenience store near the scene during the crime. He was trying to withdraw cash using the victim's cash card that he had taken with him, and the police are currently investigating the details of the incident, including the division of roles.
2024-10-23 15:58:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 15:47:00
On the 23rd, the head was attached to a 17-meter-tall Gundam statue that will be exhibited in a pavilion at next year's Osaka-Kansai Expo, and those involved celebrated its completion.
2024-10-23 15:17:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 15:16:00
In a case where three people aged between 14 and 18 who live in the Kanto region were arrested for attempting to rob a house in Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, it was learned from police interviews that the three are suspected of having met outside the prefecture on the day of the incident and traveled to Yamaguchi Prefecture by public transportation. Police are investigating the possibility that the three applied for an illegal part-time job on social media and received instructions from another person.
2024-10-23 14:48:00
In Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where torrential rain fell, the mountain behind the house collapsed, burying one house in mudslides, and police and fire departments are continuing their search for a woman in her 50s who lives in the house and has been unable to be contacted.
2024-10-23 14:42:00
The first flights of 2024, carrying Beaujolais Nouveau, a French wine that will be released for sale in November, arrived at Haneda Airport and Kansai Airport on the 23rd. According to the importing company, sales to restaurants are expected to increase by just under 20% compared to 2023.
2024-10-23 14:20:00
Two years ago, a digital camera belonging to a man from Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, who was killed in an accident in which a tourist boat sank off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, was found, and his parents released images taken from the boat, including scenery from the boat, and commented, "When I think about how he would have wanted to talk about his memories of the trip, my heart aches with regret."
2024-10-23 14:04:00
It has become clear from interviews with people involved that an employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been subjected to a compulsory investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act for allegedly passing on undisclosed information about a company's takeover bid to a family member. The family member was said to have been trading related stocks, and the Surveillance Commission is currently investigating the circumstances of the stock transactions.
2024-10-23 14:00:00
It has been discovered that about 600 kg of "broken rice" stored at a JA warehouse in Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, has disappeared this month. On the same day, about 1,200 kg of new rice was also lost at a private warehouse in Sukagawa City, and the police are investigating.
2024-10-23 13:50:00
This month, police arrested two people, including a nursery school teacher in her 20s, for breaking into a house in Kamagaya City, Chiba Prefecture. One of the people testified that he had searched for "fundraising" on social media and received instructions via a highly confidential communication app, and police are investigating whether this is related to a series of incidents in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
2024-10-23 13:38:00
On the night of the 22nd, torrential rain fell in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, causing a wide area of the mountain behind a house to collapse, burying one house in mud and debris, and making it impossible to contact a woman in her 50s who lives in the house.
2024-10-23 13:13:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled to allow a retrial for a 59-year-old man who was serving time for the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The decision found that the witness testimony that was the basis for the guilty verdict was "unreliable, as it is impossible to dispel suspicions that the investigative authorities, who were at a dead end in their investigation, had engaged in inappropriate influence, such as misleading, on those involved."
2024-10-23 12:42:00
Due to the influence of the front and low pressure, the atmospheric conditions have become very unstable over a wide area from Hokkaido to Kinki, and developed rain clouds are hanging over Kinki and Hokuriku. The extremely unstable atmospheric conditions are expected to continue through the 24th, so please be careful of flooding in low-lying areas, landslides, lightning strikes, and gusts of wind.
2024-10-23 12:24:00
JR Yokosuka Line services were suspended on both lines between Tokyo Station and Kurihama Station due to a fatal accident at Yokohama Station, but services resumed around noon.
2024-10-23 12:18:00
On the 23rd, the Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approved the installation of anti-terrorism facilities at the Shimane Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2, which Chugoku Electric Power Co. plans to restart, stating that the facilities comply with the standards.
2024-10-23 12:18:00
On the 22nd, a light passenger car was swept away by a river in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where torrential rains had fallen, and the whereabouts of the man in his 70s who was in the car are unknown. On the 23rd, a car believed to have been swept away was found about 2.5 kilometers downstream from the scene. The man's whereabouts are unknown.
2024-10-23 12:09:00
In the series of robberies that have been occurring one after another in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the actual advertisements for illegal part-time jobs have come to light based on the statements of arrested suspects. The advertisements include "Transport people in the middle of the night. Reward: 50,000 yen" and "A job to recover money that has been stolen from companies," and police authorities are urging people not to apply for suspicious job information.
2024-10-23 11:45:00
On the night of the 22nd, a house was found buried under rubble from a collapsed slope in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where heavy rain had fallen. Since then, the resident of the house has not been able to be contacted, and police and fire departments are conducting a search.
2024-10-23 11:34:00
The number of chickens dying at a poultry farm in Katori City, Chiba Prefecture, has increased, and genetic testing has detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus. This is the second case of avian influenza infection confirmed in Japan this season, following Hokkaido.
2024-10-23 11:16:00
Regarding a 59-year-old man serving time for murder in the case of the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago, the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled that the eyewitness testimony that was used as the basis for his conviction is not credible, as "suspicions cannot be dispelled that the investigative authorities may have improperly influenced those involved in the investigation to form the testimony, and therefore it is not credible."
2024-10-23 10:15:00
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has issued a decision allowing a retrial for a 59-year-old man serving time for murder in the case of the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago.
2024-10-23 10:07:00
JR Sobu Rapid Line services were suspended on both lines between Tokyo Station and Chiba Station due to a personal injury accident at Ichikawa Station in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, but services resumed at around 9:46 a.m.
2024-10-23 07:55:00
Due to the fatal accident, Keio Line services were suspended on both lines between Takahatafudo Station and Kitano Station, but services resumed on the full line at 7:45 a.m.
2024-10-23 07:04:00
According to Keio Corporation, due to a fatal accident at Minami-daira Station in Hino City, Tokyo, Keio Line services have been suspended on both lines between Takahatafudo Station and Kitano Station since around 5:49 a.m. Service is expected to resume around 7:20 a.m.
2024-10-23 06:57:00
Due to the influence of a low pressure system with a front, the atmospheric conditions are extremely unstable over a wide area of western and eastern Japan, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against strong gusts of wind such as lightning and tornadoes, and localized very heavy rain. In Miyazaki Prefecture, where heavy rain has fallen, even a small amount of rain may cause landslides, so please be careful of the rain.
2024-10-23 06:20:00
The city of Saiki in Oita Prefecture lifted the evacuation order issued to 3,004 households and 5,636 people in the Kamae area at 6 a.m.
2024-10-23 06:15:00
It's been 20 years since the Niigata Chuetsu earthquake on the 23rd. This earthquake drew attention to economy class syndrome, a condition in which blood clots form and block blood vessels, but experts are calling for caution as a high rate of blood clots have been found in affected areas even more than 10 years after the earthquake.
2024-10-23 06:11:00
On the night of the 22nd, a house was found buried under rubble from a collapsed slope in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, where heavy rain had fallen. Since then, the resident of the house has not been able to be contacted, and police and fire departments are conducting a search.
2024-10-23 05:50:00
On the 23rd, the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court will make a decision on whether to grant a retrial, or a second trial, requested by a man serving time for murder in the case of the murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City 38 years ago. The focus will be on how the court will decide on the witness testimony that was used as the basis for the guilty verdict.
2024-10-23 05:48:00
The town of Kimotsuki in Kagoshima Prefecture lifted the evacuation order that had been issued at 8:23 p.m. on the 22nd for 330 households and 517 people in the Kishira district at 4:15 a.m.
2024-10-23 05:37:00
It has been learned that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has drawn up a draft manual calling for the consideration of measures against malicious customers, including banning them from establishments, in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the ordinance, the first of its kind in the country, which aims to prevent customer harassment, such as nuisance behavior by customers, known as "customer harassment."
