2024-11-04 20:40:00
On the morning of the 4th, a second-grade boy was found floating in the Shonai River in Nagoya City and was rescued, but was confirmed dead. Police believe that the boy may have entered the river and drowned, and are investigating the circumstances at the time in detail.
2024-11-04 19:42:00
Construction work on the Linear Chuo Shinkansen station, which is underway underground at Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, has been opened to local residents.
2024-11-04 18:16:00
The prosecutorial review committee has decided that the non-indictment of the former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, who was accused of violating the Political Funds Control Law in relation to a political fund-raising party for the Abe faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, was unjust, and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Division will reinvestigate the case and decide whether to indict him again. Meanwhile, the committee has decided that Mr. Seko himself should not be indicted.
2024-11-04 17:55:00
A 36-year-old police sergeant working at the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Yokosuka Police Station was arrested on suspicion of fraud and other offences for allegedly using forged documents to withdraw 7 million yen in cash from the account of a man in his 70s whom he met through work. According to the police, he was in uniform at the counter and showed his police ID, so it is believed he was on business.
2024-11-04 17:16:00
Bungo Shirai, honorary chairman of the Chunichi Shimbun newspaper and owner of the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball team for 20 years, has passed away due to old age. He was 96 years old.
2024-11-04 16:52:00
A defense communications satellite being developed by the Ministry of Defense to enable information sharing between troops was launched on the afternoon of the 4th by the H3 rocket No. 4 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, and was successfully placed into the planned orbit.
2024-11-04 16:09:00
An event was held in Toyama City where kamishibai (picture storytelling) artists and high school students read kamishibai (picture storytelling) stories aloud, and works on the theme of the Noto Peninsula earthquake were presented.
2024-11-04 16:08:00
In Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, where heavy rains in September caused flooding in homes, many volunteers worked to shovel out mud on the final day of the long weekend on the 4th. However, with winter approaching, progress in the work in the Oku-Noto region is only about 30% of the target, and the prefecture is calling for further cooperation.
2024-11-04 15:53:00
The defense communications satellite, which the Ministry of Defense is developing to share information between military units, was launched on the H3 rocket No. 4 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 3:48 pm on the 4th. The rocket will then separate the satellite and place it into the planned orbit.
2024-11-04 13:15:00
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced that after investigating security camera footage and other sources, it was determined that a different person actually punched a Turkish man who was arrested on the 4th for punching a police officer on the street in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, and that the arrest was a mistake.
2024-11-04 12:57:00
Zan, the oldest hippopotamus in Japan, who was kept at Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, died on the 3rd at 49 years old, and visitors to the zoo are mourning his death.
2024-11-04 12:56:00
November 5th is the United Nations' designated World Tsunami Day. Prior to that, large-scale disaster prevention drills were held in Wakayama City and other areas, simulating the occurrence of a massive earthquake along the Nankai Trough.
2024-11-04 12:31:00
In a case in which several men broke into a house in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo on the 2nd, bound the male resident with duct tape, and fled after stealing cash and other items, it has been learned from an investigator that the men are believed to have searched the house for about 10 hours. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 29-year-old suspect and sent him to the prosecutor's office on the 4th, and is currently investigating the whereabouts of several people who are on the run.
2024-11-04 12:29:00
As part of a series of robberies occurring one after another mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 28-year-old suspect for preparing the murder weapon used in the incident that occurred in Nerima Ward, Tokyo in September this year. This is the sixth person to be arrested in connection with this incident, and the Metropolitan Police Department is further investigating the actual situation of the group.
2024-11-04 12:06:00
In October, a suspect arrested for a robbery and assault at a house in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, who is believed to be a recruiter for the perpetrators of illegal part-time work, said, "I had several million yen in debt to a consumer credit company, so I had no choice but to do illegal part-time work," according to interviews with investigators. He also said, "I received payment," and the police are currently investigating his connection with the person who gave him instructions.
2024-11-04 11:27:00
On the 3rd, in a robbery and assault case that occurred in Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, the suspect, who was arrested and is believed to have been working part-time in an illegal job, made a statement to the effect that he "came by train to the nearest station to the scene," according to an interview with an investigator. He is believed to have purchased gloves and adhesive tape at a convenience store near the station, and the police are investigating further, believing that he was ordered to do so by a supervisor.
2024-11-04 11:06:00
Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. shut down the reactor on the morning of the 4th after a malfunction occurred in the measurement-related equipment inside the reactor at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2, which was restarted on the 29th of last month. In the future, they will inspect the equipment and other equipment to investigate the detailed cause of the malfunction.
2024-11-04 08:57:00
In the eastern Spanish floods that have killed more than 200 people, residents frustrated with the delay in aid protested by hurling mud and shouting at the King and Queen as they visited the affected areas. The Associated Press reported that this was an "unprecedented event."
2024-11-04 08:18:00
Typhoon No. 22 formed in the sea east of the Philippines in the early hours of the 4th. The typhoon is expected to gain strength and move westward, so please pay close attention to future information.
2024-11-04 07:33:00
On the night of the 3rd, two people were arrested in Fukuoka and Okinawa prefectures on suspicion of drunk driving, a crime that has become subject to new penalties under the revised Road Traffic Act that came into effect on the 1st of this month. The police are publicizing the new penalties and calling on people to follow traffic rules when riding bicycles.
2024-11-04 04:47:00
Amid a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area involving illegal part-time workers, interviews with investigators have revealed that a suspect believed to be a recruiter who was arrested in October for a robbery and assault case at a home in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, had sent messages to the perpetrator via a communication app encouraging him to carry out the robbery.
