2025-01-18 22:40:00
The "University Entrance Common Test", for which over 490,000 people have applied, began on the 18th and has completed the first day of the test schedule. At the Shiga Prefecture venue, a supervisor made a mistake by forgetting some of the instructions, and 85 people are subject to retesting.
2025-01-18 21:07:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji TV employees were involved in trouble between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance, Nippon Life Insurance, Toyota Motor Corporation, and NTT East Japan have announced that they will suspend or replace their commercials. The movement to suspend the broadcast of commercials on Fuji TV is rapidly spreading among companies.
2025-01-18 20:30:00
In December, a town-run school bus carrying children crashed into a guardrail in Suo-Oshima Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and it was discovered that the driver had continued driving without reporting the incident to the police. After the accident, the door did not open, and two children jumped out of the window, injuring their knees. The town has apologized to the parents.
2025-01-18 20:28:00
On the morning of the 18th, a 90-year-old woman was hit and killed by a bus near a bus stop in Higashikurume, Tokyo.
2025-01-18 19:54:00
On the 17th, it was 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, in which 6,434 people died. On the 18th, training was held in Toyonaka City, Osaka, which was the most severely damaged in the earthquake and tsunami in Osaka Prefecture, to smoothly accept disaster volunteers.
2025-01-18 19:04:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji TV employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance announced that it would suspend its commercials from airing on Fuji TV. Nippon Life Insurance has also decided to suspend the airing of its commercials, and the focus is on whether this trend will spread among other companies.
2025-01-18 19:02:00
The first day of the Common University Entrance Examination, for which over 490,000 people have applied, was held on the 18th. This is the first test to comply with the new curriculum guidelines, and the subjects and topics tested have been reorganized. According to the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, no major problems have been reported so far.
2025-01-18 18:08:00
On the afternoon of the 18th, an accident involving 10 vehicles occurred on the Kan'etsu Expressway in Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture, killing one woman in her 60s and injuring 11 others. Police believe that the car in front slipped on the frozen road, which caused the cars behind to crash one after the other, and are currently investigating the circumstances at the time.
2025-01-18 16:59:00
Soon, Trump will return to the presidency of the United States. However, even before the start of his administration, there are ripples. "The FBI headquarters will be turned into a museum of the deep state," "Vaccines are the only medicines that have not been safety tested before approval"... People who spread such conspiracy theories and false claims have been appointed to high-ranking government officials and cabinet members. A joint statement from Nobel Prize winners has come out in opposition to the proposal. Shigeru Omi, who has been working on infectious disease countermeasures for many years, has called for "decisions to be based on scientific knowledge as much as possible." What is going on?
2025-01-18 16:29:00
The 18th is "118" day, named after the telephone number used to report incidents and accidents at sea. Last year, nearly 99% of calls were wrong numbers or silent calls, so the Sapporo Coast Guard held an event to promote appropriate use of the number.
2025-01-18 15:25:00
On the 17th, a fire broke out in a house in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, burning a total of five buildings, and on the 18th, one body was found in the house where the fire started. Police are currently investigating whether the body is that of a woman who lives in the house and has not been able to be contacted.
2025-01-18 12:41:00
A fire broke out in a forest on the grounds of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range in Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on the morning of the 17th, and is still spreading more than a day later.
2025-01-18 12:08:00
Free telephone consultations are being held by lawyers specializing in labor issues regarding issues and questions surrounding new working styles that utilize free time, known as "part-time jobs" or "spot work."
2025-01-18 11:45:00
The Common University Entrance Examination, for which over 490,000 people are applying, began on the 18th. This is the first test to comply with the new curriculum guidelines, and the subjects and topics tested have been reorganized.
2025-01-18 11:39:00
On the early morning of the 18th, a group of three men broke into a house in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, tied the hands and feet of the couple in their 70s who lived there, threatened them with what appeared to be a knife, stole their cash and other items, and fled. The police are investigating the incident as a robbery.
2025-01-18 11:31:00
In a case involving the murder of a married couple in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture last month, a bloody knife was seized from the car of a 77-year-old suspect who was arrested for allegedly pouring oil on a nearby house and setting it on fire, according to an interview with an investigator. The knife is believed to be the murder weapon used to kill the married couple, and police are investigating the possibility that the suspect was also involved in the murder.
2025-01-18 10:58:00
Earlier on the 18th, a fire broke out in a room in a tower apartment in Tennoji Ward, Osaka, killing a couple in their 70s who lived in the room. The area around the washing machine in the dressing room was heavily burned, and police are investigating the cause of the fire.
2025-01-18 10:22:00
In a Cabinet Office opinion poll, when people were asked about the areas in Japan that are currently heading in a bad direction, answers related to the economy, such as "prices" and "the economy," ranked high, just as they did last year. Meanwhile, "disaster prevention" increased three-fold, and the Cabinet Office believes this may be due to the succession of disasters, such as the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
2025-01-18 10:00:00
On the evening of the 17th, a fire broke out in a house in Narashino City, Chiba Prefecture, and spread to nearby houses, burning five buildings. The fire was put out in the early hours of the 18th, but the police and fire department are still unable to contact one woman who lived in the house where the fire started.
2025-01-18 08:20:00
A fire broke out on the 17th in a mountain forest on the grounds of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range in Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Although the fire has weakened, it continues to spread more than 20 hours later, and firefighters and the Self-Defense Forces are rushing to extinguish the fire.
2025-01-18 06:38:00
On the 17th, which marked the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, a reading event was held in Kobe where actress Takeshita Keiko read poems submitted by citizens on the theme of the earthquake.
2025-01-18 06:25:00
A Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare survey found that last year's year-end bonuses at major companies reached a record high of just over 890,000 yen per worker on average.
2025-01-18 05:50:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji TV employees were involved in trouble between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji TV held its first press conference since the issue was brought to light on the 17th, announcing its intention to set up an investigative committee led by a third-party lawyer. The committee will investigate the facts surrounding the trouble, as well as whether the company's response was appropriate.
2025-01-18 05:19:00
Regarding pension system reform, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has begun making adjustments to relax the company size requirement for part-time and other workers to join the Employees' Pension Insurance from the current 51 or more employees to 21 or more in October two years from now, and to abolish it in October four years from now.
2025-01-18 04:49:00
The Common University Entrance Examination, for which over 490,000 people have applied, will begin on the 18th. This is the first test to comply with the new curriculum guidelines, and the subjects and topics tested have been reorganized.
