Social News(2025/01/22)
Fault with My Number health insurance card reading app causes medication information to be shared without consent
2025-01-22 23:17:00
A flaw was found in a medical app that can obtain patients' past medical records by reading their My Number health insurance cards during home visits, etc., which meant that the medication information of 37 people could be shared with medical institutions without their consent.
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JR Nagano Station: "Three people attacked with a knife" One man killed, attacker flees
2025-01-22 22:56:00
According to police, on the night of the 22nd, three men and women were attacked with what appeared to be a knife near JR Nagano Station, and one of the victims, a man in his 40s who was unconscious and in critical condition, has died.
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JR Nagano Station: "Three people attacked with a knife" One unconscious, attacker escapes
2025-01-22 21:38:00
On the night of the 22nd, three men and women were attacked with what appeared to be a knife by a man in his 40s near the bus rotary at JR Nagano Station, one of the men is unconscious and in critical condition. The man who attacked them has fled, and police are investigating his whereabouts as a case of attempted murder, as he may have been a random attacker.
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Four years since the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came into force: Message of peace held in front of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome
2025-01-22 21:28:00
On the 22nd, four years after the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came into force, messages of peace were written with candles in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.
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Same-sex couple's "relocation expenses" not paid to partner in Nagasaki
2025-01-22 21:25:00
When someone who has found a job through Hello Work's referral needs to move, the government provides the individual and their relatives with financial support from the employment insurance. This includes common-law marriages, but Nagasaki's same-sex couples are not receiving any support for their partners. The couples involved say, "It's shocking, as it feels like we're being denied that we're family. We want to be treated equally."
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Police: "Three people attacked with knives" near JR Nagano Station, one unconscious and in critical condition
2025-01-22 21:10:00
According to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters, three people, two men and one woman, were attacked with what appeared to be a knife by an unknown person near the bus rotary in front of JR Nagano Station at around 8:00 p.m. on the 22nd.
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Adult entertainment intermediary group leader arrested for allegedly introducing women to more than 1.3 billion yen
2025-01-22 20:59:00
Police have arrested a 33-year-old leader of a scouting group and two others on suspicion of violating the Employment Security Act for introducing women they solicited on social media to sex-related businesses in Kagawa Prefecture. They are suspected of introducing more than 6,000 women to stores nationwide and receiving more than 1.3 billion yen in compensation, and police are currently investigating the situation.
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Tokyo man in his 30s infected with measles, likely due to contact with an unspecified number of people
2025-01-22 20:02:00
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced that a man in his 30s has been infected with measles. This is the first confirmed case in Tokyo this year.
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The annual New Year's poetry gathering at the Imperial Palace is themed on "Dreams"
2025-01-22 19:51:00
The annual New Year's "Utakai Hajime" poetry gathering was held at the Imperial Palace on the 22nd. The theme of this year's gathering was "Dreams," and more than 16,000 tanka poems were submitted from all over Japan and overseas.
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Fuji Media Holdings to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 19:41:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji TV employees were involved in trouble between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji TV's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether Fuji TV's response to the incident has been problematic and to consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by the outside directors. A growing trend among major companies to suspend the broadcast of commercials on Fuji TV programs is underway.
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Kobe city to develop "forest cemetery" for communal burial of remains under trees
2025-01-22 19:36:00
The city of Kobe has decided to develop a "forest cemetery" where remains can be communally buried under trees.
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Many hospitals facing financial crisis due to rising prices; groups request government to take measures
2025-01-22 19:35:00
Representatives of hospitals across the country visited the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 22nd to request emergency financial support and other measures, citing the serious financial crisis facing many hospitals due to rising prices and other factors.
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Prefectural board of education apologizes after high school girl commits suicide
2025-01-22 19:18:00
Last year, a second-year female student at a high school in Chiba Prefecture committed suicide, and the prefectural board of education announced the results of an investigation by a third-party committee that found the school's response to the incident to be problematic. The board apologized for the fact that the student had repeatedly asked the school to improve on the English teacher's inappropriate teaching, but no action had been taken.
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Fukushima student killed after being hit by car; driver arrested for drunk driving
2025-01-22 19:10:00
On the 22nd, a 19-year-old prep school student who was visiting Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture to take a university entrance exam was hit by a light vehicle while crossing the street and was confirmed dead at the hospital where he was taken. Police arrested the driver after the alcohol level in his breath exceeded the legal limit, and are currently investigating the cause of the accident.
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Fuji Media Holdings to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 19:07:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji TV employees were involved in trouble between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji TV's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether Fuji TV's response to the incident has been problematic and to consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by the outside directors. A growing trend among major companies to suspend the broadcast of commercials on Fuji TV programs is underway.
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Average score for first-time "information" section of university entrance exam exceeds 70 points, interim results
2025-01-22 18:49:00
Interim results of the average scores for the "National Center Test for University Admissions" held this month have been made public, and the average score for the "Information" subject, which was tested for the first time this year, exceeded 70 points.
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Nara: 2-year-old girl killed after being hit by mother's car while leaving parking lot
2025-01-22 18:39:00
On the morning of the 22nd, a 2-year-old girl was killed in a car driven by her mother near her home in Gose City, Nara Prefecture. The mother said, "I thought she was in the car and started the car," and the police are currently investigating the details of the incident.
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Chiba's Urayasu and Maihama district to open new fire station due to increased tourist transportation
2025-01-22 18:37:00
The city of Urayasu in Chiba Prefecture has decided to set up a new fire station branch office and strengthen its emergency response system in response to an increase in the number of tourists being transported to the Maihama area, which is home to a large theme park.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government predicts pollen count in Tokyo will be about 1.2 times higher than usual, and about the same as last year
2025-01-22 17:57:00
The amount of pollen scattered in Tokyo this spring is expected to be about the same as last year. On the 22nd, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced its predictions for the amount of cedar and cypress pollen scattered in the air, announcing that it will be about the same as last year, about 1.2 times the usual amount.
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Public and private sectors join forces to raise awareness to prevent the spread of fake and misinformation online
2025-01-22 17:45:00
In order to prevent the spread of fake and misinformation on the internet, social media platform operators, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and others have decided to launch an awareness-raising campaign to improve user literacy.
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Adoption rate of "electronic prescriptions" remains low, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to review target achievement period
2025-01-22 17:42:00
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare had aimed to introduce "electronic prescriptions," which use My Number health insurance cards to allow medical institutions and pharmacies to share drug information, to almost all medical institutions by the end of this fiscal year, but has decided to reconsider the target period as the adoption rate remains low.
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Shizuka Arakawa becomes Expo PR ambassador, "Spreading the message of recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake"
2025-01-22 17:34:00
Professional figure skater Shizuka Arakawa has been appointed as the government's PR ambassador to promote the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which opens in April.
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New school building completed in Naraha town for support school evacuated due to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
2025-01-22 17:12:00
Following the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, classes have been held in rented space in a high school in another municipality; however, a new school building for the Fukushima Prefectural Support School has been completed in Naraha Town, and an opening ceremony was held on the 22nd.
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"Luffy" orders: First hearing of perpetrator in his 50s in robbery-fatal incident in Komae, Tokyo
2025-01-22 17:05:00
At the first hearing of a defendant in his 50s who is alleged to have been the perpetrator in the death of an elderly woman at a home in Komae City, Tokyo in 2023 under the instructions of a commander calling himself "Luffy," the defendant's lawyer stated that the charges against him would be "clarified in future hearings."
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Sapporo Susukino man murder case: Unauthorized photography in courtroom? Images posted
2025-01-22 16:57:00
In 2023, a man was found dead in a hotel in Susukino, a downtown area of Sapporo, and three parents and children were indicted in a trial in which it was discovered that images that appeared to have been taken without permission of the father in the courtroom were posted on a video sharing site. Although the act of filming inside a courtroom without permission is prohibited by the Criminal Procedure Rules, there have been a series of such cases since last year, and the court is taking action.
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Fuji Media Holdings to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 16:31:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji Television employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji Television's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether there have been any problems with Fuji Television's response so far, and will also consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by outside directors.
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Oita Prefectural High School Recommendation Exam: Strengthening club activities gives students an advantage in passing
2025-01-22 16:28:00
In an interview with the Oita Prefectural Board of Education, it was revealed that in the 2023 recommendation entrance exams held by a prefectural high school in Oita Prefecture, the scores of promising third-year junior high school students were uniformly increased in order to strengthen certain club activities, giving them an advantage in terms of admission. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has called for improvements, calling this an "inappropriate practice."
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Avian flu cases hit record high in January, culling around 5 million birds
2025-01-22 15:50:00
The number of bird flu cases has been increasing sharply since January, with the number of chickens and other birds that have been culled in five prefectures reaching approximately 5 million in total, exceeding the previous record for January in 2023.
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Two company executives arrested for illegally selling fake Shiseido cosmetics online
2025-01-22 15:43:00
Two people, including a 29-year-old company executive, were arrested on suspicion of violating the Trademark Act for illegally selling counterfeit cosmetics from Shiseido, a major cosmetics manufacturer, on an online shopping site. Both have denied the charges.
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Fukushima Koriyama Exam-taker hit by drunk driver, unconscious
2025-01-22 15:39:00
On the morning of the 22nd, a 19-year-old woman who was apparently visiting Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture to take a university entrance exam was hit by a light vehicle while crossing the street and left unconscious in critical condition. Police arrested the driver after alcohol levels above the legal limit were detected in his breath, and are currently investigating the cause of the accident.
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Fuji Media Holdings to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 15:25:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji Television employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji Television's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether there have been any problems with Fuji Television's response so far, and will also consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by outside directors.
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Fire breaks out at automobile factory, 3 employees injured, Sano, Tochigi
2025-01-22 15:19:00
On the morning of the 22nd, a fire broke out at an automobile-related factory in Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, injuring three employees. According to the police, all of the injuries were minor.
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31-year-old suspect arrested for illegally selling counterfeit Shiseido cosmetics online
2025-01-22 14:28:00
According to an interview with a person involved in the investigation, a 31-year-old suspect was arrested on suspicion of violating the Trademark Act for illegally selling counterfeit cosmetics from Shiseido, a major cosmetics manufacturer, on an online shopping site. Police have also obtained an arrest warrant for a 29-year-old company executive and are investigating his whereabouts.
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The annual New Year's poetry gathering at the Imperial Palace is themed on "Dreams"
2025-01-22 12:58:00
The annual New Year's "Utakai Hajime" poetry gathering was held at the Imperial Palace on the 22nd. The theme of this year's gathering was "Dreams," and more than 16,000 tanka poems were submitted from all over Japan and overseas.
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Fuji TV to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 12:37:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji Television employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji Television's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether there have been any problems with Fuji Television's response so far, and will also consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by outside directors.
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Sagamihara Minami Ward: Car collides with bus, driver dies
2025-01-22 12:36:00
On the morning of the 22nd, a car in Sagamihara City ran into the oncoming lane, collided with another car, and then collided with a route bus, resulting in the death of a man driving the car. No passengers on the bus were injured, and the police are currently investigating the details of the accident.
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Shogi triple crown winner Nishiyama's final game begins for professional transfer exam
2025-01-22 12:25:00
The final game of the five-game "transfer exam" in which female shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama (29), a triple crown holder, is aiming to become a professional shogi player, has begun in Osaka. Nishiyama has two wins and two losses so far, and if she wins on the 22nd, she will become the first female professional shogi player.
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At least three injured in factory explosion in Sano, Tochigi
2025-01-22 12:17:00
According to the Sano City Fire Department in Tochigi Prefecture, at around 10:10 a.m. on the 22nd, an employee at a factory in Sakaemachi, Sano City, reported to the fire department that "an explosion had occurred in a paint booth." Eleven fire engines and other vehicles were dispatched to extinguish the fire, which was mostly extinguished after about 30 minutes, but the fire department said that at least three people were injured. The exact extent of the injuries is not known.
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Exam-taker hit by drunk driver, unconscious and in critical condition, Fukushima, Koriyama
2025-01-22 12:15:00
On the morning of the 22nd, a 19-year-old woman who was visiting Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture to take an exam was hit by a light vehicle and left unconscious in critical condition. The driver of the light vehicle was found to have alcohol levels above the legal limit in his breath, so the police have arrested him and are investigating the cause of the accident.
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Avian flu detected at two poultry farms in Morioka Prefecture; 660,000 chickens to be culled, the highest number in the prefecture
2025-01-22 12:11:00
Several chickens were found dead at two poultry farms in Morioka City, and tests conducted by Iwate Prefecture detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in both cases. This marks the fourth and fifth confirmed cases of infection at poultry farms in Iwate this winter, and the prefecture has decided to cull a total of approximately 660,000 chickens.
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Fuji TV to consider setting up independent third-party committee
2025-01-22 11:59:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji Television employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Fuji Television's parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, will hold an emergency board meeting on the 23rd to discuss whether there have been any problems with Fuji Television's response so far, and will also consider setting up an independent third-party committee as requested by outside directors.
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Shogi triple crown winner Nishiyama's final game begins for professional transfer exam
2025-01-22 11:34:00
The final game of the five-game "transfer exam" in which female shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama (29), a triple crown holder, is aiming to become a professional shogi player, has begun in Osaka. Nishiyama has two wins and two losses so far, and if she wins on the 22nd, she will become the first female professional shogi player.
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Kyushu Electric Power also suspends commercial airing on Fuji TV-produced programs
2025-01-22 11:19:00
Following a weekly magazine report alleging that Fuji Television employees were involved in a dispute between entertainer Nakai Masahiro and a woman, Kyushu Electric Power has decided to suspend the airing of its commercials on programs produced by Fuji Television and broadcast in the Kyushu region by its affiliated stations.
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JR Hachiko Line: Hachioji to Koma River: Service suspended on both lines
2025-01-22 06:25:00
Due to overhead line inspections, JR Hachiko Line has suspended services on both up and down lines between Hachioji Station in Hachioji City, Tokyo and Koma River Station in Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture since 5:12 a.m.
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Spring labor offensive effectively begins, with focus on whether wage hikes can be extended to small and medium-sized businesses
2025-01-22 04:55:00
This year's spring labor offensive will effectively kick off with a meeting between the heads of the Japan Business Federation and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) on the 22nd. The focus is on whether the momentum of wage increases that has continued since 2023 can be consolidated and spread to not only large companies but also small and medium-sized enterprises.
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