2025-04-21 22:10:00
Regarding the issue of many foreigners, including Japanese nationals, being forced to take part in specialized fraud and other crimes in crime hotspots in Myanmar, the Japanese government is working with relevant countries to establish a new framework for eradicating criminal organizations.
2025-04-21 22:07:00
It has been revealed that in September 2024, a 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen, southern China, was attacked with a knife and killed, and a man in his 40s was sentenced to death, and the sentence has been carried out.
2025-04-21 20:51:00
NTT Docomo has announced that it will conduct a demonstration experiment in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture for a service called a "flying base station," which uses unmanned aircraft to enable communication in areas with poor cell phone reception. It plans to commercialize the service in disaster-stricken areas in the future to support recovery and reconstruction efforts.
2025-04-21 19:11:00
In a lawsuit filed by a man who was switched with another baby at a metropolitan hospital 67 years ago and has lived his life without knowing his birth parents, the Tokyo District Court ordered the metropolitan government, which operated the hospital, to investigate his birth parents based on family registers, etc. According to the plaintiff's lawyer, this is the first ruling to order a hospital that switched babies to investigate their origins.
2025-04-21 19:07:00
Regarding the political funding issue of the Liberal Democratic Party faction, former Secretary-General of the House of Councillors, Seko, a former Abe faction leader, was summoned to the House of Councillors Budget Committee as a witness. Regarding the resumption of inappropriate refunds, the former Abe faction's accounting officer expressed the view that the policy was decided at a meeting of leaders three years ago. In response, Seko said, "My understanding is different."
2025-04-21 18:38:00
Actor Takashi Yamaguchi, who gained popularity for playing the lead role of Hiraga Gennai in the NHK period drama "Tenka Gomen" and also hosted a popular quiz show, passed away on April 18th from lung cancer. He was 88 years old.
2025-04-21 18:01:00
A record company in Kagoshima City has listed a CD containing private photos of singer Aki Yashiro, who died in 2023, as "on sale" on its website since the 21st, sparking criticism in Yashiro's hometown of Kumamoto Prefecture and elsewhere. In the second half of the article, we will present a Q&A with a lawyer about the rights of the deceased and the infringement of the rights of their surviving family members.
2025-04-21 17:59:00
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is conducting the second test removal of nuclear fuel debris from Unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The company says the radiation levels of the debris captured by the device have fallen below the standard for ensuring the safety of workers, and will remove the debris as early as the 23rd.
2025-04-21 17:39:00
The Legislative Council's subcommittee held its first meeting on the 21st and discussions began on amending the law in order to revise the system of retrials, or redoing trials, which has been criticized for prolonging proceedings.
2025-04-21 17:30:00
A 35-year-old mother was charged with not giving her elementary school daughter enough food, hospitalizing her for hypoglycemia, and then defrauding the insurance money that was supposed to be paid out at the time. The Osaka District Court found her not guilty of fraud, ruling that "it cannot be said that she intentionally hospitalized her daughter." However, the court found her guilty of attempted coercion by demanding that her daughter not eat, and handed her a suspended sentence.
2025-04-21 17:28:00
In a lawsuit filed by a man who was switched with another baby at a metropolitan hospital 67 years ago and has lived his life without knowing his birth parents, the Tokyo District Court ordered the metropolitan government, which operated the hospital, to investigate his birth parents based on family registers, etc. According to the plaintiff's lawyer, this is the first ruling to order a hospital that switched babies to investigate their origins.
2025-04-21 17:18:00
The average price of new condominiums released in the Tokyo metropolitan area last year was 81.35 million yen, setting a new fiscal year record for the fourth consecutive year.
2025-04-21 16:51:00
Regarding the political funding issue of the Liberal Democratic Party faction, former Secretary-General of the House of Councillors, Seko, a former Abe faction leader, was summoned to the House of Councillors Budget Committee as a witness. Regarding the resumption of inappropriate refunds, the former Abe faction's accounting officer expressed the view that the policy was decided at a meeting of leaders three years ago. In response, Seko said, "My understanding is different."
2025-04-21 16:14:00
It has been one week since the murder of a 15-year-old high school girl in Saitama City on the 21st. Police have learned that just before the incident, a security camera near the scene captured the suspect and the high school girl walking in different directions entering the same intersection. Police are investigating the possibility that the suspect attacked the high school girl immediately after seeing her at the intersection.
2025-04-21 15:37:00
In a lawsuit filed by a man who was switched with another baby at a metropolitan hospital 67 years ago and has lived his life without knowing his birth parents, the Tokyo District Court ordered the metropolitan government, which operated the hospital, to investigate his birth parents based on family registers, etc. According to the plaintiff's lawyer, this is the first ruling to order a hospital that switched babies to investigate their origins.
2025-04-21 15:33:00
On the night of the 20th, a 40-year-old employee of the Chunichi Shimbun was arrested in Yokohama for slamming his bicycle against a car and assaulting a man who tried to stop him. According to the police, he was drunk at the time and has denied the charges, saying he "doesn't remember."
2025-04-21 15:26:00
The Space Dome, an exhibition hall at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, reopened on the 21st after renovation, and now features new features such as tactile models of artificial satellites and subtitles on videos to make it enjoyable for people with disabilities.
2025-04-21 15:20:00
With the arrival of spring and the warm weather, some people may have started gardening, but did you know that some municipalities collect unwanted "gardening soil" as garbage and others do not? Some people may have had trouble disposing of unwanted soil because the municipality they lived in did not collect it. So this time, we will explain how to dispose of gardening soil in a video explanation.
2025-04-21 15:11:00
In a lawsuit filed by a man who was switched with another baby at a metropolitan hospital 67 years ago and has lived his life without knowing his birth parents, the Tokyo District Court ordered the metropolitan government, which operated the hospital, to investigate his birth parents based on family registers, etc. According to the plaintiff's lawyer, this is the first ruling to order a hospital that switched babies to investigate their origins.
2025-04-21 13:55:00
In a lawsuit filed by a man who was switched with another baby at a metropolitan hospital 67 years ago and has lived his life without knowing his birth parents, the Tokyo District Court ordered the metropolitan government to conduct an investigation into his birth parents, arguing that "he has the right to know his origins and that the metropolitan government has an obligation to investigate." The court ordered the metropolitan government to conduct an investigation based on family registers and other documents.
2025-04-21 13:47:00
Regarding the issue of political funding within LDP factions, former Secretary-General of the House of Councillors Seko, a former Abe faction leader, was invited as an expert witness to the House of Councillors Budget Committee and indicated that he was of the opinion that no decision to resume the program was ever made at a senior executive meeting in August three years ago, which he also attended to discuss inappropriate refunds from factions.
2025-04-21 13:03:00
The Kurobe Gorge Railway in Toyama Prefecture, affectionately known as the "Trolley Train," began operations for the season on the 20th. The railway was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake and is taking time to recover, so it will only be operating on certain sections this year.
2025-04-21 12:51:00
A 21-year-old suspect who was arrested for abandoning the body of a high school girl he met through an online game at his home in Aichi Prefecture was re-arrested on suspicion of murder on the 21st for stabbing the girl multiple times in the neck and other parts of her body with a knife, killing her.
2025-04-21 12:42:00
Services on the Sanyo Shinkansen were suspended on both lines between Hiroshima Station and Hakata Station due to bamboo falling on it between Tokuyama Station and Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, but services resumed just now at 12:31 pm.
2025-04-21 12:35:00
A 35-year-old mother was charged with not giving her elementary school daughter enough food, hospitalizing her for hypoglycemia, and then defrauding the insurance money that was supposed to be paid out at the time. The Osaka District Court found her not guilty of fraud, ruling that "it cannot be said that she intentionally hospitalized her daughter." However, the court found her guilty of attempted coercion by demanding that her daughter not eat, and handed her a suspended sentence.
2025-04-21 12:34:00
On the 21st, two cars collided at an intersection in Showa Ward, Nagoya, leaving five people, including three children, injured and receiving treatment at the hospital.
2025-04-21 12:12:00
Following the accident in Hamamatsu City last month when a light truck crashed into a line of elementary school students riding bicycles, leaving four people dead or injured, police and city officials gathered at the scene to review the circumstances of the accident and discuss measures to prevent it from happening again.
2025-04-21 12:10:00
Due to a fallen bamboo tree between Tokuyama Station and Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Sanyo Shinkansen will be suspended on both lines between Hiroshima Station and Hakata Station.
2025-04-21 12:05:00
In conjunction with Yasukuni Shrine's annual spring festival, which began on the 21st, Prime Minister Ishiba offered a potted plant known as "Masakaki" as an offering.
2025-04-21 11:58:00
Full-scale reinforcement work began on the 21st to prevent the slope from collapsing again following a mudslide that occurred on the mountain where Matsuyama Castle is located in July last year.
2025-04-21 11:54:00
In the case of the murder of a 66-year-old woman and arson of her house in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, it was learned from an interview with investigators that the clothes and handbag of a suspicious person seen on a security camera at a station near the scene may have belonged to the woman. The case remains unsolved for 10 years, and the police distributed flyers to appeal for information.
2025-04-21 11:33:00
Regarding the second test removal of nuclear fuel debris, which is being carried out at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has decided to remove the debris after the 22nd, after confirming the radiation level of the debris captured by the equipment.
2025-04-21 10:23:00
In conjunction with Yasukuni Shrine's annual spring festival, which began on the 21st, Prime Minister Ishiba offered a potted plant known as "Masakaki" as an offering.
2025-04-21 08:41:00
In conjunction with Yasukuni Shrine's annual spring festival, which began on the 21st, Prime Minister Ishiba offered a potted plant known as "Masakaki" as an offering.
2025-04-21 06:53:00
In conjunction with Yasukuni Shrine's annual spring festival, which began on the 21st, Prime Minister Ishiba offered a potted plant known as "Masakaki" as an offering.
2025-04-21 06:50:00
Regarding the government's goal of raising the national average minimum wage to 1,500 yen in the 2020s, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and others have argued that the government's goal should be considered taking into account the actual conditions of small and medium-sized enterprises, and have compiled a petition calling for representatives of labor and management from small and medium-sized enterprises to be allowed to participate in government discussions on the minimum wage.
2025-04-21 06:11:00
Following the Japan-US negotiations over US tariff measures, the House of Councillors Budget Committee will hold an intensive deliberation on the 21st, with Prime Minister Ishiba in attendance. It is expected that the committee will hold a debate on how to respond to the next ministerial negotiations.
2025-04-21 05:21:00
According to an analysis by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and others, the extent of ice in the Arctic Ocean measured by satellite from space has been found to be the smallest in recorded history this year. They say this phenomenon is related to global climate change.
