2025-05-16 22:47:00
On the evening of the 16th, a fire broke out on a boat carrying 25 people, including tour participants of the Setouchi Triennale, off the coast of Takamatsu City. Everyone was rescued and no one was injured, and the Japan Coast Guard is investigating the situation.
2025-05-16 22:04:00
On the 16th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that "the rainy season appears to have begun in southern Kyushu." Due to the influence of fronts and low pressure systems, the atmospheric conditions are expected to become extremely unstable, especially on the Pacific coast of western and eastern Japan, and the agency is calling for caution against strong gusts of wind such as lightning and tornadoes, as well as localized heavy rain.
2025-05-16 21:28:00
On the night of the 16th, the Air Self-Defense Force announced that a body part believed to be that of a crew member was found during a search on the 16th in the accident in which an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft crashed into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, leaving two crew members missing. The body part was transported to the base for identification, and the search at the scene is continuing.
2025-05-16 21:06:00
On the 16th, a committee of experts established by the government in response to the road collapse that occurred in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, visited the site of a nationwide investigation into sewer pipes.
2025-05-16 21:04:00
On the evening of the 16th, a fire broke out on a ship carrying 25 passengers and crew off the coast of Ogijima in Takamatsu City. Everyone was rescued and no one was injured, and the Japan Coast Guard is currently investigating the situation.
2025-05-16 21:01:00
On the morning of the 16th, a man broke into a clinic in Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, assaulting and injuring a female doctor. Police have arrested a 27-year-old suspect believed to be involved on suspicion of attempted murder. He has denied the charges during questioning.
2025-05-16 20:24:00
A Nippon Television employee in his 20s has been referred to prosecutors by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for allegedly illegally possessing cookies containing the ingredients of a designated drug.
2025-05-16 20:04:00
On the 16th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures to facilitate the distribution of stockpiled rice. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," aiming to ease concerns about buybacks and make it easier to distribute stockpiled rice. In addition, JA Zennoh, which won the largest amount of stockpiled rice in the two auctions for stockpiled rice held in March this year, announced that by the 15th, it had shipped more than 40% of the stockpiled rice it won to wholesalers.
2025-05-16 19:50:00
On the night of the 16th, the Air Self-Defense Force announced that a body part believed to be that of a crew member was found during a search on the 16th in the accident in which an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft crashed into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, leaving two crew members missing. The body part was transported to the base for identification, and the search at the scene is continuing.
2025-05-16 19:39:00
According to the Japan Coast Guard, at around 5:45 pm on the 16th, a report was received that a fire had broken out from a sea taxi off the coast of Ogijima in Takamatsu City, and they are currently using water to extinguish the fire. There are currently no reports of injuries.
2025-05-16 19:28:00
In an accident in which a blade fell off a wind turbine at a seaside park in Akita City, an alert warning of an abnormality in the turbine appears to have been activated almost simultaneously with the blade breaking, according to an interview with the company that was contracted to perform the maintenance work.
2025-05-16 19:26:00
In response to the collapse of a high-rise building under construction in neighboring Thailand following the major earthquake in Myanmar, local Thai police had obtained arrest warrants for 17 people, including executives of companies involved in the construction, for allegedly building a building that did not meet safety standards. On the 16th, 15 of these people turned themselves in to police, and attention is now focused on whether progress will be made in identifying the cause of the collapse.
2025-05-16 19:16:00
In last July's Tokyo gubernatorial election, in which a record 56 candidates ran, a lawsuit was filed over whether the election was invalidated after a lack of space on bulletin boards for election posters resulted in some candidates being posted outside the space. By the 16th, the Supreme Court made a decision to dismiss the candidates' appeal, making the ruling that the election was not invalid final.
2025-05-16 19:15:00
In the accident where an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft crashed into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and two crew members are missing, the Ministry of Defense announced just before 7 p.m. on the 16th that "something resembling a crew member was found and transported to Komaki Air Base." The ministry said it is currently investigating the details of the incident.
2025-05-16 19:14:00
Regarding the Ohma Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Aomori Prefecture, a Nuclear Regulation Authority review meeting was held, where the operator, Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., explained that it would raise the maximum anticipated earthquake shaking to about 1.5 times that of the original application. The regulators found this to be largely appropriate, and are expected to begin reviewing the design policy of the facility in the future.
2025-05-16 19:11:00
A by-election for the Yonago City constituency of the Tottori Prefectural Assembly was announced on the 16th, and starting with this election, Tottori Prefecture has introduced a new practice requiring candidates to submit a document swearing that they will not engage in so-called "two-horsepower elections."
2025-05-16 19:06:00
Okazaki City Hospital in Aichi Prefecture has announced that it has reached a settlement with the family of a man in his 70s who was hospitalized two years ago and died of a cerebral hemorrhage due to a medication error.
2025-05-16 18:57:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at a board meeting on the 16th on a personnel plan that lists 11 candidates for directors that are separate from the list of candidates independently proposed by an investment fund that is a major shareholder.
2025-05-16 18:50:00
On the 16th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that "the rainy season appears to have begun in southern Kyushu." Due to the influence of fronts and low pressure systems, the atmospheric conditions are expected to become extremely unstable, especially on the Pacific coast of western and eastern Japan, and the agency is calling for caution against strong gusts of wind such as lightning and tornadoes, as well as localized heavy rain.
2025-05-16 18:49:00
In a hit-and-run incident in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture, in which four elementary school students were injured, police are interviewing one person believed to have been in the car that fled the scene and are investigating the circumstances at the time, according to an interview with a person involved in the investigation. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of the other person believed to have been the driver are unknown, and police are continuing to search for him.
2025-05-16 18:38:00
Regarding the selection of a final disposal site for so-called "nuclear waste" generated by nuclear power generation, it has been learned that a group of business people in Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture, is considering submitting a petition to the city council, urging them to urge the city to apply for the first stage, a "literature survey."
2025-05-16 18:34:00
At the Osaka-Kansai Expo, a stuffed toy of the official mascot "Myakumyaku" that was placed at an overseas pavilion was stolen, and a person in charge of the pavilion is calling for it to be returned.
2025-05-16 18:27:00
It is believed that House of Representatives Speaker Nukaga and House of Councillors Speaker Sekiguchi met to discuss how to ensure a stable succession to the throne and make adjustments toward drawing up a draft legislative package.
2025-05-16 18:00:00
Former employees of the hair removal salon giant "Musee Platinum" filed a petition for the start of bankruptcy proceedings with the Tokyo District Court on the 16th, claiming that they had not been paid their wages for several months up until March of this year and that "the operating company has a large amount of debt and is in a state of insolvency." The operating company commented, "We take this seriously and will continue to work hard to revive our business."
2025-05-16 17:55:00
The Emperor attended a seminar on water issues held in Tokyo together with the King of Sweden, who is visiting Japan for the Osaka-Kansai Expo.
2025-05-16 17:39:00
The Imperial Household Agency revealed that the Emperor Emeritus, who was diagnosed with insufficient blood flow to his heart muscles when subjected to a certain level of exercise, has resumed exercise to maintain his muscle strength, although at a reduced volume and duration, from the day after he was discharged from hospital.
2025-05-16 17:36:00
Due to the influence of the front, intermittent rain has been falling in Kyushu and other areas. Cloudy and rainy days are expected to increase over the next week, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that "the rainy season appears to have begun in southern Kyushu."
2025-05-16 17:33:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at a board meeting on the 16th on a personnel plan that lists 11 candidates for directors that are separate from the list of candidates independently proposed by an investment fund that is a major shareholder.
2025-05-16 17:04:00
The Board of Audit conducted an audit of the management of "public-private funds," which are jointly funded by the government and private financial institutions, and compiled a report stating that 60% of the 23 funds were in the red as of the end of fiscal year 2023. Of these, four funds were in serious financial trouble.
2025-05-16 17:03:00
A national panel of experts, which has been discussing ways to reform club activities at junior high schools, has put together a proposal for the future direction. The proposal includes a proposal that over the next six years, starting from next year (2026), local sports clubs and other organizations will take charge of club activities on all holidays in principle, with the aim of further reforms on weekdays as well, and the government will indicate how costs should be covered.
2025-05-16 17:01:00
In the early hours of the 16th, a robbery and assault incident occurred at a pawn shop in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, and police arrested a 69-year-old unemployed suspect. The other suspect is still on the run and police are investigating his whereabouts.
2025-05-16 16:40:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at the board of directors meeting on the 16th to add four more people, including Sawada Takashi, former president of convenience store giant FamilyMart, to the list of director candidates independently proposed by the investment fund, a major shareholder. Regarding the next directors of Fuji Television's parent company, the company proposed seven people, including Fuji Television President Shimizu Kenji, while the investment fund, a major shareholder, Dalton Investments, independently proposed 12 people, including Kitao Yoshitaka, president of SBI Holdings, as director candidates. If the personnel proposals of both the company and the fund are proposed at the general shareholders' meeting next month, there is a possibility that a proxy fight will take place over the appointment of directors, and the focus will be on the fund's future response.
2025-05-16 16:27:00
In an effort to prevent heatstroke among the elderly, Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward has begun distributing sports drinks and other items to all households with people aged 75 or older, and has begun an initiative to check that delivery companies are taking measures to prevent heatstroke.
2025-05-16 16:20:00
The Chiba prefecture has begun capture operations around Lake Inban in Chiba Prefecture, where there are large numbers of snapping turtles, a designated invasive species that poses a risk to the ecosystem.
2025-05-16 15:50:00
In 2021, four years ago, in Sapporo, a female student in her first year of junior high school committed suicide after complaining of bullying. The parents of the student are seeking damages from the city of Sapporo. A settlement is expected to be reached on the condition that the city admits that its measures to prevent bullying were insufficient, apologizes, and pays 60 million yen in settlement money.
2025-05-16 15:46:00
The city of Hiroshima is preparing to send out invitations to Russia, which has refrained from inviting Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, for the Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 6th this year, marking 80 years since the atomic bombing. The invitations will begin to be sent out in late May, and while attention is focused on how each country will respond, the Ukrainian Embassy stated in an interview that it would be "unfortunate to send an invitation to Russia," but made clear its intention to attend the ceremony regardless of whether Russia attends or not.
2025-05-16 15:28:00
In an effort to raise awareness of the Northern Territories issue, a special ship used for exchange programs with the Four Northern Islands will be open to the public in June at a port near the Osaka-Kansai Expo site.
2025-05-16 15:24:00
Prosecutors began "evaluation detention" on the 16th to examine the criminal responsibility of a 28-year-old suspect from Tokyo who was arrested for intentionally hitting seven elementary school students with a car in Nishinari Ward, Osaka, causing serious and minor injuries.
2025-05-16 15:09:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 14:18:00
A Buddhist statue that was returned from Korea 13 years ago after being stolen from a temple in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is now on special display at a museum in Tsushima City on the 16th.
2025-05-16 14:16:00
The driver's seat of a truck whose driver died after falling into a hole created by a large-scale road collapse in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, was pulled out of a sewer pipe on the morning of the 16th. Saitama Prefecture plans to proceed with full-scale restoration work on the damaged sewer pipe.
2025-05-16 13:43:00
Regarding the issue of a subsidiary of Japan Airport Terminal Co., which operates the terminal building at Haneda Airport, providing benefits to a company whose president is the eldest son of a former member of the House of Representatives, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to request reports from airport building operators across the country on whether there have been any inappropriate transactions between the eldest son's company and others.
2025-05-16 13:35:00
On the morning of the 16th, a train collided with a light truck in Matsuura City, Nagasaki Prefecture, killing a 77-year-old man driving the light truck.
2025-05-16 13:06:00
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 45-year-old office worker on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury after he ran a red light while driving an electric bike with pedals, also known as a "moped," and injure a pedestrian in her 20s.
2025-05-16 12:54:00
On the 15th, rotten wood fell twice at the entrance to Yufuin Station on the JR Kyudai Main Line in Yufu City, Oita Prefecture, hitting four passengers. One person complained of pain in the leg, and the other three were uninjured. JR Kyushu has apologized and is currently investigating the details of the incident.
2025-05-16 12:38:00
The driver's seat of a truck whose driver died after falling into a hole created by a large-scale road collapse in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, was pulled out of a sewer pipe on the morning of the 16th. Saitama Prefecture plans to proceed with full-scale restoration work on the damaged sewer pipe.
2025-05-16 12:35:00
Former employees of the hair removal salon giant "Musee Platinum" filed a petition for the start of bankruptcy proceedings with the Tokyo District Court on the 16th, claiming that they had not been paid their wages for several months up until March of this year and that "the operating company has a large amount of debt and is in a state of insolvency." The operating company commented, "We take this seriously and will continue to work hard to revive our business."
2025-05-16 12:26:00
This year's full-scale collection of remains has begun at a mass grave on Peleliu Island in Palau, a fierce battleground during the Pacific War, where more than 1,000 Japanese war dead are believed to be buried.
2025-05-16 12:22:00
Following the crash of an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, the Self-Defense Forces and others conducted a search underwater and found what appears to be an engine and tires. They will be recovered and the cause of the accident will be investigated, and the search for the two missing personnel is continuing.
2025-05-16 12:22:00
On the morning of the 16th, a female doctor was injured at a clinic in Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, after being punched and kicked by a man who suddenly broke into the clinic. The man then fled, and the police are investigating his whereabouts as an assault case.
2025-05-16 12:04:00
In January of this year, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department arrested two suspects, including a former employee of the store, for breaking into a precious metals buying store in Taito Ward, Tokyo, and stealing 8 million yen in cash.
2025-05-16 12:01:00
On the morning of the 16th, a train collided with a light truck in Matsuura City, Nagasaki Prefecture, killing a man in his 70s who was driving the light truck.
2025-05-16 11:59:00
Due to the influence of the front, intermittent rain has been falling in Kyushu and other areas. Cloudy and rainy days are expected to increase over the next week, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that "the rainy season appears to have begun in southern Kyushu."
2025-05-16 11:01:00
At 11:00 a.m. on the 16th, the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that "the rainy season appears to have begun in southern Kyushu." The start of the rainy season in southern Kyushu is 14 days earlier than average and 23 days earlier than last year. The start of the rainy season has not yet been announced for Okinawa and Amami, and this is the first time since the Japan Meteorological Agency began keeping statistics in 1951 that the rainy season has begun earlier in the country in southern Kyushu.
2025-05-16 10:47:00
In a case in which a police inspector in charge of fire investigations at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division was arrested for stealing approximately 3 million yen in cash from the scene, it has been learned from interviews with investigators that the inspector made a statement to the effect that, "At first, I was tempted and stole, but as I continued to do it, I became numb to it."
2025-05-16 10:39:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 10:19:00
On the 16th, the Ministry of Defense announced that a search was conducted at the scene of the crash of an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, and that a new engine and tires had been found. The Self-Defense Forces are considering how to recover the remains and are continuing their search for the two missing personnel.
2025-05-16 10:07:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 09:30:00
As part of efforts to combat traffic congestion at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games, so-called "flying taxis" will be used to transport spectators and others.
2025-05-16 09:14:00
In the early hours of the 16th, two men broke into a precious metals buying store in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, stole gift certificates, hit the store manager with something like a crowbar, and fled. One of the men, believed to have been involved in the incident, was soon arrested, and police are investigating the whereabouts of the other man as a case of robbery and assault.
2025-05-16 07:33:00
In the early hours of the 16th, two men broke into a precious metals buying store in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, stole gift certificates, hit the store manager with something like a crowbar, and fled. One of the men, believed to have been involved in the incident, was soon arrested, and police are investigating the whereabouts of the other man as a case of robbery and assault.
2025-05-16 06:28:00
In a case where a suspect, an acquaintance of the suspect, was arrested for abandoning the body of a female nursery school teacher on a beach in Miyagi Prefecture, blood stains believed to be from the woman were left on a nearby embankment, and the suspect's figure was captured on a security camera in the area. Police believe that he killed the woman with what appears to be a knife, and plan to request an arrest warrant on suspicion of murder on the 16th and re-arrest him on the 17th.
2025-05-16 06:11:00
In a case where a group of Vietnamese people were arrested for registering other people's credit card information on their smartphones and abusing a system called "offline payment" to purchase large quantities of goods, it was revealed that the members of the group put their smartphones into "airplane mode" to block communications and repeatedly made fraudulent payments. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the possibility that they may have aimed to delay a response by preventing notification to payment companies and cardholders.
2025-05-16 05:43:00
On the 14th, in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture, a hit-and-run incident that left four elementary school students injured, the vehicle that escaped was found in a residential parking lot near the scene on the 15th. The car had been seen regularly entering and leaving the parking lot, and police are investigating further to see if there are any clues to the two missing passengers.
2025-05-16 05:38:00
In a case in which three people were arrested for luring a man they met on a dating app to a restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, and making him pay exorbitant fees, it has been learned from investigators that the suspects are believed to have rented space in a restaurant that had registered to be open late at night, operated a bar, and repeatedly ripped off customers.
2025-05-16 05:36:00
In a case in which company executives were arrested for fraudulently creating accounts for delivery staff for the food delivery service "Demae-can," interviews with investigators have revealed that the executives were receiving approximately 1.5 million yen a month as fees for lending the accounts to foreigners without work status.
2025-05-16 05:21:00
The Self-Defense Forces conducted a search through the night and into the morning of the 16th for the Air Self-Defense Forces' training aircraft that crashed into a pond in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture, but have not yet found the two crew members. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and crashed about one minute after takeoff, and the cause of the accident is being investigated, including the possibility of engine trouble.
2025-05-16 04:45:00
While spring wage negotiations have seen high wage increases, wage growth has not kept up with rising prices. In light of this situation, the Japan Federation of Labor Organizations has decided to establish a committee of experts to evaluate the current state and challenges of spring wage negotiations and use the results to improve going forward.
2025-05-16 04:43:00
In an effort to solve the technical issue that makes it difficult to see LCD screens on car navigation systems and other devices when wearing polarized sunglasses, a group at Keio University has developed a special film that they hope to commercialize in the future.
2025-05-16 04:38:00
The "security clearance" system, which limits access to information held by the government that is important for economic security to those whose trustworthiness the government has confirmed, including private individuals, came into operation on the 16th.
2025-05-16 00:47:00
On the afternoon of the 15th, a fire broke out in the fireproof sheet used to prevent sparks during work to cut dismantled parts at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 in Shizuoka Prefecture, where decommissioning work is underway. The location of the fire was in a radiation controlled area, but there were no injuries or impacts of radiation to the outside.
2025-05-16 00:28:00
On the evening of the 14th, in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture, a hit-and-run incident occurred in which four elementary school students were injured. The escape vehicle was found in the city, according to an interview with an investigator. The whereabouts of the two men in the vehicle are unknown, and the police are investigating their whereabouts.
