Tragic Bus Accident in New York State: Two Adults Killed, Several Injured

Tragic Bus Accident in New York State: Two Adults Killed, Several Injured

On the afternoon of the 21st in New York State, United States, and in the early hours of the 22nd Japan time, a large bus carrying about 40 people, including local high school students, veered off the highway it was traveling on and overturned. According to police, two adults were killed and at least five … Read more

Construction Site Accident in Tokyo: Two Deaths, Three Injured

Construction Site Accident in Tokyo: Two Deaths, Three Injured

On the morning of the 19th, a steel frame that had been lifted by a crane fell at the construction site of a building in Yaesu, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, and Yuichiro Hara (33), a company employee from Asaka City, Saitama Prefecture, was working on it. Two people, Yamato Hanada (43), a company employee from Ichikawa … Read more

The Continued Pollution of River Water in Kita Ward, Osaka: A Threat to Public Health

The Continued Pollution of River Water in Kita Ward, Osaka: A Threat to Public Health

The following year, starting in 2004, the Japan College of Analytical Chemistry, located in Kita Ward, Osaka, began investigating the degree of turbidity of river water and the number of bacteria. The water quality is improving, and the endangered Japanese eel was confirmed to be living there in November last year, but E. coli, an … Read more

Remembering the 2011 Torrential Rains: Memorial Gathering and Prayers for Victims in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie Prefectures

Remembering the 2011 Torrential Rains: Memorial Gathering and Prayers for Victims in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie Prefectures

The torrential rains that hit the Kii Peninsula on September 4, 2011 caused a series of river floods and landslides due to the typhoon, resulting in a total of 88 deaths and missing persons in Wakayama, Nara, and Mie prefectures. On the 4th of 2012, in Nachikatsuura Town, Wakayama Prefecture, where the most 29 people … Read more

iDeCo account management fee waived by Nippon Life: Latest update on tax-exempt private pensions

iDeCo account management fee waived by Nippon Life: Latest update on tax-exempt private pensions

“iDeCo” is one of the private pensions that individuals voluntarily join on top of public pensions, and there are preferential treatment that tax exemptions are made on contributions and investment profits. Regarding this iDeCo, Nippon Life decided to waive the account management fee, which subscribers pay 319 yen every month, from October. Regarding iDeCo’s account … Read more

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nomura Apologizes for Contaminated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant – China Reacts

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nomura Apologizes for Contaminated Water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant – China Reacts

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nomura told reporters on the 31st that the treated water accumulated at the Tokyo Electric Power Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was “contaminated water” used by China, and then apologized and withdrew. Regarding this, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on the 1st that … Read more

Police Arrests Man After Knife Attack in Higashiyodogawa Ward: Latest Updates and Investigation Details

Police Arrests Man After Knife Attack in Higashiyodogawa Ward: Latest Updates and Investigation Details

According to the police, after midnight on the 30th, a 46-year-old male lieutenant and a 31-year-old female police officer who were on patrol in Higashiyodogawa Ward tried to question a man on a bicycle about 200 meters. After running away, I took out something like a knife from my rucksack and thrust it at the … Read more

Police Officer Shoots Man with Knife in Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka – Recent Incident under Investigation

Police Officer Shoots Man with Knife in Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka – Recent Incident under Investigation

Around 0:50 am on the 30th, a police officer on patrol called 110 on the street in Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka, saying, “I fired a pistol at a man with a knife.” According to the police, there were a 46-year-old male lieutenant and a 31-year-old female police officer at the scene at the time, and when … Read more

Evgeny Prigozhin: The Enigmatic President of Private Military Company Wagner

Evgeny Prigozhin: The Enigmatic President of Private Military Company Wagner

Evgeny Prigozhin, president of the private military company Wagner, was born in 1961 and is 62 years old. He is from present-day Saint Petersburg, the same as President Putin. In 1996, he opened a restaurant and developed a restaurant business, and is said to have deepened his relationship with President Putin who visited the restaurant. … Read more

The Wildfires in Maui: Debunking Misinformation and Investigating Causes

The Wildfires in Maui: Debunking Misinformation and Investigating Causes

The wildfires that broke out on Maui, Hawaii this month devastated the tourist area of ​​Lahaina and its surrounding residential areas, killing 115 people so far. There is a lot of information floating around on social media about the cause of this fire, and among them are photos of streaks of light extending straight from … Read more