On the 14th, the City Council’s 100 Articles Committee compiled an investigative report certifying a total of eight cases of harassment against employees by Hidetoshi Shiokawa, mayor of Miyawaka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The results of the investigation will be presented at a general meeting on the 20th. Following the city fairness committee’s recognition of the
Declining Birthrates: The criticism of parents on social media shows no signs of abating. Amidst a continuing decline in birth rates (Declining Birthrates), Kazuma Sato, a professor of family economics at Takushoku University and a parent himself, expresses concern that this trend could dissuade individuals from pursuing marriage and parenthood in the future. Declining Birthrates:
Around 3:10 a.m. on the 25th, Miyakojima City in Okinawa Prefecture experienced a large-scale power outage. As of 9:30 a.m. on the same day, Okinawa Electric Power reported that approximately 25,500 households, nearly all households in the city, remained without power. There is currently no estimated time for restoration. Miyakojima City receives its electricity from
Negative sentiments toward Japanese cosmetics on China social networking sites (SNS) are diminishing. Following the commencement of treated water discharge from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean in August 2023, China not only halted imports of Japanese marine products entirely but also posed significant challenges to the sales of Japanese cosmetics,
On the 25th, SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny’s Office) vehemently protested against a British BBC broadcast, accusing it of deliberately distorting President Noriyuki Higashiyama’s statements during a program addressing sexual assault issues. They issued a correction and announced that a letter demanding an apology had been sent. According to Smile Inc., the broadcast in March, titled “The
HYBE, the major Korean entertainment agency that represents the globally popular music group BTS, announced on the 25th that executives from its subsidiary ADOR had conspired to become independent. As a result, HYBE plans to indict Hee-jin on charges of breach of trust and has called for Min to resign. Additionally, Min has revealed that