Headline News for May 1, 2024



'Cup Koi Aji Sugakyya Ramen,' a cup noodle version of the popular seasonal menu item ' Koi Aji Sugakiya Ramen ' from the ramen chain 'Sugakiya,' will be available at supermarkets and drugstores nationwide from Monday, May 20, 2024. The price is 298 yen (excluding tax).

By the way, we published an article like this on the same day in the same month in the past.

The reason behind the strange phenomenon that 'PC screen goes black when sitting on IKEA chair' has been revealed - GIGAZINE

Automakers acknowledge that users hate touchscreens and start moving back to buttons - GIGAZINE

'gpt4free', which made the paid 'GPT-4' available for free, is threatened by OpenAI that it will sue if it is not removed - GIGAZINE

'EmuDeck' that easily turns Steam Deck into a retro game emulator - GIGAZINE

A photo of an 'oil platform' towering over the sea with unique beauty becomes a hot topic - GIGAZINE

'Boyomi Kochi' is amazing, as it reproduces the tweets of popular VTubers in their own voices using AI voice synthesis - GIGAZINE

It is pointed out that a large amount of 'garbage papers' are being produced by unscrupulous researchers who buy achievements with money - GIGAZINE

I actually tried grilling and eating the duck loin 'Magrecanal' after foie gras harvesting - GIGAZINE

'Knowledge of ignorance' proven by scientific research - GIGAZINE

Research results show that soccer fans are not happy - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)

Tonight is Walpurgis Night, so all wizards please gather at the Brocken. Snacks are limited to 300 yen.

— Vatanabeus (@nabe1975.bsky.social) 2024-04-29T22:49:43.057Z












◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Bird flu virus first detected in dead walrus: research - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Development of a new microscope technique that can observe the reversal of electric polarization at the nanoscale - toward the development of materials for next-generation memory and computing devices that consume 1/100th of the power - | Press Releases and Research Results | Tohoku University -TOHOKU UNIVERSITY-

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
'Israeli security forces commit serious human rights violations' US may suspend aid | NHK | Israel-Palestine

[Big promotion] 22-year-old part-time worker Morosawa Rino becomes new president of CoCo Ichibanya FC: 'At first I thought it was a joke' What's behind the promotion? | FNN Prime Online

[Breaking News] A man was assaulted and killed in Kawaguchi City. The man is on the run and may have been carrying a knife... Murder charges are on the horizon as Saitama Prefectural Police search for him | TBS NEWS DIG

Daikokuya levies additional tax on sales to foreign customers suspected of reselling goods at duty-free prices | NHK

'Who wanted it and when?' Following the Osaka Expo is the Yokohama Flower Expo. The city's budget has increased sevenfold in one year, and city council members are concerned that 'tax money may be used to make up for the deficit' | Smart FLASH/Smafla [Kobunsha Weekly Magazine]

Orange juice shortage and price hikes lead to suspension of beverage sales for 'Dole' and 'Baylis'... / Japan Agricultural News

Moves to reinstate conscription in Europe: German Defense Minister says 'suspension of military service was a mistake' ... Denmark and other countries also impose conscription on women: Yomiuri Shimbun

Israeli Prime Minister sends SOS to US President, asking to avoid ICC arrest | Mainichi Shimbun

Is it 'unavoidable' that 30,000 people were killed in Gaza? Is Israel's brainwashing education a 'success'? An Israeli who has lived in Japan for 40 years and is anti-war analyzes the thought processes of his fellow Israelis | 47NEWS

G7 environment ministers agree to phase out coal-fired power generation between 2030 and 2035, UK minister reveals: Yomiuri Shimbun

'He's acting all high and mighty even though he's on welfare...' Driven to the brink by the words and actions of Kiryu city officials, he came to the conclusion that 'I have no future here': Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Buyers recruited through social media buy duty-free goods for resale and impose additional tax on sellers: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Israeli flag proposes 'permanent ceasefire' to Hamas, but 'threats' mean 'this is the last chance'

CNN poll: Trump leads with 42% approval rating, Biden with 33% - Sankei News

ICC raises concerns within government about preparing arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister | Reuters

(Beyond the Amplification: 1) Hatred spreads across borders in the blink of an eye: One person, posing as a Kurdish person in Japan, posts 180 articles: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Yaichi Tanigawa, whose civil rights have been suspended, is now the 'Don of the remote island' who was abandoned by his faction [LDP] [Spring House of Representatives by-election 2024] [Nagasaki Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Deciphering the 'Top Secret' 'Heisei/Reiwa' Era Change Official Documents: What Lies Beneath the Black Markings? | Mainichi Shimbun

NY judge fines Trump $9,000 and threatens jail time for violating gag order | Reuters

'Extremely dishonest, as if we were enemies...' Has the friction reached a rift level? Rep. Manabu Horii and the LDP Tomakomai branch HTB Hokkaido News

Cat's body found after falling into tank of harmful substance 'hexavalent chromium' 270 meters from factory where it escaped; warning 'do not touch' due to risk of blindness if touched | TBS NEWS DIG

City employee in his 20s reprimanded for refusing to be sent to Tokyo because city-provided housing 'smells like cigarettes' [Hyogo Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

NHK opinion poll: 62% in favor of 'optional separate surnames for married couples,' 27% opposed | NHK

Approval rating for Kishida Fumio's Cabinet remains stable at 26%. Votes for House of Representatives election: LDP 28%, Constitutional Democratic Party 18% - Nikkei opinion poll - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

97-year-old woman evacuates from fighting area in eastern Ukraine on foot - 15 photos International News: AFPBB News

Withdrawal of solidarity with Kusatsu Flower Demonstration/Spring's opinion

Chinese ship fires water cannon again, damages Philippine ship off the coast of Luzon - 4 photos International News: AFPBB News

A cat that fell into a 'hexavalent chromium tank' was found dead 250 meters away from a factory in Hiroshima and Fukuyama | NTV NEWS NNN

Male high school student arrested for groping female student's breasts on school grounds, denies charges of 'not groping' and suspected of non-consensual indecent assault | NTV NEWS NNN

Matsue Shimane Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 breaker has burnt marks, fire department investigates cause | NHK | Nuclear power plants around the country

Mayor Kawamura reiterates that dying for one's country is 'moral,' but experts criticize [Aichi Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

'Let's go see the festival' - 21-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of kidnapping minor after taking teenage boy by train to neighboring prefecture | News | RKB Online (Page 1)

Tokyo 15th District by-election: Election interference? Freedom of expression? Metropolitan Police Department issues unusual warning to candidates: Public Offices Election Act: What is the crime of obstructing freedom of elections? | NHK | Elections

Odesa castle in Ukraine damaged in Russian attack; popular with locals as 'Harry Potter castle' - BBC News

Food prices increase by 31% in May, the first since the survey began in 2022 | Kyodo News

What kind of welfare system makes people think, 'I'd rather die than receive welfare'? -- A system of exclusion that is not just a problem in Kiryu City - Dialogue for People

Number of abandoned vacant houses has increased 1.8 times in 20 years, vacancy rate reaches 13.8% - Nikkei Newspaper

Students arrested at about 20 universities in the US protesting Israel's Gaza attacks | NHK | America

Hatred spreads across borders in an instant: One person, posing as a Kurdish person in Japan, posts 180 articles: Asahi Shimbun Digital

[Breaking News] Glico's 'Pucchin Pudding and Cafe au Lait' cannot resume shipments by mid-May as planned, suspension period extended, no timeline for resumption | TBS NEWS DIG

Kumamoto Prefecture Governor 'did not distribute but deposited' flowers to acquaintances to celebrate election victory | NHK | Kumamoto Prefecture

Mt. Fuji to have black curtains installed at photo spot over convenience store building in Fujikawaguchiko Town, Yamanashi | NHK | Yamanashi Prefecture

Columbia University police storm hall where protesters are holed up, arresting dozens - CNN.co.jp

Marijuana designated as low-risk drug, Department of Justice recommends reclassification - CNN.co.jp

[Exclusive] Sexual abuse of hospitalized muscular dystrophy patients: Multiple hospital staff 'touched the lower body' of six disabled patients in Fukuoka Prefecture | FNN Prime Online

Police storm into New York University to disperse anti-Israel demonstration | NHK | America

Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Headquarters issues warning to social affairs chief to resign for 'fabricating statements' | NHK

Biden is no better than Trump: Gen Z questions America's double standards | Mainichi Shimbun

Teenager killed in Iranian anti-government protests may have been sexually assaulted and then killed by security forces, according to classified documents obtained by BBC - BBC News

28-year-old suspect in body abandonment case in Nasu Town, Tochigi: 'I realized I was disposing of a body halfway through' | NHK | Incident

Power harassment at children's hospital: 45-year-old staff member disciplined; 12 of 14 subordinates victimized; 2 developed mental illnesses due to stress and are currently receiving medical treatment | News | RKB Online

Itochu establishes new company 'WECARS' to take over Big Motor's business | NHK | Automobiles

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)




KEISUI ART STUDIO | Higashimaru's 'Tatsuno no Toki' is a soy sauce that you won't be able to let go of once you've tried it.

When I went to a familiar bar in Shinjuku, I was told, 'The inbound fee has been applied...' and a glass of lemon sour cost 1,000 yen and five skewers of yakitori cost 2,000 yen - Togetter




Minced meat steak, which has been met with mixed reviews, is really bad, according to cooking researcher Ryuji - Togetter

'Let's divide it into small sections together' guide | kawanotron

The story of a person who went from a welfare household to the University of Tokyo and got a doctorate was so amazing that I was speechless - Togetter

Foreign tourists taking photos of Lawson + Mt. Fuji - Issue of etiquette violation | Ibishi Dental Clinic

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
Explanation of 'Adaptive-RAG' which uses RAG to classify questions

ASCII.jp: IIJ explains '8 dark patterns' and 'cookie banner implementation' that companies should avoid (1/3)

Homework and reports are copied exactly from AI-generated 'answers,' teachers lament: 'This is just a free proxy service': Yomiuri Shimbun




The abolition of network usage restrictions and its impact on mobile phone sales [Mobile Communications SE Junya Ishino] - Impress Watch

Examples of knowledge and accuracy improvement when introducing RAG - Speaker Deck

AI guides users to fictitious departments in response to garbage disposal inquiries, accuracy rate falls short of target, 'too early for use by citizens': Yomiuri Shimbun

Approximately 260,000 books, magazines, etc. included in the 'National Diet Library Digital Collection' are now available as materials for sending to libraries and individuals | National Diet Library

'The curse of knowledge' - the belief that you are telepathically connected to your team members - #Asumikan on Asumikan

A professional illustrator reviews the XPPen 'Magic Drawing Pad,' a 'real' Android tablet he's encountered for the first time in 11 years, and finds out: A day's pen, board, and gadget (page 1/5) - ITmedia PC USER

A summary of 'How World-Class Engineers Think,' a must-read for all IT engineers

How to investigate when the wireless LAN receive buffer runs out on ESP32 MCUs - Nature Engineering Blog

It's Golden Week, so let's cluster multiple Raspberry Pi 5s and build Grafana on Kubernetes | DevelopersIO




◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)









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'SaGa Emerald Beyond Original Soundtrack' PV-YouTube


'Street Fighter 6' Fighting Pass 'Get Ready for Gouki!' Introduction Video - YouTube


'All You Need is Help' Announcement Trailer - YouTube


'Front Mission Second: Remake' Official Release Trailer - YouTube


NieR Re[in]carnation Thank you so, so much. - YouTube


[Genshin] Story Movie 'Farewell' - YouTube


'El Shaddai' x 'If you don't eat sushi soon, you'll die! Universe' x 'Star Note' STEAM version collaboration stage PV - YouTube





In 2023, the share of the publishing market (paper + electronic) will be 43.5% for comics, 39.9% for books (excluding comics), and 16.6% for magazines (excluding comics) - According to a survey by the Publishing Science Institute | HON.jp News Blog

Introducing the structure of the plastic model kit 'Zundamon'! | Plum Staff Blog







◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
What can we do to abolish nuclear weapons? The thoughts of a university student who participated in the production of 'Turning Point,' which also depicts the victims of the atomic bomb: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Makoto Otake, 'I'm so weak I feel frustrated' after contracting coronavirus. He can't move during his recuperation, he's losing his strength and his appetite... - Sanspo

◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)
[Preview] The 'Chicken Teriyaki Rice Bowl' with the aroma of charcoal fire that will whet your appetite is back again this year! The 'Warm Egg Teriyaki Rice Bowl' topped with Nakau's 'special warm egg' will also be sold at the same time. ｜ Announcement ｜ Rice Bowls and Kyoto-style Udon at Nakau

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