Headline News for May 30, 2024



Tokyo City Keiba has announced that it will be introducing a racehorse tracking system that will clearly convey the positioning and speed of racehorses during the race, starting with the 70th Tokyo Derby to be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The system will cover the main and final races, and will be broadcast on monitors at TCK and off-track betting booths, live TV broadcasts of Tokyo City Keiba on TOKYO MX and other stations, the official websites of

the Southern Kanto Four Racecourses , and Local Horse Racing Live .

A similar initiative has been underway in the Japan Racing Association's central horse racing organization since April 2023.

JRA releases horse racing footage with positioning tracking graphics - GIGAZINE



By the way, we published the following article on the same day in the same month in the past.

Government officials drain precious water from reservoir to retrieve dropped smartphone - GIGAZINE

A new technology that uses the principle of lightning to extract clean energy from 'humidity' in the air 24 hours a day, 365 days a year has appeared - GIGAZINE

Tesla's Model Y will overtake Corolla to become the world's best-selling car in the first quarter of 2023 - GIGAZINE

Review of the official benchmark tool 'STREET FIGHTER 6 Benchmark Tool' that allows you to evaluate the performance and settings of your PC while watching the Street Fighter 6 game screen - GIGAZINE

[Obituary] Nice Nature, famous for finishing 3rd in the Arima Kinen for 3 consecutive years, dies at the age of 35 - GIGAZINE

Why is there not even one bridge across the Amazon River, which is over 6,000 km long? - GIGAZINE

A new material that produces large amounts of water from desert air using 'konnyaku' is developed - GIGAZINE

What are the Japanese companies behind the world's largest anonymous bulletin board '4chan'? - GIGAZINE

'Natto Koji Pickled' Tasting Review: Natto can be taken out of the tube and eaten immediately without mixing - GIGAZINE

Why doesn't a giraffe faint from low blood pressure even when it moves its head? - GIGAZINE

Review of Yamazen's inverter generator 'EIGG-600D' that can be used with ordinary cassette gas cylinders, which seems to be useful at home during typhoon season and outdoors - GIGAZINE

Research shows that women who wear makeup are more likely to be viewed as 'trustworthy' - GIGAZINE

Undercover interview with animation production company 'Telecom Animation Film', the studio that produced 'LUPIN THE ⅢRD Fujiko Mine's Lie' looks like this - GIGAZINE

Interview with producer Yu Jyoen, who created a new Lupin 'LUPIN THE ⅢRD' different from 'Family Lupin' - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)







◆Science (science, learning, technology)
The impact of pachinko parlours on property crime in Japan

A strange theory unknown to Japanese people is spreading all over the world! Historian: 'In Japan, Yasuke has been considered to have changed the history of Japan.' Yasuke's historical fact boost that began before Assassin's Creed and its history & the fact that fabricated information with sources was written on Wikipedia and no one noticed it for 10 years - Togetter

Communication status with the Venus probe 'AKATSUKI' | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
Don't you want to go to the Osaka Expo even if it's free? Plan to invite 1 million children for free pushes ahead despite explosion: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Yuriko Koike's big miscalculation. Renho's 'surprise run' for Tokyo governor exposes her 'change of heart and return to the LDP' and her 'crisis in political life' - MagMag News!

Takahama Units 3 and 4 can also be operated for 60 years, 20-year extension, all approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority: Asahi Shimbun Digital

French President: Ukraine should be allowed to 'neutralize' Russian military bases - 6 photos International News: AFPBB News

'We're building something that will be destroyed, and we're getting criticized. I thought the Expo would be more of a dream,' said a construction worker. 'Morale is low at the construction site.' The true feelings of the managers and workers of the subcontractors building the Rings and pavilions | 47NEWS

Newly built apartments in the city center are 13 times the average annual salary! Why has it risen so suddenly? Who is buying them? : Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

'Bottled sea urchin' production begins in earnest this season Yamada Town, Iwate | NHK | Iwate Prefecture

Expressway bus fares 10% higher, drivers and accommodations in short supply, seats over 20,000 yen - Prices are discussed - Nikkei Newspaper

[Exclusive/Breaking News] Argentina to withdraw from Expo due to budgetary issues? Expo Association official: 'We want to take into consideration the circumstances of each country and make adjustments accordingly'

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant unveils new device for experimental removal of nuclear fuel debris | NHK | Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Blue mold detected at red koji supplement factory; may have been contaminated at cultivation stage | Mainichi Shimbun

Pope makes anti-gay remarks, Italian newspaper reports - CNN.co.jp

[Breaking News] Ishin no Kai member of the Koto Ward Assembly referred to prosecutors for allegedly violating the Public Election Law | 47NEWS

Kumamoto City Tram to withdraw from national IC card system, despite half of passengers using it | Mainichi Shimbun

190km of Japanese rails to help restore Ukrainian railways | NHK | Ukraine situation

Angle: Israel-Türkiye trade on the brink, Gaza attacks send ties to rock bottom | Reuters

Georgia's 'Russia Law' re-passed by parliament, fears of further unrest | NHK | Russia

Grenade explodes at Ground Self-Defense Force training ground in Yamanashi, one soldier dies after being hit by shrapnel | NHK | Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces

Tochigi Kanuma Same-sex couple receives 'husband (not yet notified)' and 'wife (not yet notified)' residence certificate | NHK | Tochigi Prefecture

[Digital Extra] Three defendants sentenced to two years in prison for Nasu avalanche accident, innocence claims rejected | Prefectural major, social, breaking news | Shimotsuke Shimbun Extra | Digital Extra | Shimotsuke Shimbun SOON

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Koji Problem: Blue mold detected at six locations in Osaka factory that produces raw materials | NHK | Medical and Health

Governor Yoshimura embarrassed after Osaka Expo 'survey' tactics revealed: '75% of schools want to participate' he confidently posts but cannot select 'no participation' | Smart FLASH/Smafla [Kobunsha Weekly Magazine]

General incorporated association clinics on the rise in urban areas, doctors say they are 'lending their names' | NHK | Medical and health

Four men and women arrested for allegedly purchasing tickets for 'WEST.' illegally and reselling them at high prices; police say 'repeated resales likely amounted to approximately 200 million yen' | NHK | Incident

Argentina to withdraw from Osaka-Kansai Expo due to 'changing social conditions': Asahi Shimbun Digital

Supreme Court decides on 'homeless eviction lawsuit' in Nishinari Ward, Osaka | NHK | Osaka Prefecture

[Exclusive] Explosion at the Expo site: 'The sound was so loud it was shocking. It was a pretty big accident,' says a worker who was nearby | MBS News

[Breaking News] Electricity rates for general households to increase by 468 yen in June compared to the previous month Kansai Electric Power and Osaka Gas also increase rates following end of government subsidy | MBS News

The second bridge across the Kanmon Straits, a huge suspension bridge with a span of over 1 km between the pillars... the first big project in 30 years since 'Akashi': Yomiuri Shimbun

[Breaking News] 'If I had lost, I would not have been able to clear my name': Man with severe brain damage sells his house the day before he dies... Lawsuit seeks to invalidate contract as 'illegal'; family's lawsuit accepted; 'Real estate company ordered to pay 21.5 million yen in damages' | MBS News

Landlord arrested on suspicion of harboring criminal, telling resident under investigation to 'run away immediately' | NHK | Incident

'Run away immediately' to resident under investigation; landlord arrested on suspicion of harboring criminal | NHK Metropolitan News

260 'filthy balloons' confirmed in South Korea from North Korea: Jiji.com

Thorough reform of 'bureaucratic work', paperless explanation to mayor... Inspections from all over the country: Yomiuri Shimbun

'Gyoza no Ohsho' to raise prices for the fourth time since May 2022, gyoza exceeds 300 yen | Society | Local news | Kyoto Shimbun

260 balloons filled with 'garbage and filth' land in South Korea, South Korean military says North Korea sent them - BBC News

Kim Yo-jong says dirty balloons are 'gifts of sincerity, keep picking them up' - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

77-year-old landlord arrested on suspicion of telling tenant to 'run away immediately' after police asked for spare key | Mainichi Shimbun

[Breaking News] Three teachers sentenced to two years in prison for professional negligence resulting in death and injury in the Nasu avalanche accident that killed seven students and one teacher at Otawara High School, Utsunomiya District Court | FNN Prime Online

UN Working Group Announces Jingu Gaien Redevelopment 'Possible Adverse Impact on Human Rights' | NHK | United Nations

Fumi-e? A farce? The reason why 80% of Tokyo's leaders asked Governor Koike to run | Mainichi Shimbun

29-year-old soldier killed at GSDF Kita-Fuji training ground may have been hit by shrapnel from grenade thrown by another soldier: Yomiuri Shimbun

Kake Gakuen's Chairman Kake Kotaro resigns, succeeded by his eldest son Yaku: Asahi Shimbun Digital

TV Tokyo apologizes for inappropriate content in 'Geki-Ryo: 24-Hour Police Coverage!!' | NHK | Tokyo

U.S.-supplied main battle tanks 'present a target to Russia,' Ukrainian soldier says CNN EXCLUSIVE (1/2) - CNN.co.jp

[Exclusive] Renho: 'There is no one more qualified than me' - Why she aims to be the top of the international city of Tokyo [Exclusive Interview] | AERA dot.

Arrow fired at truck door on Joban Expressway from vehicle running alongside | NHK | Incident

The legal speed limit on narrow 'residential roads' will be uniformly lowered to 30 km/h | NHK | Automobiles

Cosmetic medical treatments such as hair removal: Increase in consultations and problems regarding health damage; Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to launch committee to discuss countermeasures | NHK | Medical and Health

Roads without center lines, legal speed limit to 30km/h proposed to amend road traffic law...first reduction: Yomiuri Shimbun

Taiwanese entertainers make 'I am Chinese' remarks one after another, political pressure? Jiji.com

What is behind the anti-Kurdish demonstrations? How to confront the ongoing 'hate speech' 8 years after the enactment of the hate speech elimination law: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

[Exclusive] JR Tokaido Line resumes service after train crashes, unaware of rescue efforts near tracks - Sankei News

Heavy rain causes complete shutdown of JR Mine Line 'It will be difficult for the company to restore the line on its own'...JR West Hiroshima Branch President: 'It will cost a lot': Local News: Yomiuri Shimbun

Gaza aid floating dock almost completely dismantled, operation further delayed - CNN.co.jp

Maximum speed limit on residential roads to 30 km/h from September 2014 to ensure pedestrian safety - National Police Agency: Jiji.com

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)




'10,000 yen fine if you pass through' Signboard installation work on private road 'Kosode-koji' in Gion, Kyoto aims to prevent 'geisha paparazzi' | FNN Prime Online




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Maximum speed limit on residential roads to be reduced from 60km/h to 30km/h in 2026 | Mainichi Shimbun




3rd grade son: 'I wish all bad guys would be executed' Father who has made criminal law complicated: 'That's going to be a long story, but will you let Dad talk?' - Togetter

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
Supplier apologizes for 10,000 broken school tablets, will fix them free of charge [Tokushima Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Announcement of 'Coverage Notes' | NHK Coverage Notes

When I checked the Starlink network again, I noticed a lot of changes | IIJ Engineers Blog

Machine Translation Terms of Use Comparison - Thinking about Legal Issues Surrounding IT

Raspberry Pi power consumption tuning 2024 - Akki's diary

The mechanism and operation of Active Directory that you can't ask about now: Now is the time to relearn the basics of Active Directory (1) - @IT

KDDI announces plans to provide communications services on the moon by 2030 | NHK | Communications

Three issues felt in the government-created metaverse 'Platverse' where 'communication is prohibited' | Real Sound | Real Sound Tech




How to have an image generation AI color an input line drawing without changing it at all

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare considers expanding regulations on employment bonuses and job-seeking media | Mainichi Shimbun

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
















'9-nine-' TV anime adaptation and event to be held! - YouTube





[Deresute] 'Stage for Cinderella Celebration Night' [Idolmaster] - YouTube








Grumbling...

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TV anime 'Time Agent -LINK CLICK- II' character PV [Li Tianchen / Li Tianxi] (CV. Ayumu Murase) - YouTube


TV anime 'Goodbye Ryusei, Hello Life' PV 2nd release | Broadcast on TBS in October 2024! - YouTube


TV anime 'Mahonare' first PV | Broadcast starts in October 2024 'The story of a girl who couldn't become a wizard'-YouTube


TV anime 'This World is Too Incomplete' Promotional CM - YouTube


[Pre-screening event decided] TV anime 'This World is Too Incomplete' main PV② - YouTube


100 Kano fans choose! General election of favorite scenes ~Yakuzen Kusuri edition~ | TV anime '100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Love You' Season 2 in production! - YouTube


'Marl Kingdom Doll Princess 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION' Promotional Movie - YouTube


[Genshin Impact] Episode Chlorinde 'The Last Insurance' - YouTube


'Invincible' package version release date decided trailer - YouTube


'Gran Turismo 7' May 2024 update trailer-YouTube


'Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance' PV03-YouTube


'Tokyo Psychodemic' launch trailer-YouTube


'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' 'The Truth Sometimes Lies' Live Action Release Trailer - YouTube















































































Trapezium, thanks to the local otaku excitement, is entering a period of uncertainty where the resolution of works is exploding due to the violence of collective intelligence - Togetter

Regarding the discontinuation of 'Seiyuu Animedia': The role and challenges of voice actor magazines that have changed since their launch in 2004 | Real Sound | Real Sound Book

◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
'The poison that Bunshun will start bashing Garesotan' Weekly Bunshun publishes an article on Takizawa Gareso, opening a dream match between an exposure organization and an exposure individual - Togetter

Announcement of members participating in Japan National Team Miyazaki Training Camp | Japan Rugby Football Union | RUGBY: FOR ALL 'No Side Spirit' to Japan and the world.

MLB adds Negro League records to official records - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Why was Giants pitcher Shosei Togo (24) rated so low at No. 6 in the draft? He overwhelmed the Japanese national team, but a source said, 'I'm scared to mess with that kind of form.' - Draft meeting | Professional baseball - Number Web - Number

Lennon's guitar used in 'Help!' sells for $450 million, the most expensive ever - US: Jiji.com

Hiroyuki Miyasako's return to terrestrial TV is further away... He was supposed to be a guest on a Chiba TV show, but even though it was already recorded, it was on the sidelines | Nikkan Gendai Digital




◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)
'Chicken Ramen Ajipon Collaboration Set' (Limited quantity release on June 12th) | Nissin Foods Group

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