Headline news for July 2, 2024



Mister Donut will be selling three types of donuts in collaboration with the Minions , a character from the Despicable Me series, for a limited time from July 10, 2024 to late August. The three types are the Minion Pon de Popping Ring , which is a Pon de Ring dough coated with yellow banana milk-flavored chocolate inspired by the Minions, the Minion Mango Fashion , which is an old-fashioned dough coated with mango sauce, and the Minion Golden Pop , which is a golden chocolate ball coated with banana milk-flavored chocolate. The Minion Pon de Popping Ring and Minion Mango Fashion are priced at 270 yen (tax included) for takeout and 275 yen (tax included) for eat-in. The Minion Golden Pop is priced at 302 yen (tax included) for takeout and 308 yen (tax included) for eat-in.

The first ever collaboration between Mister Donut and the Minions has been realized! Donuts inspired by the characters and original design goods will be released as the 'Minion' Mecha-Mecha Collection, available in limited quantities and for a limited time from Wednesday, July 10th.
(PDF file)https://www.misterdonut.jp/businessinfo/news_release/pdf/nr_240702_01.pdf

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

What is 'IMST' that improves high blood pressure by breathing for just 5 minutes a day 'as much as 30 minutes of walking'? - GIGAZINE

16-year-old boy makes about 200 million yen by reselling Pokemon cards and PS5 - GIGAZINE

Microsoft announces new start menu for Windows 10 - GIGAZINE

It turns out that the adverse health effects of lack of sleep can be offset by moderate exercise - GIGAZINE

Books contaminated with 'potentially deadly poison' found in university library - GIGAZINE

An inmate who imitated a movie and repeatedly committed crimes escapes from a prison in broad daylight by helicopter - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)
Close coverage of young people addicted to drugs | Niconico Video (Re:Temporary)

The crazy commercials for body soaps from overseas | Nico Nico Douga (Re:Temporary)






















◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Nara Medical University develops 'artificial blood' | TBS NEWS DIG




◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
Group home for disabled people in apartment complex settles with high court; district court rules 'violation of rules' [Osaka Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Ferry runs aground near Tomakomai Port, Hokkaido, towed to arrival, no injuries | NHK | Accident

Italian Prime Minister Meloni: 'Demonisation' of far-right reduces effectiveness - 4 photos International News: AFPBB News

'We will not be drafted,' ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against mandatory military service in Jerusalem - CNN.co.jp

￥Survival: 'If you terminate the contract, you have to pay a penalty' - Freelance 110 Lawyer Discusses the Reality | Mainichi Shimbun

Mos Food Services to withdraw from mainland China, closing all six stores amid sluggish consumption - Nikkei Newspaper

Part of the outer wall of the 'Taushubetsu River Bridge' collapsed several meters wide in Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido | NHK | Hokkaido

Biden's apparent decline leads to calls to withdraw from presidential race: If he declines the nomination, it could lead to division within the Democratic Party: Yomiuri Shimbun

Suspect in murder of former Kumamoto town council member may be involved in high-value theft case in Nara Prefecture | NHK | Incident

The collapsed building in Wajima was built on pile foundations, but this may be the first such case in Japan. A construction method that is effective even on soft ground...: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Cap-integrated PET bottles now mandatory in Europe; Itoen also complies - Nikkei Newspaper

UN Human Rights Council Experts Visit Japan to Report Investigation Results at Lecture | NHK | United Nations

Trump's criminal responsibility: US Supreme Court 'remands' trial over Capitol storming likely not to begin before presidential election | NHK | Former President Trump

Trump's criminal responsibility: US Supreme Court's 'immunity' decision is 'historic' American media | NHK | America

Six months after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, the heartbreaking feelings and harsh reality of the victims that the media does not report | Newsweek Japan Official Site

No defamation against former Unification Church friendly groups: National Bar Association statement is 'commentary': Asahi Shimbun Digital

Kagoshima Prefectural Bar Association protests against document encouraging Kagoshima Prefectural Police Headquarters to destroy investigative documents, 'risk of leading to false accusations' | NHK | Kagoshima Prefecture

Taliban attends UN conference for the first time: 'Dialogue with international community to lift US sanctions' | NHK | Afghanistan

Wholesale price of tap water supplied to Saitama prefecture cities and towns to increase for the first time in 26 years | NHK Metropolitan News

Analysis: Why the far-right National Rally has risen to dominance in French politics - BBC News

National tax revenue reaches 72 trillion yen in fiscal 2023, breaking record high for fourth consecutive year | NHK

Prime Minister Kishida to implement 'Reconstruction Support Discount' in Noto region, subsidizing 70% of accommodation fees | NHK | Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024

Turkish airport officials refuse to allow El Al plane to refuel Israel after emergency landing - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest Israeli military service ruling - International News: AFPBB News

Chief Cabinet Secretary: 'Suspend delivery work and strive to prevent recurrence' following fatal dump truck accident | NHK | Okinawa Prefecture

26 people from fake side job site operation group re-arrested; may have also operated dating site and defrauded | NHK | Incident

'The police can't do anything'... Why can't they crack down on 'obstruction' caused by slow walking? Henoko dump truck accident - Sankei News

North Korea switches state TV satellite transmission from Chinese to Russian satellite | NHK | North Korea situation

Four fishermen die after drinking bottle found at sea off Sri Lanka - BBC News

Luxury cars including Lexus Benz stolen 9 cars in one night... Thefts continue in parking lots around Narita Airport | NHK | Incident

Six months after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, 281 people died in Ishikawa Prefecture. Current situation of the affected areas, recovery and reconstruction, and future plans | NHK | Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024

'Eyeballs were skillfully removed...' Defendant Runa Tamura (30) removed them from her head in front of a camera operated by her father. The presiding judge made an unusual remark: 'There is no need to read out in such detail' [Susukino Incident Trial] | NEWS Post Seven

Susukino dismembered body case: Father appears as witness in court: 'I felt like I was betraying my daughter' | NHK | Incident

Norway blocks sale of last privately owned Svalbard island to foreign power - 6 photos International News: AFPBB News

Water and war: 'Israel has turned water into a weapon' - Palestinian Water Minister explains | Mainichi Shimbun

Russia jams European satellite systems, UN agency urges it to stop | Reuters

Snow Peak levies over 150 million yen in transactions with overseas subsidiaries | NHK | Niigata Prefecture

Seko lists compensation as president of Kinki University, assets disclosed, calls for resignation from within the university | Mainichi Shimbun

'Appropriate hydration': City Board of Education issues notice to junior high school where hydration is 'prohibited' during class | Mainichi Shimbun

LDP relieved by Yuriko Koike's lead...Yomiuri survey of Tokyo gubernatorial election shows Renho struggling to attract independent voters: Yomiuri Shimbun

UK Deputy Prime Minister warns of Russian interference in general elections - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Food prices rise over 400 items in July, over 10,000 items expected for the third consecutive year | NHK | Price hikes

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
A cat suddenly hugs a dog and the dog accepts it | Nico Nico Douga (Re:Kari)

Celebrating my birthday with Costco panna cotta. It's so heavy! – KEISUI ART STUDIO

When I wrote 'There are people who have the ability to go to Tokyo University but go to a local former imperial university,' I was countered with 'There are no such people' → There are more local medical schools than Tokyo University - Togetter

It's not 'unfair' or 'selfish' - How to eliminate social barriers for people with disabilities #Reiwa era human rights - Yahoo!News




◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)













[Niconico Super Disclosure] Hacker group BlackSuit begins releasing stolen KADOKAWA data as ransom payment deadline has passed - Togetter

Further claims of responsibility regarding data leaks caused by ransomware attacks and the status of our group's response | Dwango Co., Ltd.





Will a large amount of personal information be made public? Kadokawa, which was hit by a cyber attack, issues a statement urging people to refrain from downloading content... On social media, there are comments such as 'Nico Nico Super Disclosure' | FNN Prime Online

[Uotako] 'KADOKAWA succumbs to cyber blackmail' reports: increasing risk for Japanese companies: Nikkei Business Online

However, on June 8th, Niconico suddenly stopped its services. The system went down after a large-scale cyber attack using a virus called 'ransomware' that rendered servers and data on computers unusable and threatened to 'pay a ransom if you want it restored.' Dwango has said it will suspend its live streaming service until the end of July.

Akaneko says, 'I want to tell the hackers, 'I want my favorite place back.''

Akaneko. is good at shooting games. You will be able to see her shooting enemies on Niconico from August onwards.

'Bang, bang, bang.'

Colombian soldiers on patrol heard gunfire coming from the jungle. A few hours later, they found the body of an Asian man lying on the ground. They soon discovered that the body was that of the Japanese vice president of Yazaki Corporation's local subsidiary.

The vice president had been kidnapped by a local criminal group and sold to the leftist guerilla organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who held him hostage. When FARC members saw national army soldiers patrolling, they panicked and shot him dead. Two years and nine months after the kidnapping, in November 2003, the kidnapping came to a nasty end.



You might think that everyone has their own computer when they go to work, but there was a strange situation where about three people were using one computer - Togetter [Togetter]




The story behind how a slight change to a database value caused searches to take several tens of minutes and caused a problem - STORES Product Blog

The background behind the government's unusual intervention in 'control' of LINE creator Naver | Mainichi Shimbun

Llama 3 Swallow

The Llama 3 Swallow series is a large-scale language model (8B, 70B) that enhances the Japanese language capabilities of Meta Llama 3. All model parameters (weights) are published on HuggingFace, so you can use it for research or commercial purposes as long as you comply with the Meta Llama 3 License.



Walkman® 45th Birthday | Sony Corporation | Public Relations Note

Llama-3-Swallow: A continuous pre-training model that is strong in Japanese

Apology and report regarding improper handling of personal information in our group information system | FAST RETAILING CO., LTD.

The personal information collected is limited to the following items among the personal information of customers who used our Group's online stores or stores between June 2023 and January 2024. Please note that the personal information that was available for viewing does not include credit card information or online store passwords.

1) Online store membership registration information, including the name, address, telephone number, and email address of customers who use our Group's online stores
2) Name, telephone number, and email address of customers who visit our stores and request to order products from other stores
3) Email addresses of customers who have used the fashion discovery app 'Style Hint' operated by our group company



Zuckerberg: 'If we fire the person in charge of Japan, we won't receive complaints from Japanese people about fraudulent ads on Meta, and we'll save on labor costs, so it'll kill two birds with one stone, ha ha ha' - Togetter [Togetter]

Claude 3.5 Sonnet + new feature 'Artifacts' for easy data analysis from CSV - Taste of Tech Topics

Yua Mikami to request disclosure of information from people who have been slandering her over her hat shop collaboration → The person who made the slanderous tweets deleted the tweets and fled - Togetter

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
[Hatsune Miku] I'll make you all squishy♪ [I'll do it for you] | Niconico Video (Re:Temporary)

[TAS's Day Off] Street Fighter II' Rainbow | Niconico Video (Re:Kari)

Original story of Ritsuko Akagi's Taiko drum | Nico Nico Douga (Re:Temporary)

Shogi vs. Go | Niconico Video (Re:Temporary)

Kakakata☆Kataomoi in the everyday life of Touhou [Completed version] | Niconico Video (Re:Kari)




Theatrical animation 'The Rose of Versailles' special report second edition / New Year's release in 2025-YouTube


The Rose of Versailles Teaser PV2/IN THEATERS in JAPAN -- EARLY SPRING 2025 - YouTube


'Magic Knight Rayearth' new animation project launched! ! TV anime 30th anniversary & new animation project launch PV - YouTube


Gamer 'God Influencer' to be recognized as Catholic saint, first millennial - CNN.co.jp

TV anime 'A new old man adventurer is trained to death by the strongest party and becomes invincible.' Non-credit opening video │ Opening theme: Akira Kushida 'Bloom in the Wilderness Adventurers' - YouTube


TV anime 'A newbie old adventurer is trained to death by the strongest party and becomes invincible.' Episode 2 'No. 4242's E-rank promotion test' preview video - YouTube





TV anime 'SHY' Tokyo recapture edition non-credit ED movie | Ending theme 'I'm by your side' Shy / Momijiyama Teru (CV. Shimoji Shino) & Koishikawa Yuko (CV. Toyama Nao) - YouTube


TV anime 'SHY' Tokyo recapture non-credit OP movie | Opening theme song 'WILLSHINE' PassCode - YouTube


'Classic Stars' teaser PV | TV anime adaptation scheduled for 2025! - YouTube


[Important Notice] Thank you for your long-term support of 'Jikkyo Powerful Soccer' - YouTube


Nintendo Switch / PS4 / Steam 'Kamaitachi no Yoru × 3' Announcement Trailer-YouTube


'Sonic x Shadow Generations' Collector's Edition Trailer - YouTube


Voice actor for Remilia Scarlet from 'Fantasy Valkyrie' announced! - YouTube


'Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster' Product Overview - YouTube


Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Announcement Trailer | Pre-orders Now Available - YouTube


'Kunitsuga: Path of the Goddess' trial version announcement video - YouTube


◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Masayuki Makino, founder of Okinawa Actors School, which produced Okinawa's most famous artists, including Namie Amuro, passes away | NHK | Obituary

Celebrating the release of 'Deadpool & Wolverine' on July 24th! Deadpool Truck Departure Ceremony! | Marvel Official | Marvel Official

Soccer player Ito referred to prosecutors, likely to not be indicted - Osaka Prefectural Police: Jiji.com

That's strange, in order for the Korean box office to be viable, the average Japanese person would have to go to the movies four times as often as the average Korean. → It turns out that Koreans go to the movies four times as often as Japanese people - Togetter

Idol candidate accused of 'sex for money' with famous music producer 'several times a week' - viewers horrified 'This is real darkness' | ENCOUNT

Idol candidate accused of 'sex for money' with famous music producer 'several times a week' - viewers horrified 'This is real darkness' | ENCOUNT - (2)







◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)
Calbee x KFC, the dream collaboration is back for the first time in about 9 years! The taste of the popular product celebrating its 20th anniversary is also reproduced 'Potato Chips KFC Original Chicken Flavor' 'Potato Chips KFC Red Hot Chicken Flavor' | Press release from Calbee, Inc.

(PDF file) It's like a crunchy stick of gum! Lotte's first chocolate-flavored gum using cacao mass is now available! - Two new chocolate flavors, 'Salted Vanilla' and 'Chocolate Banana,' inspired by summer, are also available! - |
Press release from Lotte Co., Ltd.

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