Headline news for July 3, 2024



It has been announced that Häagen-Dazs' first chocolate mint ice cream bar, ' Chocolate Mint Crunch ,' will be available for a limited time from Tuesday, July 9, 2024. The company's unique design is that it uses no artificial coloring, making the mint ice cream look white, and it combines cocoa cookies, bitter chocolate coating, and cocoa feuilletine to make it satisfying to eat.

The price is 351 yen including tax.

Bar Chocolate Mint Crunch | Product Information | Häagen-Dazs Japan
https://www.haagen-dazs.co.jp/products/special/chocolat-mint-crunch/

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

An 'automatic response AI bot' is created that continues to have pointless conversations with phone scammers and causes them pain - GIGAZINE

The spread of 'drone shows' is putting 'fireworks festivals' in a difficult position - GIGAZINE

'Red Bull Box Cart Race' opens in the UK, where a homemade car driven by 'humans and gravity' runs up a slope more flashy than anyone else, the venue looks like this - GIGAZINE

I've seen the 'Red Bull Box Cart Race' in London, England, where a unique homemade cart runs through the slope at explosive speed even if it breaks - GIGAZINE

Souta Fujii successfully defends his title and becomes the youngest player ever to be promoted to 9th dan - GIGAZINE

What drinks should you drink with your meal when you want to get iron? What drinks should you avoid? - GIGAZINE

It turns out that spy apps for surveillance are forcibly installed on the smartphones of tourists visiting the Uyghur Autonomous Region - GIGAZINE

How to curb your premenstrual appetite - GIGAZINE

Video of 13 missing boys found in Thai cave now available on Facebook, viewed more than 10 million times - GIGAZINE

The area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where people have disappeared due to radioactive contamination, has become a de facto 'nature reserve' and wild wolves are breeding - GIGAZINE

It turns out that AMD has taken over Intel's CPU market share with Ryzen - GIGAZINE

I visited 'Emon', a new animation production company that was founded less than a year ago - GIGAZINE

An interview with 'Minoru Kujirai', a man with many faces, including modeler, material maker, and animator - GIGAZINE

Director Shinji Higuchi and Anna Ishibashi also appeared at the special effects drama 'MM9-MONSTER MAGUNITUDE-' preview event - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)
Unachanman falls off his chair - Niconico Video

A girl who parried in real life - Niconico Video

Unmotivated Mito Komon OP - Niconico Video






















◆Science (science, learning, technology)
[Breaking News] More than 1,500 new wooden tablets from Emperor Shomu's 'Daijosai' ceremony confirmed, clearly showing the connection to Bitchu - Nara, Heijo-kyo ruins | Nara Shimbun Digital

Ultra-processed foods may shorten your lifespan, US study confirms - CNN.co.jp

New wooden tag for Emperor Shomu's Daijosai ceremony discovered in Nara | NHK News from Nara Prefecture

Lack of water can worsen your intestinal environment and make you more susceptible to infections | National Geographic Japan website

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
'Roadside land prices' rise for three consecutive years on average nationwide due to favorable inbound demand | NHK | Real estate

Government decides on new action plan for infectious disease control based on lessons learned from COVID-19 | NHK | Medical and Health

Ministry of Education notifies public high school entrance exams to 'specially consider foreign students' | NHK | Education

Angle: Biden's 'catastrophic' debate failure, misjudgment by his aides | Reuters

Diet members' income disclosed last year: average 25.3 million yen, highest 746.79 million yen | NHK | Diet

Expo site 'methane gas explosion site' revealed to media for first time: 'More than 5m of concrete has been scraped away' | MBS News

Concrete peels off, roof dented: Expo site explosion revealed to media | Mainichi Shimbun




Police warn of special fraud taking advantage of new banknote issuance - victims already affected | NHK | Incident

What will happen if Biden decides to withdraw from the US presidential election? (1/2) - CNN.co.jp

A man who put up a poster of his 8-month-old child on a Tokyo gubernatorial election bulletin board 'confesses': 'It was foolish. Now I'm facing a divorce crisis' | AERA dot.

Tesla's global sales fall for the first time in half a year Hybrid cars overtake electric cars in the US - Nikkei

Yamagami testifies that he 'loaded a homemade gun and aimed it' in Okayama the day before the incident | Mainichi Shimbun

Test pile driving work to be carried out this month / Construction of new base at Henoko – QAB NEWS Headline

Pasona hires Wajima lacquer and Suzu ware craftsmen as contract employees to support reconstruction efforts by commissioning them to create products | Mainichi Shimbun

Hokkaido high school girl murder: video of victim sitting on bridge railing on smartphone... Did Riko Uchida and others push her off immediately after?: Yomiuri Shimbun

Snowy city, tragedy strikes Singapore mother and child as body of visiting tourist transported to Japan: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Three more undisclosed sexual assault cases by U.S. soldiers, total of five since last year | Mainichi Shimbun

Okinawa: A series of sexual violence cases by US soldiers: 'Three other similar cases yet to be announced' Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi | NHK | Okinawa Prefecture

20% of municipalities in Osaka Prefecture are unable to meet the required number of uses for disaster toilet stockpiles | NHK | Osaka Prefecture

116 people killed in India religious event collapse, local police say | NHK | India

Supplements containing red yeast rice ingredients: 492 people hospitalized and 2,221 people visited medical institutions as of June 30 | TBS NEWS DIG

Singapore's first flogging sentence for sexual assault: 38-year-old Japanese man molested drunk female university student - Sankei News

Financial review of public pensions: Benefits are declining but they will still be at more than 50% of the average income of the working generation, with forecasts of average amounts by generation and gender | NHK | Pensions

Shocking Affair: 'She's up to anyone right away...' 'Asahikawa 17-year-old high school girl murder suspect Riko Uchida (21) and the 'detective in charge of the case' were having an affair. 'The police chief did not deny it in an interview, and the Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters...' | Bunshun Online

'Delivery robots that ride on trains' - Will this solve logistics issues? Experiment in Utsunomiya City: Autonomous robots board LRT trains to make deliveries | NHK | WEB Special | IT/Internet

Former Chief Cabinet Secretary uses up 1.2 billion yen of secret funds for one year, 'also used for election support' | Kyodo News

Digital Minister Taro Kono in speech: 'We must not tolerate such people'... Criticizing the audience who shouted 'Explain the secret funds' at him with their smartphones: Yomiuri Shimbun

North Korea's missile test failed, may have fallen near Pyongyang, South Korean military - CNN.co.jp

Aeon Mall employees who declined job offers will be hired immediately if they stay for less than three years [Evening Scoop] - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

[Election Watcher] Check on the trends of the Party to Protect the People from NHK (No. 479). | Chidaism

After the transition to the fifth category of coronavirus, reports of maternal deaths have also been reported | NHK | Medical and Health

Number of patients with severe hemolytic streptococcal infection continues to be high | NHK Metropolitan News

Arrested for defrauding pawnshop of 1.5 million yen after pawnbroker found empty bottle of 'Yamazaki 25 Year Old' and other liquor | NHK | Incident

JR Shizuoka Station: Monk indicted on charges of trespassing on Shinkansen tracks because he 'dropped his smartphone'... 14,000 passengers affected: Yomiuri Shimbun

Doors on opposite side of platform open at Sapporo Station, 33 trains suspended in two days due to vehicle malfunction [Hokkaido]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Some local governments are unable to formulate pre-disaster recovery plans for the Nankai Trough mega-earthquake Kochi | NHK | Kochi Prefecture

More than 20,000 cases of electric scooters cracked down on, 190 accidents reported - National Public Safety Commission Chairman Matsumura says 'it's important to spread awareness of traffic rules' - Sankei News

18.21 million signatures collected since 2005 calling for abduction resolution, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi says 'From now on, we will make announcements twice a year' - Sankei News

Human remains found in Shinjuku, documents suggest connection to Unit 731 | Kyodo News

Hiroshima High Court upholds first-instance ruling ordering Akitakata City to pay damages in lawsuit over 'intimidation' by former Akitakata City Mayor Shinji Ishimaru | TBS NEWS DIG

Appeal dismissed due to Shinji Ishimaru's words and actions, first instance ruling upholding city's compensation order, Hiroshima | Kyodo News

'Tokyo is offering up land to Mitsui Fudosan at a tremendous pace' - Questions raised about Koike's 'Mitsui first' approach | Daily Shincho

Bubbles found on the seabed off the coast of Wajima, Ishikawa, not seen before earthquake, related investigation to be carried out | NHK | Noto Peninsula Earthquake in 2024

Police officer arrested for assaulting woman questioned at police station Tokyo | NHK | Incident

[Internal documents obtained] Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike's 'important department' sees overtime hours exceeding 45 hours per month 'not complying with the upper limit of the Labor Standards Act' | Bunshun Online

Supreme Court rules former eugenics protection law unconstitutional, state liable for damages for forced sterilization | Kyodo News

Supreme Court Grand Bench rules that former eugenic protection law is 'unconstitutional' and orders government to pay compensation: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Supreme Court rules that former eugenic protection law violates constitution, orders government to pay compensation, forced sterilization of disabled people | NHK | Constitution

This is the 13th case since the end of the war that the Supreme Court has ruled a legal provision unconstitutional.



◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)




There were paper strips on the Tanabata bamboo at Sumitomo Hospital that anyone could write on, so I immediately tried writing. – KEISUI ART STUDIO

I think that asking to answer 'yes' or 'no' is violent. I believe that the way you answer questions is an important part of your expression. Have you stopped embezzling company money? - Togetter

I overslept even though it was my first day at work. I called, but they said I didn't have to come in today. From the moment I woke up and looked at the clock, my heart started beating and I couldn't stop sweating for a while, and I was in a daze ever since. - Togetter

I'm not trying to be mean, but what kind of job would give you the time and money to go to the theatre 10 times a month? → 'I'm a single civil servant living at home...' - Togetter







OS-1, an oral rehydration solution, is meant to be taken when you are dehydrated, so there's no way it would sell in such large quantities... → If you drink it to prevent heatstroke, you end up consuming a fair amount of salt - Togetter

My eldest daughter said, 'Why do middle school teachers always bark? I'm a middle school student now, so I want them to speak to me. I'm really disappointed that this is the model for adults.' - Togetter

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
Developed by a Beijing venture. Deep Vintage - DTM, an amazing plug-in that perfectly reproduces vintage equipment using AI.

The story of Daiso's 330 yen USB 3.0 compliant USB Type-C 100W compatible cable not being good | 8796.jp Management Journal

The horror of self-censorship and the 'unchanging value of privacy' - YAMDAS current update history






Types of information recognized as having a high possibility of being leaked externally (as of July 3, 2024)
[External Information]
● Personal information of some of the students, graduates, and guardians of N Junior High School, N High School, and S High School
● Contracts between Dwango Co., Ltd. and some creators, individual business owners, and corporations
● Personal information of some creators who use Dwango Co., Ltd.'s music monetization service (NRC)
● Information on companies operated by some former employees of Dwango Co., Ltd.
[Company information]
● Personal information of all employees of Dwango Co., Ltd. (including contract employees, temporary employees, part-time employees, and some former employees)
● Personal information of some employees of affiliated companies of Dwango Co., Ltd.
● Internal documents including legal matters of Dwango Co., Ltd.



(PDF file) Notice and apology regarding information leak due to ransomware attack

Notice and apology regarding information leak due to ransomware attack | N High School, S High School (Correspondence high school, wide area, credit system)

Notice and apology regarding information leak due to ransomware attack | Dwango Co., Ltd.

KADOKAWA cyber attack, personal information of N High School and S High School students also leaked - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

KADOKAWA 'Kadokawa Dwango Gakuen' students' personal information leaked | NHK | Cyber attack

Hacker group releases internal information about Kadokawa...salary slips and other information on dark site: Yomiuri Shimbun

The introductory materials on AWS from the University of Tokyo were really good, so I tried to make it run on the latest AWS environment #Python - Qiita

A bird's-eye view of RAG-related technologies from the RAG Survey Paper - A notebook by a former data scientist at a production engineering company

X sells personal information? Police Mutual Aid Association employee re-arrested: 'For living expenses and pocket money' [Chiba Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

National health insurance is 'too expensive': The poster's disclosure of the amount paid causes an unexpected 'outrage'; 'Is it wrong to even question it?' | ENCOUNT

[Review] I bought a Workman school bag for 8,800 yen and it was well received by my child - Impress Watch

About video generation AI: Can Ichibanboshi Hateno open her eyes slowly and dance? | Lambdar

Assault! Next Door Keyboard M3 2024 - M3 Tech Blog




I tried to make it possible to search emails received via Amazon SES using Redash - Nealle Developer's Blog

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)






















Produce it for me - Niconico Video










































[Episode 1] TV anime 'Kamierabi GOD.app' Season 1 rebroadcast notice - YouTube


[Monogatari Series] Ononoki Yotsugi | CV. Hayami Saori [Character PV] - YouTube


TV anime 'I'm going to fall in love anyway.' Teaser PV | Scheduled to start broadcasting in January 2025 on TBS, BS11 and others - YouTube


TV anime 'Crevates-The King of the Beasts, the Baby and the Brave of the Corpse-' PV 1st installment-YouTube


[SAOFD] Story Trailer - YouTube


Ellen Episode 'Please Ellen!' | 'Zenless Zone Zero' - YouTube


'Power Wash Simulator' Paid Downloadable Content 'Alice in Wonderland Special Request' Trailer - YouTube


Eren's battle introduction 'Uniform, scissors, shark tail' | 'Zenless Zone Zero' - YouTube


'Zenless Zone Zero' OP | Come Alive - YouTube


The world's classic science fiction and mystery novels are made into comics and available to readers all over the world! New comic site 'HayaComi' has launched! | Hayakawa Publishing Co., Ltd. Press Release

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◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
A match to predict the 'next man'... Ranking match 6th group final: Nagisa Fujimoto 5th dan vs Kazutoshi Yamashita 3rd dan: Yomiuri Shimbun

A Foolish Thought About the Story Structure of Godzilla-1.0 - 🍉 Oppressed Shiitake

◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)
Overview Digital Camera DC-FZ85D | Digital Camera (LUMIX) | Panasonic

This photo was taken with a LUMIX FZ85D.



Introducing a new 'flat noodle type' of low-sugar, high-protein soy noodles! 'Soy Noodles Flat Noodles' now on sale! | Kikkoman Group Corporate Information Site

The new 'Soybean Noodle' series 'Chinese Soba Yuzu Salt' is now available! It is a set of low-carb, high-protein noodles and special soup and sauce! ~ The noodles are now even more delicious ~ | Kikkoman Group Corporate Information Site

Tokyo University of Technology co-develops Kamata original white ale (craft beer) 'Shiro Kamata' | 2024 Press Release | Press Release | Tokyo University of Technology

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