Headline news for October 8, 2024



It has been announced that a collaboration project between Sumida Aquarium and the TV anime ' Lycoris Recoil ' will take place from Friday, October 25th to Monday, November 18th, 2024. 'Lycoris Recoil' is an original anime that aired in the summer of 2022, and there is a scene in the series where the main characters, Senzoku and Takina, visit an aquarium, which has led to fans of the series visiting Sumida Aquarium.

The collaboration will see the sale of original merchandise and drinks with original coasters.

First collaboration with TV anime 'Lycoris Recoil' - Aquarium-themed merchandise and drinks with limited coasters on sale - | Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo Skytree Town® [Official]
https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/news/details/4748.html

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

Signs of various diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver and thyroid disease appear in human 'hands' - GIGAZINE

How can you see bright and clear images even in 'Aphantasia' where you can't imagine people or scenery in your head? - GIGAZINE

A typical fallacy of the mind where you assume that a single example you have experienced can be applied to others, leading to a huge and generalized subject - GIGAZINE

The gourmet hunt at 'Machi Asobi vol.27', which had a wide variety of dishes such as conger eel, sudachi chikuwa, and Vietnamese cuisine, was like this - GIGAZINE

Nightmares in middle-aged people may be a sign of dementia - GIGAZINE

15 surprising everyday items invented by NASA, including memory foam cushions and PC mice - GIGAZINE

'SPY×FAMILY' and 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' wrapped buses with Anya interiors will start operating at Machi Asobi vol.25 - GIGAZINE

Why are there so many strange postcards showing the same sky, even though they were taken all over the world? - GIGAZINE

'Cloudflare does not contribute to copyright infringing sites' ruled - GIGAZINE

Onion photo gets flagged by Facebook for being 'too sexual' - GIGAZINE

It turns out that the text generation AI 'GPT-3' had a conversation with a human on Reddit for a week without anyone noticing - GIGAZINE

The world's only Godzilla museum with over 100 monsters is a space where you can feel the history of special effects movies - GIGAZINE

An experience report of the attraction 'Godzilla Intercept Operation - National Godzilla Awaji Island Research Center' where you are swallowed whole by a life-sized Godzilla with a total length of 120 meters - GIGAZINE

Staff talk show for the animated film 'I want to eat your pancreas' in which the efforts to visualize the painful but gentle after-reading impression were discussed - GIGAZINE

Natsuki Hanae, who plays Tanjiro Kamado in the TV anime 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba', will do live dubbing while watching the trailer, and production is going well for the April 2019 broadcast - GIGAZINE

'Handa Somen' topped with deep-fried thick shiitake mushroom 'Tenkei Mushroom' and 'Yamamomo Crepe' made with Tokushima specialties - GIGAZINE

The state of the 'Sakura Watching Party' where special postcards using scene cuts from the movie version of Fate [HF] were distributed looks like this - GIGAZINE

Red carpet held at Machi★Asobi to coincide with the world premiere of the movie 'Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]' - GIGAZINE

Cast members including Sakura Matou and Noriko Shimoya gather at the 'Cherry Blossom Watching Party' for the movie 'Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel]', and a prayer ceremony for the hit is also held - GIGAZINE

Ryosuke Naya of the voice actor agency Mouse Promotion 'wrote the manuscript of his first book live' - GIGAZINE

'Machi★Asobi vol.17' Complete List of All Articles - GIGAZINE

Three popular idol voice actors become police chiefs for one day and patrol the city in police cars - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other things)













◆Science (science, learning, technology)
The Nobel Prize born from 'altruism': A major discovery that even Shinichi Fukuoka could not have imagined: Asahi Shimbun Digital

World's first! Successfully deciphering the genome of the super bedbug, which is 20,000 times more resistant to insecticides, promoting the development of products to combat bedbugs - joint research with Hiroshima University - | Fumakilla Co., Ltd.

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
LDP Yamaguchi applies for official endorsement of Sugita Mio after party position suspension over slush fund scandal | Kyodo News

LDP Yamaguchi applies for official endorsement of Sugita Mio after suspension from party post in slush fund scandal | 47NEWS

Schools will be charged admission fees if they decline to attend the Expo after previewing the venue [Osaka Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

North Korea Supreme People's Assembly Discusses Inscribing South Korea as 'Number One Enemy Country' in Constitution | NHK | North Korea Situation

'The world just watched us die' One year since the Gaza invasion [Israel-Palestine issue]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Ishiba Cabinet commemorative photo, image data manipulation acknowledged; Prime Minister's Office posts on website | Mainichi Shimbun

A series of 'handout' wins in local mayoral elections; residents also file lawsuits questioning rationality | Mainichi Shimbun

China's high-speed railways are seeing a series of abandoned stations, as Xi administration's 'transportation powerhouse' policy comes to a turning point | Mainichi Shimbun

Redevelopment of stations around Shin-Osaka to create a wide-area terminal the size of three Koshien Stadiums - Nikkei Shimbun

One year of fighting in Israel, Palestine and Gaza Strip: Death toll exceeds 41,000; fighting spreads to Lebanon | NHK | Israel-Palestine

Prime Minister Ishiba confirms that former Ishiba faction did not include information in political funds income and expenditure report; correction to be made | NHK | Political funds




Former Minister of Justice Katsuyuki Kawai, the first man in history to be imprisoned, sees the world of prison. 'I'll be a good minister next time.' What does he really mean by those words? | 47NEWS

Prosecutors plan to abandon appeal to find Iwao Hakamada innocent; judges it difficult to overturn ruling: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Real wages fall in August after just two months, impact of bonuses disappears | Mainichi Shimbun

Democratic Party bans corporate donations and political expenses, price target 'above 0%' - Lower House election pledge: Jiji.com

House of Representatives election: LDP prefectural federations apply for official recognition for most 'unlisted' lawmakers, Prime Minister Ishiba to decide whether to approve or reject them... Yomiuri survey: Yomiuri Shimbun

12 Japanese arrested for 'protection' in Cambodia, possibly as scammers [Ibaraki Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Mayor Takashi Kawamura's 'Then he will automatically lose his job' remarks cause uproar among council members: 'What?!' 'No one said that!': Chunichi Shimbun Web

Nuclear accident evacuees ordered to pay compensation; not moved from government housing even after free use period ends - Sankei News

'Regional medical care may collapse' National University Hospital's revenue and expenditure forecast, 23.5 billion yen deficit: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Ukraine will not extend Russian gas shipments, informs Slovak Prime Minister | Reuters

Surprise attack brings Israel to 'ground zero' - former Hamas leader - 3 photos International News: AFPBB News

'Root and Root Destruction' of Conditions for Survival, Even Reminiscent of the Atomic Bomb: Experts Talk about a Year in Gaza [Israel-Palestine Issue]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

HTB Production Teledocumentary 2024 'Silent Exploitation: Overlooked Abuse of People with Disabilities' Broadcast on Sunday, October 20th (National Broadcast at Different Times) | Press Release from Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.

Serial robbery suspect previously had his home searched at a renovation business; may have misused asset information | Mainichi Shimbun

Explosion in park in Kita-ku, Tokyo: rocket fireworks in a tube may have exploded | NHK | Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Iwao Hakamada to be found innocent 58 years after the incident Prosecutors plan not to appeal | NHK | Incident

Announcement of discontinuation of travel information magazine 'Jalan' and 'Jalan Mook Series' | Recruit Co., Ltd.

Test removal of fuel debris from Unit 2 suspended. The cause remains unknown, and cameras will be replaced while wearing five gloves in a space with a radiation dose up to 100,000 times higher (planned) | Masano Atsuko's Modest Reporting Notes

It all started in a bar in Ginza: Former suspect talks about 5.5 billion yen land fraud case: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Kawasaki city asks 561 people to return eligibility confirmation documents sent by mistake instead of health insurance cards, same size and appearance: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

A year of killings and the breakdown of assumptions: Middle East on the brink of even deeper war - BBC International Editor - BBC News

Minister of Justice Makihara attended 37 meetings of the former Unification Church and supported it in elections | NHK | Former Unification Church

[Breaking News] Minister of Justice Makihara attended events held by organizations related to the former Unification Church a total of 12 times, while his secretaries attended 25 times, revealed at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting | FNN Prime Online

In the era of rice '3,000 yen for 5 kg', the scramble continues even after the shortage is over - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Former Abe faction opposes LDP executive committee's endorsement policy, calling it 'abuse of power' - Nikkei Shimbun

August real wages down for the first time in three months as wages fail to keep up with rising prices | NHK | Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

[Exclusive] 'Abandoned' nursing home... Employees at a nursing home in Chiba resign en masse 'They haven't changed diapers. The sheets are soaked,' says a resident's wife | FNN Prime Online

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
'The labor shortage will accelerate from now on, and even maintaining the infrastructure of daily life will become difficult.' A pretty definite and gloomy prediction of the future - Togetter

'No men allowed in Purikura booths'... Why are there warning signs in the streets? In an age of respect for diversity, companies say it's not discrimination. What are the legal issues? | Kagoshima News | Minami Nippon Shimbun | 373news.com

This is one of the reasons why mechanical pencils are banned in elementary schools. If we tell them the reason, some students will not be able to resist the temptation to ask questions, so we have no choice but to ban them outright. - Togetter

When doing group work, there are always complaints that 'it's difficult to be with unmotivated students,' but in fact, this is a microcosm of society - Togetter

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
You won't know until you connect it? What is 'MLO' in Wi-Fi 7, which is attracting attention in the iPhone 16? [Initial B] - INTERNET Watch

Reiwa Latest Edition Perl Coding Guide - Speaker Deck

Musk illegally supports Trump by paying $47 for collecting signatures | Mainichi Shimbun

Challenge yourself to build a gaming PC on a budget of 100,000 yen! Will it be able to play popular games properly? - AKIBA PC Hotline!

Why does Dwango create high schools and universities? Even though they produce students from the University of Tokyo, they are not 'preparatory schools' - Impress Watch

[Feature] Is a smartphone cooler just a decoration? Tested with the iPhone 16 Pro - PC Watch

[Kazuhisa Nishikawa's irregular column] The era where LLM can run locally on smartphones! I tried it on the iPhone 16 Pro - PC Watch

Developing functions to convert online slander into gentler expressions and raise caution | NHK | IT/Internet

Chinese hackers hack US telecommunications giant through 'FBI backdoor' | p2ptk[.]org

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Notice from Docomo: Regarding communication problems with some Docomo UIM cards | Notice | NTT Docomo

Be careful. When you save a file in Word, it gets deleted instead - PC Watch

X account (@korindo) is back! | Touhou Project News

Google joins Ubie in latest funding round, the two companies agree to promote digital transformation in the healthcare system | Ubie Inc. press release

A story about how I almost got arrested after developing a matching app on my own

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
Aoni Production and CoeFont enter into global strategic partnership using AI - YouTube


How I started making a game with no prior experience and sold it on Steam about a year and a half later | T.Mochibe

'There's something strange about this job-hunting student...' says Tsumugi Yosone, an interviewer who was caught up in the anime Pokemon cry contest. [VOICEROID Theater] - Niconico Video



[Episode 3] The Marginal Office Lady Kirigiri Giriko - Meat Spa Tsuchimoto | Shonen Jump +

[Review] 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Phantom of the Silver Gray' is full of things you'd want to try in VR! [Meta Quest] - Absolute SIMPLEism

I read the 'Friend Alliance' that Hoshimai mentioned | Official opinion of the railing

Captain Tsubasa, which is being serialized in a storyboard format, was amazing with the unimaginable goal scenes depicted: 'No one could have imagined this' - Togetter




Considering adding unofficial members of the secret fund lawmakers 'Whipping friends' - dissatisfaction and anger within the party [LDP]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

What are the 'multiple patent rights' in the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Nintendo Co., Ltd. and The Pokémon Company against the developer of 'Palworld'? - Part 2 - Ciarasia Patent Attorneys Corporation

TV anime 'Shangri-La Frontier' Best Bout VS Night Attack Lycaon - YouTube


TV anime 'Natsume's Book of Friends Urushi' non-credit ending video | Toshiki Kondo 'Komariwarai' - YouTube


TV anime 'Natsume's Book of Friends Urushi' non-credit opening video | Hinata Kashiwagi 'Alca' - YouTube


TV anime 'I am the most evil support job [talker] and I command the strongest clan in the world' non-credited ED | 'Liberation' KOHTA YAMAMOTO feat. AAAMYYY - YouTube


'Kamonohashi Ron's Forbidden Reasoning' 2nd Season Non-credit OP / Hanbredders 'Sound the Feedback' - YouTube


TV anime 'Recent detectives' character release PV -Yuu Akehi & Hana Kazemaki- | Broadcast in 2025! - YouTube


'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' - Worldwide Launch Gameplay Trailer - YouTube


'Destiny 2: Revenant' Release Trailer - YouTube


'Unknown 9: Awakening' - Motion capture behind the scenes with Anya Chalotra - - YouTube


'SILENT HILL 2' Launch Trailer | PlayStation®5 - YouTube


State of Play | 9.25.2024 [Japanese] - YouTube


Arknights, which is celebrating its 4.5th anniversary, will surpass $500 million in cumulative revenue in Japan in August 2024, with Japan having roughly twice the RPD of China and South Korea.










◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Jungle Pocket member Saito Shinji's wife Seto Saori refutes reports on Instagram, 'This is not a unilateral act' and asks police for 'dashcam analysis': Chunichi Sports, Tokyo Chunichi Sports

[Addendum] Voice actor Kotono Mitsuishi was given a manuscript written horizontally that was difficult to read because 'it's written horizontally in the advertising industry,' but she persevered. → It's absolutely not okay to give a manuscript written horizontally to an actor who does voice work - Togetter

The unannounced release of the conspiracy theorist film 'Sound of Freedom' is apparently leading uninformed and honest moviegoers to take it at face value and donate to charity - Hokke Wolf's Diary

Various opinions on 'In 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo', the main character is just insensitive, and Tora-san is the one who is suffering' - Togetter

◆New products (clothing, food, shelter)
'Myojo Menshin Cup Yaki Miso Ramen' (released October 28th) | Myojo Foods

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