Aug 06, 2026 19:29:00

Headline news for August 6, 2026

The movie ' Toy Story 5, ' which has been a huge hit since its theatrical release on July 3, 2026, has achieved the fastest box office revenue milestone for a Pixar Animation film in history, surpassing 10 billion yen in just 34 days. The highest-grossing film in the series to date is 'Toy Story 3,' which earned 10.8 billion yen, and this record is on the verge of being broken.

Toy Story 5 becomes the fastest Pixar Animation film to surpass 10 billion yen in box office revenue! It's on the verge of becoming the highest-grossing film in the Toy Story series! | Movies | Disney Official
https://www.disney.co.jp/movie/toy5/news/20260806_01

'Toy Story 5' Trailer | The highest-grossing foreign film of all time! The highest-rated film in the series! | Now showing in theaters - YouTube

Distributed by: Walt Disney Japan
©2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

Incidentally, on the same day of the same month in the past, we published the following article.

'Is it really foss?' - GIGAZINE - A tool to verify whether something is truly 'free and open source'

ElevenLabs announces 'Eleven Music,' a tool capable of generating commercially usable studio-quality sounds - GIGAZINE

How does the 'morning-after pill,' taken after sexual intercourse to prevent unwanted pregnancy, work? What are the side effects and its relationship to BMI? - GIGAZINE

Financial market volatility increases the risk of heart attacks and suicide - GIGAZINE

What are the effects on the brain and body when social interaction is taken away and 'loneliness' is forced upon you? - GIGAZINE

Why do we lose our appetite when the temperature rises? - GIGAZINE

Church to be temporarily closed after failed attempt at repainting angel statue - GIGAZINE

Hotel Aqua Kurobe, conveniently located just a 3-minute walk from Kurobe Station, is a great base for sightseeing. Accommodation Report - GIGAZINE

I tried 'Cold Curry,' made with tomatoes, steamed chicken, and vinegared rice, with a cold curry sauce, at Champion Curry, the originator of Kanazawa-style curry - GIGAZINE

A review of using 'Strong Boy 2,' which claims to easily open even tight lids, to open various bottles and other containers - GIGAZINE

What is 'ammonium nitrate,' the substance that caused the massive explosion in Beirut? - GIGAZINE

How will China's 'all-seeing system' evolve with the help of AI? - GIGAZINE

Research shows that 'humidity' is important for getting cool with a fan - GIGAZINE

New technology cools cities with zero power consumption by releasing heat into the air - GIGAZINE

I went to Sendai to participate in the 'JoJo Tanabata Festival in Morioh Town, S City' - GIGAZINE

How to pack an overnight change of clothes as compactly as possible in just 30 seconds - GIGAZINE

◆ Ideas (notes, miscellaneous things)

Gahh
— Ruchika / Kare~ruu (@rei__ru) August 5, 2026

A gal-style Siren-chan pic.twitter.com/21dWZp3ju7
— Nekomanma (@Shachiku563) August 5, 2026

I thought it was cute and turned the page, but then I saw that it was stubbornly holding its head up, and I couldn't help but laugh at the third picture 😂wwwwww pic.twitter.com/cij2zXCdds
— Saki☺︎🐳 (@neo01ss) August 5, 2026

That's water I drew for the vegetables, you know ( ´ω`) pic.twitter.com/7OM5MV9wkO
— Micrographic(Sister-Mai-) (@VioletFizz129) August 4, 2026

I arranged for the air conditioner to be cleaned, but the dog was barking like crazy at the workers, so I isolated him. Now I can relax. pic.twitter.com/cUZz3EWfNP
— Asapon/Servant of a Pomeranian (@asaponta_9) August 5, 2026

◆Science (Science, Academics, Technology)

I casually stopped by a beach and the rocks were covered in incredibly beautiful holes. What is this? pic.twitter.com/RcpUtZUL4o
— Kawazu🍁 (@SmokeFrog_) August 4, 2026

⚠ Three cities issue unusual warning

On the 6th, Nagahama City, Hikone City, and Takashima City successively announced that none of them were involved in the 'Lake Biwa Three Cities Simultaneous Fireworks Display' as organizers or co-organizers. They issued the warning after receiving numerous inquiries from citizens who mistakenly believed the event was organized because of the 'three cities' in its name. ... pic.twitter.com/ZcFBBeyZEh
— Shiga Yukan Shimbun/Shiga Hikone Shimbun [Official] (@shigayukan) August 6, 2026

Half of Americans believe Netanyahu should be arrested, according to a public opinion poll | Mainichi Shimbun

North Korea condemns 'war criminal nation Japan for accelerating its transformation into a war state' (Photo 1) International News: AFPBB News

Missile shortage prevents saving lives… Ukraine’s plight revealed by Kyiv attack - BBC News

Trump administration to refund $100 billion in tariffs to businesses on 'Liberation Day' - BBC News

[Explanation] Spain's immigration crisis escalates into a political storm fueled by social media - BBC News

[Breaking News] 16-year-old high school girl stabbed in the neck with a mechanical pencil - 41-year-old unemployed man arrested on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder - Attacked suddenly inside a store <Hakodate, Hokkaido>

Customs officials find 'fake iPhone' with metal plate inside, exposing fraudulent refund of 100 million yen: Asahi Shimbun

Four individuals and the operating company of a website that extracts movie text have been found guilty | Content Overseas Distribution Promotion Organization (CODA)

Pokémon, Naruto... Government expresses 'concern' over Trump administration's unauthorized use | Mainichi Shimbun

Woman arrested for repeatedly placing and canceling large orders of popular Shonen Jump manga merchandise; total value exceeds 4.3 billion yen (Published August 6, 2026) | NTV NEWS NNN

◆Lifestyle (Life, Living, Health)
In junior high school, I lost at rock-paper-scissors and ended up going to the same place for my work experience – the facility where 'Muu-chan was packing stapler boxes' - Togetter

My wife passed away in June of this year, and I applied for survivor's pension at the pension office in my daughter's name... but I was told I wasn't eligible. 'What's the point of a pension?' → It depends on whether you think of it as savings or insurance - Togetter

An old public toilet in Hiroshima was actually not known to be a building that survived the atomic bombing until about 10 years ago... Many atomic bomb survivors died after drinking water from a nearby tap immediately after the bombing - Togetter

I came home and it was so quiet, and there was no greeting at all, so I thought something was wrong. I started recording a video, thinking it was just one of their usual pranks, but they had pulled off the biggest blunder yet, far beyond anything I could have imagined...

At first glance, I couldn't understand it and froze for a while...

What am I going to do about this...? pic.twitter.com/Ke4qzLfIsd
— Pufferfish on the grass [Demon-prepared migrant] (@moto_kusafuguHT) August 5, 2026

When making a reservation over the phone, it's much easier for the person on the receiving end if the call is more concise than if they politely say, 'Excuse me for bothering you while you're busy... I'd like to make a reservation, yes, for 12:00 tomorrow on [date], for the number of people...' - Togetter

I saw a woman sitting on the ground in front of the train station who appeared to have wet herself, so I thought it was serious and called the police and an ambulance. I stayed by the sidelines to watch over her, when suddenly another woman appeared and yelled, 'What are you doing?!' and knocked my smartphone out of my hand. - Togetter

I couldn't get my child into the super popular daycare behind my house, but recently I spotted a parent dropping off or picking up their child by car in the school zone in front of my house, even though car drop-offs and pick-ups are prohibited... I'm wondering whether to take a picture and report it to the daycare or the police - Togetter

'Please stop, it's making me want to cry.' A temple on the mountainside of Atago-yama in Kyoto has seen its 'No Entry' signs repeatedly removed... 'We don't even know why this is being done, it's terrifying.' - Togetter

The bathing facilities on the support vessel deployed by the Self-Defense Forces in Kumamoto are amazing and quite sophisticated! → After learning about the ship's history, it all makes sense: 'This is a great way to utilize it.' - Togetter

I really love pork miso soup, but I've recently started to feel dissatisfied with the pork miso soup served at specialty shops that have started popping up around town. 'This step is a must!' 'This is my ideal!' - Togetter

Life hacks shared by those who were severely affected by the 3.11 disaster: 'Don't answer YES when people ask you 'Do you have any food or water?' at an evacuation center' → Sharing bitter experiences - Togetter

'It might seem incomprehensible to suddenly encounter someone like this, but I'm a myna bird that grew up only hearing insults.' - A story about inheriting the words you've been exposed to throughout your life - Togetter

I once wrote casually in a mountain climbing article, 'I saw a bird,' and got slammed by readers with comments like, 'That was a rock ptarmigan,' 'It's a specially protected natural monument,' and 'Don't just dismiss endangered species with 'I saw a bird'.' - Togetter

When something unpleasant happens,
Watching this kitten gulping down milk makes me feel like I can keep going, so I recommend it. pic.twitter.com/x6T7udXIXN
— Lao the rescued cat and the clumsy man. @ 'Kitten School' Milk Volunteer (@lao0928) July 30, 2026

We have reached Wennai, the northernmost remote settlement in Japan (effectively a village that has disappeared).

From what I could see, only one house appeared to be in use. Half of the settlement was destroyed and collapsed, and the other half was in the state shown in the video. I'm glad I came. … https://t.co/HMhXCOLsgj pic.twitter.com/vRdPcKeVBx
— Nippon Street Walking Journey (@ZO9Ct96MtT8GACM) August 5, 2026

The reason I'll always resent the tax office is that when my company was in really tough shape, a client helped us out and made a payment, and right after that, a tax audit came in and they took several million yen in taxes, saying, 'This is an advance payment, isn't it?' I explained that we were really short on money at the time and that it wasn't an advance payment, but they took it anyway...
— Hiroyuki Ando/FlightUNIT (@drunkenAndo) August 5, 2026

I recently learned about this life hack for making smashed cucumbers without actually smashing them, and I've been using it a lot! I'm going to eat tons of smashed cucumbers this summer! pic.twitter.com/Az2g7wLNhS
— Tsukudani🌞 (@29_da2) August 3, 2026

I used to read picture books to my daughter before bed, but she finally said, 'Mom, I don't want picture books anymore starting today.' → I decided, 'Let's make today the last time!' and gave it my all to read her one last picture book, and this is what happened - Togetter

I've seen tweets about the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival, complaining about things like 'having a bad seat where you couldn't see the Phoenix fireworks' or 'the lack of food stalls,' and saying things like 'is that all?' about the three-foot diameter fireworks. People from outside the prefecture complaining without understanding why the Nagaoka Fireworks Festival is held every year on August 2nd and 3rd, and I honestly don't want them to come.
— iidaku (@11daku2) August 5, 2026

◆IT & Gadgets (Internet, Software, Hardware, Mobile)
An Introduction to Stack Pull Requests — How to Use gh stack and How to Utilize It in Parallel Implementation of AI Agents - Findy Tech Blog

[Feature] I used to think it was impossible to work with only 8GB of memory... but here's what happened after working with 8GB of memory for three weeks - PC Watch

How to implement prompt engineering

I used to be hostile towards those 'surprise creators' who just upload anime as is to get likes, but now there are these 'neo-surprise creators' who go to the trouble of making fun of One Dance and uploading it at 1.5x speed just to get likes. It's so evil.
— Milhi (@HELIX_62) August 5, 2026

Don't write your 'feelings' in the company's Slack Times | Chujo

Recently, my monitor, which I've been using for about 10 years, has finally started to show burn-in, but... pic.twitter.com/mVm2CbaM26
— Kūsuke (@k_suke3rd) August 5, 2026

Explanation of the algorithm for estimating difficulty level from problem text - Dwango Educational Services Developer Blog

Japan's largest AI data center to be built in Akita, with a construction cost of 2 trillion yen; UAE to invest - Nikkei

[Munechika Nishida's Random Tracking] Which aspect ratio is best? An entertainment perspective on Samsung's new 'Galaxy Z Fold' - AV Watch

The battle against tough weeds: Complete victory with Komeri's weed trimmer! It was as easy to use as a vacuum cleaner [Home Appliance Review] - Home Appliance Watch

The End of CTF and Bug Bounties: What's Happening with 'Competition, Prize Money, and Responsible Disclosure' [Focus] - Levatech LAB

If only we didn't have to have something like this...

In my wife's hospital ward, there are some people who keep rummaging through the shared refrigerator, and apparently, the contents of a Nalgene bottle have been reduced. I don't want anything put in the water, so I'm using a 3D printer.

I made a device where you can't turn the lid without unlocking it... pic.twitter.com/qFqrKaqQtu
— Tsukasa Nibusaka @JRRF T-102 L (@nibsakat) August 5, 2026

Are 60% of people mistaken about how to save energy with air conditioners? Effective usage methods you should know now - Weathernews

University professors are struggling with students' 'AI-generated copy-pasted' reports. This could lead to students repeating years, failing courses, and losing grades - INTERNET Watch

A serious analysis of a video documenting the Kumamoto earthquake from the perspective of a video director | Kotaro Muta | Connecting thoughts through video

I created a Go-based CLI application called 'transit' to get transit directions from the terminal.

I created cclens, a tool to visualize the 'waste' in Claude Code.

[PC Watch News] Enjoying the 'Commemorative Visit Course' at Jensen Huang's pilgrimage site, 'Yakiton Sankichi Kanda Kitaguchi,' with my daughter - The course name change wasn't because NVIDIA got angry - PC Watch

Initially, the course was listed on sites like Tabelog under the name 'The Same Course as NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang,' but a few days later it was changed to 'A Special Course to Commemorate Your Visit.' I had assumed that NVIDIA had complained and asked them to stop mentioning their name, but apparently that was not the case at all.
'We felt it would be inappropriate, from the company's and the president's perspective, to use Mr. Juan's name for business purposes, especially since he had gone to the trouble of coming here,' (said the store manager).

Notice and Apology Regarding Unauthorized Access to GitHub (Breaking News) | INNOVATION Co., Ltd.

◆Anime, Games, and Manga (Subculture)

Momotaro and a bratty girl pic.twitter.com/zFFPeFlvVL
— tenten (@tentenchan2525) August 5, 2026

Takai's Vision of the World / Takai's Vision of the World - Imo Ando | Sunday Webry

Chuchunosuke the Little Mouse Special One-Shot | Young Jump + Shueisha Official Jump Series Young Adult Manga App

A story about helping a cosplayer who collapsed from heatstroke at a cosplay event and calling an ambulance, only to be told by staff, 'What, you called an ambulance?' and 'I wish you'd waited until the staff arrived...' - Togetter

TV Anime 'Shōzen' PV #1 [Broadcast begins April 2027] - YouTube

'SEKIRO: NO DEFEAT' Character PV Emma (CV: Shizuka Ito) | Limited 3-week theatrical release starting September 4th (Fri) - YouTube

'The Nine Channel' Launch Trailer - YouTube

[Genshin Impact] Ver. 7.0 Commemorative TV Commercial 'Introducing the Snezhnaya Characters' - YouTube

[Genshin Impact] Episode Odette 'A Phantom of Soft Snow' - YouTube

My younger brother's first date pic.twitter.com/VR7BXt3WjL
— Ito (@ito_44_3) August 5, 2026

Peaches are too difficult! pic.twitter.com/HNrxEqM3gM
— Yae Shimano / 'Before My Love Goes Bad' (@shimano_yae) August 5, 2026

'Weekly Shonen Jump,' which once boasted a circulation of 6.5 million copies, sees its circulation fall below 1 million for the first time... No domestic print magazines with a circulation of over 1 million copies remain: Yomiuri Shimbun

'I really don't know where the demand for novels is,' pondering the fact that the straightforward, revenge-themed Cinderella story of 'My Happy Marriage' is a hit with young people - Togetter

Why are traditional arcades disappearing? | Playhouse Elina

The story of how my bank refused to accept my Steam sales revenue [Debanking Problem] - Nupu Dragon Village - Ci-en

'Tears Magazine 157' will be released on August 9th (Sunday) - Comitia Office Blog

Rikka and additional data on the 6th - Nico Nico Douga

◆Sports, Entertainment, Music, and Film (Entertainment)
Dory Funk Jr. dies at 85, WWE announces: 'He was the most respected man' | Tokyo Sports WEB

In recent years, I've been making the same kind of tweet every year around the time of the summer Koshien tournament.

For me, the most exciting thing isn't the game itself, but whether or not the background music for the hometown introductions will revert to 'Eikan wa Kimi ni Kagayaku' (The Crown Shines for You). ... pic.twitter.com/7SkMV5i7RW
— 𝐾𝐴𝑍𝑈𝑀𝐴 (@kazutan__1220) August 5, 2026

Everyone's High School Baseball: 'There were also voices saying, 'Huh?'' Sendai Ikuei's first female team member faces her final Koshien tournament | Mainichi Shimbun

My mother, who started learning the cello in her 40s, was also a member of a community orchestra, but one day she suddenly realized something and quit the orchestra. 'It depends on the purpose of the hobby,' she said. - Togetter

◆New products (clothing, food, shelter)
Watermelon is back at the salad bar this year! Available at all 26 locations in the Kanto region - Volks Announcement Details