エアコンの故障した病室で5人が死亡【Five die in hospital rooms with broken air conditioners】
Five elderly patients at a central Japan hospital died amid a heatwave after the air conditioners in their rooms broke down on August 20th. The hospital failed to report the possibility that heatstroke caused their death, according to the police.
元大統領候補のジョン・マケイン氏が81歳で死去【Former presidential candidate John McCain dies at 81】
U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam and twice-defeated presidential candidate from the Republican Party, died on Saturday at the age of 81. He had been battling an aggressive brain tumor since its discovery in July, 2017.
カトリック神父らが1000人の児童虐待で告発【Catholic priests accused of abusing 1,000 children】
A grand jury report released last week showed over 300 “predator priests” are accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. Bishops and other leaders of the Catholic Church covered up the horrendous acts over seven decades, according to the report.
大阪の逃走犯いまだ拘束されず【Fugitive in Osaka still at large】
Police in Osaka have placed a 30-year-old rape suspect on a nationwide wanted list, mobilizing about 3,000 officers for a week. He escaped from a police station on August 12th by breaking an acrylic partition shortly after he met with his lawyer there.
西日本の島で不明の幼児が無事発見【Missing toddler found safe on western Japan island】
A two-year-old boy, who went missing on a small island in western Japan, was found unharmed on Wednesday morning. Amid a massive manhunt, a veteran male volunteer in his 70s miraculously spotted the toddler sitting on a rock near his great-grandfather’s home.
ボクシング連盟会長が元暴力団組長との関係を認める【Boxing federation chief admits ties with former gang boss】
The 78-year-old chairman of the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation admitted to his relationship with a former head of a gang for over half a century. He has been accused of improper conduct including forcing referees to fix the outcome of matches.
東京医大が女子の得点を減点した疑い【Tokyo Medical University suspected of lowering female exam scores】
Tokyo Medical University has been accused of having deducted entrance exam scores of female applicants for years in a bid to keep the ratio of women at about 30 percent. The practice was apparently introduced over concerns female doctors would often resign to get married and start a family.