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A Tokyo branch of the national convenience store chain Lawson is donating food that is past its sell-by time to a cafeteria that serves children from needy families. This addresses the issues of food loss and children going hungry due to poverty.
As university entrance exams get underway, test-taking venues are enforcing stricter security measures, including requiring examinees to show their phones, switch them off and put them away, as well as banning earphones. These follow a case last year in which a student sent a photo of a question via Skype.
Recently, advertisers are more frequently hiding their identities by disguising ads as “personal recommendations” for products or services on social media platforms and elsewhere. The Consumer Affairs Agency released a report calling for regulations, including clear labeling of ads so as not to deceive consumers.
Officials announced that a public park in Nagano City will be shut down, after years of complaints from residents of a house adjacent to the park. The household claimed that the noise of dozens of children playing was unbearable, and that children trespassed on their property and damaged it.
The world’s population topped 8 billion, double the 1974 level. However, growth is slowing, and populations shrinking in wealthy countries. This can be viewed positively, as fewer children are correlated with reproductive freedom and with confidence of kids reaching adulthood. But low fertility rates cause economic stagnation, and populations are growing fastest in the poorest countries.
This World Cup is historic as the first in an Islamic country, in a different season than usual due to its sweltering climate, and FIFA says this will be the first carbon-neutral World Cup. However, Qatar 2022 is mired in controversy, including over treatment of migrant workers who built stadiums.
The resignation of a Kishida appointee, justice minister Yasuhiro Hanashi, highlights both the cabinet’s unpopularity and the tendency of Japanese government officials to make ill-advised remarks. Hanashi appeared not to take his duties seriously, after commenting that he makes headlines only when he approves executions.
During the first Halloween celebration in Seoul since COVID-19 restrictions were eased, 153 people died and 133 were injured when an excessive number of people crowded into a narrow, sloping alley. The area was featured in a South Korean TV drama, and its high profile may have contributed to overcrowding that led to the tragic accident.
As the approval rating for Prime Minister Kishida’s administration hit its lowest level yet amid outrage over the ruling party’s covert ties to the Unification Church, Kishida ordered a probe into the church, which is accused of enriching itself while impoverishing followers. Halting the religious organization’s operations in Japan is among the options on the table.
The Japanese government’s push for digitalization, spearheaded by Digital Minister Taro Kono, now includes scrapping health insurance cards and incorporating their data into My Number national identification cards by autumn 2024. Currently only half of all citizens have My Number cards, but under this new policy, they will become mandatory for all.
The president of the operator of Kappa Sushi, the smallest of Japan’s “big four” conveyor-belt sushi chains, was arrested on suspicion of stealing data from a rival, Hama-sushi operator Zensho Holdings. He is a former executive at the latter company, and is accused of copying trade secrets such as wholesale seafood prices.
