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- 0:01U.S. President.
- 0:11Trump stated that military operations in Iran have hit over
- 0:165000 targets. He also warned that if Iran
- 0:20stops oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, the US
- 0:24response would be 20 times more severe.
- 0:27This indicates a very strong stance against any disruption.
- 0:32Agriculture Minister Suzuki said the situation in Iran is
- 0:36impacting Japan's agricultural and fishery exports, with some
- 0:41cargo cancellations already reported.
- 0:44He plans to closely monitor the evolving situation and take
- 0:47necessary steps. This highlights concerns for
- 0:51future trade stability. Iran aims for a war of attrition
- 0:57by attacking oil facilities and disrupting energy routes with
- 1:01drones and missiles. This strategy seeks to
- 1:04economically pressure the US and Europe.
- 1:07The Revolutionary Guard views this as a fight for survival.
- 1:11U.S. President Trump also stated the
- 1:13conflict would continue until Iran is decisively defeated.
- 1:19An earthquake with the seismic intensity of four struck
- 1:23Fukushima Prefecture around 3:28 PM on the 10th.
- 1:28No tsunami is expected. The strong shaking was observed
- 1:32in Tamara city, Motomia city and Okuma town within Fukushima
- 1:36Prefecture. Authorities confirmed the safety
- 1:39of coastal areas. Nearly 31 years after the AUM
- 1:45Shinrikyo subway sarin attack, which claimed 14 lives and
- 1:49affected around 6300, a survey shows 26% of victims still
- 1:55suffer from PTSD. This highlights the long term
- 1:59mental health impact of the tragic event on survivors.
- 2:04Jr. E will implement A fare increase
- 2:07this Saturday, March 14th. Minister Kaneko of Land,
- 2:12Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism urged Jr.
- 2:15E to utilize the revenue from this fare hike specifically for
- 2:20improving Transportation Safety measures.
- 2:22This emphasizes the importance of passenger security.
- 2:27A 22 year old Syrian national, Mohammed Hemoud, was rearrested
- 2:32on murder charges. This is in connection with the
- 2:35death of 64 year old Mayumi Kiriyama, whose body was found
- 2:40in a Shiga forest last April. Police suspect Hamoud stabbed
- 2:44and suffocated her last March before abandoning her body, for
- 2:48which he was previously arrested.
- 2:52Sugiba shaka Ino news this. An earthquake with a maximum
- 2:59seismic intensity of four was observed in Fukushima
- 3:02Prefecture, authorities have confirmed.
- 3:05There is no concern for a tsunami from this seismic event.
- 3:10Residents reported feeling the quake, but no immediate damage
- 3:13or injuries were reported. The situation remains calm and
- 3:18no further warnings have been issued.
- 3:21Tomorrow, March 11th marks 15 years since the Great E Japan
- 3:26Earthquake. The total number of confirmed
- 3:29dead and missing as of today has reached 22,230 people.
- 3:35This figure includes those who passed away due to disaster
- 3:39related causes during evacuation.
- 3:41The police agency continues to track the victims of this
- 3:45devastating event. Snow has fallen in the Canto
- 3:50region's plains today, March 10th.
- 3:53Utsunomiya city recorded 12 centimeters of snow by 9:00 AM.
- 3:58Even parts of Tokyo's 23 wards saw light snowfall.
- 4:02Residents are urged to be very careful due to slippery and
- 4:06frozen roads which could cause accidents.
- 4:10Two preschool aged girls died at a Fukuoka welfare facility
- 4:15around 8:40 AM. Three people were hospitalized,
- 4:18including the girls and their mother.
- 4:21The girls were confirmed dead and their mother sustained
- 4:24injuries but is stable. Police found them collapsed
- 4:27inside a Room 1 girl with a neck wound.
- 4:30Authorities will question the mother after her recovery.
- 4:35In Kani City, Gifu Prefecture, 6 workers were hospitalized this
- 4:40morning. They were performing valve
- 4:43replacement work on a carbon monoxide supply pipeline at a
- 4:46paper factory. The workers reported feeling
- 4:49unwell and were transported to the hospital, with authorities
- 4:53suspecting carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause of their
- 4:57symptoms. Mitsugu Saito, 68, former
- 5:02president of MiTo Casey Department Store, was sentenced
- 5:06to four years in prison today. He was convicted of defrauding
- 5:10about ¥670 million in government COVID-19 employment adjustment
- 5:15subsidies. The court found he conspired to
- 5:18submit false applications with inflated employee show yet days
- 5:22between 2020 and 2021. Saito had pleaded not guilty.
- 5:28Today, March 10th, marks 81 years since the Great Tokyo Air
- 5:33Raid where 100,000 lives were lost.
- 5:37A memorial service took place in Tokyo's Summita Ward, a heavily
- 5:41impacted area with victims families attending.
- 5:46The raid occurred in the early hours of March 10th, 1945,
- 5:50towards the end of the Pacific War.
- 5:54Yohei Matsumoto, the Minister of Education, commented today on a
- 5:59junior high school student asked to rewrite her graduation essay.
- 6:04The student from Koriyama City, Fukushima, had written about
- 6:08being bullied. Minister Matsumoto stated that
- 6:11while he refrains from definitive judgments, it is
- 6:14fundamental for schools to respond to bullying by standing
- 6:17with the victims. The Ministry of Defense
- 6:21announced Yoshihide Yoshida, former chief of staff of the
- 6:25Joint Staff, will be the new president of the National
- 6:29Defense Academy effective April 1st.
- 6:32This is an unusual appointment. The role usually goes to
- 6:36academics or bureaucrats respecting civilian control over
- 6:40the military. Yoshida's selection as a former
- 6:43top uniformed officer marks a rare change.
- 6:47As the 31st anniversary of the AM Shinrikyo subway sarin attack
- 6:51approaches, a recent survey reveals its lasting impact.
- 6:56The attack killed 14 people and injured about 6300.
- 7:01Among the victims who responded to the survey, 26% still suffer
- 7:06from PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, highlighting
- 7:11the long term psychological effects.
- 7:15To give a business Condon on use this.
- 7:20The G7 finance ministers met online on March 9th to address
- 7:25rising crude oil prices due to Middle East tensions.
- 7:29They announced readiness to take necessary measures, including a
- 7:33coordinated release of strategic oil reserves to support global
- 7:37energy supply, Japan's finance minister stated.
- 7:40G7 energy ministers are expected to meet on March 10th evening.
- 7:46On March 10th, the Nikkei average rebounded by 1519 yen,
- 7:52closing at ¥54,248. This surge followed a drop in
- 7:58crude oil prices due to ease tensions over Iran.
- 8:02U.S. President Trump's remark on
- 8:04March 9th suggesting the war is almost over.
- 8:07Reduced Middle East concerns boosting stock prices after
- 8:11yesterday's big drop. Mitsui Chemicals began reducing
- 8:16ethylene production on March 10th, citing Middle East
- 8:20tensions. Factories in Chiba and Osaka
- 8:24lowered operating rates due to potential NAFTA procurement
- 8:27issues, a key raw material. This comes amidst concerns about
- 8:32shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
- 8:34Mitsubishi Chemical Group also started similar production cuts.
- 8:39Japan's Cabinet Office revised its October December real GDP
- 8:44figures upwards on March 10th. The economy grew 0.3% quarter on
- 8:50quarter, up from 0.1% initially. Annually, this translates to a
- 8:561.3% increase, a significant jump from the previous 0.2%
- 9:02estimate. Strong capital investment was a
- 9:04key factor in this revision. The LDP Secretary General Suzuki
- 9:11announced he will seek cooperation from the Democratic
- 9:14Party for the People on the new fiscal year budget bill.
- 9:18As the ruling parties lack a majority in the upper house, he
- 9:22highlighted their policy similarities.
- 9:25This aims to ensure smooth deliberation and passage of the
- 9:29budget. On March 10th, the centrist
- 9:33Reform Alliance and the Democratic Party for the People
- 9:36jointly submitted a bill to the House of Representatives.
- 9:40It proposes allowing the government to issue deficit
- 9:43bonds for one year only. This measure aims to maintain
- 9:47fiscal discipline while addressing concerns about
- 9:50covering revenue shortfalls. The Cabinet has decided to
- 9:55tighten immigration control for foreign tourists.
- 9:58A new Pre Travel Authorization system will be introduced.
- 10:03This aims to enhance border security and streamline entry
- 10:07procedures. Further details regarding the
- 10:09implementation and requirements of this system are expected
- 10:13soon. China's customs announced on
- 10:17March 10th that exports in January February surged 21.8%
- 10:22year on year, reaching $656.5 billion.
- 10:27Imports also increased by 19.8%. This expanded China's trade
- 10:33surplus to $213.6 billion. Exports to Japan grew 8.9%, the
- 10:40smallest increase among major partners excluding the United
- 10:44States. USAI startup Anthropic sued the
- 10:49US government on March 9th. The company claims the Trump
- 10:53administration unfairly excluded its AI from government
- 10:57procurement. Anthropic alleges this exclusion
- 11:01is retaliation for its refusal to use AI for citizen
- 11:04surveillance or autonomous weapons seeking to overturn its
- 11:08supply chain risk designation. Family moving costs during
- 11:13February and March have doubled in the last five years.
- 11:18This significant rise is attributed to soaring prices and
- 11:21labor shortages. As the spring moving season
- 11:25begins, there are concerns about increasing moving refugees,
- 11:29people unable to find services due to a lack of available
- 11:33drivers. Deva Sports News saw with
- 11:38Stychemist. Japan's quarterfinal opponent in
- 11:44the World Baseball Classic will be either Dominica or Venezuela.
- 11:49Meanwhile, South Korea has dramatically advanced to the
- 11:53next stage. The competition is heating up as
- 11:57teams battle for a spot in the semifinals.
- 12:01In the 2026 World Baseball Classic, the United States
- 12:06defeated Mexico 5 three in Houston, TX on March 9th.
- 12:11The US remains undefeated with three straight wins in Group B
- 12:16Judge hit an early 2 run home run and Skinny's pitched 4
- 12:20scoreless innings, securing a strong victory.
- 12:24The Dominican Republic secured a spot in the World Baseball
- 12:28Classic quarterfinals. They achieved 3 consecutive
- 12:32double digit scoring games, including a 10 to one win over
- 12:36Israel on March 9th. Tatis drove in six runs
- 12:40featuring a Grand Slam. The Dominican Republic will next
- 12:44face either Japan or South Korea.
- 12:47Figure skater Wakaba Higuchi announced her retirement from
- 12:51competitive skating on March 9th.
- 12:54She posted on Instagram stating she is ending her 22 year
- 12:58career. Higuchi will now become a
- 13:01professional, looking forward to starting a new life as a working
- 13:04adult. She expressed gratitude and
- 13:07excitement for her future. Kinky University's archery team,
- 13:13a strong competitor, has voluntarily suspended all
- 13:16activities. They have also withdrawn from
- 13:19the Kansai Student League games starting in April.
- 13:23The university confirmed by March 10th that the suspension
- 13:26is due to an ongoing internal investigation.
- 13:30Both the men's and women's teams are affected.
- 13:34Australia has granted asylum to an Iranian women's soccer
- 13:37player, allowing her to stay in the country.
- 13:41This decision suggests the player faced circumstances in
- 13:44Iran that led her to seek protection abroad.
- 13:48Details regarding the specific reasons for her asylum were not
- 13:52provided. SoftBank Hawks player Akira
- 13:56Nakamura shared his deep feelings about his one year old
- 14:00son. His son was diagnosed with an
- 14:03intractable form of epilepsy at six months old.
- 14:07Nakamura revealed this last year, expressing his main wish.
- 14:11I just want him to live a healthy life.
- 14:14I wish for nothing else. Miho Takagi has returned from
- 14:19the World Championships. She revealed that she has been
- 14:22considering retirement since before the Milan Olympics.
- 14:26Feeling the time has come, Takagi mentioned that she is
- 14:30currently enjoying a relaxed time.
- 14:33This suggests a contemplation of her future in competitive
- 14:37skating. Momoka Moraoka won silver in
- 14:42women's Super G, sitting at the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics
- 14:46on March 9th. This is her 10th career medal,
- 14:50tying the Japanese winter record despite a recent collarbone
- 14:54fracture. She competed to inspire
- 14:57participation in adaptive sports, highlighting challenges
- 15:01due to low athlete numbers. Sumo wrestler ABI A Megashira
- 15:07will withdraw from the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting
- 15:11from day three, March 10. This is due to a lower back
- 15:15injury. Competing as Megashira 5, ABI
- 15:19had extensive taping on his back and lacked his usual powerful
- 15:23thrusting technique. Turkey announced on March 9th
- 15:34that a ballistic missile from Iran entered its airspace, which
- 15:38NATO forces intercepted. This occurred amidst ongoing
- 15:42military operations by the US and Israel and retaliatory
- 15:47attacks by Iran. The US has condemned Iran's
- 15:50attacks on neighboring countries.
- 15:54President Trump held a press conference in Florida on March
- 15:579th, stating that military operations in Iran are nearing
- 16:01an end on the 10th day of attacks.
- 16:04He denied the operation would be prolonged, aiming to ease
- 16:07worries about rising oil prices and US casualties.
- 16:11Trump said the end is soon but did not give a specific date.
- 16:17U.S. President Trump highlighted the
- 16:19success of military operations in Iran, stating over 5000
- 16:24targets have been attacked. Regarding the Strait of Hormuz,
- 16:28which is effectively blocked, he warned that if Iran stops oil
- 16:33circulation, the US will attack 20 times more fiercely.
- 16:39Iran's state media reported on March 10th that a spokesperson
- 16:43for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared if US and
- 16:47Israeli attacks continue, not a single liter of oil will be
- 16:51allowed for export from the region.
- 16:54This statement warns against further military action.
- 16:59On March 9th, President Trump stated he is investigating
- 17:03whether AUS Tomahawk cruise missile caused a school attack
- 17:07in Iran, killing over 160 children.
- 17:11This revises his earlier denial on March 7th where he blamed
- 17:16Iran. He noted Tomahawks are widely
- 17:19sold and used, implying Iran could possess similar missiles.
- 17:24Passenger train services between Beijing, China, and Pyongyang,
- 17:29North Korea, are set to resume on March 12th.
- 17:33This marks the first time in six years following a suspension due
- 17:37to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese officials confirmed the
- 17:41restart on March 10th. This move is expected to boost
- 17:45relations and Economic Cooperation between the two
- 17:47nations. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North
- 17:52Korean leader Kim Jong Un, issued a statement condemning
- 17:57the joint military exercises started by US and South Korean
- 18:01forces on March 9th. She called the routine drills A
- 18:05provocative and aggressive rehearsal for war, criticizing
- 18:09the actions as a threat to peace.
- 18:13Australia's Prime Minister Albanese announced on March 10th
- 18:17that humanitarian visas were issued to five Iranian women's
- 18:21national soccer team players. They sought asylum after not
- 18:25singing their anthem at a tournament, fearing reprisals
- 18:28upon returning home. President Trump initially
- 18:31criticized Australia but later praised Albanese for handling
- 18:35the delicate situation. U.S.
- 18:38President Trump and Russian President Putin held a phone
- 18:41conversation on March 9th discussing the situation in
- 18:46Iran. President Trump emphasized the
- 18:48call was meaningful, noting President Putin showed a
- 18:52cooperative attitude regarding the Middle East situation.
- 18:57Alexander Butterfield, former U.S. presidential deputy
- 19:01assistant who revealed the existence of secret White House
- 19:04recordings during the Watergate scandal, has died, The New York
- 19:09Times reported. He passed away at his home in
- 19:12San Diego, CA on March 9th at the age of 99.
- 19:25Popular visual K rock band The Gazette, formed over 20 years
- 19:31ago, is facing an internal dispute.
- 19:34This includes allegations of abandoned duties and a
- 19:38¥10,000,000 compensation claim. The trouble reportedly started
- 19:43in March 2025, when the CEO of their management agency decided
- 19:49to step down. Kabuki actor Nakamura Surumatsu,
- 19:54arrested in January for damaging a restaurant door, will not be
- 19:58prosecuted. His agency confirmed today that
- 20:02the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office decided
- 20:05against indictment. A settlement was also reached
- 20:08with the damaged store, which has reportedly granted
- 20:11forgiveness to the actor. Shaga Kukan reported apologizing
- 20:17to a woman victimized by author SHO Ichi Yamamoto, creator of
- 20:23Jojen Common, from their manga app Manga 1.
- 20:27The company stated it deeply feels its supervisory
- 20:31responsibility for actions that disregarded women's human
- 20:34rights. Shaga Kukan also released a
- 20:37statement on its human rights initiatives.
- 20:41Ichiro Yamaguchi of Sak in Action will be the new host for
- 20:45Nippon Broadcasting Systems All Night Nippon from April.
- 20:50He replaces Jen Hoshino. Yamaguchi mentioned knowing the
- 20:54behind the scenes of the music industry, hinting he could be an
- 20:57exposed style personality for the Tuesday 1:00 AM show.
- 21:02A collaboration between Super Mario Brothers 40th Anniversary
- 21:06and Japan's 12 professional baseball teams was announced
- 21:10during the Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct today, March 10th,
- 21:142026. The schedule for this special
- 21:17event has been released and games will feature question
- 21:21block bases. Fuji TV announced its April
- 21:25programming changes, including a new two hour live show.
- 21:30Cho chose a Tuesday starting March 29th at 7:00 PM.
- 21:35This means Fuji TV will now have 16 consecutive hours of live
- 21:39broadcasting every Tuesday from the early morning Meizamashi TV
- 21:43Zenbou Miza. The government has appointed
- 21:47Gakuji Ito vice commissioner as the new head of the Agency for
- 21:52Cultural Affairs. He replaces composer Shunichi
- 21:56Tokura, retiring at March's end. This is the first time in 13
- 22:01years a bureaucrat will serve as commissioner.
- 22:04Following three cultural figures.
- 22:06Ito joined the Ministry of Education in 1991.
- 22:11Shogi's Sota Fuji, the Osho title holder, defeated
- 22:15challenger Takuya Nagasse Naidan in the 75th Osho match's fifth
- 22:20game on March 9th. This win brought the series to
- 22:24two to three, preventing Fuji from losing his title.
- 22:28He kept his hope for 1/5 consecutive defense alive in the
- 22:32crucial match. New footage for the upcoming
- 22:37movie Super Mario Galaxy has been released.
- 22:40The latest preview includes new scenes featuring characters like
- 22:45Yoshi and Rosetta. Fans also spotted appearances by
- 22:49Mamu from Super Mario USA and Penguin Kinopio building
- 22:53anticipation for the film. Chloe Emma is being adapted into
- 22:59a drama series featuring Hana Sugisaki and Mikako Tebbe as Co
- 23:04stars. The project will see a
- 23:07collaboration between director Rikiya Imai Zumi and writer
- 23:11Kaori Imai Zumi, a husband and wife team.
- 23:15This partnership promises a unique creative take on the
- 23:19show.