Headline News for May 8, 2024



Voting for the Curry Bread Grand Prix 2024 began on May 8, 2024. In the Curry Bread Grand Prix, bakeries from all over Japan compete in categories to determine the tastiest curry bread.

There are seven categories in total: Western Japan Fried Curry Bread Category, Eastern Japan Fried Curry Bread Category, Western Japan Baked Curry Bread Category, Eastern Japan Baked Curry Bread Category, Cheese Curry Bread Category, Keema Curry Bread Category, and Variety Category.

The curry bread that receives the most votes in the online voting will proceed to a taste test conducted by a panel of about 20 judges. You can see the list of bakeries participating in the main competition on the page .

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

Honda's small and lightweight generator 'EU26iJ' that can be used with super easy operation Engine start review - GIGAZINE

Developers at the time explain why the secret 'IE6 assassination plan' was successful - GIGAZINE

A huge hole measuring 200m in length appears in New Zealand - GIGAZINE

Google Play Awards announces 9 Android apps that were rated 'best', from puzzle games to design creation apps - GIGAZINE

University warns female students against using library 'half naked' - GIGAZINE

WIRED co-founder turns 70: '103 things I wish I'd known when I was younger' - GIGAZINE

Google's internal AI-related documents leaked, including 'Open source is a threat,' 'Meta is the winner,' and 'OpenAI is not important' - GIGAZINE

A man who hacked a dishwasher to create a kit that can reduce detergent costs by 98% has appeared - GIGAZINE

The mystery of the ancient Mayan civilization's 819-day calendar has finally been solved, and it has been found to be synchronized with the movement of celestial bodies over a 45-year period - GIGAZINE

Interview with Takaya Kagami, author of 'The Legend of the Legendary Heroes,' which has been made into an anime, revealing tips on becoming a novelist and his writing style - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)




























Kushiro City Zoo: Humans are scarier and more interesting than animals - kansou




◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Evolution of X-ray microscopes! A new deformable mirror achieves atomic-level aberration correction - Nagoya University Research Results Information

A researcher in a specialized field responded to a museum exhibit explanation by saying, 'I'm sorry for asking an amateur question...' → Is this the rumored 'terrifying amateur question from a professional in that field'...? It became a hot topic - Togetter

The scope of research will be reduced and 'Japanese academia will perish': Faculty members feel a sense of crisis over the government's 'profitable university' system: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

JTEKT Corporation has begun development of a 'high-pressure hydrogen pressure reducing valve' for hydrogen engines - Aiming to contribute to 'hydrogen engine vehicles' that run on hydrogen instead of fossil fuels - | News | JTEKT Corporation

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
City vice-chairman sexually harasses daughter of Dubbo mayor in Australia in Minokamo, Gifu | Mainichi Shimbun

It was revealed on the 7th through interviews with city officials that Norio Nagata (71), vice-chairman of the Minokamo City Council in Gifu Prefecture, sexually harassed the daughter of Dubbo City, Australia, by placing a karaoke microphone close to her lower body at the after-party for a welcome party for the mayor of Dubbo, a sister city of Gifu Prefecture, in April.



Notice of apology and voluntary recall | Pasco | Chojuku no Pasco | Shikishima Baking Co., Ltd.

■ Eligible products

Product name:
Super-ripe mountain-shaped 5 slices (JAN code 4901820162922)
Super-ripe mountain-shaped 6 slices (JAN code 4901820357380)
Expiration date: 2024.5.7 to 2024.5.11
Manufacturer specific code/control code: +P1/A●● (three digit alphanumeric code starting with A)

Number of items subject to recall: Approximately 104,000

Sales area: Ibaraki Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo, Tochigi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture



Paper shipments fall to half of peak levels due to digitalization and industry restructuring | NHK | Movement towards a decarbonized society

Sumitomo Mitsui Card cuts fees for small and medium-sized merchants by 30% to the lowest level in the industry to compete with PayPay - Nikkei Newspaper

Israel and Hamas send negotiating team to Egypt | NHK | Israel-Palestine

Two bodies of a man and a woman found in Nasu, four arrested... Former actor and Korean man suspected of desecrating corpses: Yomiuri Shimbun

Daughter's common-law husband 'asked me to dispose of the body' and 'received money'... Nasu 2 bodies, suspect in charge of instructions confesses: Yomiuri Shimbun

'Safe' despite being 99% untestable? Issues with Japan's vaccine evaluation system | Mainichi Shimbun

Monument to friendship with Russia removed in Ukrainian capital - 17 photos International News: AFPBB News

Two Ukrainian security guards arrested in connection with plot to assassinate President Zelensky and others [Ukraine situation]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Putin did not order Navalny's assassination: US newspaper reports - 4 photos International News: AFPBB News

Yomiuri Shimbun reporter resigned due to fabrication of statement on red koji issue, editor-in-chief to be replaced: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Food prices rise in May for 417 items, mostly due to rising raw material prices | NHK | Price hikes

'Multi-purpose stadium on former Tsukiji market site' redevelopment company explains proposal | NHK | Tokyo

'EV revolution is on track,' IEA predicts EVs will account for half of all sales by 2035 - CNN.co.jp

'It's more cost-effective not to do it' A former employee who sued Kyoto University looks back on the four-year struggle [Kyoto Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Protests expand, police storm Columbia University, occupiers arrested, government faces challenges [Israel-Palestine issue]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

A female city employee in her 20s refuses to work due to 'smell of cigarettes and dust from the ventilation fan' in the room prepared for training... City issues warning: Yomiuri Shimbun

Tokyo University students stay overnight at campus camp in solidarity with Palestine | Kyodo News

Commentary: What are students demanding from US university students protesting the Gaza war? - BBC News

Why are embassies 'inviolable'? A new way of thinking in the Middle East attack war: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Shooting video of the US Army's unmanned HIMARS, also known as AML, released (JSF) - Expert - Yahoo! News

Up to 650,000 yen off, 150,000 yen loss per unit sold... What does the future hold for the Chinese EV market as it continues its destructive price-cutting battle? Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

Elderly people with dementia: Baby boomer junior generation will be 65 years old or older by 2040. It is estimated that there will be 5.84 million people, about 15% of the elderly. How to support them in the community is an issue | NHK | Medical and Health

62% in favor of accepting foreign workers, a big increase among the elderly: Asahi poll: Asahi Shimbun Digital

72% feel 'crisis' over imperial succession, 90% would accept a female emperor | Kyodo News

What does 'reading' mean for prisoners? Large restrictions on the number of books they can bring in deemed illegal: Asahi Shimbun Digital

27% of municipalities have no bookstores, with Okinawa, Nagano, and Nara accounting for the majority | Kyodo News

Part of mouse found in bread Shikishima Bread's 'Choujuku' series voluntarily recalled | NHK | Tokyo

Ishin Senator Kiyoshi Nakajo: Reports of loans at high interest rates are 'groundless' | NHK | House of Councillors

'Your Name' producer indicted on suspicion of prostitution of minors... 'At least 20 people': Yomiuri Shimbun

Toyota's fiscal 2023 operating profit exceeds 5 trillion yen, the first for a listed Japanese company | NHK | Automobiles

A woman in her 20s was stabbed in the neck and stomach and died, and a 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder... Shinjuku, Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun

'Regular customers poached' - Suspicion of illegal sale of prohibited birds such as 'white-eyes' arrested; couple running small bird store; papers sent to prosecutors for five customers | TBS NEWS DIG

North Korean missile hits Ukraine: 'Parts bear markings of Japanese companies' - British research group reveals - Sankei News

Professor Sota Kimura May 7, 2024, House of Councillors Committee on Judicial Affairs (Interview with witness on the Civil Code Revision) | Nanao

When talking about joint custody, some people start talking about whether or not the separated parent can see the child. However, the custody we are going to discuss here is the right to decide on things like the child's medical care, education, and moving, and is a different system from visitation rights. Please listen to what I have to say without confusing it with visitation rights.
Also, the benefits of joint custody after divorce that have been explained so far are for cases where the parents have a positive relationship and can discuss things with each other, that is, the benefits of consensual joint custody. They are not the benefits of non-consensual coercive custody. Consensual and non-consensual coercive custody are completely different systems, so please discuss them separately.



Over 100 million yen outflow from 'business succession' immediately after, bankruptcy in one year M&A intermediation trap: Asahi Shimbun Digital

Tokyo Chofu: Gun-like gun fired, man flees, quarrel over traffic accident | NHK | Incident

'National university tuition fees to be increased to 1.5 million yen' - Keio University president's remarks cause controversy | Mainichi Shimbun

'Do not post naked children on websites' - government issues notice to daycare centers nationwide | Mainichi Shimbun

Ministry of the Environment admits to turning off microphones, to apologize to Minamata disease victims: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

[Full scoop released] Senator Nakajo Kiyoshi is suspected of violating the Investment Law by offering 60% interest per year, a figure that rivals that of a loan shark. When asked directly, he said, 'Yes, I did lend money. Of course.' | NEWS Post Seven

Japan Steel receives first order for armored vehicles from the Self-Defense Forces, establishing domestic defense supply network [Evening Scoop] - Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Weakened immunity, increasing infections Experts urge 'wear masks and wash your hands' - One year since coronavirus was classified as Class 5: Jiji.com

Sagawa Express to abolish name tags on trucks due to concerns about spreading information on social media | Kyodo News

Environment Ministry to apologize to Minamata disease victims, cuts microphone during meeting: 'It was inappropriate': Asahi Shimbun Digital

Tokyo's high school tuition fees essentially free; three neighboring prefectures request the national government to eliminate disparities | NHK | Education

'Exorcisms restore eyesight' - Former Unification Church engages in spiritual sales scams, financial difficulties as Japanese funding is cut off... The guru appears in a commercial and takes part in a 'Winter Sonata' holy land cruise | Korea FNN Seoul Branch Nakamura Kentaro | FNN Prime Online

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
KEISUI ART STUDIO | We use a dental 'intraoral 3D scanner' to take data of dental impressions and create dental caps and mouth guards.

One year since the new coronavirus was classified as Class 5: How masks, vaccines, and life have changed. Consultations about 'after-effects' are still being received. What is the latest infection situation? | NHK | New coronavirus

A currently-running experiential mystery show was found to have similarities to an existing famous work, leading to the cancellation of the show → Praise for the quick response, but various opinions on the process of writing the script - Togetter












Popular curry restaurant owner suffers from olfactory disorder as coronavirus symptoms lead to business closures and retirements | Mainichi Shimbun

Did you know there was such a disease in Japan? The 'shell of death' was so feared that women were told to 'carry a coffin' when they got married. : Yomiuri Shimbun

Entered a restaurant in a square in Venice, waiter said 'I'm going to close the restaurant in an hour because it will be flooded, is that okay?' → left the restaurant while submerged in water - Togetter

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
He's like a modern-day Ino Tadataka -- AI hasn't even reached that level yet!? Seeing the cutting edge of map data development in Morioka [Maps and Location Information] - INTERNET Watch




Press Release Driven Development - LayerX Engineer Blog

2D Virtual Try-On Technology Using Diffusion Models - BASE Product Team Blog

Intermediate Git Operations

Has Amazon given up on 'Just Walk Out'? [Junya Suzuki's Pay Attention] - Impress Watch

AI Picasso releases Emi 2, a high-quality AI for generating images for commercial use | AI Picasso

Introducing recommended project management books in four categories | Coffee-loving PM

Thinking about copyright through Hatena Anonymous Diary - Desperate

Why did Apple suddenly announce the M4? TSMC roadmap and the dawn of the local AI era - Fox Kingdom

Crush! | iPad Pro | Apple - YouTube


If you accidentally set your Mac's date and time several hundred years in the future, it will no longer boot properly and you will need to replace the device. → 'Could you destroy your Mac just by changing the date settings?' - Togetter

[Munechika Nishida's RandomTracking] New iPad Pro/iPad Air hands-on. Not just high image quality, the Pro's tandem OLED - AV Watch

Explanation of the revised Personal Information Protection Act Enforcement Regulations, Guidelines, and Q&A - BUSINESS LAWYERS

Network usage restrictions on used smartphones to be prohibited in principle; is the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' ideal of 'complete separation of device sales and communication fees' really the right thing to do? - Mobile Watch

Construction of data center in Nagareyama, Chiba, stalled due to proximity to residential area, deemed a 'nuisance facility' - Nikkei Newspaper

Which one should I choose when I pay for Google for personal business or side business (Google One Premium / Google Workspaces Individual / Business comparison) - nomolk's blog

Sony's 78th Anniversary | Sony Corporation | Public Relations Note

[Important] Information on reissuing and replacing EV certificates

Nostr: A protocol for protecting freedom of speech | STACK SATS

LINE information leak: 'Japan's measures will be decided based on the case' Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi | NHK | Communications

World's first 'learning transfer' that reuses past learning processes to significantly reduce the cost of retraining AI models - Easily update and replace foundation models such as NTT's LLM 'tsuzumi' - | News Release | NTT

Let's run one large LLM (large-scale language model) using multiple GPUs in cooperation | IIJ Engineers Blog

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
Former President Trump was taught a lesson by a VR adult penis!!! - Niconico Video



Lurun Lulurika, who can move her hands and fingers perfectly - Nico Nico Douga



Yukari-san challenges the ball tossing contest - Niconico Video



[Buckshot Roulette] Akari wanted to play a cheerful game [VOICEROID live] - NicoNico Douga



A story about watching a boring movie at the last movie theater in my life - orangestar2















































































































































Movie version of 'Detective Conan: The Million Dollar Five-Point Star' x aiko 'Mutual Love' Special Movie - YouTube


Trailer for the movie 'Bakeneko Anzu-chan' [Released on July 19, 2024] - YouTube


'Fall Guys' - 'Star Wars' Trailer - YouTube


'Street Fighter 6' Akuma Theme Song: Shura - YouTube


PS Remote Play on Android TV™ and Chromecast with Google TV | PlayStation®5 - YouTube


[Official] Limited Time Distribution Jumping - YouTube


'The story of 'instant ramen' that can compete with ramen shops' Ramen Saiyuki *With manga commentary-Togetter

The most physically demanding manga to read right now, 'Gekiko Kamen' Volume 5, has hot reviews: 'I'm happy to be able to read such a great manga' 'Something close to mental pollution is happening' - Togetter

Participating in EVO JAPAN 2024 as an eSports Doctor | REKKA | eSports Doctor




Experimental video 'AURA BATTLER DUNBINE SIDE L' - YouTube


Sunrise Robot Laboratory | SUNRISE ROBOT - Enjoy official videos and robot encyclopedias for free!




'YAIBA' fully animated | Special report - YouTube


Six years ago, we didn't choose to be VTubers, and now we are | Enogu




A strange incongruity in the 'Mother's Day' illustration of the 'Oshi no Ko' collaboration posted by Sushiro. Sushiro fans are surprised by the attention to detail they noticed - Togetter

No one will play a game that doesn't look good! Eliminate uncool games from this world! | Yuurinchi

Notice of network outage due to DDoS attack (5/6) | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

Establishment of new anime production studio 'Belnox Films' | News Release | KADOKAWA Group Portal Site

◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)




Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets his fourth win, Shohei Otani fails to hit consecutive home runs | NHK | Shohei Otani

Fujii has 'hamburger steak and steak,' while Toyoshima has 'sushi and soba' for Meijin match lunch | Mainichi Shimbun

Meijin Sota Fujii vs. 9-dan Masayuki Toyoshima, 82nd Meijin Tournament, 7-game match, 3rd game | Shogi News | Japan Shogi Association

Former Giants draft pick pitcher arrested on suspicion of stealing two watches from a man's house while cleaning [Kagawa Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun Digital

About sound production at outdoor stadiums - WASTE OF POPS 80s-90s

Why do humans sing? The perfect fourth harmony played by the Baka people, the 'musical people' of Cameroon, Africa, holds the key to the answer | NHK | WEB Special

[SF Magazine's Hot Topic] Special Interview: Hikaru Utada x Tetsu Ogawa, full text available for free! | Hayakawa Books & Magazines (β)

◆ New products (clothing, food, shelter)
Features of AQUOS wish4 | AQUOS: Sharp

Features of AQUOS R9 | AQUOS: Sharp

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