Oct 14, 2025 18:42:00

Headline news for October 14, 2025

Yakult has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'largest lactic acid beverage/lactic acid bacteria beverage brand (latest annual sales).' Commemorative packaging for the 'New Yakult' and 'New Yakult 50% Less Carbohydrate and Calories' will be released sequentially from early November 2025.

Yakult Guinness World Records™ Certification Special Website

https://www.yakult.co.jp/guinness/2025/

'New Yakult Peach Flavor' on sale for a limited time
(PDF file) https://www.yakult.co.jp/company/news/file.php?type=release&id=175996462346.pdf

Additionally, to commemorate the Guinness World Records certification and Yakult's 90th anniversary, the 'New Yakult Peach Flavor' will be sold for a limited time from November 10, 2025 to the end of March 2026. Peach-flavored Yakult is also sold in China, Europe, and Brazil, and is said to have a mild sweetness.

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

The first life on Mars may have gone extinct due to climate change caused by itself - GIGAZINE

Malicious messages containing strings that crash PlayStation 4 are circulating - GIGAZINE

Taking pride in Japan's giant robot culture, Suidobashi Heavy Industries' 'Kuratas' battles with a giant American robot, event date and time & distribution on Twitch decided - GIGAZINE

How many roofs would need to have solar panels installed to generate all the world's electricity? - GIGAZINE

1980s Internet writing revived from magnetic tape - GIGAZINE

5G-compatible 'iPhone 12' arrives, reborn with a new flat design - GIGAZINE

I took a trip on the 'Shikoku Green Journey' by taking full advantage of express trains and riding all JR Shikoku lines - Day 3 - GIGAZINE

I tried 'Chiba's Cutlet Curry Special Version' at Ginza Swiss, the birthplace of 'Cutlet Curry' - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)
Driving a Mini 4WD at a Keirin Track - Niconico Video

Mini 4WD 'Water Section' Video - Niconico Video

◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Interaction between genes and gut bacteria confirmed in Japanese study | RIKEN

A New Breakthrough in Chronic Constipation: The World's First Elucidation of the Brain Mechanism Controlling Defecation (Professor Yoshihiro Ogawa, Department of Pathophysiology and Internal Medicine; Assistant Professor Yoshimasa Tanaka, Kyushu University Hospital; and Kota Butsusaka, Graduate School of Medicine) | Research Topics | Kyushu University School of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, and Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Ion gel and graphene create AI device that dramatically reduces the workload of machine learning calculations - Expected as energy-saving technology for edge AI - | Tokyo University of Science

VR headset use may reduce dry eye symptoms – Global Research Center (GRC) Waseda University Research Activities

Earth enters 'new reality' as first climate tipping point reached, report says (1/2) - CNN.co.jp

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, business)
Trump won't win Nobel Peace Prize despite claiming to resolve eight wars | Mainichi Shimbun

Garigari-kun is a 'savior' for terminally ill patients who take their final bite [Saitama Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun

Venezuela's Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - Nikkei

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba issues speech marking 80 years since the end of the war, warning against 'irresponsible populism' - Nikkei

Prime Minister Ishiba delivers remarks on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war | NHK News | 80 Years After the War

[Video] Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces his thoughts on the 80th anniversary of the end of the war: 'I believe the foundation of a peaceful nation will be further strengthened.' [Full text] - Sankei News

Prime Minister Ishiba's '80 Years Since the End of the War' speech references Takao Saito's 'anti-military speech' criticizing the military and others at the Imperial Diet - Sankei News

Asahi Group Holdings reopens factories but system recovery is uncertain, impact expanding | NHK News | Cyberattacks, Retail, IT & Internet

Is the Expo's operating budget in the black? / Transferring funds to national funds is actually a huge deficit

Russian military intensifies attacks on infrastructure, Zelensky aims for 'chaos and pressure' - 2 photos International News: AFPBB News

A bear sleeping defenselessly in a garden... The moment a shot was fired after permission was granted for the nation's first 'emergency gun hunt' | Mainichi Shimbun

[Analysis] Why Trump has a chance of winning the Nobel Peace Prize - CNN.co.jp

Onodera to succeed Miyazawa as chairman of LDP Tax Commission, an unusual move for someone other than an 'inner' | Mainichi Shimbun

Constitutional Democratic Party asks Takashi Kawamura for cooperation in nominating prime minister: 'If you can unify with me' | Mainichi Shimbun

Chairman of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan's Policy Research Council, who made the remark that 'Takaichi is getting married,' explains, 'If there's a better word, I'll correct it.' [Constitutional Democratic Party] [President Sanae Takaichi, President of the LDP]: Asahi Shimbun

Iwao Hakamada retrial: Iwao Hakamada files lawsuit seeking 600 million yen in damages, accusing police, prosecutors, and courts of 'falsely convicted' | Mainichi Shimbun

[Breaking News] CDP nominates Prime Minister, asks Reiwa and the Japanese Communist Party for cooperation | 47NEWS

Osaka High Court rules to revoke national decision to reduce grants to Izumisano City, Osaka, due to hometown tax payments | NHK News | Hometown tax, Osaka Prefecture, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Losing Komeito, LDP reassessing majority strategy: 'If we're pushed back, we'll have no choice but to dissolve...' [LDP President Sanae Takaichi][LDP (Liberal Democratic Party)][Constitutional Democratic Party][Democratic Party for the People][Japan Restoration Party]: Asahi Shimbun

Hamas releases all surviving hostages, Palestinians held in Israel to head to West Bank - BBC News

Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People: 'Agree to a meeting with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan' - unifying prime ministerial candidates, denies making concessions - Nikkei

Madagascar Coup? President's whereabouts unknown: 'An illegal attempt to seize power is underway' - Yomiuri Shimbun

A 66-year-old man who repeatedly worked at schools for prostitution and whose teacher's license was revoked due to child prostitution and forged licenses may have slipped through the checks by changing his name: Yomiuri Shimbun

LDP Secretary-General Suzuki warns opposition parties from making 'maximum effort' to secure prime ministerial election | NHK News | Diet

Chief Secretary of the Democratic Party of Japan Yasumi, 'I'm not ready yet' for Prime Minister nomination: Is this a comment with Tamaki in mind?: Jiji.com

Expert warns that changing one's name could be a loophole for teachers whose teaching licenses have been revoked due to sexual assault | Mainichi Shimbun

[Fake teaching license] Multiple arrests in the past. The incident was discovered due to sexual remarks. Why was it not discovered? Fukuoka (Published October 13, 2025) | FBS NEWS NNN

The Prime Minister's nomination, the focus is on unifying the opposition parties - Liberal Democratic Party and Democratic Party for the People request cooperation: Jiji.com

Senator Kata: 'Non-prosecution inappropriate' - Reinvestigation to be carried out in slush fund case - Prosecutor's Review Board: Jiji.com

Regarding weekly magazine coverage of the LDP presidential election | Dialogue Co., Ltd.

[Breaking News] The Prosecution Review Board has ruled that the decision not to indict Hiroyuki Kata, a member of the House of Councillors, is unjust in the LDP faction slush fund scandal.

Aoki sentenced to death in Nagano district court for murdering four people: Jiji.com

Videos of Kura Sushi customers eating sushi with their bare hands and drinking soy sauce directly from the dispenser go viral... The store and perpetrator have been identified: Yomiuri Shimbun

Tears and cheers abound in Palestine as Israel releases 2,000 detainees, most of whom were detained without justice and accused of assault - CNN.co.jp

Man charged with murder after delusions doctors didn't realize led to death by his loving parents [Nagano Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun

'I have been persecuted by beings from another dimension and have come here to kill someone and receive the death penalty.' 'To me, this is a virtual space.' On September 26th, in Courtroom 1 of the Nagano District Court, the defendant, who had maintained his silence since the first hearing, suddenly spoke words that were difficult to understand just before the trial concluded.

Democratic Party for the People leader Tamaki meets with four industry leaders to exchange views on prime ministerial election | Mainichi Shimbun

Gaza-born Kyushu University professor calls hostage release 'an important step toward ending the war'... 'I hope for true peace' after losing more than 50 relatives: Local News: Yomiuri Shimbun

'Stingy tactics are no good': Former Ishin no Kai leader Matsui criticizes Yoshimura over sub-capital plan | Mainichi Shimbun

LDP lawmakers who support Takaichi say party members are 'almost 100% in favor of Komeito's withdrawal' / Entertainment / Daily Sports online

Divided views on the Expo that created a 'different world': responsibility for the 170 billion yen government expenditure [Osaka Prefecture] [Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025]: Asahi Shimbun

HondaJet successfully completes test flight with 100% SAF, a world first for a micro aircraft - Nikkei

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
Could it be that Soka Gakkai has decided to leave the Komeito coalition because it has matured (aged) and is now thinking, 'We're no longer going to go to great lengths to pursue power. Winning 10 seats through proportional representation is enough?' (hypothesis) - INVISIBLE Dojo. - QUIET & COLORFUL PLACE -

My daughter's bike was stolen, and a few months after I reported it, I got a call from the police saying, 'The bike has been found.' I went to check it out and found out that the driver of the stolen bike was a junior high school student. - Togetter

A housemate who was heading to take the exam sent a LINE message saying that he had lost his exam ticket in an 'impossible way,' and laughed. The person himself also buzzed about the story - Togetter

The first train to Yumeshima is really over, with no one on board and no Kobukuro music playing... pic.twitter.com/Y3xg5HJRPG
— Hot water🐒 (@kisaragimonkey) October 13, 2025

“Japan’s Shortest Festival” Shiomine Onodate Memorial Festival in Okaya, Nagano | NHK News | Nagano Prefecture

When I told a young salesperson at a home appliance store, 'I'd be happy if you'd study a little more,' he replied, 'I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge.' - Togetter

'It can be cut from anywhere' but it can't be cut! This is how to open the magic cut dedicated to the lamenting gentlemen and ladies → 'Is that so?' 'I was trying to shear it without thinking about it' - Togetter

'A story of attempted theft by a day-trip bathing guest' He left the bathing suit without returning it to the front desk, and when he got into his car, an employee and I chased him down and got it back... Fortunately, we were able to act immediately because we were watching the security camera. - Togetter

When I tried to scan an item at the supermarket self-checkout, about 3,800 yen had already been scanned and left there... I immediately called a clerk, but it caused a commotion - Togetter

Looking at hotel prices in Tokyo, it seems like they're ignoring business travel demand and focusing entirely on inbound tourism. 'What do people do with hotels when they're on business trips?' - Togetter

'I'm a 38-year-old single man, but I buy Richell baby food storage containers.' Even those with childcare experience have a high opinion of how clever they are to use them - Togetter

When a medical student went to his university hospital after breaking a bone, he was shown an X-ray and asked, 'This bone is broken, right? What bone is this? What nerve is this?' The oral examination began. Apparently, this is a common occurrence. - Togetter

Americans don't really like DIY: A warning against simplistic cross-cultural theories | inpostarrr

Tamaki Channel's 7th Anniversary Video on October 11th: Yuichiro Tamaki and Kazuya Shiba Get Excited About Renho's Backbiting (From Nara Libermaru's X) (Sigh) - kojitaken's Diary

My neighbor asked me, 'Do you want 5,000 yen of rice?' I thought it would be bad to refuse, so I replied, 'I'll take it' (5 kg is expensive, 10 kg is cheap), but then I was given something unexpected and my knees were blown away by the joy and weight - Togetter

There are so many politicians who just want to give money to the people that politicians who want to build roads and bridges have gone around and become valuable. 'Infrastructure development is not keeping up...' - Togetter

I wondered if the Takarazuka Grand Theater's women's restrooms are incredibly crowded because the audience, with its skewed gender ratio, all uses the restroom at the same time during intermission. I looked into it and found that the overwhelming volume of material and the walk-through system prevent people from accumulating. I'm in awe of how amazing the Takarazuka Revue is. pic.twitter.com/0HE1AQ50in
— Tosaka (@tosaka_public) October 13, 2025

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)
NTT West's communications outage, affecting up to 2.27 million subscribers, was caused by a VLAN configuration error due to a missed application form | Nikkei CrossTech (xTECH)

Review of guidelines regarding scraping activities - BOOTH

Satisfy your hunger and quickly charge your smartphone! Anker charging cables now available at all seating areas of 220 Yoshinoya restaurants in the Kanto region | Anker Japan

The process of introducing OpenSearch as a platform for searching large amounts of documents with complex conditions and the challenges faced - LayerX Engineer Blog

Tweets are 'copyrighted works,' unauthorized reproduction on online bulletin boards infringes copyright, Tokyo District Court orders compensation - Sankei News

Tokyo District Court rules tweets are copyrighted works, orders damages for unauthorized reproduction | NEWSjp

[Kazuaki Kasahara's Ubiquitous Information Bureau] Panther Lake solves the problems of the previous generation and improves performance with the latest process - PC Watch

Large-scale refactoring tackled with AI agents - DMM Developers Blog

Regarding the termination of the 'Mercari Haro' service | Mercari, Inc.

Lawson begins collecting used lithium-ion battery-equipped products in stores to prevent fires | Lawson official website

Lawson Stores Begin Demonstration of Collection of Smartphones and Other Products with Lithium-ion Batteries | 2025 | KDDI Corporation

Kobe City: ~Ministry of the Environment 'Reiwa 7 (2025) Lithium Storage Batteries and Other Appropriate Disposal Measures Examination Project'~ Lithium-ion battery collection demonstration at Lawson stores and release of resource map

Why you shouldn't casually add columns to tables

[Kazuaki Kasahara's Ubiquitous Information Bureau] NVIDIA Collaborates with Arm on the Offensive... Intel's Plan to Bet on 'x86+ Proprietary GPU' - PC Watch

[Review] I bought Nitori's 'Projector for under 10,000 yen.' How much fun can you get for 9,990 yen? - AV Watch

'The culprit is among us' - 10 things AEON did to reduce its Azure costs by hundreds of millions of yen annually

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)

Oh... pic.twitter.com/Yt50dLEwMB
— Tadano Natsu (@MmmS268) October 3, 2025

Eyesight Test [VOICEROID Theater] - Niconico Video

Rei Adachi celebrates the doctor's birthday [Yago Tobari Posting Festival 2025] - Niconico Video

Kotonoha Aoi just wants to say it [#Kasumisouroid] - Niconico Video

[CeVIO Live Commentary] Fee-chan's Super Mario USA #1 [Voiceroid Live Commentary] - Niconico Video

Yuraku Shigaraki, who spent 2.5 million yen on advertising for X at his own expense when the first volume of the manga was released, analyzed the sales results and found that 'advertising expenses of 500,000 yen lead to an increase in sales of approximately 350,000 yen' - Togetter

Super Ten-chan's amazing tweets | nyalra

A story about the day my favorite local cake shop closed #CorkMangaSenkapic.twitter.com /TilB8x2tcJ
— Mayu Matsutani🌼 (@myu_comic) October 9, 2025

Ado's apology regarding the music video for 'Love Me, Love Me, Love Me' - Ado

[Live2D] I can't be Yandere! Miyamai [Gemstone Festival 2025] - Niconico Video

You're a commoner too - Niconico Video

The chaotic skateboard game Skate. I started a slow commentary. 3 - Niconico Video

O Backroom - Niconico Video

'I was watching a streamer's gameplay and the subject matter triggered a trauma that made me vomit. Shouldn't there have been a warning sign?' - criticized - posfie

[MMD Theater] Green Sniper - Niconico Video

[Important Notice]
It will also be streamed on the Beninami Madai Channel from 9:00 PM tonight, so we hope you will tune in. pic.twitter.com/jTVznaUFz1
— Uomusume Official (@uomusume_X) October 13, 2025

51 Looping Works from 1904 to 2025! | Souato

◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Chinese film '731' receives low ratings, Chinese app criticized harshly as 'laughed at by the world' | Mainichi Shimbun

NPB to introduce maternity leave system next season | NHK News | Professional baseball, parenting

◆New products (clothing, food, housing)
'Myojo Menshin Cup Ginger Soy Sauce Flavor' (Released October 27th) | News Release | Nissin Foods Group

'Koikeya Pride Potato Imakane Otokoshaku Rock Salt' (Limited Time Release from October 13th) | News Release | Nissin Foods Group

Oyatsu Company Baby Star Ramen Matsusaka Beef Steak Flavor Wasabi Flavor | Product Information | FamilyMart

'Myojo Menshin Cup Ginger Soy Sauce Flavor' (released October 27th) | Myojo Foods

Winter Limited Edition! Luxurious Taste: Newly Released 'Winter Fruit Koreippon Strawberry & Pomegranate Blend' - Packed with Vitamins C, B2, and E - | Kagome Co., Ltd.

Responding to demand for a richer matcha flavor, the 'Tsujiri Strong Matcha Latte' uses 1.8 times more matcha! It's convenient to carry and comes in a container with a cap that lets you enjoy the aroma upon opening. Launching nationwide on October 21, 2025 | 2025 | Press Releases & Announcements | Meiji Co., Ltd.

'Morinaga Mommy Daily Iron Deficiency' Launches Nationwide on Tuesday, October 21st | News Release | Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.