An expert panel has concluded that a sinkhole that swallowed a truck in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, in January was created due to corrosion of a sewer pipe by hydrogen sulfide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/saitama-sinkhole-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #yashio #sewage #motohiroono
Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday as temperatures rose as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of 41.2 C set just last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/society/japan-records-hottest-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatwaves #heatstroke #climatechange #gunma #saitama #tokyo #hyogo
Four male workers were confirmed dead after falling into a manhole in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday morning, fire authorities said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/saitama-manhole-four-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #saitama #sewage #water
Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly record this year, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/society/record-heatstroke-sufferers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #heatstroke #heatwaves #tokyo #saitama #hokkaido
"The Hiroshima Panels," depicting the nightmare victims experienced in the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, continue to draw in viewers ahead of next month's 80th anniversary of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/hiroshima-panels-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #saitama #hiroshima #wwii #museums #us
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has identified the second son of Shoko Asahara — the founder of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo cult — as the de facto head of Aleph, the group regarded as Aum’s successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/aum-shinrikyo-son/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack
Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack
Saitama police have arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of luring and abducting a high school girl, who was found dead in Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/crime-legal/gifu-man-arrest-girl-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #yamanashi #saitama #gifu #aokigaharajukai