Emi Izuchi from The Mainichi:
According to Moji Police Station, the hand grenade was American-made, measuring about 11 centimeters in length with a diameter of 5.5 cm. At the instruction of the Fukuoka Prefectural Police, 25 residents in 19 households within a 30-meter radius of the grenade were temporarily evacuated.
Kyushu people always have to be special and evacuate in their own unique way.
From The Mainichi:
Japan's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday announced guidelines under a new law to regulate monopolistic practices in the smartphone app market, mainly targeting U.S. tech giants Apple Inc. and Google LLC.
The core of the guidelines issued by the Japan Fair Trade Commission is a ban on discriminatory treatment of app stores not operated by the two platform companies. If more app stores compete and lower the commissions they charge developers, app prices for users could also fall, analysts said.
Somewhere in Cupertino, a rich executive is crying.
From The Japan Times:
Emperor Naruhito met with Micronesian President Wesley Simina at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
During the 30-minute talks, the emperor voiced sorrow over the loss of numerous lives in the Oceanian island country during World War II, which ended 80 years ago, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
Japan does have some level of engagement with their former Pacific colonies, but there could be a chance to strengthen their ties with the US wavering with the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia, the Marshalls, and Palau.
Tomoko Otake from The Japan Times:
Japan recorded the highest ever temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, beating the previous high of 41.1 C marked in 2018 and 2020. Authorities are strongly urging people to take precautions to avoid risks of heatstroke.
The mercury hit the above-human temperature of 41.2 C in the city of Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, at 14:39, while two cities — Fukuchiyama in Kyoto and Nishiwaki in Hyogo — also recorded extremely high temperatures of 40.6 C and 40 C, respectively.
Meanwhile, another weather disaster on the other side of the country.
From The Yomiuri Shimbun:
A 1.3-meter-high tsunami was observed at Kuji Port in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, at 1:52 p.m. on Wednesday, following a massive earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning.
Largest wave to hit Japan so far. Still not over yet but it looks like we got lucky today.
From The Yomiuri Shimbun:
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning and advisory for the Pacific coast from Hokkaido to Okinawa in Wednesday morning. The estimate of maximum wave height is now expected to be 3 meter.
One-meter tsunami is expected to reach to Tokyo at 11:30 a.m., 3-meter tsunami to Kujukuri in Chiba at 10:30 a.m. and 1-meter tsunami to Osaka at 0 p.m.