Overview
- Police in Kyoto say arrested father Yuki Adachi told them he drove his child to school and then elsewhere and killed the child, and investigators are probing motive, noting gaps in his car’s dashcam video and suspecting the body was moved more than once.
- In Fukuoka, a generator used during renovation at Maizuru Nursery likely released carbon monoxide, and three workers and four children were taken to hospitals after 113 children and staff evacuated to a nearby building.
- JR Hokkaido reported that five of eight loss‑making rural sections saw operating ratios worsen from fiscal 2016 to 2024, and the Hidaka Line still needs ¥1,162 in costs to earn ¥100 in revenue, a metric that highlights pressure to shift track ownership to public bodies.
- Conductor Kazuki Yamada held a Berlin press conference before taking over the Berlin Deutsches Symphonie‑Orchester in September, with his first concert set for October 4 and an Asia tour under discussion for 2028.
- The SpeechLink app for aphasia rehabilitation will launch on April 25 with AI conversation training starting at ¥1,650 per month and an option for guidance from a speech‑language therapist.