TOKYO, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan are making preparations to go to Ishikawa Prefecture late subsequent month to console the victims of the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

According to sources, Their Majesties are being coordinated to go to the earthquake-stricken areas of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture in late February.

The plan entails flying from Haneda Airport to Noto Airport in Wajima City on a particular plane, then switching to a Self-Defense Forces helicopter to enter the catastrophe space and go to evacuation facilities, contemplating a day journey schedule to reduce the burden on the native space.

Their Majesties have been deeply pained by the injury because the earthquake’s incidence and have expressed their intention to go to primarily based on the acceptance state of affairs and folks’s emotions. On February sixth, they acquired a proof from authorities officers together with their eldest daughter, Princess Aiko.

If realized, this will likely be Their Majesties’ second go to to a catastrophe space since their go to in December 2019 to Marumori Town in Miyagi Prefecture and Motomiya City in Fukushima Prefecture, which had been affected by storm injury.

Source: NNN

Nagakute, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
Aichi Medical University has introduced that because of a pc error in the course of the admissions course of utilizing the outcomes of the unified college entrance examination, 80 candidates who ought to have progressed to the second stage of the medical faculty entrance examination have been mistakenly deemed ineligible.

The college has knowledgeable all 80 people that they’re certified to take the second-stage examination scheduled for the twenty second, and is contemplating offering another date, such because the twenty fifth of this month, for individuals who are unable to take the examination on the designated day.

According to Aichi Medical University, situated in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, a pc operation error occurred in the course of the medical faculty admissions course of, which makes use of the unified college entrance examination outcomes. The error led to the mistaken willpower that 80 candidates, who have been really eligible for the second-stage examination, didn’t qualify. The eligible candidates for the second-stage examination have been introduced on the eighth of this month, however subsequent posts on social media raised questions, with some college students stating, “According to my self-scoring, I had a higher score than a friend who passed, so why was I deemed ineligible?”

Upon investigation prompted by these issues, the college found on the nineteenth that there had been an error when inputting candidates’ scores, offered by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, into the college’s designated format. The college contacted the affected college students on the twentieth to tell them of the error.

The college has conveyed to the affected college students that they’re eligible to take the second-stage examination on the twenty second and is contemplating choices for individuals who can’t take the examination on that date, together with the potential for taking it on the twenty fifth of this month. Aichi Medical University has issued an apology to the examinees for the inconvenience brought on and has acknowledged its intention to assessment and enhance its checking system to forestall such errors from occurring once more sooner or later.

Source: NHK

TOKYO, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
The beloved duo KinKi Kids has launched an authentic dwell efficiency video of their hit track “Aishiteru Yori Aisaretai” on YouTube. The monitor, which debuted as their second single in November 1997, gained reputation because the theme track for the drama “Bokura no Yuuki: Miman Toshi,” starring Tsuyoshi Domoto and Koichi Domoto.

The dwell video showcases the duo performing the track that, after 27 years since its launch, continues to resonate with followers. Viewers can now benefit from the present efficiency of KinKi Kids with “Aishiteru Yori Aisaretai -YouTube Original Live-” obtainable on-line.

In associated news, Tsuyoshi Domoto just lately introduced his marriage to Kanako Momota, expressing his need to cherish day by day. Meanwhile, Koichi Domoto starred within the remaining efficiency of “SHOCK,” which concluded with a grand five-month nationwide tour. Additionally, KinKi Kids have been energetic on TV and radio, together with a collaboration with King & Prince on “MUSIC STATION” and an look on the second evening of the “FNS Music Festival,” amongst different packages.

KinKi Kids have additionally been within the highlight with the discharge of their seventeenth album “P album,” which items collectively their 25-year profession. Moreover, their new single “Schrodinger,” penned by Aoi Yamazaki, has been launched to the general public.

Source: Natalie

TOKYO, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
KDDI and Toyota Motor Corporation introduced on the twentieth that they’ve developed a expertise that makes use of AI to research and visualize high-risk visitors areas on maps.

This expertise, which will likely be obtainable on the market to native governments and others from the spring of 2024, is developed by analyzing KDDI’s smartphone location knowledge, Toyota automobile driving knowledge, and previous accident data. It shows the extent of hazard on maps, color-coding components resembling bicycle visitors quantity and the variety of sudden brakes.

Furthermore, each firms introduced that they’re creating a expertise that makes use of the placement data of vehicles and bicycles to alert smartphones with an alarm 5-6 seconds prematurely when a number of autos strategy a blind intersection.

Source: テレ東BIZ

TOKYO, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
The operation of platform doorways has begun at Oshiage Station on the Toei Asakusa Line, marking the completion of platform door installations in any respect Toei Subway stations.

At Oshiage Station in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, the platform doorways began working from the primary prepare on the twentieth.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been advancing the set up of platform doorways since 2000 to forestall accidents akin to passengers falling onto the tracks or coming into contact with trains. With the beginning of operations at Oshiage Station, all 106 stations on the Toei Subway have now been outfitted with platform doorways.

There have been no incidents of passengers falling onto the tracks at stations the place platform doorways have been put in.

On the Asakusa Line, aside from Oshiage Station, all stations have adopted a system that makes use of QR codes to open and shut platform doorways, considerably decreasing the price of automobile modifications from 2 billion yen to 2.7 million yen.

Source: ANN