from recent news in Japan

昨年度の　小中学校での不登校　最多３４万人　昨年度の　いじめの認知件数が７３万件　コロナ後増加が続く
It is learned that the number of nonattending students in the elementary and junior high schools came to 346,482 in fiscal 2023. This figure is 47,434 more than that in the previous fiscal year, or 15.9 % up, which has exceeded the 30,000 level for the first time, and has been the highest ever. These facts were made clear by the data of the survey by the Ministry of Education on October 31.
The recognized bullying cases in those schools amounted to 732,568, and the serious cases where life-threatening damages, physical and mental sufferings, and long-term nonattendances took place came to 1,306 in the last fiscal year. These figures also both were record high. This increasing trend has continued since the end of the corona virus pandemic.

from recent news in the world

米国大統領選挙で　AI の脅威が懸念される　　　読売新聞の調査では、　情報規制は米国では２０州のみである　
全米対象の対策法制がない　
As the US presidential election date is approaching, the threat of the AI, or Automatic Intelligence, has been increasing. According to the results of the survey carried out by the Yomiuri Shimbun, the judicial regulations dealing with the election-related fake information made by AI are working only 20 states of the 50 states and the capital Washington D.C. And there's no federal such a regulation covering the whole country. Given such conditions, we have to continue paying attention to this issue from now on.

from recent news in Japan

中国、６月に　最大級海警船が　尖閣諸島の周辺をまわっていた　米国の巡視船の沖縄出港後の動きへの対応と考えられている　　これらの中国の異例の動きを　日米が共有している

The US Navy sent a patrol ship to the areas of the East China Sea and the South China Sea to strengthen the coordinated activities with Japan and the Philippines. Responding this move, a largest size patrol ship belonging to the China Coast Guard showed in June extremely unusual movements of moving around the Senkaku Islands. And these China's movements started just after the US patrol ship left a port in Okinawa. These shows that the tensions about the issue of the Senkaku Islands have been intensifying in this region. But it is clear that these unusual activities by China are being watched out and shared between Japan and the US.

from recent news in Japan

東京高裁で　同性婚否定は「違憲」との判断が出た　　「性指向によって法的に差別的な取り扱いをしている」との指摘である　　同種の判決は控訴審では２件目である　　ただし国への賠償請求は一審の東京地裁同様に、認めなかった

The same sex couple living in Tokyo and others sued the central government complaining that the present civil code rule is against the Constitution because it does not allow the same sex marriage and asking the government to pay for their damage. They once lost the case in their first trial at the Tokyo District Court, but they appealed the case to higher court. Regarding this legal issue, the Tokyo High Court gave a judicial decision yesterday that the present legal system is unconstitutional. The presiding judge Sonoe Taniguchi judged that the present civil rule goes against Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Constitution guaranteeing equality of all under the law, saying that it treats people "in a legally discriminatory way based on their sexual orientation." But the compensation for the plaintiffs was denied as the same as in the district court.

from recent news in Japan

東北電力で　女川原発を　再稼働した　　東京電力の福島第一と同型炉で　　「東日本」被災地で初
Yesterday on October 29, Tohoku Electricity Power Company began the operation of the Onagawa nuclear power plant, located in Ishinamaki city, Miyagi prefecture, 13 years and 7 months after its shutdown in 2011 because of the Great East Japan Earthquake. This is the first case that nuclear power plant has been resumed in the damaged areas by that earthquake. The reactor of the Onagawa nuclear power plant is the same type to that of the Tokyo Electricity Power's Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant.