Headline news for August 4, 2025



To commemorate the opening of Chiikawa Park , an experience facility where you can enter the world of Chiikawa, the pillars of Azalea Road at JR Ikebukuro Station will be decorated with Chiikawa characters for a limited time from August 4th to August 10th, 2025. The entire pillar has been transformed into stuffed toys of Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi, giving the appearance that Chiikawa characters are supporting the structure of the station.

Large stuffed toys of Chiikawa and his friends appear at Azalea Road in Ikebukuro Station! | Chiikawa Park
https://chiikawapark-tokyo.jp/news/73qef40murij/




By the way, the following article was published on the same day in the same month in the past.

It turns out that the Great Pyramid of Giza has an internal chamber that can collect electromagnetic energy - GIGAZINE

How does a device that produces drinking water from seawater using only sunlight work for just 500 yen? - GIGAZINE

A man searching for a hard drive containing 23 billion yen worth of bitcoin in a garbage dump invests 1.6 billion yen to hire a robot dog and an AI expert - GIGAZINE

The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince announces 'THE LINE,' a futuristic city plan that will pack 9 million people into a huge mirrored space with a total length of 170 km and a height of 500 m - GIGAZINE

Stage greeting report from the movie 'Look Back' starring Kyomoto actor Mizuki Yoshida and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama, director says there are still many undiscovered gimmicks - GIGAZINE

A robot dog equipped with a vacuum cleaner is cleaning the beach - GIGAZINE

I tried using Yamazen's compact cooler 'YEC-RD03' which is compact and can be placed on a tabletop and can cool down to an ambient temperature of -7 ° C. - GIGAZINE

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◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Potatoes were born about 9 million years ago from a hybrid between a wild tomato and a native Chilean plant: study - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Treating progressive eye disease with mRNA vaccine - A new, less burdensome treatment for age-related macular degeneration - | YCU Research Portal

Developing a method for applying parametric insurance to tsunami risk... | Press Releases & Research Results | Tohoku University

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, and business)
[Breaking News] Tokyo Governor Koike Will Not Send Message of Condolence for Korean Massacre | 47NEWS

JR East to raise fares by an average of 7.1% from March next year | NHK | Railways

Sweden asks EU to suspend trade deal with Israel - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

'My Japanese colleagues aren't even making minimum wage,' nursing care technical intern appeals to council | Mainichi Shimbun

Japanese woman injured after being beaten at train station in China; suspect arrested for allegedly attacking family with stone | 47NEWS

Another Japanese national attacked and injured after being hit with something like a stone in Suzhou, China: Jiji.com

P&G Japan ordered to take action against claims that 'prevents mold just by placing' | NHK | Hyogo Prefecture

[Breaking News] JNN Poll: 47% of respondents say Prime Minister Ishiba 'doesn't need to resign' after Upper House Election Defeat | TBS NEWS DIG

Osaka Prefectural Police arrest two officers for allegedly punching a man during a search | NHK | Incident

Yamagata's Sakata region holds first rain-making ritual in 80 years; concerns about impact on crops due to lack of rain | NHK | Weather

'Special Zone Minpaku' (private lodging) business has become a hotbed for foreigners to acquire properties despite troubles. 40% of operators in Osaka are Chinese. - Sankei News

Kamchatka volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years, possibly linked to massive earthquake | Reuters

LDP and Communist Party jointly oppose station-front data center plan: Distrust swirls as operator shows no interest in dialogue with residents: Tokyo Shimbun Digital

Niigata's Hayadegawa Dam's water storage rate reaches 0%, with unused water released to deal with the situation | NHK | Niigata Prefecture

The International Federation for Victory over Communism, which has friendly relations with the former Unification Church, systematically supports Satoshi Hamada of the NHK Party in the House of Councillors election - Society: Nikkan Sports

'A man wandering around in his underwear...' A 54-year-old unemployed man was arrested in front of JR Kasuga Station on suspicion of loitering around wearing only women's underwear. | Fukuoka News | RKB NEWS | RKB Mainichi Broadcasting

Governor Saito Motohiko 'supported' by 46%, 60% of 18-29 year olds and 70% of party supporters... Yomiuri exit poll: Yomiuri Shimbun

Prime Minister Ishiba faces cabinet scandal as Minister of State for Child Affairs Junko Mihara is accused of ties to organized crime | NEWS Post Seven

[Breaking News] Prime Minister adjusts to not present wartime verification report on the 15th | 47NEWS

Prime Minister Ishiba's View on the 80th Anniversary of the End of the War: 'It is Necessary to Issue a Statement to Ensure War Never Happens Again' | Mainichi Shimbun

80 years after the war, Prime Minister Ishiba is eager to express his views: Jiji.com

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)
(PDF file) ~About the start of operation of 'Red Star' and 'Blue Star' and the image of the completed train~ JR Hokkaido

Former AV actresses are being shunned for wearing wedding dresses from the bridal scene

Nix in Desertis: A chronicle of the battle against COVID-19

A former part-time worker at a festival food stall shares the inside story of a man who bought Sendai beef tongue (800 yen) and found it to be pork tongue, saying, 'I'm not surprised at all.' - Togetter




Transfers aren't just about you. People sympathize with the idea that a transfer order can be a trigger for considering quitting. 'The pay isn't commensurate with the times,' and 'I don't want to involve anyone other than myself.' - Togetter

Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi posts a picture of a reservoir being filled with water from a water tanker in Niigata. Criticism of this is 'a drop in the bucket,' but Niigata farmers counter, 'Farmers on the ground still want water.' - Togetter

'If you don't take measures against the heat, you will die,' meteorologist Kentaro Araki warns in strong terms after seeing the temperature forecast for August 5th. 'I've been involved in meteorology for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen a forecast that makes me feel so strongly about the risk of death.' - Togetter

A young bus driver got angry at an unreasonable customer and then tracked down the customer's workplace in private to retaliate... It's not something to be praised, but even in a customer-facing business, there's a limit to how much you can tolerate. - Togetter

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)




Does it only support genuine HDDs? My purchase of the Synology DS225+ NAS was a huge mistake | OKINAlog

For some reason, China's mega solar power plants are being interpreted as Kumamoto's mega solar power plants, and the 'mega solar power plants accelerate global warming' theory has been born - Cyber Dust

[Announcement] A new search page will be available from August 18th [PC version of Niconico Video] | Niconico Info

Six Chinese arrested for fraudulently using barcode payments such as 'PayPay' to purchase game consoles: Yomiuri Shimbun

A turning point for regulations on sexual advertising: Considering consensus building from the UK example: Asahi Shimbun

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)
Notice of company name change – Studio Pierrot Co., Ltd. Official News Site

[Spelunker] Zunko, Akane and Retro Games #68 Part 2 [VOICEROID Commentary] - Niconico Video



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'Fate/Grand Order' 10th Anniversary Movie - YouTube


TV anime 'Gnosia' crew ban PV | Broadcast starts in October 2025 - YouTube


Manga artist Yuraku Shigaraki reports on the results of spending about 2 million yen on the boost function to post the first chapter of his manga when it was released - Togetter

'New VIRTUA FIGHTER' Project Battle Play First Look-YouTube











After all... it's not Gala... - YouTube





[Oshi no Ko] [Children of 47 Prefectures] Aomori Visual Special Video - YouTube


[Favorite Child] [Children of 47 Prefectures] Akita Visual Special Video - YouTube


[Favorite Child] [Children of 47 Prefectures] Iwate Visual Special Video - YouTube


Movie 'ChaO' main footage: Conversation scene on a date / Released on Friday, August 15th - YouTube


'Magical Angel Creamy Mami & Magical Princess Minky Momo' Collaboration PV-YouTube


[HEROE'S Highlight #18] Vortex vs. Big Johnny | 'TO BE HERO X' airs every Sunday at 9:30 AM! - YouTube


'TO BE HERO X' New Commercial | Broadcast every Sunday at 9:30 AM on Fuji TV and other channels! - YouTube


Anime 'Tacopi's Original Sin' Final PV ~To you in 2016~-YouTube


[Trailer 1] 'Endless Scarlet' [Released on Friday, November 21st] - YouTube


[Special News 2] 'Endless Scarlet' [Released on Friday, November 21st] - YouTube


TV anime 'The Gluttonous Lady and the Mad Blooded Duke' teaser PV ┋Broadcasting from October 2025! - YouTube


TV anime 'Pseudo Harem' non-credit opening video / Gohoubi 'Blouse' English Ver. - YouTube


Movie 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: The Lonely Dragon' Battle Scene Making-of Video - YouTube


TV anime 'I was kicked out of the hero's party because they said 'I don't think someone like you can defeat the Demon King,' so I want to live freely in the royal capital' (Omagoto) teaser PV② | Broadcast starts in 2026! - YouTube


[Turkey!] 'Flashback' Special PV-YouTube


'Does the cat still run away?' PV first edition - YouTube


Call of Duty: Warzone & Black Ops 6 | Season 05 Launch Trailer - YouTube


Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | Season 5 Zombie Mode Trailer - YouTube


Street Fighter 6 Outfit 4 Showcase Trailer feat. Luke, Jamie, Kimberly, Manon, Aki, Cammy, and Chun-Li - YouTube


'Street Fighter 6' C. Viper teaser trailer - YouTube


'Lost Soul Aside' Weapon Introduction Trailer-YouTube


'Fatal Fury Legend City of the Wolves' - KEN Release Trailer - YouTube


TEKKEN 8 - 'Armor King' Gameplay Trailer - YouTube


GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Season Pass 4 4th Playable Character 'Lucy' Trailer - YouTube


[Japanese] Fatal Fury CotW | Ken | Character Breakdown - YouTube


'SILENT HILL f' advance play video. Japanese-style psychological horror set in Japan - YouTube


[P5X] 'Persona 5' Event Introduction Movie: Bank Edition | Makoto Niijima Appears! - YouTube


'Dynasty Warriors' 25th Anniversary Movie-YouTube


'Beyblade X Evo Battle' Promotional Movie (Narration: Komada Wataru) - YouTube


'Capcom Fighting Collection 2' Update Announcement Trailer-YouTube


[Izumi] 'UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes' Character Trailer [3rd DLC Character] - YouTube


[Collapse: Star Rail] Salvation PV 'Pioneer' - YouTube


[P5X] Chizuko Nagao (CV. Masako Katsuo) Teaser Movie - YouTube


[P5X] Makoto Niijima (CV. Rina Sato) Teaser Movie - YouTube


Alice Exhibition 'Sword and Waltz' | Zenless Zone Zero - YouTube


Esophaguys – Launch Trailer | PS5® Games - YouTube


[Once Upon a Katamari Damacy] Wonderful song MV 'Eejaejae naika' by Kocchino Kento - YouTube


[Jin] Character Movie #Sora no Kiseki the1st - YouTube


'Two Point Museum' Ver.4.0 Update Trailer-YouTube


[Tita] Character Movie #Sora no Kiseki the1st - YouTube


'Harvest Moon Let's! Grand Bazaar of the Wind' WEBCM Bazaar Life Edition - YouTube


Whenever I talk about Demon Slayer with friends, the response is always, 'Was it still that popular?', yet the movie is a record-breaking hit... What's going on here? → Japanese people are like, 'I'm the only one who knows how good he is.' - Togetter



















◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Comedian Nagano's story of meeting Larsen shows the difficulty of interpretation and the subtleties of humor at the same time. It turns out that even Japanese people have different interpretations of the material. - Togetter




[Each person's view of Tamori] Watching 'Bura Tamori' makes me wonder if confining Tamori to Shinjuku in the daytime for decades was a great loss for the Japanese language. - Togetter

[Taiga Berabou] Introducing all pages of 'Edo Nama Eki Kabayaki'! - Taiga Drama 'Berabou ~ Tsutaju Eika no Yumebanashi ~' - NHK

Free download of 'Parthenon,' a track from the album 'unZIP'! | Susumu Hirasawa Official Site

Parthenon | SusumuhirasawaOnline

Susumu Hirasawa's Back Space Pass 'unZIP Edition' - YouTube


NanJ PRIDE: Hiroshima Koryo High School baseball team gets caught up in some trouble

[Table Tennis] 'I'm reaching my limit' Tomokazu Harimoto's personal opinion on the T League's unique rules 'I want to play a normal match' / Full article - Table Tennis: Nikkan Sports

Professional baseball replay review to undergo major reform, with review by a 'replay center' instead of on-site umpires as early as next season: Chunichi Sports, Tokyo Chunichi Sports

◆New products (clothing, food, housing)
~Collaboration with Korea's long-selling canned food 'Dongwon Chili Tuna'~ Frozen food WILDish 'Chili Tuna Fried Rice' to be released on Monday, September 1, 2025 | News | Company Information | Maruha Nichiro Corporation

Due to overwhelming popularity, we've prepared approximately 2.5 times more this year than last year! The cheese's 'flavor change' will stimulate demand for Camembert and contribute to increased consumption of Hokkaido raw milk. 'Meiji Hokkaido Tokachi Camembert with Cheese-Specific Spices' will be released nationwide on August 8th, a limited edition. | 2025 | Press Releases & Announcements | Meiji Co., Ltd.

OC Handy Compact (Handy Air) | Kärcher

(PDF file) Enjoy the luxurious taste of sweet potato and chestnut, autumn, a little early! 'Premium Ghana Mont Blanc Chocolat [Japanese Chestnut],' 'Chocolate Pie [Honey Sweet Potato Butter Tart] Individually Sold,' and 'Chocolate Pie [Japanese Chestnut Mont Blanc] Individually Sold.'

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