1.Indonesia’s professional soccer association says officials from FIFA are expected to inspect the site of Saturday’s deadly stadium stampede in East Java. The incident occurred after a professional soccer league match in Malang city. Fans of the team that lost entered the pitch and created chaos.
2.Italy’s right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni, who will shortly become the country’s prime minister, expressed her support for Ukraine in a telephone conversation on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sources say Meloni pledged full support for the freedom of the Ukrainian people. She also said Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions holds no legal or political weight.
3.Japanese electronics giant Sony has developed a device to measure an individual’s sense of smell. The company hopes it will eventually be used at hospitals as olfactory measurement could help with the elderly detection of dementia.
日: 2022年10月5日
October 4, Tuesday, 2022 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline read by Mr. Yamaguchi Hiroaki
1.The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog says the head of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been released. International Atomic Energy Director General Rafael Grossi wrote that he has received confirmation that Ihor Murashov, director general of the Zaporizhzhia plant, “has returned to his family safely.”
2.The Japanese government says a North Korean missile has flown over Japan and fallen into the ocean. Officials believe the ballistic missile passed over the country’s northeast before falling outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
3.McDonald’s Japan says it will stop offering plastic straws and cutlery to customers. It is switching to tableware made of paper or wood in an attempt to reduce plastic waste. The hamburger chain said Tuesday it will provide paper straws and wooden spoons and forks at its roughly 2,900 restaurants across Japan starting from Friday.