1. NHK has learned of new video footage found in Hiroshima City of an interpreter testifying that J. Robert Oppenheimer shed tears as he said “I’m sorry” to atomic bomb survivors 60 years ago. Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist who directed the US project to develop the atomic bomb during World War Two. He is said to have been pained by the devastation caused by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But he reportedly did not visit the cities when he made a trip to Japan in 1960.
2. A record 56 candidates have entered the official 17-day race to choose Tokyo’s next leader in July’s gubernatorial election. The figure is more than double the 22 candidates who ran in the previous vote in 2020.Some of the candidates have already made campaign statements. Incumbent Koike Yuriko says: “My primary goal is to make Tokyo the world’s best city. My slogan in this campaign is ‘protect the capital.’ That means protecting people’s lives, their livelihoods, and the economy. But it’s not only about protecting — it’s about helping those things improve. I will strive to make Tokyo better and better. I want to move such things forward for the people, with the people.”
3. Weather authorities are calling on people in the southern part of Kyushu, southwestern Japan, to be on high alert for landslides and flooding, as torrential rains are pounding the region. The Meteorological Agency says warm moist air is moving toward a seasonal rain front stretching near Kyushu, making atmospheric conditions extremely unstable.
カテゴリー: