北海道の大地震が電力不足を誘発【Large earthquake in Hokkaido triggers power shortage】
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido last Thursday triggered a massive blackout across the region. Power was restored to nearly all customers within two days, but the trade minister called on the island’s businesses and residents to save energy.
大坂なおみが大荒れの全米オープン決勝でセリーナ・ウィリアムズに番狂わせ【Naomi Osaka upsets Serena Williams in stormy U.S. Open final】
Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam singles title on Saturday after defeating Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the U.S. Open. The match will be remembered for the way Williams clashed with the chair umpire, who issued her multiple penalties for receiving coaching, smashing her racket, and then calling him a “thief.”
エアコンの故障した病室で5人が死亡【Five die in hospital rooms with broken air conditioners】
Five elderly patients at a central Japan hospital died amid a heatwave after the air conditioners in their rooms broke down on August 20th. The hospital failed to report the possibility that heatstroke caused their death, according to the police.
元大統領候補のジョン・マケイン氏が81歳で死去【Former presidential candidate John McCain dies at 81】
U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam and twice-defeated presidential candidate from the Republican Party, died on Saturday at the age of 81. He had been battling an aggressive brain tumor since its discovery in July, 2017.
カトリック神父らが1000人の児童虐待で告発【Catholic priests accused of abusing 1,000 children】
A grand jury report released last week showed over 300 “predator priests” are accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. Bishops and other leaders of the Catholic Church covered up the horrendous acts over seven decades, according to the report.
大阪の逃走犯いまだ拘束されず【Fugitive in Osaka still at large】
Police in Osaka have placed a 30-year-old rape suspect on a nationwide wanted list, mobilizing about 3,000 officers for a week. He escaped from a police station on August 12th by breaking an acrylic partition shortly after he met with his lawyer there.
西日本の島で不明の幼児が無事発見【Missing toddler found safe on western Japan island】
A two-year-old boy, who went missing on a small island in western Japan, was found unharmed on Wednesday morning. Amid a massive manhunt, a veteran male volunteer in his 70s miraculously spotted the toddler sitting on a rock near his great-grandfather’s home.
