On the morning of the 10th, a passenger car rammed into a cafe near JR Kochi Station, injuring five women who were in the cafe. A man in his 70s was driving the car, and the police arrested him on the spot on suspicion of negligent driving and injury, and are investigating the details.
The prime ministers of Japan and India have agreed to work together to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific, while strengthening cooperation with the United States and Australia.
The job-hunting activities of university students graduating next spring began on the first of this month, and the percentage of students who have received job offers as of the first of the month was 17.6%, the highest ever, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. However, due to the effects of the new coronavirus, the actual situation is that there is a large variation among industries.
In a press conference, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nogami, who is in charge of the JRA, stated that it was "extremely regrettable" that assistant trainers and others working at the JRA's training center were receiving the government's "sustaining benefits" to combat the new coronavirus in a manner that deviated from the purpose of the program. The Japan Racing Association (JRA), which works at the training center, has been working on the issue.