Overview
- Tokyo Electric Power said it will postpone the January 20 restart of Kashiwazaki‑Kariwa Unit 6 after a control‑rod alarm failed during testing, with checks continuing to determine the cause.
- Japan’s new 10‑year government bond yield climbed to around 2.22 percent, the highest since 1999, after LDP secretary‑general Shun’ichi Suzuki discussed making food subject to a zero consumption‑tax rate.
- Osaka prefectural police found a male body in a bathtub in Nishi‑Yodogawa Ward with the lid closed and objects placed on top, and they are investigating possible abandonment or other criminal circumstances.
- Aichi prefectural police set up an investigation headquarters after a burned body was discovered in a Toyota apartment; an autopsy indicated asphyxiation from neck compression, and the case is being treated as murder and arson.
- The Hokkaido Board of Education disclosed that a teacher at Eniwa Minami High sent LINE contact screenshots to a consumer‑finance firm, leaking phone numbers and other data for 38 people, an issue that surfaced when students received messages on January 12.