Overview
- Around 1:40 a.m. on Nov. 14, a person was struck by a freight train on the JR Hakodate Line in Naie, Hokkaido, and died shortly after.
- Takikawa Police are expediting identification of the victim and are investigating both accident and suicide possibilities.
- The train crew sustained no injuries, according to police.
- A public elementary school in Nagoya’s Minami Ward reversed an earlier plan to ban parents from photographing its mid‑November sports day after receiving concerns from families.
- The school will permit photography for pre‑registered guardians who receive a pass on the day, a change the school framed as protecting pupils’ personal information.