Overview

• In Kawasaki’s Asao Ward around 7:10 a.m., a 48-year-old commuter cyclist collided head-on with a 65-year-old man in a roughly 4‑meter‑wide underpass beneath the Odakyu Line.
• Police said the pedestrian is unconscious and in critical condition, and the cyclist reported being blinded by the morning sun just before entering the dark passage.
• Kanagawa Prefectural Police are pursuing a negligent-injury inquiry and are working to confirm the pedestrian’s identity while reviewing the scene conditions.
• In Yachiyo, Chiba, at about 4:05 p.m., an elementary-school-age boy riding on a sidewalk fell into the roadway while passing another bicyclist and was struck by a large truck, with his death confirmed at the scene.
• Investigators in Yachiyo are conducting forensic work on a one‑lane‑per‑direction curve where the truck was believed to be traveling north to south, and no charges have been announced in either case.