아키타현 하치로가타 마을 의회가 72세 촌장을 해임했다. 해당 촌장은 뇌출혈로 쓰러진 뒤 수개월째 직무를 수행하지 못하는 상태였다.
마을 의회는 5월 8일 촌장 해임안을 가결했다. 관계자들은 건강 문제로 인한 촌장의 장기 부재를 해임 사유로 밝혔다. 하치로가타의 72세 촌장은 수개월 전 뇌출혈로 쓰러진 이후 의식을 회복하지 못해 직무 수행이 불가능한 상태였다. 이번 의회의 결정은 지역 지도부의 공백 사태를 해결하기 위한 조치이다.
Yukiyoshi Yamano, a 63-year-old former mayor of Kanazawa, has won Ishikawa Prefecture's gubernatorial election as an independent, defeating incumbent Governor Hiroshi Hase. The race centered on reconstruction efforts following the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake. Voter turnout was 54.68%, lower than the previous election's 61.82%.
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Police in Oita City, Oita Prefecture, have re-arrested a 58-year-old man on suspicion of killing an 18-year-old girl in March. The man was initially arrested on April 12 for abandoning her body. The girl was last seen leaving home at 11:30 p.m. on March 2.
Police investigating the murders of a 76-year-old mother and her 41-year-old daughter in their Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture apartment said each suffered more than 10 stab wounds to the head and neck. A male relative discovered the bodies around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a call from the daughter's workplace about her absence. No murder weapon was found at the scene.
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Two mountain fires in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which erupted Wednesday, had burned over 200 hectares by Thursday morning. Self-Defense Forces helicopters were deployed to combat the blazes, which destroyed seven structures and forced 245 evacuations amid a recent earthquake aftermath. The town, scarred by the 2011 tsunami, faces added risks from dry weather.