Hikers are attacked by brown bears on Hokkaido mountain

In this week’s news roundup, we have the latest searchers about hikers, who reportedly reportedly attacked by brown bears on Mount Lausu, east of Hokkaido. The subway system is faulty and remains in the Osaka Expo temporarily stuck visitors. McDonald’s Japan apologized after the Pokemon Happy Meal event ended prematurely. Former J-Pop Idol Kenshin Kamimura was convicted of indecent crimes. Two Japanese boxers died of brain injuries the same night. And filed a lawsuit against Shohei Ohtani and its broker for the Hawaiian real estate project of $240 million.

Hikers searching for hikers attacked by brown bears in Hokkaido

Police and local hunters resumed the search of a man in his 20s on Friday morning, and he was reportedly attacked by a brown bear while hiking in the town of Shari in Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido. Around 11:10 a.m. Thursday, a hiker called emergency services to report a male friend being attacked and dragged away by a bear about 20 minutes before the call. The person who called was rescued, but the whereabouts of his friend remained unknown.

He told police that his friend called his name to his friend 200 meters ahead. As he approaches, the man sees the bear wrestling with his friend and drags him into the woods. After the attack report, the climbing route to the 1,661m mountain was closed. According to NHK, about 70 people took refuge in the observation deck and other locations before being rescued by police helicopters. However, there are reports that other hikers are near the summit.

Osaka Expo ticket sales exceed 18 million harvest points

On Monday, Japan’s 2025 Osaka Expo announced that ticket sales for the event had exceeded 18 million, a guide to operating expenses. The association aims to sell 23 million tickets at the end of the event on October 13. However, organizers hope to stop repeating chaos on Wednesday night, as a subway system failure would leave a large number of visitors who temporarily trapped the site.

At about 9:30 pm, an electric failure hit the Chuo series of Osaka subway, the only direct train link from the city center to the artificial island of Yumeshima. It is said that there were about 30,000 people on the venue at that time. The next morning, the line resumed all operations. By then, 36 people had been transferred to nearby hospitals after complaining about headaches and other symptoms. Since many people cannot go home, the pavilion is opened as a shelter.

McDonald’s Japan apologizes for Pokemon’s meal ends after a day

Starting Saturday, August 9, McDonald’s Japan has had a special collaboration with one of the world’s most popular gaming franchises. The plan is three days, and the Happy Meal of the fast food chain (here called Happy Set) will be equipped with two exclusive Pokemon cards: original illustrations of Pikachu, having a burger, and a randomly selected card. Customers are limited to purchases of no more than five sets per person, McDonald’s Japan shares information with online marketplace app Mercari to prevent card resale.

Not surprisingly, it doesn’t work. The event lasted only one day and several media ran out of cards. Some customers reportedly used multiple accounts to bypass five beautiful restrictions. Online videos are scattered online in the chaotic scenes of stores that have to cope with extremely long queues and large purchases. A video x Customers are allegedly trying to buy 40 happy meals to fight others. Hysterical hysteria can also lead to food waste, as customers abandon their meals after getting the card.

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Former J-Pop idol is guilty of indecent crime

Kenshin Kamimura, a former member of J-Pop Group One N’, was convicted of indecent crimes in Hong Kong court on Wednesday. Chairman Peter Yu convicted of this crime, saying Kamimura’s touching method touched the victim – a female translator, which implicitly had a sexual undertone. The singer allegedly stroked the woman’s thigh several times and showed her a message on his smartphone inviting her to the bathroom, even though she told him that he had a boyfriend.

The incident happened after a fan meeting at a banquet in Hong Kong and Hong Kong on March 1. The interpreter filed a complaint with the provincial police the next day. Kamimura’s contract was terminated by his agent Stardust Promotions, who pleaded not guilty during a court hearing in April. On Wednesday, Yu fined him 15,000 Hong Kong dollars (over 280,000 yen). He will not serve his sentence.

Hiromasa Urakawa (left) with boxer Shigetoshi Kotari

Japan’s boxing world crisis crisis after two fighters died of brain injury the same night

Japanese boxer Hiromasa Urakawa suffered a brain injury in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo on August 2 with Yoji Saito on Saturday, due to his brain injury. He is also 28 years old, fighting for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) with Yamato Hata on the same card. Kotari, who won the draw with champion Hata, collapsed shortly after the 12-round encounter.

On Tuesday, the Japan Professional Boxing Association (JPBA) and the Japan Boxing Committee (JBC) announced that there will be stricter regulations on the advancement of weight loss. A urine test that measures dehydration will also be introduced and an ambulance will be required to perform all rounds. “Officers decided to take all possible measures to ensure the death of the two boxers was not futile,” said JBC Secretary General Tsuyoshi Yasukochi. An investigation into the deaths of Kotari and Urakawa will be conducted later this month.

More than $240 million in Hawaiian real estate projects filed against Ohtani and agents

What a big week this is for baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani. He smashed his name on Monday and Tuesday’s 42nd and 43rd home runs of the season, but his name posted on the newspaper’s front page after revealing that Hawaiian real estate investors and brokers filed lawsuits against him and his agents. They claim the couple was fired from a $240 million luxury housing development that Ohtani was brought into Hapuna Coast.

according to Associated Press (AP)the lawsuit was last Friday by Kevin J. They claimed Ohtani and his agent Nez Balelo used their “celebrity leverage to undermine and eventually remove” their role in the project. According to the lawsuit, it was “no other reason than their own financial self-interest.” Hayes and Matsumoto were subsequently withdrawn from the deal by their business partner Kingsbarn Realty Capital. Kingsbarn called the allegations “totally frivolous and have no merits.”

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