Headline news for August 7, 2025



Morinaga & Co. will launch a new liquid product, 'Just Break Cocoa,' on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, that combines the flavor of cocoa with ease of dissolving. It's a 9x dilution, meaning all you need to do is mix 1 part cocoa with 8 parts milk and stir. It will be sold at an open price.

Morinaga Cocoa, a brand with over 100 years of history, will launch 'Just Break Cocoa,' a liquid type that meets the needs of time-saving and convenient drinks, nationwide on Tuesday, August 19th | 2025 | Press Release | Morinaga & Co.
https://www.morinaga.co.jp/company/newsrelease/detail.php?no=2960

By the way, the following article was published on the same day in the same month in the past.

Elon Musk declares 'This is war' on the advertising industry, in lawsuit against X (formerly Twitter) and the World Federation of Advertisers - GIGAZINE

The scientific journal Nature expresses skepticism about 'LK-99,' a room-temperature, normal-pressure superconductor - GIGAZINE

Apple removes Russian-language news podcasts without reason, possibly ordered by the Russian government - GIGAZINE

Report that a USB port was hidden behind a 'sticker that makes you think USB is disabled' attached to an HP printer - GIGAZINE

What is the world's oldest writer, 'Enheduanna'? - GIGAZINE

A time-thief system that will send spammers into 'eternal password registration hell' is being developed - GIGAZINE

Research shows that noise in open offices increases negative mood by 25% - GIGAZINE

Why does a razor blade, which should be sharp and hard, become dull just by shaving? - GIGAZINE

Why is human pee yellow? - GIGAZINE

Revenge on Colombia's giant parfait 'Mount Fuji' using about 8 liters of ice ~Colombia Assault Edition~ - GIGAZINE

◆ Material (notes and other miscellaneous items)







◆Science (science, learning, technology)
Body odor components that increase during women's ovulation and have positive physiological and psychological effects on men have been identified | Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo

Nagoya University Professor and Research Team Discover Mechanism to Prevent Mosquitoes from Mating and Breeding | Mainichi Shimbun




Fishermen rely on squid forecasts, but research stalls due to poor catches: 0.01 squid per hour, making it difficult to see the actual situation - Nikkei Shimbun

Discovery of a new mineral, amaterasuite - A new type of mineral discovered in Japan's national stone, jade - | Institute for Solid State Physics

Chiba Tateyama whale stranding: on-site investigation 'More than two whales are rare' | NHK Metropolitan News

◆ Society, politics, and economy (incidents, world news, and business)
YouTuber stabbed on the street, man fleeing arrested - Osaka Prefectural Police: Jiji.com

Two years after the 'dog whistle' incident, online slander continues in the city where Shinji Ishimaru left | Mainichi Shimbun

Why is Suginami Ward opposed to 'Hometown Tax'? - Impress Watch

Reciprocal tariffs imposed as Japan and the US disagree on their views. US 'adds 15%' [Trump tariffs]: Asahi Shimbun

'You're a concubine. Because you're a mistress.' Ex-wives and mistresses of the 'number two' Diet member (36) from the 'Campaign Party' confess to 'adultery troubles' | Bunshun Online

Southern US town where atomic bomb was developed rings bell 80 times to pray for peace | NHK | Atomic Bomb

Financial Results: Toyota Lowers Net Profit to 2.6 Trillion Yen for Fiscal Year Ending March 2026, Impact of US Tariffs to 1.4 Trillion Yen - Nikkei




Firefighters in Otsuki forest fire in Yamanashi prefecture referred to prosecutors for alleged violation of forest law | NHK | Yamanashi Prefecture

Public Security Investigation: '5 out of 100' - Investigators criticize Okawahara false accusation report | Mainichi Shimbun

'Yamikin Ushijima-kun' actor re-arrested on fraud charges | Mainichi Shimbun

'Top Student' France Sees First Postwar Natural Population Decline - Nikkei

19 former senior officials of the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau and others to be disciplined or punished for wrongful convictions at Okawahara Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd., based on the results of the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation | NHK | Incident

'Lack of investigative direction': Metropolitan Police Department reports on Okawahara false accusation, superintendent general apologizes | Mainichi Shimbun

Government estimates abolishing temporary gasoline tax rate will result in a funding shortfall of approximately 600 billion yen within the current fiscal year | NHK | Diet

President Trump: 'Approximately 100% tariffs on US semiconductor imports' | NHK | Tariffs

US imposes 15% tariff on Japan: “15% on top of the usual”; reduction of auto tariffs [Updated regularly] | NHK | Tariffs

Tokyo University professor poses as student and slanders associate professor; Tokyo District Court rules on defamation, awards 220,000 yen in damages - Sankei News

IHI and five other companies receive 1.8 trillion yen order for Italy's world's longest suspension bridge - Nikkei

Heavy rain in Kyushu, increasing risk of landslides from Tohoku to Hokuriku | NHK | Weather

Tokyo's doctor helicopter service suspended for seven days this month due to a shortage of mechanics | NHK | Tokyo

Even though it's just a pipe dream... Why TEPCO insists on decommissioning by 2051 | Mainichi Shimbun

[Exclusive] 40 years since the Japan Airlines crash: Boeing explains repair error: 'Parts were cut off due to installation difficulties' - Sankei News

Napier: If hyperinflation resets the economy, young people will be winners and old people will be losers | Global Macro Research Institute

Trump jokes about deploying nuclear missiles on the White House rooftop - 6 photos International News: AFPBB News

Public-private sharing of medical data to promote drug discovery and reduce medical costs - EU model to establish legislation - Nikkei

'Morning of Prayer' sparks chaos as police forcefully remove activists, scuffle with riot police - 80th anniversary of atomic bombing - Sankei News

Gunze to close four domestic factories in Hyogo, Yamagata, and Akita prefectures, including underwear and apparel, and cut staff - Nikkei

US military analysis two days after Hiroshima atomic bombing: '100,000 dead' - US think tank | Mainichi Shimbun

University of Tokyo professor ordered to pay 220,000 yen in damages for slandering former colleague on social media while pretending to be a student | 47NEWS

Prime Minister Ishiba's speech at the Peace Memorial Ceremony receives praise: What sets him apart from the previous three prime ministers? | Mainichi Shimbun

Head-on collision between two cars in Kochi town, killing a 3-year-old boy on his way home, injuring six others | NHK | Accident

Financial Services Agency issues business improvement order to major used car dealer Nextage | NHK | Financial Services Agency

Trump says Japan will import 'beautiful' Ford trucks - 1 photo International News: AFPBB News

Why was the US employment data revised down so dramatically? Trump fired top executive in anger - BBC News

Crane knocks down utility pole in Atsugi, disrupting internet access in the area while equipment for the Ayu Festival is being removed | Kanaloko by Kanagawa Shimbun

If the minimum wage is the same, the “inequality” denies women from rural areas the freedom to return to their hometowns | Mainichi Shimbun

[Breaking News] Prime Minister Orders Investigation into Donations to LDP Branches | 47NEWS

80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings: Pope Francis says nuclear weapons are a wound to humanity - Vatican News

Financial Services Agency issues business improvement order to insurance agency running 'Money Doctor' | NHK | Financial Services Agency

Four people died... The company explained that the lack of airline masks was a 'decision on the spot.' One person fell into a manhole, and three people tried to help... The reason they didn't wear safety harnesses as promised was, 'They weren't wearing protective gear in the first place,' and 'I think they went in immediately in an emergency.' | Saitama Shimbun | Latest news, sports, and local topics in Saitama

Woman (35) arrested on suspicion of assault after stabbing at JR Tokaido Line Yokohama Station with knife hidden in ring, claims she used it to defend herself from molesters | TBS NEWS DIG

Miyagi Governor criticizes Kamiya for 'running away' over water project remarks | 47NEWS

[Full article] Koryo High School, which has been involved in a violent incident, has 'no change in its decision to participate.' Kōryō Federation Secretary General: 'Please refrain from slander.' - Sponichi Annex Baseball

Hiroshima Koryo High School baseball team member assaulted junior student, leading to Koshien tournament | NHK | #Baseball

Koryo High School baseball team warned over violence between team members, but will play in first game on the 7th - High school baseball [Hiroshima Prefecture]: Asahi Shimbun

Koryo High School, which has been hit by violence, says it will not participate in the tournament, but says it cannot confirm the information posted on social media - Sankei News

When a male assailant commands a male victim to lick his genitals, is this due to homosexual sexual desire? → It could be to humiliate the victim and force them into submission - Togetter







Mirai Toyama, Koryo... A series of violent incidents between baseball players revealed, casting a shadow over the ongoing Koshien tournament - Sankei News

◆ Lifestyle (life, living, health)







A gynecologist posts data showing the possibility of pregnancy even when using a condom: 'I think education on contraception is necessary after all.' - Togetter

Comments on being moved by the tanka poem 'Thick bones are teachers, but the bones of small heads are gathered by their sides' read out loud at the end of Prime Minister Ishiba's speech at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony - Togetter

Kao's face wash uses blackhead disintegration technology, and it's so exciting that it leaves your face so smooth, even if you're not interested in skincare... I hope you'll find it interesting once you try it. → 'That's great,' 'Don't get your hopes up too high...' - posfie

There is a type of coffee called 'Geisha,' but it has nothing to do with the Japanese 'geisha.' The famous farm is called 'Donpachi Farm,' so the name 'Panama Donpachi Geisha' sounds a bit odd in Japanese. - Togetter

'This is my residence. I'm in trouble because I've been inundated with reports from the village that it's a religious facility.' However, no matter how you look at it, reports are still coming in, leaving many confused people - Togetter

'A bad example of seeking causal relationships based on previous and subsequent actions' Tamiflu, which is administered for influenza, has been said to 'cause abnormal behavior,' but in recent years, research has shown the exact opposite - Togetter [Togatter]

Why don't we hear about a 'power shortage' despite the record-breaking heatwave? → 'Behind the quiet news, there's quiet effort' because measures were being taken in anticipation of a once-in-a-decade heatwave - Togetter

The fact that cats are predators is not a topic of discussion, but when reports of extermination efforts are released, complaints will likely flood in, just like with those about bears. - Togetter

Kyoto seemed too crowded, so I decided to go to Shiga and it was amazing - Tonight is Iyahoi

The Chinese society where invincible people are born | Ei-chan, who lives in Shanghai

◆IT/Gadgets (Internet, software, hardware, mobile)




[Yamaguchi Masahiro's e-book touch and try] Is the monochrome era over? Trying out Amazon's first color E Ink device, the Kindle Colorsoft - PC Watch

OpenAI's corporate value to grow to 74 trillion yen, 1.7 times that of Toyota - Nikkei

Yomiuri Shimbun sues US AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement in search service - Nikkei

'Amazon has done something wrong. They ignored my delivery request and delivered to a different address. I can't trust Amazon.' Amazon officially apologizes, but many people say Amazon has gotten worse - posfie

DeNA Launches 'DeNA AI Readiness Score (DARS),' an Index for Evaluating Company-Wide AI Skills | DeNA Co., Ltd. | DeNA

The scandals of Koryo High School, Yakiniku King, Takeda-kun, Fuji TV, and others all seem to be based on irregular procedures and accusations of irregular means, which makes me feel that the proper procedures are dysfunctional. - Togetter

MCP Authorization Today and Challenges to Support Autonomous Agents - Speaker Deck

Betting All on Systemd (Part 1) | Tenten Corporation

Access from overseas using email software from other companies will be restricted - Yahoo! Mail Latest News

Using Claude Code in all phases of development increased development productivity by 1.5 times

OpenAI's open model GPT-oss 20B is amazing - Kishida's Hatena

NTT announces 35-year phase-out of copper landline telephone lines, offering alternatives - Nikkei

Why was JAL's top-tier credit card image so strange it wasn't spotted before it was published? Public relations officer explains the situation and apologizes - ITmedia Mobile

The shadow of Japanese mobile phone culture as seen in au's 'Starlink,' which finally supports data [Mobile Communications SE by Junya Ishino] - Impress Watch

NTT to migrate landline telephones from metal to fiber-optic and mobile by 2035 - Mobile Watch

◆Anime, games, manga (subculture)










'Toyo Kanetsu Cup 1st Kansai Women's Newcomer Tournament' Preliminary Report | Shogi Column | Japan Shogi Association

[CITY THE ANIMATION] #5 Ending video #Anime CITY - YouTube


[Child of the Favorite] [Child of the 47 Prefectures] Fukushima Visual Special Video - YouTube


[Genshin] Character animation - 'Ineffa modification plan' - YouTube


[Genshin] Story Movie 'Passionate Surprise' - YouTube


'METAL EDEN' - Release Date Trailer - YouTube


Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 6 Season 4: Shock 'N Awesome | Hybrid Launch Trailer - YouTube


Formula Legends release date announced & free trial trailer released! - YouTube





A rare source of comfort in a world of violent topics: 'Never send me a crappy subject like that again,' says a chaotic artist who draws chaotic pictures. - Togetter

◆Sports, entertainment, music, movies (entertainment)
Yutaka Take shares his thoughts on his unprecedented 46th jockey race, Yukio Okabe's thoughts on the race, and his hopes for the next generation | Horse Racing News & Features




Talent subscription service provider tightens screening process after troubles | NHK

Representative of Female Announcer A Reveals Her Real Name for the First Time, Refutes Nakai Masahiro's Side: ''It Wasn't Due to Unconsent' Is a Breach of Confidentiality' | ENCOUNT

◆New products (clothing, food, shelter)
Matsuya Foods releases 'Kalbi Hormone Bowl,' a stamina meal to tackle the heatwaves

Vegetable Day Campaign - Corn Edition - | Ringer Hut Co., Ltd.

Cicada Shell Pencil Case - Sunstar Stationery Co., Ltd.

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