61094 To contact the cooperation committee, call +81-6-471-3300.
61095 At around 9:05 a.m., on December 31, at the corner of a prefectural road in Obayashi-cho, Moriyama City, Shiga, a light sedan driven by Shigeki Yamamoto, a plasterer from Hirai 2-chome, Kusatsu City, Shiga, and a four-wheel drive driven by Yoshihiro Ito, a company worker from Shinomiya-Koganezuka, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, collided head-on; Ito is under arrest.
61096 Yamamoto and his wife, Haruko, also on the car, were hit strongly in the chest and head, and died shortly; Ito is suffering from whiplash.
61097 According to the investigation of the Moriyama Police Station, Ito entered the intersection despite the red signal, while taking his eyes off the road.
61098 The Police Station arrested Ito red-handed, on charges including the violation of the Road Traffic Law.
61099 The river has an overall length of 790 kilometers.
61100 Power generation has begun under the rule of Japan, and the river still supplies electricity to the industrial zones of both countries.
61101 In Japan in the Taisho era, "Song of Yalu Jiang," a tune depicting rafts on the river, became popular.
61102 At around 7:50 p.m., on December 31, on Flight 975 of Continental Micronesia Airlines, flying from Guam to Kansai International Airport via Saipan, an oil leak was found in the hydraulic system of controls right before landing at the airport, and the pilot requested an emergency landing of air traffic controllers.
61103 The plane landed safely, but the controls became ineffective right after the plane entered the taxiway, and the plane stopped before the proper spot.
61104 While the plane was being towed to the spot, the runway was closed for about ten minutes.
61105 It was the first shutdown of a runway due to plane trouble since the opening of KIX.
61106 There were no problems in the subsequent flights.
61107 From the night of December 31 to the morning of January 1, many young people and families filled the Kansai International Airport to enjoy diverse events and the first sunrise of the New Year.
61108 Trains ran on the Nankai and JR lines all through the night to and from the airport, and six shops and restaurants in KIX also operated all-night for the first time.