Japan's men's team defeated North Korea in the preliminary of the World Cup Succer.

  Samurai Japan got the first win in the preliminary for the World  Cup Succer against the North Korean team in Saitama. It was a tough game in heavy rain, but scored at the end of the game by Maya Yoshida's heading shoot.
A heavy typhoon is approaching Kochi, Shikoku. It is so powerful that even here in Hokkaido, it is heavily raining, and the Ishikari river is threatening to flood, and some families have begun to evacuate. The typhoon is moving very slowly northward at the speed of 15 km per hour, so we are afraid it will bring a heavy rainfall all through Honshu and Hokkaido.
 Japan's new premier, Mr. Noda, formed a new government. There are five young lawmakers of their 40s of age, but only two women lawmakers. It is said that the prime minister  took the balance of power among factions into deliberate consideration.