Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

Shortly after noon on October 1, a high school girl fell asleep on a Fujikyu Mobility route bus running within Shizuoka Prefecture and went unnoticed when the bus reached its terminus at Gotemba Station — she ended up locked inside for about two hours after the bus returned to the garage. The driver reportedly went back to the garage without checking the bus’s interior at the terminus. The student has not reported any injury or illness. On the 5ch thread, many posters offered concrete suggestions for preventing this kind of oversight or shared similar experiences of their own, while others questioned why an incident with no injuries made national news at all — reactions were split.

Delivered 10/2 (Fri) 16:03 — Shizuoka Broadcasting System (SBS)

Shortly after noon on October 1, a high school girl who had fallen asleep on a route bus operated by Fujikyu Mobility went unnoticed and was left inside the bus for two hours after it returned to the garage. The company says the student has not reported feeling unwell.

According to Fujikyu Mobility, the student boarded the bus — which left Mishima Station at 10:50 a.m. on October 1 bound for Gotemba Station — at the “Nichidai-mae” stop partway along the route. She was asleep when the bus reached the Gotemba Station terminus, but the driver returned to the garage without checking inside, leaving the student stranded on board.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Express+) thread “‘My daughter, who was supposed to come home early, hasn’t come home’ — high school girl asleep on a route bus goes unnoticed… left stranded in the garage for two hours, Shizuoka.”

Following news that a social welfare corporation in Hokkaido can’t account for donations it collected, the government has decided to hold off this year on having cabinet ministers pin red feathers to their chests for publicity as part of the Community Chest charity drive, which kicked off as usual on October 1. The call for public donations itself continues as it does every year. On 5ch, the scandal stirred up distrust toward the donation system as a whole, with many venting about the de facto forced collections run through neighborhood associations, alongside trivia-style chatter about the origins of the red feather and the meaning of its color — so the thread grew from one organization’s scandal into broader doubts about donation culture itself.

Oct 1 (Thu), 18:45 JST

Asahi Shimbun

As the Red Feather Community Chest charity drive kicks off on the 1st as it does every year, the government will refrain from having cabinet ministers across various ministries pin red feathers to their chests to promote it. The decision comes in light of the issue of a large sum of donations going unaccounted for at a social welfare corporation in Hokkaido. The call for public donations continues.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is an excerpted and summarized compilation based on the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Government Holds Off on ‘Red Feather’ Pins Amid Missing Donations Scandal — Fundraising Calls Continue.”