NTV's 70th Anniversary Spacial Drama
This drama is a fiction based on actual events, the historical background of the time, and interviews with reporters and other people involved.
Yamanashi Prefecture 1995, May 15 11:43pm
I'm sorry.
NHK took all the good hotels.
I should have gone to NHK.
This place is close and good.
Ha ha ha!
What are you doing?
Just for yourself!?
But this is a dust mask.
Isn't it gas mask?
It doesn't make sense.
Useless after all?
I brought it with me just in case, because I got it at the interview site.
That's not comforting.
Is this more comforting?
We leave in four hours.
I can't sleep anyway...
This might be the last one left in the world.
Don't say something so ominous!
Give me some.
Chu-san, you have to drive, take this!
Awww, man!
Either you don't drink and die, or you drink and die.
Is there no option where we live?
Ahh...
Cheers! Cheers!
You're shaking.
I'm just really trembling with excitement.
As expected of a famous female reporter.
She's got more backbone than the average guy.
Hahaha.
Of course I'm scared too.
But...
you have to protect your own life!
That's what the higher ups say.
Ha ha ha! Indeed.
1995, March 20
This morning, around 8:16 a.m., a series of attacks occurred at 10 stations in Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki Station,
Hibiya Line struck by a violent object More than 50 passengers collapsed
National Diet Building Station, and Kayabacho Station, ten other stations in Tokyo.
We received reports of explosions and strange smells.
Something that looked like a newspaper was placed under a seat in the front most train carriage...
This suspicious object was taken down by police officers at Kayabacho Station on the Hibiya Line.
A strange smell was said to be wafting through the train.
Kasumigaseki Subway Station
There was an ethereal smell and everyone collapsed.
Hibiya Line struck by a violent object More than 50 passengers collapsed
Kasumigaseki Subway Station
I had a headache and my vision became narrow.
Subway struck by a violent object More than 100 passengers collapsed
A lot... a lot of people were in a situation where they had difficulty breathing.
- We have information on the suspicious object! - The feed is live.
According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency's 11am summary, 500 people have been taken to hospital so far.
Here is Sone-san from the MPD.
Yes, I'm here with the MPD.
Sone Akiko
In charge of Police
Earlier, at 11:00 a.m.
The head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Department held a routine press conference.
The suspicious items seized at Tsukiji has been analyzed.
The Chief of the MPD's Investigation Department announced at the press conference that,
although the exact details of the analysis have not been released,
the possibility of sarin gas is currently extremely high.
1995, May 16 3:24 AM
Hey, everything's loaded.
Right~.
It's a bit early, but let's go.
It's been 57 days since the sarin gas attack on the underground.
Police vehicles heading for Kamikuishikimura
After 3:00 a.m. Hachioji I.C.
The two-month-long investigation, in which the entire police force was mobilized,
reached its conclusion today.
Two days after the incident,
the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department raided a total of 25 locations,
including the cult's facilities in Yamanashi Prefecture and its headquarters in Tokyo.
As a result, it was determined that the incident was an indiscriminate terrorist attack organized by Aum Shinrikyo,
as the plastic bags and chemicals left at the scene of the sarin gas attack on the underground
matched those seized at the cult's facilities in Kamikyuu Isshiki Village.
An arrest warrant was issued on suspicion of murder
Aum Shinrikyo Representative Asahara Shoko
on the belief that the cult's most senior member,
Arrest Warrant
Murder. Suspicion of Attempted murder.
Asahara Shoko, was responsible for the planning and execution of the attack.
Yamanashi prefecture Kamikuishiki village 4:08 AM
The probability of Asahara being in hiding is believed to be high,
and Sone-san is in front of the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility. Sone-san!
Yes.
It's been 57 days since the sarin gas attack on the underground,
which left 14 dead and over 6,300 injured.
Aum Shinrikyo leader, Matsumoto Chizuo, a.k.a. Asahara Shoko, is the key suspect.
In anticipation of an arrest today,
there are many riot police here today,
Yamanashi prefecture Kamikuishiki village 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility
and it's getting pretty hectic.
Day X Representative Asahara to be arrested
At last, investigators are moving in on the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility,
said to be the residence of Representative Asahara.
They're breaking down the rear entrance to the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility.
The entrance is being forced open.
Investigators with sarin-sensing canaries also enter.
Three hours have passed since the forced entry began.
However, no investigators have emerged as of yet.
It is assumed that the search of the premises is continuing.
A wagon with two red lights is visible.
There are two identical ones side by side...
Breakfast is ready.
So it is conceivable that one of the wagons could be used as a decoy.
Just behind the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility.
After you enter, hypothetically....
That checkpoint would be, you know...
...the checkpoints... We believe that a search of the premises will be extremely difficult.
How long are you going to watch TV?
Asahara's not coming out so easily.
Leave now so you won't be late!
- I'm off then. - Alright~.
Investigators are entering the building one after another.
This door was not open earlier...
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department
It's been four hours since the raid. How much longer can it take?
What's going on?
- He didn't flee did he? - Nothing's happening at the scene?
6th Aum Shinrikyo facility
Nothing yet?
Nothing yet.
Did you make it to the toilet?
Well, a man can do it wherever.
- Here you go. - I got it.
Hmm.
Hey, stop it, you're a woman, after all.
Ah~...
Ah!
Excuse me~!
Hold still.
My feet hurt from standing still.
Just bear with it.
Are they coming?
The car in front of the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility has started moving.
Suspect Asahara Shoko is believed to be in this vehicle.
On the rear right side, the figure of Representative Asahara wearing a purple ascetic uniform.
Suspect Asahara Shoko is visible from here.
They have arrested Representative Asahara. Representative Asahara has been arrested.
The suspect, Chizuo Matsumoto, a.k.a. Asahara Shoko, has finally been arrested.
Social Affairs Department Reporter (in charge of training) Mano Futaba
What do you think?
Give me your honest opinion.
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department 2019, September 25
Well, then.
Maybe it's because I'm not a journalist by nature,
Hmm.
New employee Kuga Kenji
but is this announcer famous?
New employee Izumi Rei
I don't think I've seen her before...
She's not an announcer, she's a reporter.
New employee Nemoto Souji
Eh?
Yes,
Sone Shouko-san is a great senpai who was assigned to the news department just like you!
Remember that.
So we're going to do that too?
Look.
The statute of limitations system for murder cases, etc., which had been in place for 130 years since the Meiji Era,
It was abolished today.
Eh? Eh!?
The Internet's got everything.
Was it written in the terms and conditions?
Hm?
Showing my face is a No Go for me.
What should I do?
Uhm... Sone-san was the first woman to become a reporter for the MPD, wasn't she?
You know her well.
I'm here because I want to be a reporter.
I see, if I may add...
She was also the first woman to hold a career-track position at NTV.
Did you know that too?
No, I didn't.
That was around the time of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law...
She's not a historical figure.
She is no longer with us, right?
Not in this company.
I see...
To be honest, Mano-san, the footage you chose today, it's unusual isn't it?
There's probably more to study in terms of news reporting.
The history of NTV's news reporting is packed into this report, isn't it?
Well, I guess that sums it up.
That story earlier, it was broadcasting live on all stations, wasn't it?
Did everyone know that they were going to be able to arrest him that day?
Good question.
As I recall, at the time of Asahara's arrest...
How did it go?
The police heard from the cult members they arrested first
about the hidden room where Asahara was staying, didn't they?
Yes, yes.
but it took a long time because they couldn't find the hidden room.
Do the police ever make an official announcement about such things?
The hidden room may have been in an independent report.
Of course, there's information released by the police PR department and regular press conferences,
but if that's all there is, it's all the same, so there's no point in having a broadcaster like this.
So it's a question of individual reporting skills?
That's right!
That's why my senpai used to say "Reporters who can't get their own stories should die!"...
That was in the old days! We don't say that now. We don't say it anymore.
What? Audition?
Social Affairs Desk Hirao Shigefumi
Is she an actor or something?
She wants to be a voice actor.
I got it from the source, so I'm sure there's no one else.
MPD Press Club
Is she currently being interrogated at the Shibuya Police Station?
Yes, she is.
She's a woman, so she'll be transferred to Harajuku Police Station at night.
Yeah, we should be able to get a shot of her face at that time.
Harajuku Police Station, Shibuya Police Station, on site... I'll arrange it at the suspect's home.
Also, can you send someone out to the crime scene and the suspect's home
MPD Cap Ozu Isao
to look for the security camera footage and a Head Shot?
It's meaningless to have a unique story if we don't have pictures.
Understood.
This is Hirao from Social Affairs.
A suspect has been arrested in suspicion of abandoning an infant in a toilet at Ebisu Station, now deceased.
Her name is Ebara Arisa.
Age 22, aspiring voice actor.
Social Affairs Reporter Okuda Souta
Social Affairs Reporter Tomonaga Yuki
She stated that she went to an audition that day.
Does that mean she gave birth to the baby in the toilet and went straight to the audition?
Scary!
I'll have the rookies help with the SNS research.
Go ahead.
I wonder who Hirao-san was talking to on the phone.
Uh, I think it was the MPD Cap.
The police tells us all this?
Ah~...
To be precise, the Cap of the MPD Press Club.
The press club?
There's a place in the MPD where journalists from the various stations are stationed,
and there's also a room for NTV there.
The Cap is the head of the club,
usually an ace reporter from the station.
Does the MPD have such a room?
If we're assigned to the MPD Press Club, we'll have to go there every day.
I see.
Takanashi, let the digital natives help out.
Social Affairs Digital Section Takanashi Kazumi
Mano-san, are you able to train the new recruits?
To be honest, I'd like someone else to do it.
First, we need to find her account.
I'll look for Twitter and Facebook, so can you help with Instagram and TikTok?
OK!
Come here!
Dig through Ebara Arisa's SNS accounts to get a Head Shot!
Sit here.
- A portrait photo, right? - Yes.
What if she doesn't have an account? She may have locked it.
Friends, family, followers... Check all the people she's connected to.
Okay.
People with a photo are the first priority, aren't they?
That's right.
But if they seem to know the person well, we should get in touch with them.
Also, we don't have much time before the going on air, so prioritize people we can DM or contact immediately.
I understand.
We must not make a mistake with the head shot.
If you can't get three corroborating sources with similar attributes,
like from police, locals, or classmates, we won't broadcast it.
We need to increase the number of routes by which we can confirm the photo.
- Yes. - Yes.
Hirao-san, I'm waiting for that Head Shot.
news every. Main Desk Saegusa Osamu
Two minutes before the live scene! I want to do as much as possible with complete packs.
Especially the Head Shot.
Got it.
Alright, OK!
I've got the list of junior high school classmates.
- I'll help with the telephone roll calls. - Thank you.
You're going to call them?
- From top to bottom. - Us too?
You should go through the whole process while you're still new.
Uhm, is there a manual?
Don't tell me you never made a phone call before?
Not with strangers.
Won't they get angry if you call them out of the blue?
Watch.
I'm Mano from the NTV news department.
Is Misaki-san at home?
Oh, are you her mother?
Actually, I'd like to ask you about Misaki-san's middle school classmate, Ebara Arisa.
Yes.
I'm so sorry I can't give you any details at this stage...
By the way, her graduation album is still at home...
Oh, I see.
You take good care of it, don't you?
Actually, a journalist colleague of mine is in the neighbourhood,
and I was wondering if I could take a look at it, even if it's just a glimpse.
I see, oh right.
I apologise for making such a rude request out of the blue.
No, no, it's nothing at all.
Right, have a good day.
Keep calling as if you have nothing to lose.
Let me know if you get an OK.
Okay, got it.
Make sure you don't miss out anyone, okay?
Right.
- Mano. - Yes, ma'am.
The newbies are around the same age to the suspect, should we send someone to the scene?
Let's send her.
- Hello, everyone in Japan. - Hello.
Hirao-san, we've got a graduation portrait.
- Three sources? - Yes, ma'am.
A junior high school classmate, her former part-time job senpai, and a neighbour.
OK, Saegusa! You can take a shot from her junior high school graduation.
In the credits, "Suspect Ebara from junior high school", make sure you include it!
Got it!
I'm also asking for a photo close to Ebara today.
Nice to meet you. My name is Izumi from NTV.
May I have a moment of your time?
My name is Izumi from NTV.
Hello, I'm sorry to disturb you, but may I have a moment of your time...?
Excuse me...? Wait a minute!!
Yes?
I'm sorry, my name is Izumi from NTV...
Again? Please leave.
- "Again"? - Another company's already here.
We're falling behind, let's move on quickly.
Okay.
The Metropolitan Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman
from Saitama Prefecture over the discovery of an infant's body at Ebisu Station.
NTV has learned that the suspect went straight to a voice-over audition after the incident.
Uhm...
Don't feed off other people's misfortune!
I'm sorry! Uhm...
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry! - Go away! Get out!
Are you okay?
Is this really okay, Mano-san?
Earning off other people's misfortunes.
Wasn't the job you thought it would be?
It's a necessary job too, you know.
Even if you make people feel bad?
Some people don't like it, but some people want to talk about it.
Don't assume before you ask.
Cosplay.
This bunny girl seems to be Ebara Arisa, though.
What do you think as a profile picture?
Uhm... we already have a graduation portrait.
Wouldn't that one be better?
Why?
This photo...
Gives her a bad look?
It's more like a manipulative impression.
But the graduation photo is from junior high school.
This one should be closer to the current Ebara Arisa.
Do you know which one is closer to her essence, Izumi-san?
No...
Is this person Ebara Arisa? Should I ask around?
No way! Avoid questions that can be answered with yes or no.
It could lead them on.
Yes.
You got confirmation from a classmate from voice-acting school?
OK, keep up the good work.
- Saegusa! - Yes?
One more confirmation for the bunny photo!
- Get ready to slot it in! - Roger that!
Is Ebara Arisa among them in this picture?
Ah~ this is her.
This second one from the right.
- Are you sure it's her? - Yes.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
You did it.
Uhm... when we get three confirmations, the photo will be aired, right?
Yeah. Sorry, I'm late picking up my kids.
Call the company and tell them you got the head shot.
Good work!
Thanks for your hard work.
Sorry! I'm late picking up my kids from the kindergarten. I'm heading back first.
- Do you want to place it here? - Yes please.
This is Hirao.
I'm Izumi, a new trainee in the Social Affairs Department.
What's up?
We've got confirmation of Ebara Arisa's head shot.
From whom?
I confirmed it with a former part-timer.
He worked with her when they were high school students.
Okay!
Saegusa! You can use the bunny picture!
Aaaah!
We didn't make it in time?
We're not airing it?
"news every" and "news zero" are different NTV news programs
Not on "every". It'll be on "zero".
Well done.
Ah..!
news every finishes airing at 7pm news zero starts airing at 10pm
Goodbye.
Minato-kun, time to go.
Sorry~! Sorry I'm late.
Another child was extended today,
so he had a playmate.
I see, that's great to hear.
It's difficult with your job, isn't it? Incidents don't always happen on time.
Indeed they don't..... No, I have to keep to the timetable.
- I'll be careful in the future. - Thank you for your hard work.
I'm sorry, Minato! It was late, wasn't it?
Let's go home and have dinner.
What shall we have today?
Minato, what do you want to eat?
Sausages?
- There's nothing in the fridge. - Bebe!
Eh? Baby sausages?
- Ba bai~ - Ah~! Look, Minato.
The moon is beautiful.
Bey-bey. Hehehe.
Good evening.
- I'm back. - Welcome home.
- He fell asleep today. - Yeah.
The Hong Kong government has announced a formal withdrawal.
She gave birth to a child while she was on her way to a voice-over audition.
The suspect is seen here wearing a pink rabbit costume attending a Halloween event.
The suspect, 22-year-old Ebara Arisa,
a student at a vocational school in Tokyo, was arrested today on suspicion of abandoning a corpse.
This is near Ebisu Station...
You're not going in yet?
Yeah, after I watch this.
Will you be on TV, Rei-chan?
I'm not on TV, but I covered the case.
Wow, that's great.
She was a popular hostess.
She had a cute voice.
When she spoils you with that voice, you want to buy her anything.
Whoa, she's scary.
You would think so, right?
What do you mean?
If the picture wasn't of her in a bunny suit,
but a quiet-looking girl in a junior high school uniform, would you still think that?
Eh~?
I didn't see that, so I wouldn't know.
According to the Metropolitan Police, today, the suspect Ebara...
Rei-chan.
Manipulating impressions?
I understand what she's saying, though.
The picture you took was an interview with a customer at a hostess club.
If that's the case, I would use the bunny picture.
But it ends there, right?
"A crime committed by one irresponsible woman."
But if you were to frame it about her personal reasons...
Hmm...
Similar incidents happen from time to time.
I didn't become a journalist for such things.
'Such'?
People's curiosity? The nature of onlookers?
I didn't go door-to-door getting bounced around to satisfy these kinds of trivial feelings.
Well, but it's not your fault.
I mean...
Why did you show her photo?
Did you have to expose her like that?
It's not like we're exposing her...
If we just showed her name, it won't leave an impression, will it?
Huh?
If you see the face, it gives a sense of reality.
For example, young people like me wouldn't feel like it's someone else's problem.
And if it was our parents' generation, they'd probably see the same thing in their own children, right?
Oh...
Then you think about how you don't want the same thing to happen to you
or those around you.
It's something to think about, right?
Well... that's what my senpai says.
If that's the case, then bunny picture had the opposite effect.
They'll think this type of incident wouldn't happen to them since she's so different.
- I know right!? - Yeah.
I wonder where's the guy in the whole picture?
It's true.
No matter if she's a timid or adventurous one,
she can't have a baby by herself.
What was her relationship with her parents like?
Couldn't she have talked to someone about it?
Was there anything the government could do?
A lot of things could have come out if we took the time to find out.
But time is a luxury, isn't it?
In three days, the public's attention will shift to a new case.
Maybe she didn't believe she could raise a child while working.
Hey, why don't you stop reading that?
But I feel responsible for this.
Hey, hey!
Go to bed already.
Otherwise, you're going to have wrinkles.
Those are beautiful flowers. Did something good happen?
I quit my job.
What?
Refill! And the special ribs please.
I knew it was a good thing.
Notice Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, we will be closed till further notice. The owner.
In accordance with Article 32 of the Special Measures Law, we are declaring a state of emergency.
The areas covered are Tokyo and three prefectures in the Kanto region.
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures.
Osaka Prefecture in the Kansai region.
- Welcome home! - I'm back.
Hey, Rei-chan, which do you prefer, Itaewon class or Crash Landing of Love?
What? Stay home, right? Let's watch them all at once.
I have to go to work tomorrow too.
Why?
Because... I have to go to interview corona cases.
Oh~!
We seek your co-operation to please eat in silence. Notice: Talking without your mask will increase the risk of infection!
How's the Social Affairs department?
I wish I could have been there for the training, but they told me not to go.
If you play ping pong, they'll scold you right away.
Right?
All I go to are press conferences.
Oh~.
How's about the International department?
I've been planning an overseas trip, but it won't be possible for a while.
Not for a while, huh?
Are you in touch with Nemoto?
I wish I could have been assigned to the MPD Club, but they say there are no cases going on at all now, so they're not busy.
Nemoto newsflash: I'm so bored I can't take it any more
It's like the world just stopped.
It's like a modern novel titled "The Day the World Stopped for Me", huh?
Why don't you write one then?
I'm just fumbling my way around, however
Nursery
Thank you for all your help.
Yes.
I understand.
I'll see you later.
Thank you.
Mano-san?
My kid's nursery is closed from tomorrow.
What?
Call me if you need anything.
What's going on?
Novel Coronavirus Situation analysis of infectious disease measures
In other words, it can be evaluated that the number of deaths has increased due to some effect.
And the postmortem PCR testing of pneumonia patients
has been reported as clinical surveillance,
and the need for such testing is determined on a case-by-case basis....
All this, is useless.
I'm sorry.
Where are the preliminary documents?
Here they are.
Have you read it?
It's full of technical terms, I don't understand the points.
The press conference started before I knew what was going on.
Izumi, I know it's tough, but try to look at it positively.
Not many journalists will get to experience something like this.
It's easier to understand the content if you interview the PR people before the press conference.
Okay.
Yes, this is Hirao.
I hate myself.
This job is just too much.
(I feel like) extra baggage
I'm not cut out for this.
I thought I could do better.
I thought my senpais were in trouble, but I'm the one in trouble.
You can't help it, you're new there.
"It can't be helped" is not an excuse
I'm under so much pressure
Sigh, I'm gonna try harder.
Why can't I go to the press conference to cover the case?
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department
Why... you say?
Takeuchi-kun, you're my colleague, but you're giving me the run around.
Don't call men by 'kun' when you're a woman, okay?
"kun" is a salutation (like "san") used for men, by people close to the person (eg. family, friends)
I only cover the zoo and the botanical gardens.
Haha, because you're in the right place at the right time.
Because women are cute in front of pandas and tulips, is it?
I can't send a woman on a killing mission, can I?
Can't you understand I'm being kind to you?
Kindness?
Why are you so unsatisfied?
The other day, you were asked to do an interview because it's rare to have a female reporter.
That doesn't happen for men.
I'm not saying that I want to be pampered.
I don't want pandas, I want to kill!
Excuse me, miss! You can't go in.
- Are you talking to me? - Yes, you.
I'm Sone from the NTV news department.
Eh? Television?
Yes, I am.
It's true.
Japan has changed.
Don't throw up, okay?
Don't worry about me.
Did something good happen?
You can tell?
Of course I can.
I finally got to go and cover a case!
Seriously?
Seriously, seriously!
Then we should celebrate! Open the champagne.
- The most expensive one! - OK!
Master! Champagne, the most expensive one.
Yes, sir.
It has been found that nearly 2,000 of the novel coronavirus patients are recuperating at home.
According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare,
as of the 28th of last month, there were 8,711 patients with the new strain of coronavirus...
- Hirao, the desk..... - Five seconds.
Yes.
5558 people have been hospitalized.
Yeah.
Uhm, the news just now was totally different from what I wrote...
Ah~ I was in the last minute, so I fixed it here.
Sit down.
This is your memo.
Yes.
Given the information that there are more than 5,000 hospitalized patients
and nearly 2,000 people receiving treatment at home,
why did you pick up on the hospitalized patients?
We've been reporting the number of hospitalized patients every day,
and I thought it was news that it had exceeded 5,000.
I see.
There's no doubt about that.
Even with a mild illness, there is a risk of spreading infection at home if the patient is treated at home,
and the patient's condition can change suddenly, can't it?
Yes.
That's why they recommend treatment at hotels,
but the actual situation is not keeping up with the figures, isn't it?
Yes.
I decided that rather than the number of hospitalized patients,
the fact that they may not be able to receive proper medical treatment
if they get infected now is what we should be telling them today.
Yes.
People say that TV is outdated,
but there are still many people who are anxious
and rely on TV in situations like this that no one has ever experienced before.
If we can't give them the information they need at a time like this,
it will really be the end.
I'm sorry.
Well, it's not easy, is it?
You'll learn as you go along.
I'm sorry.
Because the nursery is closed, Mano will be taking time off. Sorry!
It's over.
I have no sense for the news.
How do I develop such a sense?
It's not like I'm not putting effort.
I knew I wasn't cut out for this.
You must be tired.
You got your paycheck?
[Crocodile serving tea sticker]
That's impossible.
I can't afford any more trouble.
Please stand in line. One at a time.
One per person.
Here you go.
Thank you very much.
Eh?
Hiroki?
Huh? You got passed over?
I was beaten by NTV.
What the hell! That stupid TV station!
She seduced her way to the story, didn't she?
It's good, being a woman isn't it!
- Good work. - Oh~ Sone.
The Chief complimented you on a job well done.
Thank you.
This...
Please marry me.
Huh? You're not pleased?
No, I'm not! I'm happy.
I'm very happy!
I never thought this day would come.
Why?
Because...
I don't think I'll ever be a normal wife,
and I don't know when we'll have children.
Eh?
Are you going to keep working?
Did you think I was going to quit?
Ah...
You were happy with me
when I got to do the work I wanted to do.
No, that may be true,
But I didn't think you would keep doing it.
Why not?
"Why not?"
Everyone does it, right?
Everyone?
You think that too?
No...
No, that's not true.
You've done well enough.
But I've only just started.
That's the same for you, right?
When you achieve one goal, you have another, don't you?
What's your next goal?
Metropolitan Police Cap.
That's a much higher rank, isn't it?
Can a woman become one?
Yes.
Are you really okay with that?
Getting married, having children, being a good mother,
and one day having grandchildren and becoming a grandmother.
Isn't that what a woman's happiness is?
I'll do my best.
I'll work hard, buy a house with a big garden and grow flowers.
Oh, and let's get a dog too.
You like flowers and animals, don't you?
I won't make it hard for you.
Sigh...
You never understood me at all.
Hm?
Would you...
for my sake, cook for me, raise my child,
so that you can be happy playing with your grandchildren when you become a grandfather someday?
Would you quit your job for all that?
Okay, you don't have to quit.
But at least get transferred to a different department.
It's impossible to raise a child with the way you work now.
It would have be better if you could have children.
Were you trying to be a man?
That's not it.
I have to take off my make-up.
Why?
Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Kouto Ward 2008, June 8 12:32 PM
The bride and groom are entering in new clothes.
MPD Cap Hirao Shigefumi
Please welcome them with loud applause.
MPD Club Reporter Okuda Souta
MPD Club Reporter Tomonaga Yuki
MPD Club Reporter Mano Futaba
MPD Press Club
Tokyo Fire Department to all stations.
Traffic Rescue, 4-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ward.
MPD Club Reporter Takanashi Kazuki
Multiple incoming calls.
[Code 955 is an injury due to fire or other disasters]
Multiple code 955s in the area
Issue a Special First Aid Dispatch.
From Kanda fire command on scene: intersection in front of Akihabara station, truck accident, multiple 955s.
*Disaster Medical Assistance Team
Request DMAT dispatch.
Tokyo Fire Department understands.
In support of DMAT, Kanda Fire Station...
Live from the scene.
A theft has occurred in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward,
and the Metropolitan Police have just issued an open warrant for the male suspect.
The wanted man
is a reporter with NTV's news department
in charge of the MPD's Investigation Department,
30-year-old Okuda Souta,
According to the Metropolitan Police, Okuda is suspected of
stealing the heart of 30-year-old Anzai Midori.
The command team on the scene has requested 18 additional ambulances.
18 ambulances!
Two DMAT teams have been deployed.
Here's a live report from the Metropolitan Police Department.
MPD Inada Shuuhei First Investigation Section Chief
Okuda Souta....
Eh??
You really did it, huh.
You're completely surrounded.
Okuda-san's totally surprised.
It was worth working the whole night on this.
I'm just joking.
Congratulations on your wedding!
We police officers can only fulfill our responsibility
to protect the safety and order of society when people trust us.
Reporters like Okuda-san can only fulfill their mission if people trust them...
What's wrong Takanashi?
I couldn't reach Cap or Okuda-san on the phone.
The two of them are held up for a while... Is there an incident?
An accident...
a truck crashed into Akihabara's pedestrian mall, injuring many people.
But I can't get the authorities and fire department on the phone.
How's the scene?
We've got reporters and cameras out from headquarters.
They're sending a helicopter.
I'm on my way.
I'll send someone from the club.
The bride and groom will now go to your tables to greet you.
Please surround them with your beautiful smiles.
Accident outside Chiyoda-ward, Kanda 4-chome around 12:30pm. Truck crashed into Akihabara's pedestrian mall, injuring many people
Hirao-san.
What shall we do?
Let's assume Ok-kun can't go.
Yes.
Mano, you'll be in charge today.
Eh... okay.
Head to Manseibashi while writing the live broadcast.
Have Tomonaga go to the scene.
Got it.
I won't be able to leave until after the reception.
- I'm counting on you. - Okay.
You're connected to voicemail.
Please record a message after the tone.
This is Mano from NTV.
Sorry to call on a Sunday. I'll call again later.
Sorry, Torikai-san.
Thank you for calling me back when you're busy.
Are you off duty today?
Yes, I'm off duty.
Thanks for the rare selection of shochu at the shop the other day.
That was a good place you recommended.
I'm glad you liked it.
Are you on your way to Manseibashi now?
Yes, I am.
It's a terrible accident.
Accident?
It isn't?
It's a stabbing.
Eh?
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department
Mikuriya! Come over.
Social Affairs Reporter Mikuriya Isao
Social Affairs Desk, what is it?
Mikuriya-san?
- This is Mano. - Oh.
Is there a story about the Akihabara stabbing?
What's that?
A source whispered it to me.
It might be the Akihabara incident! There's information about a person being stabbed.
I'll have the desk dig deeper. Talk as soon as you get there.
Understood!
Also, we were in the middle of Okuda-san's wedding party, and Hirao is the MC.
Weddings are important.
Yeah, it's important.
Mikuriya-san, if you don't take care of your family enough, they'll leave you.
That's none of your business!
Tell me if it's not an accident, then it's an incident. If you need to leave, leave.
Not having a superior is no excuse.
I understand.
Hirao-san entrusted you with this, so don't let her down.
I understand.
110 is Japan's emergency phone number, like 911 in the US
Public Relations has announced that, based on 110 calls, six people have been stabbed.
Metropolitan Police Department
More than 10 injured, five in cardiopulmonary arrest.
I'll write a report first.
Seriously...
Ok-kun, I'm sorry I have to go.
I'm sorry, on a day like this.
Don't apologise! It's a once-in-a-lifetime day.
Thank you very much.
Bye.
Do not work today! I wish you all the happiness, Midori.
- Thank you very much! - Thank you very much!
Yeah.
Yeah? Sorry, I don't understand.
Do you mean the truck driver got out
and stabbed everyone with a knife?
Yes, that's the Section's finding.
Random murder?
That may be so.
Manseibashi Police Station
I'm getting a call from HQ, so I'll hang up for now.
This is Mano!
So you didn't leave?
It can't be helped if PR didn't come through.
Did you call you just to be sarcastic?
No, we managed to got a picture of the suspect.
Eh, how?
Our cameraman just happened to be at the scene.
Privately?
Yes, video footage from a digital camera.
That's amazing!
I want to get it out right away, so hurry up with the back-story.
I got it.
News Department News Floor
Just after noon today, an incident occurred where a truck crashed into a pedestrian mall in Akihabara,
hitting a passer-by and the male truck driver stabbed him.
Live at the Manseibashi police station is Mano-san.
Yes,
the truck crashed into a pedestrian mall in Akihabara, Tokyo, which was overflowing with people on Sunday.
The driver got out of his truck and stabbed passers-by one after another.
And here is the video of the moment the suspect, Kato Tomohiro, was apprehended.
It was filmed by NTV staff who were on the scene.
The suspect, wearing glasses and a suit and holding a knife,
was subdued by Metropolitan Police Department officers.
The crime claimed seven lives and seriously injured ten others.
The Metropolitan Police are trying to understand the motive.
The knife used in the crime was a survival knife with a length of approximately 23 cm
and a blade length of 13 cm.
Another blade was also found.
Has the suspect said anything?
Manseibashi Police Station 2008 June 9 11:03 AM
"I came to Akihabara from Shizuoka to kill people."
"I'm sick of the world."
"I didn't care who it was."
During the interrogation... when did he commit the crime?
First Section Chief, why Akihabara?
NTV huh...?
Does that mean the suspect was familiar with Akihabara?
You will not be receiving materials about the case.
Eh, why not?
Because of "that" thing this morning.
"That"?
That variety show you broadcast interviewing people shaming the police!
About halfway down the street, a policeman dropped his baton.
While he was doing that, the criminal ran this way and stabbed some people.
How could this happen, those idiots!!
I'm sorry... I didn't see it, but is it true?
What?
Well, if it's true...
Reports from security camera analysis since this morning show no such thing happened.
- I see. - No you don't see!
You're adding unnecessary work to our busy schedule!
- What the hell do you think you're doing? - I'm very sorry.
The entire MPD, including the Chief Superintendent, is furious!
- You're now banned. - No, not that....
I'm sorry, First Section Chief!
NTV is now banned!
Did you just say 'leave it alone'?
Social Affairs section chief Kaji Kouichirou
The variety show did it, didn't they?
It's an information bureau issue. We have nothing to do with it.
Don't get involved.
If we leave it alone, we lose access.
From the MPD's perspective, it's all from NTV.
It's not easy to apologise for something like this.
Why do we have to apologise?
Then as section chief, you should tell the information bureau chief.
What? I tell him!?
Who else is going to tell him?
No way!
It's like I'm bowing down and asking them for forgiveness!
Then I'll bow down.
It's not so simple, Hirao.
Just because you're the first female cap in history, aren't you getting carried away?
What?
That's how a company works, you know!
You wouldn't understand, would you?
I don't give a damn about personalities or territories!!
You're gave the viewers wrong information, so you have to correct it!
Not only that, our reporters have to suffer because they lost access!
Get the program to apologize!
I'm done talking to you!!
Ah...I've had it!
Ahh..!
Here...
Sigh...
Right?
- Yes. Yes. - Yes.
- Superintendent, about this morning's matter. - I'm in a hurry.
Then, please accept this letter.
I deeply apologise for the trouble I've caused you!
- I'm back~. - Welcome back~.
Where's the cap?
She went straight to the superintendent.
With a temperature of 39℃.
What? Is she okay?
I don't think she's okay at all,
but this is something you or me can't do on her behalf.
Hirao-san is an amazing person, isn't he?
That's true, of course, but...
But rank-wise, the cap is the one who talks to the police superintendent.
Eh... what's with that vertically structure society?
Like a yakuza boss doesn't talk to the underlings?
Well, I guess it's like that.
Well, if you look at it another way,
even if the superintendent hates women,
if she has the title of cap, she'll be able to talk to him properly.
Superintendent.
Please accept my deepest apologies.
Good morning.
You can't run in those.
I train regularly.
Uhm... please accept...
Do you think I'm saying this because I'm concerned about the police's reputation?
No...
That report said
"a police officer made a mistake and failed to protect the lives of civilians."
It's no different from saying something like that.
As the head of the Metropolitan Police Department.
I cannot allow that to happen.
I am well aware of that.
Are you here to bow down for the company?
For the sake of all the police officers working in the field,
I'm saying I won't tolerate it.
You understand, don't you?
I'm Hirao from the Information Bureau.
Is the Information Bureau Chief there?
Regarding the indiscriminate killing and injury incident in Akihabara, which we reported on the other day.
We reported that a police officer dropped his baton from an eyewitness statement, but this was an error.
Please accept this correction as our apology.
How did it go?
The ban is lifted.
- Thank goodness. - Yes!
Our challenge starts now.
Yes.
Let's go.
Four days before the crime,
the suspect Kato wrote that he was
"alone in reality" and and felt lonely even on the net.
What was his real motive after all?
There is talk that he was dissatisfied with his working life...
Even before he left for Akihabara,
he'd been posting advance notice on internet forums.
Did he want him to be stopped...
Was he looking for compassion?
Taking lives for such a reason...
That's right.
Maybe he didn't have a place to stay.
A place to stay?
We all know what would happen if he committed a crime like this, don't we?
Even so, the fact that he couldn't stop himself,
meant that he had no regrets about this society
or something like that.
Ah...
I'll never get used to these kind of interviews.
I know I shouldn't make judgments on their feelings,
and of course the bereaved families are sad.
This is the Mano that keeps me going at this job.
Eh?
Most people pretend to be paralyzed, saying it's just a job, it can't be helped.
But if you do that, you get really paralyzed.
And I forget why I wanted to do the news instead.
This afternoon, a fire broke out at a house in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo,
and a female university student living in the house was found lying in the burnt ruins,
her body bound with tape and her neck cut.
The fire broke out on the second floor of Kobayashi Kenji's house in Shibamata 3-chome, Katsushika-ward.
Kobayashi's second daughter, Junko, 21, a senior at Sophia University,
collapsed in the ruins of the fire on the second floor, but died shortly afterwards.
When I was still clueless at this job,
there was an incident where a female university student was murdered...
Shibamata, right?
Yes.
A whole week has passed since Junko-san was found in that room on the second floor of her house in flames.
However, despite diligent investigations, the culprit has yet to be found.
The victim, Junko-san, was scheduled to study abroad two days after the incident.
She wanted to become a journalist.
She was also close to my age.
I couldn't help but think of my own parents as Junko's parents.
Why did her life have to be taken away?
We are waiting for the culprits to be caught and the truth to be revealed as soon as possible.
The culprits have still not been found,
and I don't think the bereaved family
has forgotten even for one second since then.
Isn't that Ebina-san, the police chief at Seijo?
He hates the media, doesn't he?
That's right.
I thought he quit when he reached retirement age.
Here you go.
Thank you very much.
Ah... we need to prepare the equipment, so we'll have it later.
Please.
Excuse me.
Is Hirao-san doing well?
Yes.
She's currently the cap at the Metropolitan Police Press Club.
So for this year, I'm handling this.
What year were you born, Mano-san?
1981.
I see...
You're six years younger than Junko.
If she had studied abroad and become a journalist,
would she have become a reporter like you?
I won't show your face.
Okay.
Uhm... when Junko-san...
wrote a letter at the time of the Tsukuba Expo, to be sent to herself in the 21st century,
would you be able to show it to us?
Please wait a moment.
Here you go.
Thank you very much.
"When I'm about 25 years old,
I'm sure I'll be a good mother."
Ahaha... so cute.
You must have been a close family.
I think the future that primary school children imagine
is an extension of the happiness around them.
If that's how it was going to be,
I wish I could have done more.
I said I'd teach Junko the recipe for our croquettes
when she was going to be a bride...
The statute of limitations expires in three years.
Why did Junko have to be killed?
I only have three years left.
If we don't catch the murderer before then,
we'll never know the truth, for the rest of our lives.
Why is there a statute of limitations?
It's unreasonable that the victim's family
has to live with the pain for the rest of their lives
while the perpetrator gets off scot-free if he gets away with it until the statute of limitations expires.
Are you listening to me?
Are you talking to me?
Who else is here?
I thought you were talking to yourself.
If that's what everyone thinks,
why don't you just get rid of it?
The statute of limitations?
Heisei Unsolved Case File
Various articles of unsolved cases
Family of 4 murdered in Setagaya
Article about Kobayashi Junko's case
To: Kobayashi Junko
From: Kobayashi Junko Fifth Year, Class 4, Midorikawa School
What you can do to help solve a case even if you are no longer a police officer.
Seeking to Abolish the Statute of Limitations
Chief!
It's been a while. I'm Mano from NTV.
Don't look so... can I talk to you?
Don't go into the fields without permission.
Chief!
I quit already.
Then, Ebina-san.
What are you doing?
I'm helping.
Wha....
What did you do!?
Eh?
Why are you pulling everything out?
Because this...
Don't you know about thinning?
Th... thinning?
Seriously... what have you done?
I'm so sorry! I'm sorry.
Ebina-san,
you're working to abolish the statute of limitations now, aren't you?
I was surprised.
I didn't know that about you.
But you know you're trying to change the law, right?
That's a really good idea.
Don't stop working.
Sorry.
You're leaving too much space there.
Sorry.
Thank you.
It's like atoning for my sins.
I was...
in charge of the case where a family was murdered in Setagaya.
But I couldn't catch the murderer before I reached my retirement age.
Even though there was so much physical evidence...
But I heard that the bereaved family trusts you.
Trust is worth nothing.
It's just a pat on the back.
"He won't stop just because he's no longer a police officer!" they all say.
I spoke to Kobayashi-san.
I hear you're interviewing him every year.
Yes.
What do you want to know?
I'm not here today for an interview.
Will you let me join you?
What?
I'm not asking you to like me or the TV station.
But I think that TV
still has the power to move the hearts
of people who watch it and change something.
No... I don't need to join you or anything.
In order to abolish the statute of limitations,
I want you to use the power of television.
If that's what you think, why don't you just report it?
Of course we will!
But it's not enough as it is now.
What isn't?
The power of persuasion.
What do you want me to do?
I want the
bereaved families to come out and speak.
I understand that they don't want to be exposed.
But if the public can't see their faces, their message will be conveyed in a totally different way!
I will also make a request to the bereaved families.
But if it's just me, I think it will take too much time.
Even as we speak,
there are unsolved cases whose statute of limitations has expired.
That's why
I'd like you to talk to them.
In order to increase
the number of allies.
The statute of limitations...
when that limit arrives,
no matter what crime you have committed, you will no longer be charged with it.
For crimes punishable by death,
such as murder, the statute of limitations is 25 years.
Reasons cited for the statute of limitations
include the difficulty of finding evidence after a long period of time
and diminishing feelings of punishment on the part of the victim.
Although the law was amended in 2004 to extend the statute of limitations by 10 years,
there are people who now have doubts about this period.
The bereaved father of the 1996 murder
and arson case of a female university student in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo,
we spoke to Kobayashi-san.
This is the first time he has come out to speak to us
in order to raise doubts about the statute of limitations on murder cases.
Why is a Statute of Limitations Necessary?" Thoughts of a Father Whose Daughter Was Murdered
Kobayashi Kenji-san whose daughter's murder case will expire in 2 years due to statute of limitations
The grief of losing a family member and
the feelings against the culprit
From the time of the incident until now,
my feelings have not changed at all.
I don't think it will ever go away.
You never expect the killer to get away with it.
Why did my daughter...
Why did she have to lose her life?
However, I want to make sure it gets talked about.
Good evening Ebina-san.
I saw that.
Thank you.
Do you have time tomorrow?
What?
I'm supposed to return the belongings entrusted to the police
to the bereaved family of a case whose statute of limitations has expired,
do you want to come with me?
Are you sure?
I heard you say the broadcast earlier
"We didn't make it, but if there's anything you can do to help..." call us.
We'll be there, thank you very much!
I'm sorry we couldn't catch the culprit.
I wonder what the culprit is doing now.
I wonder if he's laughing "I got away!".
I'll be looking that way.
Can you tell me what's in it?
I will.
The coat she was wearing on the day of the incident...
Shoes
and a bag.
You were scared, weren't you?
It was painful, wasn't it?
I'm sorry.
Kobayashi Kenji, whose daughter was murdered 13 years ago.
He prays at her altar every day without fail.
Without catching the murderer, the statute of limitations on the case is about to expire in two years.
In February this year,
"Is the statute of limitations necessary?" Bereaved families seek abolishment of statute of limitations
Kobayashi-san, together with other bereaved families of murder victims,
established the Sora Association to abolish the statute of limitations.
Kobayashi Kenji Sora Association Representative Secretary
To abolish the statute of limitations with respect to murder cases,
we call for an amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure.
He and other bereaved families have travelled around the country
collecting signatures in support of the elimination of the statute of limitations.
The Sora Association is calling for the abolition of the statute of limitations,
and also lift the suspension of unresolved cases and for the State to compensate the bereaved families.
Since yesterday, we've been working hard to get Mano-san and her team to eat our croquettes.
It's been a while since I fried croquettes!
It's hard to feel like frying when it's just the two of us.
They're really really tasty.
There's a lot of corn in it.
That's great!
Are the ingredients different for this one and this one?
The sack-shaped one is corn
and the oval-shaped one is curry.
Eh? Curry-flavored croquettes?
- Itadakimasu~ - Itadakimasu.
Yum!
Delicious! I could get addicted to this.
Please come and eat again.
Are you sure? Are you sure?
These guys won't hold back.
It's fine! I don't want you to hold back.
Thank you very much.
Look at this.
We've collected so many signatures.
What?
How many are there?
About 45,000.
- That's amazing! - Wow!
I can't believe I have so many allies.
I'm glad I had the courage to stand in front of the camera.
- Can I have a look? - Sure.
Excuse me.
Kobayashi Kenji-san, whose daughter was murdered
and whose statute of limitations is now one year away, has been working to abolish it.
"Seeking to Abolish the Statute of Limitations." Continued Appeals by Bereaved Families
Kobayashi Kenji Sora Association Representative Secretary
Four days ago, on behalf of the bereaved families,
he made a statement at the Diet on the need to do so.
"Seeking to Abolish the Statute of Limitations." Continued Appeals by Bereaved Families
For such murder cases
I have a strong wish for even one less murder case like this.
At the root of it all,
those who have been murdered
and their bereaved families
are the same.
We don't want them to experience a lifetime of regret.
In order to achieve this,
the statute of limitations must be abolished...
Only if the rule that killing someone leads to severe punishment is maintained,
we believe it is something that can be achieved.
This afternoon, together with other bereaved families, Kobayashi-san went to the Diet again.
They watched the vote in the plenary session of the House of Representatives.
And then...
Please stand.
This proposal has passed as reported by the committee chairperson.
Bereaved Families Long Awaited Abolition of Statute of Limitations
Kobayashi-san could not hold back the tears that welled up in his eyes.
The statute of limitations for murder cases, which had been in place for 130 years since the Meiji era, was abolished today.
NTV News Reporter Mano Futaba
Abolishment of Statute of Limitations for murder cases Bill passed in the House of Representatives.
The investigation into the murder of an elderly couple
in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, which was due to expire tomorrow,
will continue.
The law abolishing the statute of limitations which was passed today,
also covers unsolved cases from the past that have not yet reached the statute of limitations.
The statute of limitations for the murder of the Miyazawa family of four in Setagaya Ward
will also be abolished.
Wow, it's really going to change.
Dad did his best, right?
A lot of people supported you.
We'll catch the murderer for sure.
In this job, you have to deal with a lot of unpleasant experiences, don't you?
Like hurting people for the sake of a good cause.
But today, for the first time in a long time,
I'm glad I'm doing this! I thought from the bottom of my heart.
Are you listening to me?
Oh, me?
There's no way I'm talking to myself.
Ha ha ha ha!
You laughed.
No, you did well.
Eh?
Yeah.
Well, the ones who really worked hard were Kobayashi-san and the others.
Of course, that's true.
Congratulations!
Thank you very much...
... which is strange for me to say, however.
Well you're calmer than I thought you'd be.
I thought you'd be more excited.
That's right, I was extremely excited, but...
But I quickly recovered.
It's not like the case is closed, you know?
Well, there's that, too,
and there are victims who will be left out of this change in legislation.
Well, that's true.
It's only for things like robbery and murder.
There are people who were almost killed and survived,
but suffered wounds that will never heal, you know.
The perpetrators of such cases are still protected by the statute of limitations.
Well, but one step at a time.
If you don't take the first step,
you won't be able to take the second.
Right!
Mano!
In the future
I'm going to be
head of the social affairs department.
I thought you weren't interested in getting ahead, Hirao-san.
I wasn't, but...
I thought that was a step in the right direction.
In the past,
"Women are like Christmas cake!"
and after the age of 25 you were treated as unsellable.
It was natural to leave the company after retirement, wasn't it?
There was a time when if you stayed at a company for a long time,
not only men but also women would make fun of you.
Yeah.
I think it's an extraordinary thing that Sone-san was able to go so far without precedent.
There must have been quite a few situations outside of work she had to overcome.
Even I was told
that the reason I could get stories was because I had pillow talk with senior police officers.
That's just prejudice.
But I was so frustrated that I hid in the shadows and cried.
You were?
That's right.
So I'm sure that in the time before me,
there were many people who had to quit halfway through their careers.
Even if they wanted to balance work with childcare,
they couldn't get support from those around them,
or it was ingrained in their minds that that was the way it was.
The fact that I was able to become a police cap is thanks to my senpais
where I was able to make one choice after another choice and so on.
That's why I also want
to create a path for Mano and other women
who are coming up so that they don't have to give up on something
just because they're female.
I want the senpais who have left to think,
"I wish I'd been born in this era."
That's why I'm aiming for head of the social department.
Sorry, sorry, sorry! Let's drink.
Someday I'll be
the cap for the Metropolitan Police too.
Yes.
Hirao-san you are amazing...
I don't know, but...
anyway, I'm going to be a great cap.
What's that? What kind of cap?
What?
The one that's crisp, nimble and irresistible?
Did Mano ever have a desire to be popular?
Maybe I'll marry someone like Leo.
You better invite me to that wedding!
The kids will be good enough to make a baseball team.
That's... that's amazing!
Ha ha ha ha!
Hey, Kan-san! Special kalbi for two.
The special? Did something good happen?
It's going to, from now on.
Smile for the camera.
Hey Mano.
Say cheese.
Are they coming?
The car in front of the 6th Aum Shinrikyo facility has started moving.
Suspect Asahara Shoko is believed to be in this vehicle.
On the rear right side, the figure of Representative Asahara wearing a purple ascetic uniform.
Suspect Asahara Shoko is visible from here.
They have arrested Representative Asahara.
Representative Asahara has been arrested.
It's a good thing nobody was sprayed with sarin gas.
Really, really.
Will the Aum quiet down now?
Okazaki from Aum confessed.
He also confessed to the murder and abandonment of the lawyer Sakamoto's family.
What about Tatsuhiko?
He says he killed them all.
The three missing persons
Eldest son Tatsuhiko (1)
wife Satoko (29)
Tsutsumi Sakamoto (33)
Missing
all of whom live in Isogo Ward, Yokohama,Tsutsumi Sakamoto, a lawyer,
his wife Satoko and their eldest son Tatsuhiko,
Lawyer Sakamoto had recently been consulting with the families of believers
in a certain new religious organization and conducting investigations.
The police had been investigating the possibility that he may have been involved in some kind of incident,
but with few leads they decided to open an investigation today.
This is Sone. Thank you for your hard work.
Cap, I heard they're conducting a search
for a dead body in Nagano Prefecture tomorrow,
can I go to the scene to cover it?
What are you talking about?
New statements are coming out from the cult leadership every day.
I think I have a responsibility...
Responsibility for what?
I was the one who reported it when the family disappeared.
I announced it by the prefectural police.
So what?
There were people who suspected Aum, weren't there?
If you had done a better job of covering that...
The police denied it and there was no evidence.
And yet you're treating them like the bad guy, that's a big problem.
That's true, but...
You used Aum
for ratings, didn't you?
If you had told people earlier that Aum was a dangerous organization...
The sarin gas attack on the underground,
the Matsumoto sarin gas attack
and many other incidents wouldn't have happened.
There would have been many lives
that would not have been taken away...
So at least...
There are enough young guys at the scene.
Don't think you can let go of your guilt just by doing this.
Three bodies were found as per the suspect's statement.
Police are now working out the details of the crime and aim to unravel the whole case.
As for the current investigation, police are first confirming the identities of Tatsuhiko and Miyako's bodies.
From there, the full extent of the case will be unraveled.
At the Joint Investigation Headquarters, statements from the Okazaki suspects...
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Hey, Izumi come over!
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- You have to press this "share" button. - This one?
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Physical Checkup Report
Metabolic Determination - E
That's why I said I'm sorry! I can't take time off work.
I'll pay for it, so you can go to the best place possible...
Sorry, I'll call you again.
Is everything alright?
I just threw everything related to my mother's care to my sister,
she's really angry now,
so I'm trying to smooth things over with money.
If you take a break now, everything will fall apart.
Yeah.
Coming.
Nursery
Ehh~...what's it this time?
Yes, this is Sugai.
Yes, I heard you're reopening tomorrow...
Oh, is that so?
I guess it can't be helped.
No, no, I fully understand that the teachers are having a hard time.
Yes, then, have a good day.
Mum?
The nursery is closed again.
Let's go for a walk!
Mommy, let's go for a walk! Mommy, go for a walk!
He is singing a popular kid's song - Maigono Maigono Neko-chan (The lost cat)
Someday I'll be a cap for the Metropolitan Police too.
Hirao-san you are amazing...
anyway, I'm going to be a great cap.
To prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection (Festival) Canceled Itabashi Ward Citizens Association
Izumi.
Izumi!
You got bed hair.
Don't go to the interview like that.
I'm sorry.
It's all Corona's fault. It's all Corona's fault.
It's all Corona's fault...
Are you okay?
It's all Corona's fault...
You're acting a little weird.
If you'd taken care of your child, this wouldn't have happened.
Huh?
I'm sorry, I'm just taking it out on you.
No, that's...
When I found out, Mano had already taken care of the maternity arrangements and everything.
Is that so?
I was surprised too.
It's just that, well,
in a situation like this,
I just thought maybe that's the way mothers are.
"That's how mothers are?"
I wonder if that's her true feelings.
Eh?
Sugai-san, if you took time off work to raise your child, people would say all kinds of things
about Mano-san, wouldn't they?
Heh, would they?
Have you ever been called an "ikemen" (good-looking), Sugai-san?
Well, I guess.
Isn't that compliment a bit nuanced?
I don't know.
But Mano-san...
Mothers of the world are never told that.
What would be a plus for a father is a given for a mother.
Even if they're doing the same thing,
when it comes to child-rearing, fathers get an award.
If a mother doesn't do the same thing, it's a minus, isn't it?
She'd fall to the ground.
I'm sorry.
Since my boyfriend disappeared without a word, I've stopped giving a damn.
Huh?
It's my fault.
I know it's my fault, but it's not like I was fooling around.
Ah, it's a common trait of newbies in the media.
They're so busy with work that they get dumped by their partners while training.
Please don't tell me there's a certain way people fall in love.
Okay.
- Thank you for waiting. - Thank you for having us.
- I'm Izumi from NTV. - Pleased to meet you.
Please come in.
- Uncle~ - Are you coming?
I'd like to come.
I brought Na-chan with me today.
- Can you see me Grandpa? - Na-chan~!
Can you tell us about the infections during last month's cluster outbreak?
Yes.
From the middle to the end of last month,
four staff members and five residents,
a total of nine people were infected.
What measures were taken against infection?
All staff members
were regularly tested for PCR,
and everyone voluntarily restricted their activities
and did various things patiently.
Family visits were also cancelled.
Even so, we couldn't prevent it.
I heard that two residents passed away.
When I think of the feelings of the families...
they were refrained from taking visitors
but now no one can even see them for the last time.
One of the infected staff members
was me.
I didn't realise that.
I'm kind of sorry.
Sugai-san?
Go ahead first.
- We won't make it in time for "every." - I know, I know.
Why was this thrown away?
Ah.
They were probably the personal belongings of a resident who died of corona,
and in order to prevent infection, they couldn't even be returned to the family,
so they were disposed of.
Oh, I see.
That's sad.
The last time the residents saw their families in person was over a year and a half ago.
The two who died passed away after their health deteriorated and they were unable to see their families again.
At the facility, a parent is seen talking to his family members via a tablet.
- Good work. - Good work.
Uhm...
Ah...
Eh?
I'm really fed up with it.
Hm?
It's all numbers every day.
How many people were infected,
how many died, and so on.
But...
I was only thinking of them as numbers.
Each and every one of those numbers
is a human
with a life.
Ah...sorry for saying all this to you, Sugai-san.
It's not like we're not friends or anything...
No, no...
I think Mano also said the same thing.
Eh?
At the time of the earthquake in eastern Japan.
How many people died,
how many people are missing,
how many buildings collapsed.
She wondered what people would think
if they kept hearing numbers like that.
Mano-san did?
Well, you probably only see the woman
who's too busy raising her kid to do her job.
Eh...
So, did Mano-san
get over that gloomy period of the earthquake?
Uhm... not really?
Right now I'm driving about 2 km from the coast in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
What I can see from the window is debris spread all over.
I have no idea what kind of buildings were originally swept away by the tsunami.
Some buildings still retain their original shape,
but windowpanes have fallen out and debris has piled up on the floor.
Me, my brother, my father and my mother are all managing for the time being.
I'm Onodera Yuu from Minamisanriku.
Minamisanriku suffered a lot of damage, but I am well and trying my best.
My house is gone, but I still have my life.
My mother hasn't been found yet, so if anyone knows where she is, please contact me at Ushirohama Elementary School.
We're fine here.
We have delicious lunches, so please don't worry.
It's a tough situation, but we'll get through it somehow.
Ken-chan, next time the electricity comes on, let's play Playstation.
I'm sorry we couldn't go to Disneyland as we had promised.
Grandpa is in hospital, but he's doing better than anyone else.
Don't worry about anything.
It's been a tough time since the earthquake,
but I'll do my best to make it to the Koshien next year
so that I can cheer up Ishinomaki because of what happened!
Yes, that's OK! Thank you very much.
- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
- What do you have there? - I made them.
Cool!
- My chopsticks! - You made them together?
We shaved the bamboo and made chopsticks. It was fun!
That's nice. It's really cool.
Good work!
I bought you a yakiniku bento.
- Eat up. - Thanks for the food.
Izumi! Don't you want to eat your bento?
Ah, thank you.
Oh, is this from the earthquake?
Yes.
You know,
this kinda saved lives.
If we had reported, "Run from the tsunami more than anything else after the earthquake!"
we could have saved more lives,
however our on-air coverage was about the fire in Odaiba,
In Odaiba, Tokyo.
Magnitude 7 in northern Miyagi
There's a fire on the top floor of the Telecom Centre building.
The press can be a very loud voice.
That's why I regretted it so much.
But in this way,
even if it's just one person's voice.
Mano and the others reminded me that we may be able to reach the people
who need it through the press.
Eat it while it's still warm.
Voice
♪ That's why you're flying, to wherever you're going. ♪
- Mano-san! - Oh, Takanashi.
Good work! Here~.
This is Mommy's friend.
This is the first time I've met Minato.
Hello.
He's a shy guy.
- Minato, don't go too far away! - Okay~
He's so cute!
Sorry for making you come all the way.
I was just in the neighbourhood for an interview.
I wonder if it will be easier to work remotely if I get a new phone.
I guess it depends on the user.
What?
I'm just joking.
If you get a new model, please return the one you're using now.
Yes, I will.
Is everything okay?
The nursery is closed again, right?
Yeah, that's right.
I've already learnt the "Anpanman March".
Is it tough? This time of year.
I get pushed around a lot.
- What about Sugai-san? - Well...
I'm better suited to housework and childcare after all.
Mano-san, you didn't do much housework before you got married.
How do you know that?
After being together that long, I could tell.
So you knew.
Can I talk about something weird?
What is it?
When I was living as a man...
When I was walking at night, a woman walking in front of me
started walking fast, like she was running away.
She suddenly started talking on her mobile phone.
I didn't do anything, so don't be scared! I was thinking.
Yeah.
But now I sometimes get scared on the streets at night.
I always wanted to be a woman,
but I didn't understand how women had to go through life.
So that's how it is.
That's right.
I only know how to live this way.
There it is!
Huh?
Mano-san, aren't you set in your ways of life?
Really?
I think there are many more.
There are many different kinds of women.
I'm sure there are many ways to be a mother.
I think there are many different ways of working.
I think it's fine that there are working mothers that we haven't seen before.
I don't want them to give up.
When we were covering the earthquake,
I saw many people who had died,
and I remember carrying bodies together with everyone.
They were heavy.
Since then,
I have to live my life without regrets! That's what I came to think.
Rather than not making waves,
not lying or cheating are important aspects to me.
The things I want to do,
the things I want to say,
I will never give them up till the bitter end.
So I'm sorry, I've rambled on a lot.
Thank you.
Thank you for being so chatty.
I was getting very narrow-minded.
After I became like this,
there were people who asked me where I wanted to go,
but you accepted me naturally, Mano-san.
That really made me happy.
I mean, who said that?
Huh! Right?
Right!
Bring your umbrellas all this week.
I'm...
taking some time off.
What?
I can do childcare and housework.
If I work hard, I can do it too.
No?
No, that's great.
You're a BIG help!
Don't say it's a big help.
I just want to be with Minato more.
Yeah.
Generation Z are scary.
Eh?
I'm going to take a bath.
What did you say to Sugai?
Can we talk now?
- Good evening. - Good evening.
I didn't say anything.
But you did say something, right?
I didn't say anything.
Whatever.
I'll be back soon.
It would be great if you did.
Yeah.
Or rather, could you get back to work sooner?
What do you mean?
I'd like to consult with you about my work.
Of course! What is it?
The other day
I went to interview the senior citizen's home that had the cluster.
To ask what measures they were taking.
Yeah.
I only had that objective in mind,
and I spoke to a staff member
she said that she was sorry for getting infected,
like she felt ashamed or something.
Yeah.
All I could think about is how guilty she was feeling.
But...
she didn't have to go to all the trouble of saying it... to me
It's seems safer not to tell anyone, right?
That's right.
I thought maybe she wanted to talk about it.
That might be the case.
Do you think it's good to do more interviews? Like...
The people who have been infected and their experience?
It might be.
All people see are the infected and just say "sorry!".
That's right!
I wonder what would happen if I got infected now.
I wonder if I'd be blamed for not participating in nightlife,
or if the company would complain if I'm not good enough,
But before that, what about the topic of my own body?
I hear that even young people suffer a lot.
And they're afraid of the after-effects.
And to recuperate at home, all alone without being able to tell anyone...
That's like being in hell isn't it?
It's true
that the more stories you hear about experiences of infection,
the more you'll be able to save yourself in times of crisis.
That's right!
If someone is able to speak up about it, it will make it easier for others to speak out too.
That's right.
But the risks are high.
If you work in an environment with a lot of elderly people, you might be attacked even more so.
That's right.
Even if you can get the person's consent,
it's also quite difficult to get them to back up their story.
Yeah...
I wanted to make their voices heard.
Well...
I wanted to give a voice
to each and every one of the numbers.
I wanted to make sure they were heard.
Not just "Oh, you're infected, sorry".
Yeah.
Is it a bad plan?
Why don't you give it a try if want to do it, Izumi?
We won't get started until we do some interviews.
Yeah...
I don't want to work hard if there's a high chance it will be a waste.
I'd rather spend my time on other things.
Huh...
Weren't you consulting with me just now?
You're going to say it's a waste of time, right?
Izumi, what are you doing here in the news?
The news is all about waste.
There's only news if there's waste, right?
Well, that's an exaggeration, but...
But you don't know if it's a waste or not until afterwards.
The person Izumi is trying to interview
may want to talk about something completely different from what Izumi is imagining.
It may be a waste of time,
but don't make assumptions from the start.
Anyway, you have to collect all the information scattered around like stardust,
and then connect them together like constellations, and only then will a story emerge, right?
If you only look at the North Star, you won't notice the Big Dipper.
You know a lot about stars, don't you, Mano-san?
That's right!
So what were we talking about?
Mano-san, you're going to be the cap for the Metropolitan Police, right?
Don't say it's coming, just get it quickly.
How do you know?
Everyone knows.
Everyone?
The Chief and the Bureau Chief, everyone.
Huh!
Oh, my God, Hirao-san!
But I think she's right.
Huh?
It's impossible for Mano-san to be the cap while raising a child,
even if you work hard alone.
I mean, it's not actually happening right now, is it? Becoming the cap.
That's why
Hirao-san is trying to get everyone involved.
Even if you give up,
I don't think Hirao-san will.
I want to work at the MPD too,
so I'm counting on you.
Good night!
Ah...
Ah, sorry to call you on your day off.
Not at all.
I'd like to hear about your own experiences today, Satsuki-san.
Yes.
I thought I was more careful than others because of my job.
But a resident developed a fever
and I found out it was corona.
I also tested positive.
After that, I developed symptoms and was hospitalized.
When I was discharged,
I heard that two residents had died.
I spent more time with them
than they did with their own families...
With both of them...
They couldn't see their families,
so we were with them a lot more...
If I told anyone about it...
I was afraid that they would say I was a murderer or something.
Infections despite measures... Residents died in home for elderly.
Female nursing staff infected last month (20's)
Up till now,
I've never been able to talk to anyone about it.
But
even if you're young,
even if you're not playing around or anything...
I want to tell people
that it is possible to get infected
and to be careful to protect their loved ones.
If you have experienced infection,
please send your thoughts and feelings to the ZERO homepage
or to the official Twitter feed.
This hashtag was planned by Izumi.
Wow.
As one would expect from a digital native, huh?
I think there are
people who want to share their experiences
anonymously on social networking sites.
But that's not something you do on TV, is it?
That's right.
But...
to talk about it on TV,
the hurdle would be so much higher.
The number of people willing to appear on TV would drop dramatically.
You don't have to be rely on broadcasting only, do you?
What?
You mean not using TV?
No...
I'm just saying that we should use the power of the internet.
Ahh.
- So it's about creating an opportunity? - That's right.
First of all, have them send their message, and then figure out how to get it on air.
Hmm~.
Voices in numbers...
It's like a baton.
Eh?
Like Izumi, she's doing the same thing as you.
Me?
I don't think I've passed the baton to her yet.
Hmph! Ha ha ha ha.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Good morning.
- Good morning. - Eh?
Izumi you've gotten out of your slump?
2. I'm infected and I want to talk about it
You're trending! Yeah.
Thanks to Izumi, I have more work.
- I'm sorry. - Get to work, get to work.
- Work, work! - Okay.
- You too. - Yup.
Here we go.
I heard she's being transferred to sports.
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department
She's been asking for it for a long time, hasn't she?
I guess it's time for Sone-san to become the MPD cap.
Oh, will it be in the sports paper again?
The first female police cap.
Ah, Sone... a moment.
Yes.
Here it comes!
As for the next MPD cap,
I'm thinking of Tanabe.
He's the youngest MPD cap in history.
I see.
I understand.
Why you look like that.
Well, Tanabe is excellent, but his experience is still limited.
But we have to change too.
I think Tanabe can give us a new wind.
He's expecting a child this summer,
and I'm sure he'll do his best.
So that's it.
I'd like you
to be the sub-cap.
I want you to support young Tanabe as his right-hand man.
If you follow Tanabe's lead with your ability and experience,
don't you think our MPD Press Club will be the strongest?
Sone-san!
I'm Hirao, second year.
I joined the company because I admired Sone-san,
and hoped to one day work under you and get a scoop together...
That's too bad.
Eh?
Boss, may I have a word?
Oh, what is it, Mikuriya... stop calling me boss.
News Bureau, Social Affairs Department 2024, Feb 14
I wanted to talk to Hirao-san as the chief of the social affairs department.
Social Affairs Department Chief Hirao Shigefumi
Excuse me, Mikuriya-san.
This just came in.
What is this?
It looks like a jewelry store heist.
Eh?
When was this video made?
Probably not too long ago.
Share it with the Metropolitan Police Club.
MPD Press Club
MPD Cap Mano Futaba
- Good morning~. - Good morning.
- Hmm? - What is he doing?
Kuga-chan! Cap is asking why you're wearing make-up.
I gotta show my face on the report later, right?
Ah! I like your lipstick.
It's good, right? It doesn't look too overdone.
Where did you get it?
I told him where to get it.
Cheers!
This is Mano.
The video I just sent you is in Shinjuku. Is the MPD aware of it?
I'll go check.
The boss said to get it on the beginning of "every".
Okay, got it.
I didn't say that.
You pretty much did.
Here's the breaking news. Around 2pm today...
Shinjuku, Tokyo - Jewel store robbery
We made it in time.
Good work.
Four men broke in, stole a necklace and other items, and fled the scene.
According to witnesses, after the robbers broke into the shop, one of them threatened the staff and customers with a knife...
So what did you want to talk about?
I'm thinking of quitting, soon.
Hm?
Quitting what?
The company.
Can I ask why?
Cancer, liver cancer.
Oh, I've been told that it can be cured with treatment.
As expected, I can't continue treatment while doing this job,
so I thought about asking to be transferred to a department other than the field,
but I don't think I'd be able to handle it.
I see.
Do you really want to quit?
Then take a good rest.
You can take a leave of absence,
or if you can manage your treatment, you can work shorter hours.
I don't want to cause you trouble.
People who take time off or shorten their working hours to raise children,
do you think it's a nuisance?
Or maybe it's my fault?
Is it because I didn't take time off when my own parents had a hard time?
No, that's not true..!
Because that's not the same thing!
I was just afraid that the company would think,
"It's okay if Hirao isn't around, there are plenty of replacements."
But...
There are replacements.
There are, but they are not the enemy.
When someone's in trouble, we help each other!
I really think that's true.
If you can think like that, don't quit.
Thank you very much.
What were you planning to do after you finished treatment?
Re-employment isn't that easy.
It's many times harder than changing jobs.
Even as a divorcée, you still need money.
Hirao-san, Hirao-san! Hirao-san!
That's a kind of harassment.
Hmm? What kind?
Oh, mentioning divorce?
Oh, the divorce. Sorry! No mentioning divorce.
You can't do that!
That's because....
Do you come here often?
A lot of news people come here.
So if you're going to say something bad, go to another shop.
I don't have anything bad to say.
Not at all?
You can't change people,
so if I can't stand it any more, I'll change my environment.
If you're going to quit, you should at least discuss it beforehand.
If I consulted you, would you change anything?
Eh? Me?
That's right.
Now I'm scared.
Forget it then.
I'm listening.
I understand that being MPD cap
is an important job with a lot of responsibility, but Mano-san,
you're supposed to keep your hours short.
Yes.
But instead of shorter hours, you're working a lot of overtime.
Yes.
People of your generation might think that kind of thing is admirable,
but it's just cheating.
- Cheating? - That's right.
W-what do you mean?
It's the opposite of cheating.
Mano-san, you're working even when you really should be resting.
Then the company would assume
that you can handle that amount of work in a shorter time, wouldn't they?
If we don't do the same thing, we won't get the same recognition.
It's not just a matter of being good at it, Mano-san.
For example,
a world where I can be a single mother
and still be the MPD cap is impossible as of now, isn't it?
I'm just talking about an example,
no matter what kind of circumstances you're in.
I understand.
Hmm! Thanks for the food. I'm going to the bathroom.
Well said indeed.
- Come again~! - Goodbye!
Thanks for the food!
I'm not sleeping.
I know you're not.
Even the flowers don't look so bright now.
Why did you quit?
Because I couldn't become cap.
I was blocked by the glass ceiling
and quit because I got fed up with it.
That's what they're saying,
but it's not true.
I...
had pride in my news work.
I had the confidence
that I was helping people and society by telling the truth.
But...
It was a luxury.
Okazaki from Aum confessed.
He also confessed to the murder and abandonment of the lawyer Sakamoto's family.
I think I have a responsibility...
There would have been many lives
that would not have been taken away...
People around me say it's not my fault,
but that's not it at all.
I've become scared.
I must hold on to that fear
and never give it up.
I was determined
to hold on to it
and face my work sincerely and carefully every day.
I thought that was my cross to bear.
But when he said to me, "Your job is to support the men"...
I thought, "Ah... that's enough."
I ran away.
Mano-san, I found this.
Whoa! It's Sone-san!
Is she still coming to this shop?
There?
Another robbery?
I'm about to do an interview.
Hm? What's it about?
There was another baby abandonment the other day, wasn't there?
I made an appointment with the baby's father.
It may be a closed story in the eyes of the public, but I just couldn't help...
That's what you were doing?
- I was doing my other work as well. - That's not what I meant.
You were looking for the father, weren't you?
You should go.
Are you sure?
If you miss him today, he might change his mind.
Thank you very much.
Support?
Yes.
Izumi has another interview.
I'm sorry too, but I have to leave at 5:00 p.m. on short notice,
so I think I'll leave the club in Takanashi's hands and ask for support from HQ for on-site coverage.
I got it.
That's the update for now.
That's no good.
Eh?
Didn't you say "It's forbidden to say sorry"?
Oh... did I say that?
You did!
Now everyone has a habit of saying it.
It makes everything go more smoothly.
Well, I understand,
but even then, we can't stop?
Right.
I'm going back to the police station then.
Thank you for coming today.
I would like you to tell me something important that only you, the baby's father, can talk about.
It's for the sake
of people who may be suffering from the same problem
all over Japan.
What do you think about this, Shimokawa-san?
I was surprised to hear that programming and escape games are being used in entrance exams,
compared to the paper tests for Japanese, arithmetic, science and social studies...
You're watching it very seriously.
Because Izumi's first feature will be on air today.
You're so overprotective.
If I leave her alone, she'll quit.
But it's actually the opposite.
I have to watch closely
so I don't get paralyzed.
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This drama is a fiction based on actual events, the historical background of the time, and interviews with reporters and other people involved.