Current Affairs Quiz [2024]

Tsukiji Gindaco

Tsukiji Gindaco holds an all-you-can-eat event every year at select locations inside AEON malls. This event is part of AEON’s Black Friday promotions, and it was announced that it will also be held in 2024 for five days, from November 25 to 29.

54 home runs and 59 stolen bases

Shohei Ohtani posted the best numbers of his career in the 2024 season, tallying 54 home runs and 59 stolen bases. Achieving a 50–50 season—recording at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases—was a first in Major League history, and in the end he far surpassed that mark.

Gundam

At the Osaka-Kansai Expo, it has been decided that a life-size statue of Gundam, from the popular anime Mobile Suit Gundam, will be installed. Gundam is one of Japan’s most iconic anime works and continues to be loved by many fans around the world. The Gundam to be installed at this Expo will be posed kneeling on one knee with its hand reaching toward the sky, said to represent the figure forging a new space age.

One year late

Due to factors including a request from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to review the tree conservation plan, the project will be carried out one year later than originally planned. Work commenced after the plan was revised to reduce the number of trees to be felled compared to the initial plan.

Kokugakuin University

In the 56th All-Japan University Ekiden, Komazawa University’s bid for a fifth consecutive title drew attention, but Kokugakuin University thwarted it and won. Among the listed options, Waseda University finished fifth, and Teikyo University placed eighth.

58 years

Mr. Iwao Hakamada’s case occurred in 1966, and in 2024 he was acquitted in a retrial. Thus, 58 years passed from the incident to the acquittal in retrial. It is said that this is the fifth case since the war in which a person whose death sentence had been finalized was later acquitted in a retrial.

Masaki Okada and Mitsuki Takahata

On November 19, 2024, the marriage of Masaki Okada and Mitsuki Takahata was announced, drawing significant attention from fans and the media. Their relationship had not been reported by the media before, and it is said that they began dating in December 2023.