Raining all day long. There were even heavy rain and flood warnings given out at night. It's a warm winter this year, as the low pressure from the south has brought rain rather than snow.
It was still very cold to walk to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to meet some people at noon and then to the Shinjuku Post Office to buy 300 Nengajo cards (=New Year Greeting cards).
Back at home, I just slept for hours and hours again, hearing the rain getting stronger each hour.
一日じゅう雨が降った。夜になっても大雨・洪水警報が出されていたくらいだ。今年は暖冬だ。南からの低気圧で雪ではなく、雨になってるぐらいだから。
正午に東京都庁へ人と会いに行って、その後、新宿郵便局に３００枚の年賀状を買いに行ったけど、かなり寒かったよ。
家に帰って、何時間も何時間もとにかく寝た。雨が時間ごとに強くなるのを耳にしながら。
And meanwhile, the news I wasn't able to cover because I'm taking this week off...
he's sentenced to five years without a stay of exectution...
そしてその間に、今週休んでるために取材ができなかったニュースが…
写真：５年の実刑判決を言い渡された…
（以下、共同の英文記事：和訳は略）
article about the judgement from Kyodo...
◆Architect Aneha sentenced to 5 years over building data fabrication
TOKYO, Dec. 26 KYODO
The main player in the earthquake-resistance data fabrication scandal was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of 1.8 million yen on Tuesday at the Tokyo District Court.
Disqualified architect Hidetsugu Aneha, 49, was indicted for fabricating structural engineering data for four condominiums and two hotels in the planning stages between February 2003 and February 2004, which resulted in buildings with substandard quake resistance.
He was also accused of committing perjury before a Diet committee in December last year over the question of when he began engaging in data fabrication, and of abetting an architectural designer in violating the registered architect law by allowing the designer to use his name as a state-licensed architect.
Prosecutors demanded the court sentence Aneha to five years in prison and a fine of 1.8 million yen, arguing the defendant ''gained 20 million yen of illegal profits annually through the fabrication and jeopardized many human lives.''
Aneha pleaded guilty at the first court hearing on Sept. 6, seeking a suspended sentence.
Aneha, who was arrested on April 26, was freed on a 5 million yen bond on Thursday.
==Kyodo
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