Motor racing: Vettel wins in Japan but no title yet

Japan Sports News - October 13, 2013 - 08:08
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday but was made to wait for his fourth successive Formula One title after Ferrari's Fernando Alonso finished fourth. (gmanetwork.com)
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Father drowns trying to save 2 sons off Kanagawa coast

Japan Society News - October 13, 2013 - 07:55
A man drowned on Sunday morning after he jumped into the sea to try and save his sons who had slipped off rocks on the coast near Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. (Japan Today)
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Radiation estimates for Fukushima workers may be too low: U.N. report

Japan Sci-Tech News - October 13, 2013 - 07:06
Japanese authorities may have underestimated by 20 percent the radiation doses workers received in the initial phase of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, according to a recently released report by a U.N. panel. (Kyodo)
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Teens confine girl to car in Tokyo, force her into prostitution

Japan Society News - October 13, 2013 - 04:01
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a pair teenage girls for confining a girl and forcing her into prostitution. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Bullet train passenger's comment about exploding bladder reported to police as bomb threat

Japan Society News - October 13, 2013 - 01:26
A Tohoku-bound bullet train was forced to make an emergency stop after passengers reported that a man had warned there would be an explosion on the train. (Japan Today)
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Knife-wielding man attempts to steal gun from police in bid to get arrested

Japan Society News - October 13, 2013 - 01:23
Police in Tokyo said Saturday they have arrested a man who walked into a police koban brandishing a knife and demanded to be given a gun. (Japan Today)
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Mercury hits 31 degrees in Tokyo; highest on record for Oct

Japan Sci-Tech News - October 13, 2013 - 01:21
The temperature reached 31.3 degrees in Tokyo at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the highest temperature ever for October since records started being kept 138 years ago, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. (Japan Today)
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G-20 finance chiefs urge U.S. urgent action over fiscal impasse

Japan Politics News - October 13, 2013 - 01:12
Finance chiefs from Group of 20 economies urged the United States on Friday to promptly act on a fiscal impasse they said could stifle global economic activity, while calling for careful steps when changing course on monetary policy. (Kyodo)
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FSA to consider additional action against Mizuho

Japan Business News - October 13, 2013 - 00:53
The Financial Services Agency will consider taking additional administrative action against Mizuho Bank after the bank reports later this month how and why its earlier report on its loans to crime groups failed to disclose the truth about the involvement of its executives, according to FSA officials. (Kyodo)
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