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How to travel Japan without once paying for a hotel

May 13, 2008 - 05:51
(Gadling)
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'I did something bad': Japanese thief asks for punishment

May 12, 2008 - 22:54
A Japanese man who stole cash from a store by brandishing a knife turned himself in only five minutes later, saying he wanted to be punished, police said Monday. (AFP)
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Health-conscious Japanese women are running in style

May 12, 2008 - 22:54
'The quickest way to beauty is to sweat." So goes the battle cry in a recent issue of Anan, Tokyo's most influential women's magazine. A year ago this same publication had boldly endorsed sex as the surefire way of attaining and maintaining a beautiful body. (International Herald Tribune)
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Crackdown leaves motorcyclists in limbo

May 12, 2008 - 02:48
(Asahi)
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Hollywood J-pop

May 11, 2008 - 05:55
(The Star)
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From terror to parking cars

May 11, 2008 - 00:43
(Japan Times)
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This Mob Is Big in Japan

May 10, 2008 - 02:12
I have spent most of the past 15 years in the dark side of the rising sun. Until three years ago, I was a crime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, and covered a roster of characters that included serial killers who doubled as pet breeders, child pornographers who abducted junior high-school girls, and the John Gotti of Japan. (Washington Post)
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Travel postcard: 48 hours in Kyoto, Japan's old capital

May 10, 2008 - 02:12
(Reuters)
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Yemen tribesmen release Japanese women hostages

May 7, 2008 - 23:44
Yemeni tribesmen have released two Japanese women holidaymakers who were kidnapped Wednesday while on their way to a tourist site in the region of Marib, a tribal chief said. (AFP)
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In Japan, cards are serious business

May 7, 2008 - 23:44
(canada.com)
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Man robs loan office with 'hydrogen sulfide'

May 7, 2008 - 23:44
(Yomiuri)
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Japanese found in Australian outback

May 6, 2008 - 02:32
(Courier Mail)
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Japanese man accused of attacking lecturer is arraigned

May 5, 2008 - 10:48
(kob.com)
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Japanese make it 'Jam'-aica

May 4, 2008 - 22:55
(jamaica-gleaner.com)
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S. Korean city saves Japanese quarter

May 4, 2008 - 22:55
(Yomiuri)
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Just to be a libertine

May 4, 2008 - 03:16
(Japan Times)
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Choosing pets over babies

May 4, 2008 - 03:16
(Japan Times)
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The role of the media in tulip massacres and suicide

May 4, 2008 - 03:16
(Japan Times)
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