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Woman fatally stabbed in Tokyo suburb; ex-boyfriend arrested

November 27, 2013 - 22:39
A 22-year old woman was fatally stabbed on Wednesday on a busy street in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, and a former boyfriend was arrested the following day after fleeing to an island off Tokyo. (Jiji Press)
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Japan police to offer reward in Mie schoolgirl murder case

November 27, 2013 - 22:33
The National Police Agency will offer a reward of up to 3 million yen for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of a junior high school girl in August in Mie, central Japan, agency officials said Wednesday. (Jiji Press)
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Tokyo High Court backs Aleph's claim in libel suit

November 27, 2013 - 22:27
Tokyo High Court largely upheld a lower court ruling on Wednesday that ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to pay one million yen to Aleph, the main sect of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, in a defamation suit over the 1995 shooting of Japan's police chief. (Jiji Press)
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Family of Kyoto girl killed by car file suit

November 27, 2013 - 22:25
The family of a primary school girl who was killed with two others on her way to school by a runaway car in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, in April last year filed a damages suit on Wednesday against the driver, a 19-year-old boy, and 10 others. (Yomiuri)
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Hospital told to pay man switched at birth

November 27, 2013 - 22:20
The Tokyo District Court has ordered a hospital in Tokyo to pay ¥38 million to a man and his biological brothers in compensation for mixing up the man with another when he was born at the hospital 60 years ago. (Yomiuri)
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Prosecutors turn Osaka court room into song and dance

November 27, 2013 - 00:24
On the evening of April 4, 2012, officers from the Osaka Prefectural Police raided club Noon and arrested eight staff members. The infraction? Dancing. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Nigerian busted for smearing bodily fluids on female in Roppongi

November 27, 2013 - 00:23
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a 27-year-old Nigerian national for damaging the property of a woman in Minato Ward with his bodily fluid. (Tokyo Reporter)
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N-accident compensation for farmland limited to evacuation zones

November 26, 2013 - 23:14
The central government and nuclear accident-affected local municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture agreed to limit the scope of farmland compensation to evacuation zones near Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s crippled nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture. (Jiji Press)
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3 youths arrested for torching vending machines

November 26, 2013 - 23:02
Police said Tuesday they have arrested three 16-year-old youths for setting vending machines on fire in order to steal money from them in Hachioji. (Japan Today)
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Kennedy visits tsunami-hit city to see 'miracle' pine tree

November 26, 2013 - 22:48
New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visited the northeastern city of Rikuzentakata on Tuesday, the second day of her first trip to tsunami-hit areas since taking up her Tokyo post, to see the "miracle" pine tree that survived the massive tsunami in 2011. (Jiji Press)
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Lady Gaga wears bizarre eyepiece and military-style overall in Japan, plus her maddest outfits ever

November 26, 2013 - 22:20
Even with her strange and ever-changing style choices, Lady Gaga clearly isn't someone who has to seek attention. (mirror.co.uk)
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Man infected with HIV-tainted blood used in transfusion

November 26, 2013 - 06:16
A man in his 60s has been infected with HIV after receiving a transfusion of contaminated blood that slipped through safety checks by the Japan Red Cross Society, the Red Cross and Japan's health ministry said Tuesday. (Kyodo)
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All five confirmed dead in Japan landslide

November 26, 2013 - 03:54
All five road construction workers who were buried in a landslide in northern Japan last week have been confirmed dead, with the last body recovered Tuesday, police said. (New Straits Times)
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Tokyo cops bust poker parlor in Shinagawa

November 26, 2013 - 01:06
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday announced the bust of a poker room operating out of a residence in Shinagawa Ward. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Ex-yakuza dies after drunken brawl in Tokyo

November 26, 2013 - 01:04
Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday made one arrest after a drunken fight between two former gangsters ended with one death. (Tokyo Reporter)
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Emergency services rescue worker arrested for exposing himself in subway

November 25, 2013 - 22:31
Police said Monday they have arrested a 30-year-old emergency services rescue worker for allegedly exposing himself in the subway in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
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Year-end Kabuki signboards displayed in Kyoto

November 25, 2013 - 22:25
Kyoto's Minamiza Theatre has posted large boards with the names of the Kabuki actors starring in its year-end performances. (NHK)
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Blast at steel plant in SW Japan leaves 1 dead, 3 hurt

November 25, 2013 - 12:19
One person was killed and at least three others were injured after an explosion Monday at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Yahata plant in southwestern Japan, Kyodo News reported. (Xinhua)
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Drunk man steals taxi and crashes into two parked police vehicles

November 25, 2013 - 06:49
Police in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 43-year-old man after he stole a taxi and drove recklessly before crashing into two police vehicles parked outside a police station. (Japan Today)
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Mistaken for wild boar, man dies in hunting accident in Tochigi forest

November 25, 2013 - 06:47
Police said Monday that a 79-year-old hunter was shot and killed by a fellow hunter who mistook him for a wild boar in a forest in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture. (Japan Today)
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