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Inoue's 1st testimony at fellow Aum member's trial

February 3, 2014 - 08:19
A death row inmate and former member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult is testifying at a trial of another former cult member. (NHK)
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Missing Sapporo girl rescued from confinement; man arrested

February 3, 2014 - 02:56
Police in Sapporo said Monday that a 9-year-old girl who had been missing since Jan 27 was found unharmed after being kept confined in an apartment near her home, and that a man has been arrested. (Japan Today)
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Zushi to ban music, alcohol on public beach

February 2, 2014 - 23:20
The Zushi municipal government in Kanagawa Prefecture will ban alcoholic drinks and playing music with speakers at the city's public swimming beach, after some beach huts in the Shonan area of the prefecture became like "night clubs" playing loud music in recent years, it has been learned. (The Japan News)
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Justice ministry worker arrested for taking photos up woman's skirt on train

February 2, 2014 - 03:18
Police said Saturday they have arrested a 31-year-old employee of the Ministry of Justice for photographing up a woman's skirt on a train in Tokyo. (Japan Today)
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Govt employee found dead at sea

February 1, 2014 - 21:21
A man found dead in waters off a western Japanese city last month has been identified as a 30-year-old government employee. (NHK)
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Prince, Princess Akishino in Argentina

February 1, 2014 - 21:20
Japan's Prince and Princess Akishino are in Argentina to commemorate 50 years since a bilateral immigration pact came into effect. (NHK)
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Female Osaka school clerk's pay docked over tattoos

February 1, 2014 - 00:10
A 23-year-old woman who works as a school clerk in Osaka has been disciplined for having tattoos. (Japan Today)
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Lay judge death sentence for minor upheld in higher court

January 31, 2014 - 23:37
The Sendai High Court upheld on Friday a death sentence handed down against a man when he was a minor, ruling his age alone does not call for a lesser punishment. (Kyodo)
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Japan police 'forced to eat 15 burgers'

January 31, 2014 - 12:56
A police sergeant in Japan has resigned after he was reprimanded for forcing his subordinates to binge on 15 hamburgers at a time to "toughen them up". (Bangkok Post)
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23-year-old man arrested for fatally abusing 1-month-old daughter

January 31, 2014 - 07:54
Police in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 23-year-old man for fatally beating his one-month-old daughter at their home on Jan 9. (Japan Today)
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9-year-old girl missing for 4 days in Sapporo

January 31, 2014 - 07:49
Police in Sapporo are appealing for help in finding a 9-year-old girl who has been missing since Jan 27. (Japan Today)
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Japan's wartime sex slavery featured at manga festival in France

January 31, 2014 - 07:44
A special exhibition on sexual slavery of Korean women by the Japanese military during World War II began Thursday as part of an international comic book festival in Angouleme, southwestern France. (Japan Times)
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Gov't report shows growing population concentration in Tokyo region

January 30, 2014 - 21:46
The number of people who moved into the Tokyo metropolitan region exceeded the number moving out by 96,524 in 2013, up more than 29,000 from the previous year, a government report showed Thursday. (Kyodo)
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Japanese cyclist to pay 47m yen over fatal crash

January 30, 2014 - 21:36
A court in Tokyo has ordered a cyclist to pay nearly half a million US dollars in damages to the family of an elderly woman he knocked down and killed. (BBC)
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'Naked man' on JR train receives suspended sentence

January 30, 2014 - 06:13
A man arrested for public indecency after he stripped naked and took photos of himself on a JR train in Kanazawa last September was found guilty and given a suspended sentence. - See more at: http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/naked-man-on-jr-train-receives-suspended-sentence#sthash.vR3OZ2Eo.dpuf (Japan Today)
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Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko of Japan see some of the Lima area's unique sites

January 29, 2014 - 22:35
Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko of Japan arrived on Monday in Perú for an official visit. Today, they were given the opportunity to tour some of the most interesting sites around the Lima area. (peruthisweek.com)
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Factory worker admits to lacing frozen food with pesticide

January 29, 2014 - 21:49
A food factory worker suspected of lacing four frozen food products with pesticide admitted Wednesday he had contaminated the items, triggering a massive recall, police sources said. (Kyodo)
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Man steals 450 pairs of high heels

January 29, 2014 - 21:13
A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing high-heeled shoes from bar hostesses at an exclusive nightclub in the Japanese capital, local media reported Wednesday. (Bangkok Post)
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Japan aerobatic pilots unharmed after jets collide in mid-air

January 29, 2014 - 21:00
Three pilots escaped unharmed on Wednesday after their jet planes collided in mid-air off the Japanese coast, a military spokesman said. (channelnewsasia.com)
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Woman gets 8 years for fatally beating 11-yr-old daughter with golf club

January 29, 2014 - 09:15
A 30-year-old unemployed woman was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Hiroshima District Court Tuesday for fatally beating her 11-year-old daughter with a golf club at their home in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture, in October 2012. (Japan Today)
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