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Lina Portman4 days ago
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US Marine arrested in Okinawa for injuring woman during attempted rape

A US Marine in his 20s in Okinawa Prefecture was arrested in May on suspicion of injuring a woman while…
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Lina Portman5 days ago
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Former Japanese breeder arrested for smothering unfertile dogs

A former animal seller in Japan was arrested Thursday on suspicion of suffocating to death three non-fertile dogs he kept…
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Lina Portman6 days ago
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Former prosecutor general arrested for raping colleague in Osaka

A former head of the Osaka district prosecutor's office has been arrested on suspicion of raping a subordinate while she…
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Lina Portman1 week ago
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Woman and boy stabbed at Japanese school bus stop near Shanghai

A Japanese woman and her son were injured and a Chinese woman was seriously injured Monday in a knife attack…
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Lina Portman1 week ago
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Teen star Ginwoo Onodera lands ticket to Paris Olympics

Japanese street skateboarding sensation Ginwoo Onodera, 14, will make his Olympic debut after qualifying for the men's final of the…
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Lina Portman3 weeks ago
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Japanese pianist arrested for allegedly stealing flight attendant's apron

A Japanese pianist was arrested for stealing a flight attendant's apron from a parked All Nippon Airways plane in April,…
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Lina Portman3 weeks ago
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Singapore diplomat returned to Japan for questioning over voyeurism allegations

A former Singapore embassy counselor returned to Japan in June to be questioned by police over allegations that he secretly…
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Lina Portman3 weeks ago
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Man, 32, arrested in stabbing death of Japanese chef in Vancouver

Canadian police announced Wednesday that they had arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of murder in connection with the assassination…
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Lina Portman3 weeks ago
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2 women arrested for alleged murder of high school student in Hokkaido

Two women were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of killing a high school student in April by knocking her off a…
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Lina Portman3 weeks ago
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Nearly completed Tokyo condo to be demolished for spoiling Mount Fuji views

Major Japanese developer Sekisui House Ltd. announced Monday that it would demolish a nearly completed condominium in western Tokyo, just…
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