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Worker dies after explosion at factory in Chiba 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}ICHIHARA, Chiba -- A worker died after an explosion took place at a factory here that produces warning flares on Friday, police said.Yawara Itohiya, 39, an employee of Kokusai Kakoh Co., Ltd., died in an explosion that occurred at the company's Chiba factory in Ichihara.A worker at the factory reported to rescue workers at around 9:10 a.m. on Friday that there was an explosion and someone was injured. Paramedics rushed to the scene and found Itohiya coll [...] Read more:Worker
Worker at Dentsu subsidiary nabbed for hitting woman who rejected his kiss 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}An employee of a subsidiary
of leading advertising agency Dentsu Inc. has been arrested for hitting a woman
, leaving her with slight wounds, after she resisted his attempt to kiss her, police said.Kenji Ueda, 39, an employee of Dentsu Tec Inc., stands accused of indecent assault, resulting in injury. He denied the allegations against him."I attempted to kiss her but never hit her," Ueda was quoted as telling investigators during questioning.Ue [...] Read more:Worker
Trucker handed life term in appeal over fatally plowing into 3 in Sendai 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}SENDAI -- A high court sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Friday for fatally running over three people and injuring four others after he was earlier handed
a 28-year jail term by a lower court.The Sendai High Court convicted Seiji Otomo, 41, an unemployed man of no fixed address, of murder, attempted murder and professional negligence resulting in death and injury over the accident in 2005."The defendant drove a 4-ton truck at 50 to 60 kilometers pe [...]
Exec arrested for saving half-naked photo of schoolgirl on his mobile phone 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}A company executive has been arrested
for saving a half-naked image of a junior high school girl on his mobile phone
, Tokyo police said Friday.Kenji Sawada, 39, a resident of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, is accused of violating the Law for Punishing Acts Related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography.Sawada offered on Jan. 12 to pay 1 million yen to a 13-year-old junior high school girl living in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, if she sent a nude photo of herself to [...]
2 bodies found in burned down home in Saitama 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}ASAKA, Saitama -- Two bodies
were found in the charred remains of a house here after it was burned
down in an early Friday morning fire, police said.Police suspect that the bodies are those of Kazuo Nunomura, 80, and his wife Kimiko, 69, and are trying to identify them.A fire broke out at the couple's home in Asaka at around 3:35 a.m. on Friday and consumed the entire wooden one-story house and two vacant houses adjacent to Nunomura's house, according to [...]
3 men die after their car hits truck in police chase 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}OTSU -- Three men died after a car they were riding in collided with a truck while being chase
d by police in the early hours of Friday, police said.Stolen license plates were found on the car. Police are trying to identify the three while investigating the cause of the accident.At around 2:50 a.m., a police officer spotted the three men looking into a car parked at a parking lot of an apartment complex in Otsu and attempted to question them when they got [...]
Woman dies after being hit by train on JR Tokaido Line 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}CHIGASAKI, Kanagawa -- A woman died after being hit by a train on the JR Tokaido Line early Friday morning, police said.At around 5:30 a.m., a 15-car local train bound for Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture from Tokyo's Shinagawa, hit a woman who was on the tracks of the JR Tokaido Line in Chigasaki, investigators said. She died instantly.Local police are trying to confirm the identity of the woman, who appears to be aged between 40 and 60 while investigating [...]
8.6 billion yen in bad loans extended by Tokyo government-backed bank 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}Approximately 8.6 billion
yen in loans that a Tokyo
Metropolitan Government-backed
bank extended to about 600 companies have become irrecoverable because the borrowers have gone under, metropolitan assembly sources said.Executives of ShinGinko Tokyo, Ltd. revealed the situation when they explained a plan to rehabilitate the bank to Democratic Party of Japan members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Thursday.The financially-troubled ShinGinko Tokyo ha [...]
Man loses appeal against 20-year prison term for starving girlfriend's son to death 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}OSAKA -- A man has lost his appeal against
a 20-year prison term for starving the 19-year-old son of his live-in girlfriend to death
.The Osaka High Court upheld the Osaka District Court ruling that convicted Satoshi Nakamura, 46, of murder and abandoning an individual he was responsible for protecting, resulting in death."The defendant refused to take the victim to a medical institution while he was aware that he was weak because he did not eat food and [...]
Freight train plows into bicycles dumped on JR Takasaki Line tracks in Saitama 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}AGEO, Saitama -- A freight train plowed into bicycles that had been placed on the JR Takasaki Line tracks
here, police said.Nobody was injured in the incident. Local police are investigating the case on suspicion of endangering traffic, suspecting that someone deliberately laid the vehicles on the tracks.At around 9:27 p.m. on Thursday, a 14-car freight train bound for Koshigaya Freight
Terminal from Kuragano hit two bicycles and a three-wheeled cycle fo [...]
Bank of Japan begins policy meeting, government to name replacement for bank chief 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Japan
's central bank began a two-day policy board meeting
Thursday, the last under Gov. Toshihiko Fukui, whose replacement
the government will announce Friday.The government is expected to push a deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, Toshiro Muto, who is also a former bureaucrat at the powerful Ministry of Finance. But opposition parties, eager to wield their influence, may block that nomination.Meanwhile, the bank is largely expected to ke [...]
Supreme Court rules resident register network constitutional 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}The SupremeCourt
on Thursday ruled for the first time that the computerized Basic Resident Register Network is constitutional
, overturning an earlier Osaka High Court ruling and dismissing claims by residents opposed to the network
.The top court's ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by residents in the Osaka Prefecture cities of Moriguchi and Suita who had claimed that the network violated their privacy and was therefore unconstitutional. Earlier, the Osaka [...] Read more:Supreme Court
New 500 kph shinkansen line will start from either Tokyo or Shinagawa 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}A new shinkansen line between Tokyo
and Osaka using magnetically levitated (Maglev) trains, which is expected to begin operations in 2025, will start from either
Tokyo Station or Shinagawa Station, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) President Masayuki Matsumoto said.The company had been considering selecting the starting station of the line from among Tokyo, Shinagawa and Shin-Yokohama stations.Moreover, JR Tokai intends to limit the number of stations [...]
Snowboarder dies after hitting head in failed jump 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}KATASHINA, Gunma -- A snowboarder died after hitting her head when she crashed while jumping on Wednesday, police said.At around 10 a.m., Kiyoko Suzuki, 27, a nurse from Moroyama, Saitama Prefecture, went over a 1.3-meter-high jump in Katashina and crashed onto the ground after apparently losing her balance, investigators said.Suzuki died after hitting her head against the ground. Local police are investigating the accident.
Miyazaki professor protests sexual harassment suspension 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}MIYAZAKI -- A professor
at Miyazaki Municipal University was hit with a three-month suspension
over allegations that he sexually harassed a female student by kissing her hand and sending her heart-shaped icons by e-mail, it has been learned.The 49-year-old professor has taken legal action in the Miyazaki District Court demanding that the punishment be cancelled. According to a lawsuit filed on Feb. 21, the professor, whose name has been withheld, sent the female st [...]
Disney to team with Japanese companies to produce animation in Japan 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Entertainment giant Walt Disney
Co. will team up with several Japan
ese companies to produce
animation for television in Japan, a leading market, a Disney official said Thursday.Disney will work with Toei Animation Co., Madhouse Co. and Jinni's Animation Studios, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to comply with company rules.The move was aimed at localizing contents of Disney products for a wider audience, she said. [...] Read more:Japanese
MSDF member who went missing during probe into leak found in Kyoto 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}MAIZURU, Kyoto
-- A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) lieutenant who went missing while being investigated over a leak of sensitive information regarding an Aegis-equipped destroyer was found here on Wednesday night.The 34-year-old lieutenant, whose name has been withheld, was taken into custody after being found near his residence in Maizuru.Investigation sources said that a colleague found the lieutenant frequenting a bento outlet. The MSDF is questio [...]
Cop reaches settlement with woman who sued him for sexual harassment 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}MIYAZAKI -- A police officer has reached a court-mediated settlement with a woman
who sued him and the prefectural government accusing him of sending sexually harassing e-mails to her.The 47-year-old assistant inspector at Miyazaki Prefectural Police and the woman living in Miyazaki signed the settlement at the Miyazaki branch of the Fukuoka High Court.Both the officer and woman have refused to disclose the amount of the compensation he has agreed to pay [...]
Ship owner to sue over attacks by anti-whaling activists 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}Japanese whaling ship owner Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha is set to take legal steps with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) over alleged trespassing and forcible obstruction of business by the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, company officials said.The company is considering which of three attacks
by activists this year to make the subject of its complaint.In January, butyric acid, which produces a foul smell, was hurled at the No. 2 Yushinmaru whaling research vessel, [...]
Explosion at ironworks factory leaves 3 injured 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKAI, Aichi -- An explosion that occurred at an ironworks factory on Thursday afternoon left three workers injured
, one of them seriously, police and firefighters said.At around 3:55 p.m., an explosion occurred at the Nagoya ironworks factory of Nippon Steel Corp. in Tokai, the local government's fire department said. Three workers were rushed to a hospital. One of them is reportedly in serious condition.Local police are investigating the cause of the a [...] Read more:Explosion
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Japan revises down economic growth slightly for 4Q to 3.5 percent pace 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Japan
lowered its reading for economic growth in the fourth quarter on Wednesday, but the revised 3.5 percent annual pace was healthier than expected.The revision down from a 3.7 percent pace was due largely to weaker-than-expected business investment, according to the Cabinet Office. Economists had projected the government would lower the annualized growth rate to 2.3 percent for the October-December period.Still, analysts worry that a slo [...]
Japanese stocks advance after Fed's move to ease credit trouble 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese
stocks rose for a second day Wednesday, led by financial shares, after the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks moved to ease pressure on the world's credit
markets.The Nikkei 225 index rose 202.85 points, or 1.6 percent, to 12,861.13 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The index rose 1 percent Tuesday, rebounding from Monday's 2 1/2-year low.But the Nikkei trimmed gains in afternoon trading after earlier climbing about 3 p [...]
Japan's current account surplus up 8.1 percent in January on year 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Japan
's current account surplus rose 8.1 percent in January
from a year earlier, showing net trade starting the year on a firm footing despite fears of an export slowdown, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.The surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of Japan's trade with the rest of the world, stood at 1.236 trillion yen (US$11.96 billion) before seasonal adjustment, the data showed.The results were better than expected by ec [...]
Strong sense of identity vital for international careers, global business experts say 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}A strong sense of identity
is important to become an effective globalist, according to the businesswomen who will present a "unique" course at Osaka University.Katy Horiuchi, the director of consulting company H&K Global Connections and one of the two adjunct professors teaching the college's Introduction to International Careers course, will focus on her specialty of personal branding to allow students to learn the best ways to present themselves to others. [...] Read more:Strong
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Ichiro's 0-for-spring training becoming a big deal, because he's Ichiro 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- A swarm of fans six deep crowded around the screen that separated Ichiro
Suzuki from the grandstand."That was amazing!" a teenage boy gasped when Seattle's perennial Major League Baseball All-Star finished an impromptu autograph session.Suzuki spent 10 minutes exchanging balls and photos through a small opening atop a gate one hour before Tuesday's game against Colorado. Eight rows above that scene, in Section N, an elderly woman [...]
Hakuho upset, Asashoryu tied for lead at Spring sumo 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}OSAKA (AP) -- Grand champion Hakuho of Mongolia was upset at the Spring
Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday as compatriot and fellow grand champion Asashoryu moved into a seven-way tie for the lead.Hakuho (3-1) suffered his first defeat of the 15-day tourney when No. 2 maegashira Aminishiki dodged to side at the faceoff and swatted Hakuho down. Aminishiki improved to 2-2.In the day's final bout, Asashoryu wasted little time in using a series of arm thrust [...]
Opposition-controlled Upper House disapproves appointment of Muto as BOJ governor 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}The opposition-controlled House
of Councillors disapproved the appointment
of Bank of Japan (BOJ) Vice Gov. Toshiro Muto as its new governor during a plenary session on Wednesday.The chamber also rejected the appointment of University of Tokyo Prof. Takatoshi Ito as vice governor while endorsing the appointment of Kyoto University Prof. Masaaki Shirakawa as vice governor.The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) opposed elevating Muto, forme [...] Read more:Opposition
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'Can I take your bags madam?' Thief makes off with 47 million yen 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}HANYU, Saitama -- A man hit with fresh theft charges is suspected of stealing about 47 million
yen from elderly women in 253 cases by offering to take their bags out of kindness and fleeing with their purses, law enforcers said.Suguru Washio, 25, of no fixed address, admitted to the allegations against him. "Elderly women don't counterattack, and it was easy to run away from them," Washio told police.In the specific case for which he was slapped with new [...] Read more:Thief
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Woman accused of butchering husband says she experienced hallucinations 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}A woman standing trial for killing her abusive husband and dismembering his body told a court Wednesday that she was unable to talk about hallucinations she experienced
because officers scolded her. The defendant is believed to have been insane at the time of the incident,"When I told police about the hallucinations I experienced, they told me that I only had illusions because I had a sense of guilt." Kaori Mihashi, 33, told the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday. " [...] Read more:accused
Mom forced to sign 'no trouble' note as gov't fears backlash over child allowances 0000-00-00 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}KAMEYAMA, Mie -- The mother of a child
who was denied entry to her family register because she became pregnant before divorcing her former husband has been forced
to promise not to cause trouble to the municipal government if a dispute arises over child care allowances, it has emerged.The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has deemed the unusual practice could cause trouble. "It will be a problem if the city deems it can not pay child allowances unless the mother s [...] Read more:backlash
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