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Ex-Nurse Held over 2016 Fatal Hospital Poisoning

July 8, 2018

Yokohama- Police on Saturday arrested a former nurse at a hospital in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on suspicion of poisoning an inpatient to death in September 2016. The suspect, Ayumi Kuboki, 31, admitted to the allegations. The Kanagawa prefectural police

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Komeito Leader Yamaguchi to Visit China in Autumn

July 8, 2018

Tokyo- Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi said Saturday he plans to visit China in autumn, to mark the 40th year since Japan and China concluded their peace and friendship treaty. “For the start of a new chapter in Japan-China relations, I

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Ex-Japanese Abductees Express Grief 40 Yrs after Their Abductions

July 8, 2018

Fukui- Former Japanese abductees Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, both 63, expressed their grief on Saturday, 40 years after they were kidnapped to North Korea. “We cannot regret enough that the abductions deprived us of our freedom and made

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Japanese Princess Mako’s Fiance to Study at Fordham Law School

July 8, 2018

New York- Kei Komuro, the fiance of Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will study at Fordham University’s law school in New York from August, the university has said. Komuro, 26, will enter the law school’s one-year

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2 Top Execs of Japanese University Resign over Bribery Scandal

July 8, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo Medical University said Friday that its two top executives have offered to quit over a bribery scandal involving a Japanese education ministry program for supporting private universities in the nation. The Tokyo university accepted letters of resignation submitted

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Looming End of Heisei Era Possibly behind Execution of Aum Inmates

July 8, 2018

Tokyo- The end of the Heisei era in Japan, slated for next spring, is considered by some a possible factor that prompted the government to carry out the death sentences on Friday of seven of 13 death-row inmates from the

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Man Given Indefinite Term for Murder of Vietnamese Girl in Japan

July 8, 2018

Chiba- Chiba District Court sentenced a Japanese man to an indefinite prison term on Friday for murdering a Vietnamese elementary school girl in Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, and abandoning her body in March last year. The man,

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Image Apparently of Missing Japanese Journalist Released Online

July 8, 2018

Jerusalem- What is believed to be an image of Junpei Yasuda, a 44-year-old Japanese journalist who went missing in Syria, appeared Friday on the Facebook page of a Syrian man. The Syrian said the image is part of a video

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