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Ex-actor Ryotaro Shimizu dead at 37 in apparent suicide

Former actor and impersonator Ryotaro Shimizu, whose entertainment career was derailed by a high-profile drug conviction, has ...
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Company boss admits telling employee to secure cash before fatal Kumamoto mall explosion

KUMAMOTO (TR) – The president of a cosmetics company has apologized to the family of a female employee who was killed in an explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto last month, admitting the woman was ...
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Vietnamese man hints at killing 91-year-old woman found dead in Saitama woods

Saitama Prefectural Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 91-year-old woman was discovered in a ...
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Sony Life Insurance to investigate all contracts following allegations of financial fraud

TOKYO (TR) – Following revelations that a Sony Life Insurance Co. employees had swindled dozens of customers, the company announced on Friday that it will launch an investigation into all insurance ...
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Sony Life employees accused of swindling customers in fresh wave of investment fraud

TOKYO (TR) — Sony Life Insurance Co. has launched an internal probe after multiple employees were accused of swindling clients out through bogus investment schemes. The revelations are dealing another ...
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Osaka man, 79, arrested for slaying coworker with replica sword

Osaka police have arrested a 79-year-old construction worker for allegedly murdering a colleague with a replica sword over an ...
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Saitama: Man who planted spy cam in women’s toilet found with 120 SD cards

Tetsuya Kawada (Twitter) SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old male company employee for allegedly planting a hidden camera in a toilet in Honjo City in order to take ...
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Hiroshima traffic police employee arrested for drunk driving at 7 times legal limit

Hiroshima Prefectural Police have arrested a 66-year-old employee of the prefectural police headquarters for driving under the influence of alcohol ...
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Mall worker, 22, dies in Kumamoto explosion after being ordered to return inside to secure sales money

Following the devastating Kumamoto earthquakes last week, the grieving family of a woman killed in a shopping mall explosion ...
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More than 100 woman and girls cited for prostitution in Kabukicho in ’25

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week announced that it arrested a more than 100 women and girls for soliciting customers for prostitution on the streets of Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward last ...
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Japan dumps record ¥11.7 trillion in futile bid to halt currency plunge

TOKYO (TR) – The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan pumped a staggering 11.7 trillion yen into the foreign exchange market over the past month in a desperate, and seemingly futile, bid to stop ...
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Aichi man accused of planting spy cam inside toilet seat in women’s restroom

AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly affixing a hidden camera in a heated toilet seat inside a shopping center in Okazaki City, reports NHK (June 5). In ...