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Whale Meat Shipped to Japan From Europe May Be Discarded, Greenpeace Says

(Bloomberg)

Posted on August 27, 2008 at 4:29 PM

55% believe women can be happy without marrying

(Yomiuri)

Posted on August 27, 2008 at 4:29 PM

Afghan police hunt for kidnapped Japanese aid worker

(AFP)

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 7:55 PM

Police collar colorful bag snatcher

Prosecutors have indicted a suspected serial bag snatcher who was nicknamed "chameleon man" for trying to avoid being identified during a theft by wearing layers of T-shirts. (Asahi)

Posted on August 26, 2008 at 7:55 PM

Superior's insulting remarks result in sailor's suicide

(Kyodo)

Posted on August 25, 2008 at 2:33 AM

Osbourne to rock Japan after seven years

(UPI)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Pink tartan designed for Japanese

(BBC)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Japanese island haunted by turbulent ties with Korea

With South Korea's bustling Busan visible on a clear day, the Japanese island of Tsushima is again living out the centuries-old curse of being stuck between the nations. (AFP)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Japanese parents marry off 'parasite single' offspring

(Independent)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Site of notorious gangster playpen in Roppongi now vacant

(Tokyo Reporter)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Former London icon gets second chance in Japan

The red, double-decker Routemaster bus, a phased-out London icon, is gaining a second life in a Japanese city that believes the red road giant fits right in. (sfgate.com)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Firefighters weren't sent to aid woman in swamped car

(Yomiuri)

Posted on August 24, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Japan urn thief leaves mourners ashen-faced

Police in rural Japan are looking for a thief who has snatched dozens of graveyard urns, many of them carrying the remains of women, after residents reported the ashes of their loved ones had gone missing. (Reuters)

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM

Five held in May Haneda drug haul

(Japan Times)

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM

Foreigners fear for haven

(Japan Times)

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM

2 women slashed by another woman near Shibuya Station

(Kyodo)

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM

British man arrested in Japan for killing his baby son

A British man living in the outskirts of Tokyo with the teenage Japanese wife he met over the internet, was arrested last night on suspicion of shaking their 12-day-old baby son to death. (Times Online)

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 9:17 PM

Wicked gets rude in Japanese

(news.com.au)

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 9:08 PM

Hawker's parents think suspect Ichihashi has support, renew appeal

(Kyodo)

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 6:08 PM

High brow trumps 'High Touch' in Roppongi

(Tokyo Reporter)

Posted on August 21, 2008 at 2:19 AM