What would you do if mistaken for a molester on a packed commuter train and arrested? Kenzo Akiyama, 67, is a former judge-turned-lawyer who comes to the aid of defendants in these kinds of cases of false charges.
Torrential rain lashed the Kanto and Tokai regions overnight and in the predawn hours of Friday, leaving one person in Aichi Prefecture dead and three missing, while about 500,000 households were advised to take shelter.
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Large lotus ponds along the way occupied areas not readily drained, and the fringing fields between the rice paddies and the untilled hill lands were bearing squash , maize, beans and Irish potatoes. Many small areas had been set to …
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Farmers of Forty Centuries Return To Japan
KAKEGAWA, Shizuoka — High-ranking officials of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) visited the bereaved family of a staff member who was murdered in Afghanistan to pay their respects.
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A Taliban spokesman has told the Mainichi that Taliban forces were responsible for the kidnapping of a Japanese nongovernmental organization member near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
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Taliban sources claim involvement in kidnapping of Japanese agricultural worker
The border of Aomori and Akita Prefectures on Lake Towada has been left undefined for nearly 140 years since 1871 when the domain system of the Edo Era was abolished.
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Aomori, Akita prefectures to finally define border after 140 years
Two certified tax accountants who were formerly in charge of cracking down on tax evasion at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau failed to report about 90 million yen in income they received.
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An Edo senryu, a Japanese poetic form similar to a haiku, reads: "Noon shower, Passes away, From those not in a hurry." You just need a brief shelter for the noon shower to pass by, it says.
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Yoroku: Summer weather pulls new trick: guerilla squalls
OITA (Kyodo) Yasuhito Morishima was on target as surprise package Oita Trinita stayed in the thick of the title race with a 1-0 defeat of Kyoto Sanga in the J. League on Thursday. Morishima headed home Uelsei’s cross to clinch victory at Kyushu Oil Dome on 23 minutes, extending unfashionable Oita’s unbeaten streak to 10 games and keeping them within a point of Nagoya Grampus, who ran out 3-2 winners over Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday thanks to a double from Japan striker Keiji Tamada. Read the full story
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Oita beats Kyoto to stay a point behind Nagoya
KANAZAWA — A fishermen’s cooperative has set up a mobile phone Web site for its market to help those at sea decide on which fish they should target, cooperative officials said.
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Fishermen’s coop sets up mobile Web site to boost efficiency
