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Police in Saitama said Sunday they have arrested a 31-year-old man for reckless driving resulting in injury after he fled from a patrol car and hit a 49-year-old woman on a bicycle. (Japan Today)

JR Tokyo Station, famous for its red-brick Marunouchi facade, will celebrate the centenary of its opening on Dec. 20. (The Japan News)

Five men were injured Sunday after a fire broke out at an LP gas station in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture. The five were taken to hospital to be treated for burns and are in a stable condition, police said Monday. (Japan Today)

TESHIKAGA, Hokkaido--Lake Mashuko had long been a source of pride in this industrialized nation as the clearest and cleanest lake in the world. But the effects of global warming and an alien species have clouded that distinction, researchers said. (Asahi)

Cosplayers from around the world are set to inject some fun and flair into this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. The costume-clad special guests will appear as characters from the works of acclaimed anime director Hideaki Anno. (Asahi)

a recent court decision seems to be taking the issue of NHK licensing fees in a whole new direction. On October 9, Tokyo District Court ruled in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that the management company behind three Tokyo hotels must first enter into a contract with the public broadcaster. (rocketnews24.com)

About one-third of security cameras at the troubled Monju fast breeder reactor facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, are not working properly. (Japan Today)

Six Vietnamese sailors may have jumped off a Taiwanese fisheries ship in the Tsuruga Strait off southern Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said late Sunday, prompting ships and aircraft to scour the area. (Japan Times)

Mazda Motor Corp.'s Demio compact car has won the car of the year Japan award for 2014 to 2015, the CTYJ executive committee, comprising representatives from automotive and other magazines, announced Monday. (Japan Times)

Town officials of Izu Oshima island, south of Tokyo, have told residents to prepare for evacuation as a powerful typhoon approaches. (NHK)

Police in Kobe on Tuesday plan to serve a new arrest warrant for murder on a suspect in the killing of Mirei Ikuta, 6, whose body parts were found in bags in a wooded area on Sept 23. (Japan Today)

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill to lower the age limit for air gun shooting from the current 14 to 10 for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Jiji Press)

Japan's government has decided to amend a law to give officials more authority to prevent the spread of Ebola and other infectious diseases in the country. (NHK)

A systems engineer on Tuesday admitted copying information about millions of customers from the computer servers of education service provider Benesse Corp., but he told a court he did not know the data was confidential. (Japan Times)

Japanese stocks came under strong selling pressure Tuesday, with the Nikkei Stock Average falling below the 15,000 mark for the first time in two months. (Nikkei)

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday an ordinance setting rules on the implementation of the law on the protection of designated state secrets. (Jiji Press)

China is calling for commitment by the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum at a November summit in Beijing toward the creation of a Pacific-rim free trade area by 2025, according to a draft of a post-summit leaders' declaration. (Kyodo)

Japanese Olympic medalist Daisuke Takahashi is retiring from competitive figure skating. (NHK)

The Yomiuri Giants worked out in a mostly empty Tokyo Dome, with neither fans nor the Hanshin Tigers anywhere in sight. The Big Egg will be rocking the next time they're in it, as they square off with their oldest rivals for the right to participate in the Japan Series. (Japan Times)

A quiet train station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, has become a mecca for train spotters, known as "tet-chan" in Japanese. (Japan Times)

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