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Court cancels surveillance of 'Hikari no Wa' Aum splinter group

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Tokyo District Court on Monday lifted the surveillance on Hikari no Wa, a group that deviated from Aum Shinrikyo, while maintaining the measure on Aleph, the successor group to the Japanese doomsday cult responsible for a series of heinous crimes including the March 1995 deadly sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system. (Jiji)

Fiscal health takes backseat amid free education drive

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When it comes to fiscal reconstruction, Japan has a history of failing to deliver on its promises, largely because of economic turmoil originating abroad. (Japan Today)

Rocks fall from helicopter in Kochi

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A load of rocks intended for disaster recovery work fell from a helicopter over a mountainous region of western Japan on Saturday. No one was injured, including the 2 crew members. (NHK)

Tokyo governor to head new national party

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Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has announced plans to create a new political party with her allies and become its leader. (NHK)

Tokyo governor comes out swinging as Abe caught flat-footed

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Popular Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's decision to stake out ground opposite the ruling party ahead of next month's lower house election has come as an unpleasant surprise to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who hoped to find common ground with an ideological ally. (Nikkei)

Is Europe really turning Japanese when it comes to gaming?

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Back in 2016, it was confirmed that Japan had a real love, a national obsession perhaps, with the world of mobile gaming. (newsonjapan.com)

Filipino man flees after being denied entry to Japan

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A 43-year-old Filipino man who was denied entry into Japan after arriving at Narita Airport on Monday managed to escape from two security guards and flee. (Japan Today)

Fukuoka school lunches laced with insects and hair, while Gifu teacher makes first-graders vomit

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Foreign objects including insects and hair have been found in 46 lunchboxes offered at municipal junior high schools in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, since April, the local eduction board said Tuesday. ()

Japan to launch unlimited expressway passes for foreign tourists

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Passes allowing foreign tourists unlimited travel on major expressway networks across the country will go on sale in mid-October, in hopes of luring more visitors to regional areas, the transport ministry said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

Man arrested after trying to steal car with police officers inside it

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A 23-year-old man from Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested in Shizuoka Prefecture, early Monday morning after trying to steal a police car that had police officers inside it. (Japan Today)

Tokyo cops nab British national in bitcoin sales of cocaine in Roppongi

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As a part a crackdown on possession of illegal drugs by foreigners, Tokyo Metropolitan Police have re-arrested a male British national suspected of dealing cocaine in the Roppongi nightlife quarter via the virtual currency bitcoin, reports the Sankei Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

Knife-wielding man robs Saizeriya outlet in Shizuoka of Y300,000

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Shizuoka Prefectural Police are hunting for a man who robbed an outlet of a restaurant chain in Kakegawa City early Tuesday, reports the Asahi Shimbun (tokyoreporter.com)

1,900 students complain of 'odd smell' of milk distributed at schools in Tokyo

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Around 1,900 students from 53 elementary and junior high schools in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, Toshima and Itabashi wards have complained of an “unusual” smell coming from milk they were given as part of their school lunches, ward authorities reported Tuesday. (Japan Today)

Giant nipple squirts milk from U.F.O. in crazy Japanese commercial

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Milk-giving alien cow nipple is everything we’ve come to love about ads in Japan. (rocketnews24.com)

Tokyo 2020 unveils new promotional graphics

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The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has unveiled new graphics that are to feature on posters and banners across the city and during the planned “1,000 Days To Go” celebration period which will run from Oct 28 to Nov 29. (Japan Today)

Saitama man molests woman, steals her underwear after watching 'rape videos'

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Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in the sexual assault of a woman and theft of her underwear in Saitama City earlier this month, reports TBS News (tokyoreporter.com)

Husband of communications minister Seiko Noda is ex-yakuza: report

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The husband of lawmaker Seiko Noda, the newly appointed Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, is a former member of a criminal syndicate based in Kyoto, claims a weekly magazine. (tokyoreporter.com)

Frightening video shows car speeding through Tokyo's Scramble Intersection filled with people

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Shibuya's Scramble Intersection is one of Tokyo's most famous landmarks. Located directly outside Shibuya Station, where a number of train and subway lines converge, the intersection serves as the gateway to the neighborhood's hundreds of shops, restaurants, and clubs, and the mass of people that makes its way across every time the walk sign comes on is a sight to see. (rocketnews24.com)

Panel falls from plane in Japan; 2nd such incident in a week

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A panel weighing three kilograms fell from a plane onto a factory near Tokyo, Japanese officials said Thursday, the country's second case in a week after a similar part landed on a car. (Japan Today)

Osaka court rules tattoo artist's work violated medical law, was not art or expression

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An Osaka tattoo artist was found guilty Wednesday of violating the Medical Practitioners’ Law in a case that drew international attention to Japan’s tattoo culture. (Japan Times)
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