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Last Updated:2008/05/17 20:31

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An earthquake early warning system introduced in October failed to issue an alert before tremors actually struck early Thursday.

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Authorities investigating the death of a 31-year-old former restaurant owner in Aichi Prefecture, who had been missing since October 2007, arrested five gangsters in connection with his death.

(05/17 12:37 Tokai Television Broadcasting)

Police in Fukushima Prefecture arrested a 59-year-old woman suspected of fatally stabbing her 31-year-old daughter-in-law.

(05/17 12:31 FUKUSHIMA TELECASTING)

A 21-year-old female suspect arrested over the death of a woman whose skeletal remains were found in Gunma Prefecture last month told police investigators that she asked her ex-boyfriend to help her dispose of the victim's body.

(05/17 12:24)

Police arrested a graduate student at Tsukuba University on suspicion of breaking and entering into the apartment of a female student and sexually assaulting the victim.

(05/17 12:23)

Firefighters rescued three people from a burning home in Tokyo's Taito Ward early Saturday. The fire spread to three neighboring buildings but no one was hurt.

(05/17 07:11)

Police arrested an employee of Tobu Railway on suspicion of secretly filming up the skirt of a high school girl at a bookstore in Saitama Prefecture.

(05/17 07:10)

Police investigating the death of a 24-year-old woman whose skeletal remains were found in Gunma Prefecture last month have arrested a 21-year-old female suspect in connection with the case.

(05/16 18:17)

A group of 178 construction workers and bereaved family members from Tokyo, Saitama and Chiba filed a class-action suit against the government and manufacturers of construction materials seeking over 6 billion yen in compensation for failing to take prompt action despite being aware of the dangers of asbestos.

(05/16 17:09)

A second Japanese emergency rescue team departed Narita Airport for China on Friday to assist in the aftermath of a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Sichuan Province.

(05/16 14:09)

An overnight fire burned down two homes in Ibaraki Prefecture, killing an 84-year-old male resident. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

(05/16 13:10)

According to authorities working to identify two bicyclists appearing on security camera footage to be coming from the direction of the scene where a 15-year-old girl was slain in Kyoto, both bicycles had baskets in the front.

(05/16 13:08 Kansai Telecasting)

Police in Fukushima Prefecture arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly stealing the keys to a fire truck because the "siren was noisy.

(05/16 13:07 FUKUSHIMA TELECASTING)

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau found real estate management firm Leopalace 21 to have concealed some 3 billion yen in taxable income over a five-year period.

(05/16 13:04)

Police cracked down on dozens of Tokyo establishments frequented by foreigners illegally residing in Japan, netting 14 arrests.

(05/16 13:03)

Greenpeace Japan filed a criminal complaint against crew members of the Japanese whaling research vessel Nissin Maru it accuses of embezzling whale meat.

(05/16 00:11)

Police slapped fresh charges of murder against a 33-year-old man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in Chiba Prefecture last month.

(05/15 22:56)

The Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling sentencing a 50-year-old woman to serve life in prison for setting fire to a discount store in Saitama Prefecture in 2004 and killing three people.

(05/15 14:11)

Police plan to slap fresh charges of murder against a 33-year-old man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in Chiba Prefecture last month.

(05/15 13:12)

According to authorities investigating the slaying of a 15-year-old Kyoto girl, a surveillance camera captured footage of two bicyclists coming from the direction of the scene of the crime sometime after the victim was murdered. Earlier footage showed the victim walking with someone pushing a bicycle.

(05/15 13:08 Kansai Telecasting)

A high school girl sustained minor injuries after an unidentified male suspect sprayed mace in her face as she was commuting to school in Tokyo Thursday morning. A similar incident was reported several days earlier.

(05/15 13:05)

A Tokyo housewife arrested on suspicion of swindling large sums of money from investors she met through an automobile club allegedly also defrauded her victims of money for a luxury vacation.

(05/15 13:04)

A drunken 30-year-old man who fell asleep on a road in Saitama was hit and killed by a car. According to witnesses, the driver stopped and got out of his car to check on the victim before driving away.

(05/15 13:03)

Japanese customs officials on Thursday began banning imports of handbags closely resembling Hermes' Birkin and Kelly products.

(05/15 12:58)

TV Asahi issued a statement saying it was completely outraged over the arrest of a 29-year-old reporter accused of indecent exposure.

(05/15 12:10)

Greenpeace Japan accused crew members of the Japanese whaling research vessel Nissin Maru of embezzling whale meat.

(05/15 12:03)

A news reporter for TV Asahi was arrested on suspicion of indecently exposing himself on a street in Tokyo's Minato Ward while on the job.

(05/15 11:55)

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