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2008/12/04 20:19
Nippon Oil Corp. and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. are reportedly planning a merger as early as next fall.
An overnight fire burned down a home in northern Hokkaido Prefecture, killing a family of three.
Police arrested two people including a 39-year-old postal worker on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female passenger on a train.
Police arrested a 57-year-old man suspected of dumping the corpse of his 79-year-old mother in a mountain forest in Iwate Prefecture. Police have yet to rule out the possibility of homicide.
Thai Airways International resumed flights to Bangkok's international airport after anti-government protesters ended their weeklong siege.
Police arrested a man suspected of attempting to smuggle nearly 500 pirated DVDs of mostly Japanese animated works into Japan from China.
Envoys from the United States and North Korea met in Singapore to hold face-to-face talks ahead of the next round of six-party negotiations on North Korea's nuclear program scheduled to get underway next week.
Three teenage boys in Tokyo were arrested on suspicion of attacking a 14-year-old boy attending a different middle school over derogatory comments allegedly posted online.
A camera captured footage of a high speed car chase in Colorado in which police were chasing a fleeing drunk driver.
This year's official White House Christmas tree, featuring 369 ornaments, was unveiled Wednesday.
A bullet was reportedly fired into the door of a condominium in Kanagawa Prefecture. Police have been unable to contact the man to whom the condo is leased.
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