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2010/04/01 15:14
A 53-year-old Chinese man tested his endurance by spending 108 minutes in an ice bath but was unable to top his world record of 112 minutes set in February.
Rescuers managed to pull free a 7-year-old boy who became trapped in a narrow pipe in China. The boy was unhurt but it was not immediately clear how he became stuck in the pipe.
The Transport Ministry's recall inspection team concluded that, at the moment, it could find nothing wrong with the safety of Toyota's vehicle electronic control system.
The 70-year-old president of an ironworks in Fukuoka Prefecture was found slain Tuesday. Authorities found burn marks on his back and have opened a formal homicide investigation.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has asked experts at NASA to help investigate a possible link between Toyota's sudden acceleration problems and electronic control systems.
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada failed to make much of an impression at a G8 meeting in Canada. He maintained the need for further discussions on the U.S. military base relocation issue.
Postal affairs minister Shizuka Kamei praised Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's handling of internal discord over a proposed postal reform bill.
25-year-old Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto became the second European native to be promoted to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki.
Police arrested a 15-year-old male on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his mother in the abdomen following a heated argument over school at the family's home in Kyoto.
Cabinet ministers gathered Tuesday to debate a controversial postal reform bill.
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