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2010/03/15 21:34
Business leaders from eleven Asian countries and regions attended the first-ever "Asia Business Summit" in Tokyo.
The Liberal Democratic Party issued a rare rebuke against Koriki Jojima, chairman of a Lower House special committee on North Korean abductions, for attending a birthday party for North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hosted by Chongryon, the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
The Tokyo District Court sentenced a former executive of the publisher Gentosha to serve four years in prison for corporate embezzlement.
Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki criticized the government's handling of the U.S. military base relocation issue during his stay in Okinawa.
Police arrested a 66-year-old man on suspicion of arson for allegedly setting fire to a parked vehicle in Tokyo's Machida. Four other suspicion fires have been reported recently in the vicinity, prompting police to investigate a possible connection.
15-year-old Kanako Murakami received a hero's welcome upon returning to Japan after winning a gold medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
At least two people were killed and dozens more were injured in an avalanche during a snowmobile race in Canada.
A female staff member on duty when a blaze killed seven people at a retirement home in Hokkaido Prefecture told investigators she was changing a resident's diaper when the fire broke out.
A Japanese-born male giant panda left his home at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture to go to China in search of a mate.
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