Takanori Hoshijima, 34, a former temporary worker from Tokyo’s Koto Ward, was given a life sentence at the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for murder and destruction of a corpse.
Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
24 Feb
Tokyo man handed life term for murdering, mutilating female neighbor – The Mainichi Daily News
24 Feb
50 hurt in turbulence on Japan-bound flight
By SHINO YUASA – 3 days ago
TOKYO (AP) — Severe turbulence jolted a Tokyo-bound Northwest Airlines flight from the Philippines on Friday, injuring 50 passengers and crew members, a company spokesman said.
Four passengers were hospitalized, including one person with a serious neck injury, said Masashi Takahashi, spokesman for Northwest Airlines in Tokyo.
The 46 others, including [...]
24 Feb
Record number of people apprehended, in Japan, over cannabis violations in 2008 – The Mainichi Daily News
A bag that was used to smuggle drugs, top right, is pictured at Narita Airport next to parcels of cannabis resin that it contained. (Mainichi)The number of people apprehended on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law in Japan last year hit 2,778, the highest figure on record, a National Police Agency (NPA) report has [...]
17 Feb
Japan’s History of “Dutch Studies”
I like digging around in Japanese history to find interesting little tidbits. In 1853, Admiral Matthew Perry sailed his “black ships” into the harbor at Edo (modern day Tokyo) on a mission to force Japan to ends its “closed country” policy and trade with the U.S.
15 Feb
Japanese Surgical Mask Culture
Posted by Danny Choo, February 13, 2009 7:10 PM | permalink
Danny Choo is a guestblogger on Boing Boing. Danny resides in Tokyo, and blogs about life in Japan and Japanese subculture – he also works part time for the empire.
When I first came to Japan, I was shocked to see people wearing surgical masks in [...]
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