... Nova conversation school. Her body was discovered in a sand-filled bathtub on the balcony of Ichihashi's apartment in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture , in March 2007. So far he has been charged with abandoning a dead body. Prosecutors are...

In this article: Lindsay Ann Hawker, Chiba Prefecture, Plastic surgery, Nova, Osaka, and Britain

Police have identified three of the four people who died in Sunday's fire at a restaurant in Tokyo 's Koenji district, while at least four other people died in fires in other parts of the country Monday. Two of the four male victims in the...

In this article: Tokyo, Fukuoka Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, and Hiroshima

...heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa failed to report YEN2.3 million in contributions from fiscal 2004 to 2007, sources said Monday. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office is reportedly looking into how the entity, called Rikuzankai, has been...

In this article: Democratic Party of Japan, Allegation, Yukio Hatoyama, Mie Prefecture, Kuwana, and Tokyo

...recent fatal fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, South Korean, was brought back to Japan by ferry Monday, arriving at Hakata, Fukuoka Prefecture , accompanied by members of his family. Kazunobu Nakao, 37, died Sunday morning at a...

In this article: Fukuoka Prefecture, Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Japan

NAGOYA (Kyodo) Fans of Formula One racing gathered Sunday at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture to bid farewell to the cars of Toyota Motor Corp. , which will withdraw from the high-speed sport at the end of the 2009 season. Final pit...

In this article: Toyota, Shizuoka Prefecture, Fuji Speedway, Formula One, and Nagoya

...and the career records of high-ranking bureaucrats. After the April 25, 2005, West Japan Railway accident in Amagasaki , Hyogo Prefecture , which killed 107 people and injured 562 others, hospitals refused to answer inquiries from...

In this article: West Japan Railway, Hyogo Prefecture, and Amagasaki

...at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology , points Wednesday to a pot from an ancient makeup kit discovered in a tomb in Nishiwaki , Hyogo Prefecture. Above left is a rusty clod in which a pair of iron scissors and tweezers are embedded.

In this article: Hyogo Prefecture, Nishiwaki, Kyoto, and China

Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Desperate measures: A cell phone in Shibuya, Tokyo , shows an "iede saito" (runaway site), where runaway girls post requests for a place to stay in return for sex. YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTO 'Runaway sites' latest...

In this article: Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, National Police Agency, The Japan Times, Saitama Prefecture, and Osaka

...true, it would mean Ozawa 's organization violated the political fund control law, which bans the receipt of unreported donations. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating to determine if illegal donations were made.

In this article: Ichiro Ozawa, Iwate Prefecture, Allegation, Democratic Party of Japan, and Yukio Hatoyama

...which occurred when the Fukuchiyama Line train, traveling too fast, jumped a curve and slammed into a condominium high-rise in Amagasaki , Hyogo Prefecture. "The unjustness is quite obvious and it deserves strong censure," the...

In this article: JR West, Seiji Maehara, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, and Osaka

...municipalities around Osaka airport. Officially called Osaka International Airport , it is located in Itami , Hyogo Prefecture , and part of the Osaka Prefecture cities of Toyonaka and Ikeda. It is currently used mainly for domestic flights...

In this article: Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Itami, Hyogo, Tokyo, Nagoya, Central Japan Railway Co., Toru Hashimoto, and Hyogo Prefecture

...from whom he was separated in China when she was about 4 months old. During her stay, Qu is scheduled to visit a facility in Tokorozawa , Saitama Prefecture , which helps war-displaced people from China adjust to life in Japan. She will...

In this article: Japan, China, Ministry of Health, Ibaraki Prefecture, Fiscal year, Nagano Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokorozawa, and Changchun

FBI investigating NH mortgage company that closed 3 mins ago LACONIA , N.H. - A mortgage company in Meredith that closed suddenly last week is undergoing a criminal investigation by the FBI. State Attorney General Michael Delaney...

In this article: FBI, New Hampshire, Meredith, Wmur-tv, Laconia, and Plaintiff

...be more prepared to interact with the public, more friendly," he said. But not everyone is sold on the security merits of Segways. Tokyo Big Sight, in Odaiba, for example, didn't adopt Segways full-time after running a two-month trial that...

In this article: Japan, Saitama Prefecture, Huis Ten Bosch, National Police Agency, Toyota, and United States

...7,910-ton Ariake was listing heavily when it ran aground, spilling oil over a wide area near the accident site. The ferry, which left Tokyo on Thursday afternoon bound for Naha , Okinawa Prefecture , requested rescue at around 5:20 a.m. after...

In this article: Mie Prefecture, Tokyo, Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture, Naha, and Amami

...to open Hollister stores in Frankfurt and Rome before Christmas and is on track to open a flagship Abercrombie & Fitch store in Tokyo on Dec. 15. To help support the international expansion of Hollister , the company said a new store...

In this article: Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, Aeropostale Inc, Fiscal year, Wall Street, Recession, Jefferies & Co, American Eagle Outfitters Inc, and New York Stock Exchange

...Nov. 12, 2009 authorities are dropping the case. (AP Photo/Williamson County Court Clerk and Master's Office, File ) NO SALES TOKYO Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man...

In this article: Japan, U.S., Barack Obama, Franklin, Tennessee, Tokyo, Yukio Hatoyama, and Barbara Boxer

...his head covered, is escorted by police through a mob of reporters at JR Shin-Osaka Station on Tuesday during his transfer to Tokyo , where he faces questioning over the slaying of Lindsay Hawker. KYODO PHOTO The 30-year-old Ichihashi...

In this article: Osaka Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Plastic surgery, Okinawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Nagoya, and Tokyo