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Map of Odawara Japan At least eight people have been injured, two seriously, after a man set himself on fire on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, say officials
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Japan raids Olympus headquarters Tokyo: Japanese prosecutors have raided the headquarters of camera and medical equipment maker Olympus as part of an ongoing investigation
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Obara acquitted over Lucie death Japanese businessman Joji Obara has been acquitted of charges over the death of British bar hostess
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Livedoor tycoon guilty of fraud Takafumi Horie has been found guilty following a 5-month trial which has gripped corporate Japan
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U.S. deserter gets 30-day term
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Death sentence for cult guru Map of Tokyo Tokyo: Former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara has been found guilty for the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways
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'Samurai sword' homicide leaves three dead at shrine Map of Tomioka Hachimangu Japan| Tokyo: Three people have been killed and another injured at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo in what appeared to be a succession feud | |
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Japan man held over bodies and severed heads in flat Tokyo: Japanese police have arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, after finding parts of nine bodies in his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo
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8 children dead in school rampage
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Anne Frank books vandalised in Japan. Tokyo
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Deadline for possible prisoner swap passes. Jordan
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ISIS threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages unless Tokyo pays $200M. Northern Syria
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Japanese, Koreans taken hostage  Iraq: 3 Japanese citizens and 7 South Korean civilians have been taken hostage in Iraq, where fighting has escalated | |
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N Korea confesses to kidnappings 
North Korea: Kim Jong-il has admitted that his country kidnapped Japanese citizens - and that at least 4 were still alive
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Sony: Hacker stole PlayStation users' info
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World's biggest ever digital currency 'theft' One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges says it has lost some $534m worth of virtual money in a hacking attack on its network
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Knife frenzy suspect warned: It's time. Tokyo
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MtGox bitcoin chief Mark Karpeles arrested in Japan 
Tokyo: Japanese police have arrested the CEO of the collapsed company MtGox, which was once the world's biggest exchange of the virtual currency, b...
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Doomsday cult member surrenders to police. Tokyo
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Japan arrests anti-whaling activist Japanese authorities arrested Peter James Bethune from New Zealand for illegal trespassing after he boarded a whaling ship last month
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Nagasaki's mayor murdered Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denounced the murder of Itcho Ito as unforgivable. Ito was shot while out campaigning for re-election
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2 Japanese diplomats shot dead. Sunni Triangle
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Japan knife attack: 19 killed at care centre in Sagamihara. Tokyo
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Man accused of fatally stabbing five neighbors
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Tokyo man goes on stabbing spree Map of Tokyo A man armed with a knife has killed three people and injured at least 17 Akihabara district, a shopping area known as Electric Town in central Tokyo
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Destroyers set sail on anti-piracy mission
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Japan passes controversial anti-terror conspiracy law Tokyo: PM Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc pushed it through the upper house early on Thursday, despite vocal opposition
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Japan outraged at IS 'beheading' of hostage Kenji Goto Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video purporting to show the beheading of Japanese hostage by an Islamic State militant
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ISIS: Japanese hostage beheaded | A newly distributed ISIS release appears to show the decapitated body of captive journalist Kenji Goto, after a lecture is given by 'Jihadi John' | |
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Kenji Goto: Abe condemns 'despicable' IS hostage video. Tokyo
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ISIS threatens Obama, Japanese and Jordanian hostages
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Japan PM Abe condemns hostage 'death' video Map of Tokyo| Tokyo: Prime minister has condemned as 'outrageous and unacceptable' a video declaring the murder of hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State | |
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Japan checking 'hostage death' video Map of Tokyo Tokyo: Japan says it is seeking to verify a video that claims Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa, held by Islamic State (IS) militants, has been killed
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Japan won't bow to hostage threat Prime Minister Koizumi has said troops would remain in Iraq, despite threats to behead a Japanese hostage
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'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement| The leaders have welcomed the agreement between their two countries to settle the issue of women forced to work in Japanese brothels during WWII | |
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Japan and South Korea to discuss 'comfort women' issue
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India arrests five for kidnap and rape of Japanese woman
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Japan passes law banning possession of child porn. Tokyo
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Japanese mayor apologizes for saying US troops should visit adult businesses
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Outrage over 'RapeLay' video game
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Marine suspected of rape Map of Okinawa Japan The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa amid a furor over the arrest of Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38
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Japan charges U.S. airman with rape Map of Okinawa Japan Sgt. Timothy Woodland, was charged with attack on a 20-year-old Okinawa woman
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