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20 mai 2008

Heavy rains, strong winds cause chaos for commuters in Tokyo

Torrential rains and strong winds wreaked havoc on transportation services in the Tokyo metropolitan area on Tuesday morning, affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters. The Meteorological Agency said the amount of rainfall over the past 24 hours until...

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15 mai 2008

2 men gas themselves to death in hotel, guests and workers forced to flee

FUNABASHI, Chiba -- Two men apparently gassed themselves to death by producing toxic hydrogen sulfide in a hotel room, forcing 16 other guests and employees to flee, police said. At around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, an employee at the Sun White hotel in...

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15 mai 2008

Naughty schoolgirls serve up 'espressos' to go at 'encounter cafes'

"Encounter cafes," manga shops where men and women -- or more likely, girls, can meet and satisfy their mutual needs are rapidly increasing across Japan, according to AERA (5/19). The women's weekly visits a Nagoya "deai kissa," literally an "encounter...

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13 mai 2008

Death toll from hydrogen sulfide suicides this year hits 34 in Tokyo

As many as 34 people have committed suicide in central Tokyo by generating deadly hydrogen sulfide gas since January, with roughly 60 percent of them in their 20s, local government officials said. The latest finding has prompted the Tokyo Metropolitan...

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13 mai 2008

Pair of melons fetch record price of 2.5 million yen

SAPPORO -- Two prized local melons fetched a record price of 2.5 million yen for the pair during the season's first auction at a wholesale market on Tuesday. "I had expected Yubari melons would fetch a high price, but I didn't expect the figure to be...

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12 mai 2008

3 Japanese found dead in car; police suspect lethal gas made from detergent

TOKYO (AP) -- Three Japanese men were found dead in a car Monday in what police suspect is the latest in a string of suicides using lethal gas made from household detergent. The three, in their 20s and 30s, were found by a passer-by in Tomioka north of...

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9 mai 2008

Akihabara fait la chasse au Cosplay

le 9/5/2008 à 17h29 par Aujourd'hui le Japon Akiba est le paradis des otaku, la Mecque des amateurs de mangas et d’animés. Mais Akihabara est avant tout la « ville électronique». Les commerçants se joignent à la police pour mettre fin aux spectacles de...

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8 mai 2008

Another man gasses himself to death with hydrogen sulfide, 80 neighbors forced to flee

YOKOHAMA -- A 22-year-old man has gassed himself to death by generating deadly hydrogen sulfide at his home here, forcing about 80 neighbors to flee their homes, police said. At around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, a resident of an apartment complex in Kohoku-ku,...

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6 mai 2008

Couple posts warning sign on window before gassing selves to death in car

ECHIZEN, Fukui -- A man and a woman, both aged in their 20s, gassed themselves to death in a car here by mixing detergents to produce deadly hydrogen sulfide in an apparent suicide pact, police said. At around 12:50 a.m. on Monday, a 27-year-old man from...

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4 mai 2008

Rooms filled with deadly gas and blotchy corpses? Welcome to Japan's gas panic

At a time when the country should be winding down to relax over the Golden Week holiday period, Japan is in a state of toxic gas panic, according to Nikkan Gendai (5/1). On April 29 alone, five people in separate incidents across the country took their...

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