Police in Japan have arrested a Nepalese man on suspicion of murdering a Nepalese woman in her apartment in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo.
Acharya Bishow Raj, who lives in Isesaki City in the prefecture, was arrested on Thursday. Police suspect he stabbed Basnet Adhikari Laxmi Kumari with a knife and killed her in her apartment in the same city on Wednesday.
Police say the woman’s body had stab wounds, and a man with a knife was seen leaving the crime scene.
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Nov 18 (ANNnewsCH) – 16日深夜、群馬県伊勢崎市のアパートに住む、バスネット・アディカリさん（42）が何者かによって殺害され、容疑者が逃走していた事件。
Japan’s oldest man dies at 111
Kyodo – Nov 16
Shigeru Nakamura, a 111-year-old recognized as Japan’s oldest man, died Tuesday at a nursing home in Hiroshima Prefecture where he resided, the facility said.
Eating disorders on the rise in post-Covid Japan
ucanews.com – Nov 12
According to a survey conducted by the National Center for Child Health and Development in Tokyo, the number of Japanese citizens under the age of 20 who were newly diagnosed with anorexia – an eating disorder – increased by about 160 percent in fiscal 2020 compared to the previous year.
15 things that can’t be seen anywhere but in Japan
Top Discovery – Nov 08
Japan is a country more advanced and cultured than any other. Whether it’s food, scenic tourist
destinations, entertainment, technological prowess or even the lifestyle of locals, there is no
match for Japan.
Woman dies after falling out of moving car; driver arrested
Japan Today – Nov 06
Police in Sapporo have arrested a 29-year-old man over the death of a 23-year-old woman who fell or was pushed out of his car onto the street. The woman was hit by an oncoming vehicle and died later of her injuries.
Ex J-pop idol Hideaki Takizawa resigns from Johnny & Associates
Kyodo – Nov 02
Hideaki Takizawa, a former member of J-pop idol duo Tackey & Tsubasa who starred in NHK’s yearlong historical drama series in 2005, has resigned from Johnny & Associates Inc., one of Japan’s most powerful talent agencies, an agency official said Tuesday.
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