YOKOHAMA, Oct 18 (NHK) –
Police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of assisting a junior high school girl commit suicide.
Police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of assisting a junior high school girl commit suicide.
The police discovered a body of a junior high school girl from Yokohama in a mountainous area of Sagamihara in September. Both of the cities are located in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo.
The girl had been missing since mid-September after leaving her home. Police say evidence suggests that she committed suicide.
Police allege Nozaki Yuya, who was arrested on Monday, met the student through social media, then drove her to the area of Sagmihara on September 23.
Investigative sources say Nozaki admitted the allegations. He reportedly told investigators that the girl wanted to kill herself, and he drove where she asked to go and dropped her off.
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Oct 18 (日テレNEWS) – 女子中学生の自殺を手助けしたとして、28歳の男が再逮捕されました。2人の接点はSNSとみられ、男は未成年誘拐の容疑で、すでに逮捕されていました。 …continue reading
Airline offers rent and unlimited flights for remote workers
Bloomberg – Oct 20
A Japanese domestic airline is seeking to fill empty seats by offering subscriptions to Tokyo-based workers that will let them move to a city nearly 900 kilometers (550 miles) away, and commute back-and-forth to the capital by air as many times as they want.
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turns 88
NHK – Oct 20
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turned 88 on Thursday.
The Empress Emerita moved in April from a temporary dwelling to her current residence in the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, where she lived when she was Crown Princess.
Why is Tamawashi so good against Terunofuji?
Sumostew – Oct 19
In this essay, I discuss the unique strengths of Tamawashi, sumo’s oldest active wrestler in Makuuchi (sumo’s top division), and why these strengths are effective against the dominant Yokozuna Terunofuji after he has given away 4 gold stars to the veteran wrestler.
Chinese Dragon suspected in Tokyo skyscraper scuffle
NHK – Oct 18
A violent scuffle broke out at a Tokyo restaurant on Sunday. Police suspect the brawl was initiated by a gang known as Chinese Dragon. Gang members include people of Japanese ancestry related to those who were left behind in China after World War Two.
Kikubatake: Onoe Baikō VII’s Final Ushiwakamaru
Kabuki In-Depth – Oct 18
This performance of the Kikubatake scene took place in December 1993, at the National Theatre in Tokyo, and it would be one of the last onstage appearances of the great onnagata and nimaime Onoe Baikō VII (1915 – 1995), 78 years old at the time of this recording.
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