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Woman linked to 6 deaths, partner indicted on fraud charges

TOTTORI — A 35-year-old woman with links to six men whose suspicious deaths were recently uncovered in Tottori Prefecture and her 46-year-old…

Number of flu cases in Japan estimated at over 9 mil

TOKYO — The number of people in Japan who have contracted influenza since early July, most of whom are believed to have…

Hospital hearing set for Fort Hood suspect

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An attorney for the U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client…

Visitors drink Beaujolais Nouveau in the wine spa at the Hakone Yunessun spa resort facilities in Kanagawa Prefecture.…

The Manchester method

The Manchester method

The Manchester Business School is the largest campus-based business and management school in the UK. It also has…

Gong! Alarm clock

Gong! Alarm clock

Banpresto has developed a new alarm clock using wrestling and boxing gongs as the design motif. When it’s…

Beyond the Blossoming Fields

Beyond the Blossoming Fields

TOKYO — Late last month, the World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Index, which ranks countries on…