Pachinko
Along remote paddies and in the heart of Tokyo, neon lights pulse. Inside, day and night, thousands test their luck and skill at what could be called Japan's national pastime: pachinko...
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Amusement machine maker Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. said Friday its
group net profit dived 34.4 percent in fiscal 2006 from a year
earlier to 43.46 billion yen due chiefly to sluggish sales and ...
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A young couple suspected of leaving their baby in the baggage hold of a motorbike while they gambled was arrested Thursday after the boy's dead body was found in a gutter, police and media reports ...
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Workers clearing a vacated apartment in northern Japan found a dead newborn baby in a portable ice chest among the former residents' belongings, police said Thursday.The workers notified police in ...
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An executive of a group serving businesses run by pro-Pyongyang
Korean residents in Kyoto Prefecture and a related company executive
were arrested Thursday fo...
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Models of many main characters in television cartoons and
popular movies are becoming collectable in Japan not only among
children but also young and middle-aged people.
Amid sluggish sale...
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Workers clearing an apparently vacated apartment in northern Japan found the body of a dead newborn baby among the former residents' belongings, police said Thursday.The workers notified police in ...
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Japan faces 'severe' progress in anti-global warming measures
TOKYO - It has become ''extremely difficult'' for Japan to
attain the Kyoto Protocol target, a government panel sugg...
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Goodwill to sell Comsn live-in care operations to Nichii
TOKYO - Scandal-tainted nursing care provider Comsn Inc. said
Monday it wants to sell its live-in care facilities and ope...
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Police sent papers to prosecutors Tuesday on a dead man who
allegedly killed his wife and three sons in June in Hachinohe, Aomori
Prefecture before later committing suicide.
Although his m...
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It has become ''extremely difficult'' for Japan to attain the
Kyoto Protocol target, a government panel suggested Wednesday in its
draft interim report.
The report, however, is called into...
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Pachinko
Sega Sammy net profit down 34% on sluggish sales, depreciation costs
