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Justice minister to submit separate-surnames bill to Diet next year
Justice Minister Keiko Chiba has decided to submit a bill to an ordinary Diet session to be convened in January to revise the Civil Code so that married couples can choose whether to have the same family name or keep their own names, sources close to the matter said Saturday. Comment?
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Justice minister to visit S. Korea to study interrogation recording
Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said Friday she will visit South Korea next month to inspect its system of recording the interrogation process of crime suspects. Comment?
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Temples, shrines offer New Year traditions
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If you want to enjoy the traditional way of spending New Year's holidays in Japan, your best option would be to visit a temple or shrine. Comment?
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Ex-exec of matchmaking firm 'stole personal data'
A former executive of matchmaking service firm Web in Chiba Prefecture allegedly stole personal data of about 16,000 people who registered with the firm and tried to sell it to other matchmaking firms, it has been learned. Comment?
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Report: Japanese man charged in slaying of Briton
Japanese prosecutors filed murder and rape charges against the suspect in the slaying of a British language teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub more than two years ago, local media reports said Thursday. Comment?
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UK teacher's family relieve...
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Comment about "UK teacher's family relieved as suspect is charged" Phone Name Comment 0 UK teacher's family relieved as suspect is charged AFP Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, whose body was found at an apartment in Ichikawa in Chiba prefecture, Tokyo on March 26, 2007. Comment?
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Report: Japan Man Charged in Death Of Briton
Japanese prosecutors filed murder and rape charges against the suspect in the slaying of a British language teacher whose body was found in a sand-filled bathtub more than two years ago, local media reports said Thursday. Comment?
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It's my job to give (paying customers) a bit of drama with my vegetables
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Etsuo Asano is Japan's undisputed rock star of specialty vegetable farming. The vegetable "lab": Etsuo Asano warms up a homemade pumpkin soup in his farm's test kitchen. Comment?
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Cavity-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy
The sensitivity of molecular fingerprinting is dramatically improved when the absorbing sample is placed in a high-finesse optical cavity, because the effective path length is increased. Comment?
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Ichihashi confesses to Hawker's slaying
Tatsuya Ichihashi has admitted choking Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker to death in 2007, one of his lawyers said Wednesday. Comment?
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Teachers-to-be learn to teach English
Most primary school teachers never would have imagined they would end up teaching English. Comment?
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TOKYO: Suicides behind most train delays in Tokyo area
Suicides were responsible for more than half the 40,600 train service suspensions or delays across the Tokyo metropolitan area in fiscal 2008, with 307 people taking their own lives, according to a transport ministry survey. 7 comments
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Makeup exams for new-flu sufferers a testing issue for schools
What happens when a student infected with new-type influenza is unable to attend an entrance examination? Responses to this question differ among private middle and high school associations in each prefecture. Comment?
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Suicides behind most train delays in Tokyo area
Suicides were responsible for more than half the 40,600 train service suspensions or delays across the Tokyo metropolitan area in fiscal 2008, with 307 people taking their own lives, according to a transport ministry survey. Comment?
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Role For Immune Cells Known As Mast Cells In Afib
... in pressure-overloaded mouse hearts AUTHOR: Issei Komuro, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. Journal of Clinical Investigation , December 21, 2009 Source: Karen Honey Journal of Clinical Investigation What Is Edema? What ... Comment?
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2 women die in residential fire in Chiba Pref.
The house of Ippei Saito, 90, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, is cordoned off after two wo... Two women were killed in a residential fire in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, early Monday morning, police said. Comment?
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Hopes fade as letters dry up / Families grow anxious as Japanese wives in North Korea lose touch
Yoshikiyo Nagayama has bundles of letters sent in envelopes adorned with a print of Cheonmachong, a Korean Pegasus that, legend had it, could run enormous distances. Comment?
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... ayer-funded trip to Asia by Mayor Darrell Mussatto and other councillors to celebrate 40 years of twinning with Chiba, Japan and to begin the twinning process with Huizhou, China (from a Dec. 16 news story). Comment?
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Former Yomiuri Giants right-hander Brian Corey passed a tryout with the Chiba Lotte Marines and has been signed to a one-year contract for 300,000 dollars. Comment?
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December 18, 2009 - The first Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm was PlayStation 3-only. The second will be multiplatform for both PS3 and Xbox 360. Comment?
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