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Motoko Rich, The Times’s Tokyo bureau chief, discussed the tech she's using. What kind of tech tools do you use to cover news in Japan? Probably the most important piece of hardware I regularly use — aside from my laptop and cellphone — is a backup ... ( read original story ...)

Working through the Department of Sustainable Development in Saint Lucia, the agencies have developed and released two short videos on the Nagoya Protocol. The two videos – a short two and a half minutes and longer 10 minutes production – introduce ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama, Japan: The first thing you encounter at the Yokohama Tram Museum is seven Yokohama municipal tram cars, each with a conspicuous ad on its front. Such ads were common when the municipal tram network was in service, and the ones in the museum ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese police release information only through limited official statements or through news conferences that are exclusive to journalists in the police press club. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - A Japanese man who confessed to killing and dismembering the nine bodies police found in his apartment has been sent to prosecutors for further investigation. Police say 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi is being questioned by Tokyo prosecutors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc's big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North ... ( read original story ...)

Drones are delivering food to residents of a Japanese town devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster where access to shops is limited. Residents were allowed to return to the Minamisoma area last year but obtaining supplies can be difficult. Operators ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japanese police found nine dismembered bodies hidden in coolers ... The gruesome case captured attention in a country known for public safety, topping news with reports that showed the building where the suspect lived in a small studio apartment. ( read original story ...)

Security camera footage from a nearby train station showed Mr. Shiraishi and the missing woman walking together, the Japanese news media reported. On Tuesday, a crowd of reporters gathered around the townhouse, which the police had blocked off with yellow ... ( read original story ...)

President Trump’s Asia trip begins Saturday in Tokyo, and he expects to be greeted with entertainment from viral singer Pikotaro, The Washington Post reported, citing Kyodo News Agency ... really happy,” Abe told Japanese newspaper The Mainichi. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – Japanese police found nine dismembered bodies hidden ... The gruesome case captured attention in a country known for public safety, topping news with reports that showed the building where the suspect lived in a small studio apartment. ( read original story ...)

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the Japanese news media reported. A search of Mr. Shiraishi’s apartment on Monday uncovered a cooler containing two heads, then further examination revealed parts of seven more bodies, NHK reported, citing a Tokyo Metropolitan Police source it did not ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police have arrested a man after finding "multiple" dismembered ... and put out some of the body parts as garbage, Kyodo News agency reported. Media reports cited the man's neighbours as saying they had noticed foul smells near the apartment. ( read original story ...)

southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. A police spokesman said Tuesday the 27-year-old suspect confessed to cutting up the bodies and hiding them in cold-storage cases, covered with cat litter. (Kyodo News via AP) Local media reported that police ... ( read original story ...)