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KARA leader Park Gyuri to have surgery on vocal cords
TOKYO — Park Gyuri, the 23-year-old lead vocalist for popular all-girl Korean group KARA, will have surgery to remove a polyp on her vocal cords on Tuesday, the group’s agency more »
14-year-old boy stabs mother after she confiscates video game
AICHI — Police said Monday they have arrested a 14-year-old boy in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, for allegedly stabbing his mother after she confiscated one of his video games. According to more »
3 killed, 4 injured in car accident involving 83-yr-old driver
OSAKA — Three people were killed and four injured in a traffic accident in Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, on Monday night, police said Tuesday. According to police, the accident took place more »
Man fatally stabs father over TV channel argument
TOKYO — Police said Tuesday they have arrested a man for allegedly fatally stabbing his father over a TV program dispute at their home in Tokyo’s Toshima ward on Monday. more »
Hosono visits Fukushima village declared safe for residents to return
FUKUSHIMA — Environment Minister Goshi Hosono, who is also the minister in charge of the nuclear crisis, on Saturday visited the Fukushima village of Kawauchi which straddles the exclusion zone more »
Emperor’s heart bypass surgery successful, doctors report
TOKYO — Emperor Akihito underwent a successful four-hour heart bypass operation Saturday and hopefully should be fit to play tennis again, officials said amid lingering concerns over his declining health. more »
Flu season has peaked nationwide, say health officials
TOKYO — The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Saturday that it believes this year’s flu season has peaked. The institute said that as of Friday, the number of flu more »
Tokyo stocks close at six-month high
TOKYO — Tokyo stocks rose 1.58% Friday to end at a six-month high, with investors encouraged by a weaker yen and strong U.S. economic data. The Nikkei 225 index at more »
Yen Daily RSI Exceeds 70
Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT The USDJPY has had quite a run so far in February. The break above the long term (off of 2008 and 2010 highs) trendline today more »
Japanese PM warns Barak against attacking Iran
Yoshihiko Noda tells defense minister that military action would be dangerous and could escalate standoff between Iran, West. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda warned Defense Minister Ehud Barak against attacking more »
