Linkups: Japanese News

March 5th, 2008 by Foxes

Ten-year-old Japanese warned she’d kill girl - Yahoo! News

Believed to be the youngest person accused in a spate of similar Internet threat cases in Japan, the girl posted a message last month saying, “I’m going to kill an elementary school girl on February 29 at 1:00 pm” in the Tokyo suburb of Saitama, police said.

Rightist exits taxi, shoots himself dead in front of Diet - The Japan Times

Hitoshi Sato, 55, who happened to be at the scene, said: “I saw a shell near the head of the man lying on the ground. I didn’t see the gun itself or notice the sound of gunfire.”

HIV-positive Japan MP says getting married - AFP

“I never thought that I would live long,” Kawada said next to his wife at a press conference. “But for the first time in my life, I’ve wanted to live long, even a day longer than Mika.”

Post office returns money to mystery man who deposited cash in mail boxes - Mainichi Daily News

“I used to put the money in donation boxes at shrines and temples, but I couldn’t find any more shrines so I started putting it into the post boxes,” the man said without explaining why he made the donations in the first place.

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