Tokyo death sparks gang war fear
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The killing of a gang leader in Japan triggers fears of an escalating turf war between rival groups.
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A Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq earlier this week has been killed by his abductors after the Japanese government refused to meet their demands to withdraw its troops from the region, Kyodo News agency reported early Saturday.
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The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that rocked Japan over the weekend jumped to 31 on Tuesday as four people, mostly elderly, died from strokes or cerebral hemorrhages due to stress of their ordeal.
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Four young Japanese men have been found dead in a Tokyo apartment in what police say may be the latest in a series of Internet suicide pacts that have claimed dozens of lives in the past two years.
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Nine people were found dead in two rented cars yesterday, with the windows sealed from the inside and charcoal burners at their feet, in what Japanese police are calling modern Japan&#39;s largest suicide pact.
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The director and producers of  a documentary about Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where convicted  war criminals are among the 2.5 million venerated souls, have  received multiple death threats from right-wing groups that  want to prevent the movie's local release.
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Six people were found dead in two deserted cars over the weekend in Japan&#39;s latest group suicides, police said Monday. A woman and two men in their 20s were found slumped over in a car parked
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The situation in Saidabad in the old city of Hyderabad has became more volatile today after the police returned the body of the young man killed in police firing last night.
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Fresh conflict was brewing at world whaling talks, with Japan&#039;s opponents girding for a fight over Tokyo&#039;s drive for a return to commercial whale hunting.
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When Japanese police arrested three sumo wrestlers and their stable master on Thursday over allegations they beat a 17-year-old wrestler to death, the case sent shockwaves across a country that links its national identity to the sport.
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Â· Grieving pair in emotional plea to culprit's family Â· Liverpool police hint that death linked to gang war
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TOKYO - There are conflicting reports about whether a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq last week has been killed by his captors.
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For one hot, bloody weekend in July, it was like old times in the nation's former murder capital. Eleven people died violent deaths over a 48-hour period. One was a hospital worker gunned down by muggers near Chinatown. Another was shot and killed in a drug-related dispute.
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Ci sarebbero diverse persone ferite, colpite dagli oggetti caduti dalle mensole. Deragliato un treno ad alta velocitÃ . TOKYO - Quaranta minuti di terrore in Giappone nella zona di Niigata e Nagano, colpite
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TOKYO - Four men were found dead Sunday in a sealed Tokyo apartment littered with charcoal stoves, a scene police said appeared to be Japan&#39;s latest suicide pact.
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A rash of gangland-style killings in Cancun is being blamed on a battle between rival Cuban-American gangs over the lucrative trade in bringing Cubans into the U.S.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern about the safety of aid workers in Sri Lanka after the murder of two Red Cross volunteers, his office said, as Japan's peace envoy began a visit to the war-battered island.