Drunk driver plows into line of cars, killing one motorist
News On Japan via Japan Today -- Jul 23
Police said Monday they have charged a 35-year-old man with vehicular homicide after he caused a six-car pileup in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday, while driving under the influence of alcohol. The driver of one of the cars died in the accident, police said.
According to police, the suspect, who has been named as office worker Takeshi Kaito, crashed his car into the rear of a line of cars and a truck approaching a red light on Route 246 at about 3:10 a.m., Fuji TV reported. Police said three of the cars caught fire following the crash. The driver of the first car, Kentaro Sato, 35, from Machida, died at the scene.
A 24-year-old woman was in a serious condition Friday after being stabbed by a man whom she reported to police for stalking her in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Japan Today )
China's television regulator has ordered a crackdown on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War Two and demanded they be more serious, state media said on Friday, following viewer complaints about ludicrous storylines. (Reuters )
Police said Friday they have found four dead bodies in an apartment in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, in what is believed to have been a family murder-suicide. (Japan Today )
Shukan Post (May 24) conveys the difficulties experienced by other parts of the adult-entertainment biz in servicing customers from the communist nation.
A deri heru (“delivery health”) call-girl tells the tabloid that she is often requested to arrive at major hotels in the Shinjuku and Ikebukuro entertainment areas of Tokyo by Chinese visitors. (Tokyo Reporter)
Six sailors were found dead after a fire on a foreign freighter docked at a port in Hokkaido, northern Japan.
The sailors are presumed to be Russians. (NHK )
Police on Friday said that a real estate company employee was stabbed by an unknown assailant in the lobby of an office building near JR Akihabara station. The man is currently in a serious condition in hospital. (Japan Today )