Mainichi Daily News

SAITAMA -- A 29-year-old woman suspected of strangling her 11-year-old son has told police that she made the boy take sleeping medicine, it has been learned.

SAPPORO -- A man who drove for about 90 kilometers the wrong way along two expressways after becoming upset that his cat had died has been arrested, law enforcers said.

Japan's household income gap reached its highest level on record in 2008, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced.

The conference room air was electric late on the afternoon of Sept.

Brazilian filmmaker Vicente Amorim's new film "Coracoes Sujos" (Dirty Hearts) sheds light on the unspoken history of Japanese immigrants in Brazil.

Former sumo wrestler Katsuji Hanada, who died of kidney cancer on Sept.

MIYAZAKI -- Livestock at a farm in Miyazaki Prefecture are displaying symptoms similar to those of foot and mouth infection -- which devastated the region's beef industry earlier this year -- prefectural officials announced Sept.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan questioned Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa's qualifications as a leader while Ozawa criticized Kan's approach to politics as the two came face-to-face at a news conference on Sept.

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NANKING, China -- A mobile disposal facility that will allow the Japanese government to safely dispose of chemical weapons left in China by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II began operation here on Sept.

A joint news conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan and ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, who are running head-to-head in the party leadership race, has clarified the main points of contention during the campaign.

KANAZAWA -- The Kanazawa District Court on Sept.

Italian Alberto Zaccheroni, 57, has been chosen as the new manager of Japan's national soccer team, where hopes are he will improve the team's offense.

In the months leading up to the Dec.

The government conducted its first disaster drill involving all Cabinet ministers on Sept.

SAITAMA -- A mother has reportedly admitted to police she killed her 11-year-old son after the boy was found dead in her apartment in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan and ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa blamed each other for the collapse of their talks on Aug.

An expert panel has recommended the government make tuition at pro-Pyongyang high schools free under standards for special technical high schools.

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