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  • Woman stabbed to death in Chiba apartment
    A woman was stabbed to death in her apartment on Wednesday morning in an apparent robbery-murder, police said. (NewsOnJapan.com)

  • Japan melons fall short at 'only' $15,700 for two
    A box set of two cantaloupe melons has been sold at auction in Japan for one million yen (S$15,750), but in a possible sign of the financial times, went for less than half the all-time record. (Straits Times)

  • Japan GDP Is best of a bad bunch
    Japan's economy kicked off the year generating growth that puts most rest of the industrialized world to shame. Gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 4.1% in the January-March quarter. (Wall Street Journal)

  • Man gets 17 years for child porn
    The U.S. Federal District Court in Riverside, California, has sentenced a Japanese man to 17 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for conspiracy to advertise child pornography on the Internet, the Justice Department said Tuesday. (Japan Times)

  • Power saving reduced heat island effect
    Last summer's energy-saving drive alleviated the heat island effect in Tokyo, with the temperature difference between central and suburban areas in the capital shrinking by up to 0.67 C compared with the previous year, researchers have found. (Yomiuri)

  • Imperial couple set out for British queen's fete
    The Emperor and Empress departed for an official visit to Britain on Wednesday morning to attend events celebrating the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. (Yomiuri)

  • DoCoMo to launch smart phones for elderly
    Leading Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo on Wednesday unveiled its first smart phone specially designed for elderly users, as the company bids to tap into an ageing consumer population. (AFP)

  • Toyota rolls out redesigned Corolla
    For four guys going golfing in Japan's picturesque countryside over the weekend, there's slim pickings when it comes to small fuel-economy vehicles big enough to fit clubs and all passengers. (Wall Street Journal)

  • Japanese 'island' claims dismissed by UN
    Tokyo's bid to upgrade the status of a Pacific atoll into an island, and claim an exclusive economic zone around it, was dismissed by the United Nations. (China Daily)

  • Japanese lesbian can't wait for Disneyland 'wedding'
    Like many Japanese women, Koyuki Higashi adores Tokyo Disneyland. So it was only natural that she would want to hold her wedding there, as many other couples have done. (Reuters)

  • Nikkei falls 0.9 pct, deep in "oversold" territory
    Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent on Wednesday as investors cut exposure to risky assets after the failure of Greek politicians to form a government raised the prospect leftists opposed to bailout terms could win new elections. (Reuters)

  • Japan penguin escapee 'spotted' in Tokyo Bay
    A penguin which escaped from Tokyo's Sea Life Park has reportedly been spotted swimming in waters around the Japanese capital. (BBC)

  • 3-yr-old boy, left home alone, falls to death from 11th-floor balcony
    A three-year-old boy fell to his death from the balcony of his 11th-floor apartment in Adachi Ward on Tuesday after his parents left him home alone. (Japan Today)

  • Okada bets to win with fine dining and casinos
    Kazuo Okada, the Japanese billionaire engaged in a fierce legal battle with Las Vegas casino tycoon Steve Wynn, is diversifying his pachinko company with a string of his own restaurants and is negotiating to build a casino resort in South Korea. (Reuters)

  • China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse
    At sunrise in some parts of China and Japan and by sunset in the western United States, a partial solar eclipse is set to slink across a narrow swath of the Earth on May 20 and 21. (AFP)