By Tokyo Reporter Staff
A stroll through Takeshita-dori reveals big, bulbous lettering of a variety of colors, painted on the shutters of one shop after another
Machida high school girl who died in apparent suicide wanted ‘relief’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 11, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – A high school girl living in Machida City was hit and killed by a train at a railway crossing on Sunday, police have revealed.
The case is being treated as a suicide, reports the
Yomiuri Shimbun (May 10).
A witness said that the girl, 16, moved beyond the barricade at the crossing in the Morino area and into the path of a JR Yokohama Line train at around 6:40 p.m.
Japanese archbishop urges strict rules as Covid-19 soars
Churches in Tokyo Archdiocese will have limited numbers of participants who must observe social distancing
Updated: April 15, 2021 06:57 AM GMT
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Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo. (Photo: UCA News)
Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo has urged the faithful to strictly follow emergency rules as regions across Japan experience a spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths.
Japan has recorded more than 512,000 cases and 9,422 deaths from Covid-19, according to government data. Some 469,000 people have recovered.
In recent weeks, various regions and prefectures including capital Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto and Okinawa have seen a rise in infections, prompting the government to enforce lockdown rules to curb the virus.
Man accused of attempting to rape woman in Machida
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Husband claimed that the woman and his wife, 35, started having sex after meeting on the internet
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Man accused of attempting to rape woman in Machida
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 10, 2021
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 32-year-old man over the alleged attempted rape of a woman at her residence in Machida City last year, reports TV Asahi (April 9).
At just past 3:00 a.m. on December 24, Mitsuhiro Sato, a company employee, allegedly broke into the residence of the woman, aged in her 20s, and attempted to sexually assault her.
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