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Japanese Police Worry About Surge In Random Street Killings

Japanese Police Worry About Surge In Random Street Killings(6)

July 24, 2008

Following the random fatal stabbing of a bookshop salesperson yesterday evening, Japan’s National Police Agency has announced that in the last 10 years (1998-2007) there were 67 cases of random street killings or attempted killings across the nation.

For this year, up to July, there have already been eight cases of random street assaults, including the [...]

Japanese Police Worry About Surge In Random Street Killings
Cat Train Station Master Gets Summer Bonus

Cat Train Station Master Gets Summer Bonus

Looks like things are really going well for tama the tabby cat which was hired as train station chief for Kishi Station. She has now gotten a special summer bonus as reward for excellent work performance.

The bonus consists of a cooling pad and a custom-made mesh hat to replace the heavier stationmaster hat Tama usually [...]

Pokemon Bullet Train

Pokemon Bullet Train

Its now summer holidays for school kids and East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has began running a fleet of bullet trains decorated with Pokemon characters.

One 7 year old was really happy when he boarded the train to Iwate Prefecture with his family:
I was surprised to see Pikachu, but I really like the character so [...]

USB Desktop Mini Fridge

USB Desktop Mini Fridge

Thirsting for a can of cold drink but can’t get away from work?

Here’s an awesome USB powered mini fridge that is sufficient for the user to keep one can of chilled drink inside.
Amazingly its only sold for 3,980 yen on Rakuten. I did a quick search and its available here as well.
Source: Rakuten via Tokyomango
I’d [...]


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