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3 killed in accident involving 7 vehicles on expressway in Saitama
Three people have been confirmed dead and two others were injured in an accident Tuesday morning involving seven vehicles on the Metropolitan Expressway near Tokyo,… Read
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Sony said Tuesday that annual net profit dipped 3.5 percent on-year but beat its forecast as takings in games and music offset losses in the… Read
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The Yokohama City Fire Department revealed on Monday that a Hodogaya Fire Department ambulance mistakenly took the wrong route while transporting an ill woman in… Read
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A fourth-grade elementary school girl was fatally hit by a garbage truck in Shizuoka Prefecture’s Hamamatsu City on Monday. Police have arrested the 60-year-old truck… Read
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