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US GUNS

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2014
Two California youths accused of plotting high school shooting spree
Police in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena said Monday they had thwarted a mass shooting plot with the arrest of two teenagers who were conspiring to kill several staffers and as many fellow students as possible at their high school.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2014
Missouri protests reignite over shot black teen
Protesters clashed with riot police in the U.S. state of Missouri overnight after police reports released earlier on Friday said a black teen was a suspect in the theft of cigars from a store minutes before an officer shot him dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 5, 2014
Top U.S. neuroscientist arrested after taking loaded assault rifle to Arizona airport 'to get a cup of coffee'
An Arizona medical researcher arrested after taking a loaded assault rifle into Phoenix airport said Monday he was making a political statement and did not intend to harm anyone.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Jul 9, 2014
Under Abe, Japan reconnects with the world of harm
It would be tragic if the process Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set in motion destroys one of the truly great things about Japan: the fact that so little of its economy and society is devoted to harming other people.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2014
U.S. gun makers migrate to firearm-friendly South
The first gun manufacturer to leave Connecticut after it enacted tough new gun-control laws last year in the wake of the Newtown school shootings presented a commemorative rifle last week to the governor of South Carolina, its new home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2014
Accused Seattle gunman suffering severe mental illness: lawyer
The man accused of killing one person and wounding two others in a shooting spree at a small Christian college in Seattle suffers from "significant and long-standing mental health issues" that were a factor in the tragedy, his lawyer said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2014
U.S. police defend actions after California college town murder spree
Police in the California community where a man killed six college students said on Monday they had no grounds to search the 22-year-old suspect's home when they met with him in April over a report that he had posted disturbing videos online.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2014
Police almost thwarted killer's plot, manifesto says
A 22-year-old who killed six people in a rampage through a California college town before taking his own life said in a chilling manifesto that police nearly foiled his plot when they visited him last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2014
Gunman kills six in drive-by shooting in California college town
A lone gunman sprayed bullets from a car in a drive-by shooting in a southern California college town, killing at least six people before his car crashed and he was found dead inside, authorities said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2014
Ex-Ku Klux Klan leader charged in Kansas Jewish center killings
The suspect in the Passover Eve killings of three people at two Jewish community centers near Kansas City is a former Ku Klux Klan leader with a history of spewing vitriol against Jews, law enforcement officials said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2014
Nevada rancher claims victory in standoff with U.S. government
U.S. officials ended a standoff with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert Saturday, calling off the government's roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 animals back to the rancher who owned them.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2014
Tearful Pistorius details terrified, sleepless nights since shooting
His voice trembling with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defense Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him sleepless, terrified and plagued by nightmares.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2014
Portrait of Fort Hood shooter starts to emerge
When Ivan Lopez's mother died last year, he told friends the U.S. Army had given him just one day to attend her funeral in Puerto Rico.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2014
U.S. Army names Fort Hood shooter, says had mental illness
The soldier suspected of shooting dead three people before killing himself at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas was identified as Ivan Lopez, a man battling mental illness when he went on a rampage, the base commander said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 4, 2014
Cash, sex, the mob? Weeklies seek clues in gyōza king's killing
Just when it was starting to look like 2013 would end with minimal gun violence in Japan, two socially prominent individuals were shot dead in the space of two days.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2013
Beyond Newtown: 71 other young children killed by deliberate gunfire in 2012
The man with the gun burst into the apartment and opened fire. The first victim was a young woman, dead at 21. The second victim was her 25-year-old roommate. But it was the third victim who would cause the most anguished screams when the bodies were discovered. Shot in the head, he was a 6-month-old...
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 3, 2013
U.S. judge mulls video of paralyzed man's murder suspect ID through blinks
Five days after Melvin Nathaniel Pate was shot in the face, he was immobile in a hospital bed, hooked up to a ventilator with a tube down his throat, wires emanating from his body and a brace restraining movement of his head.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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