Mainichi Daily News articles from November 2006, page 3

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Hokkaido police dispatch team to investigate tornado damage.
November 9, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) SAROMA, Hokkaido -- Hokkaido Prefectural Police on Wednesday dispatched a team of about 300 members to investigate damage caused by a tornado that ripped through the town of Saroma on Tuesday, killing nine...

Man arrested over online threat to blow up Shinjuku Station.
November 9, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) A man who posted a message on an Internet bulletin board, saying he had planted a bomb at Shinjuku Station that was about to go off, has been arrested, police said Wednesday. The 23-year-old man, Yudai...

KDDI gains the most from new cell phone number portability system.
November 9, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) KDDI Corp. has attracted the most new contracts following the introduction of the mobile phone number portability system on Oct. 24. The net increase in KDDI's mobile phone contracts in October, calculated...

Woman nabbed for climbing 10 meters up power pole to break into ex's apartment.
November 9, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) NARA -- A middle-aged woman who climbed 10 meters up a power pole at night so she could gain access to the fourth-story apartment of a man she had been dating, then smashed a window with her bare hands to gain...

School basketball club disbands after member's suicide over bullying.
November 9, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) MIZUNAMI, Gifu -- A junior high school basketball club here disbanded itself Tuesday night after one of its members committed suicide due to bullying by teammates, it was learned Wednesday. Parents of...

Fighters won't throw confetti during Japan Series victory parade.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) SAPPORO -- Confetti will be banned during the Nippon Ham Fighters' Japan Series victory parade in Sapporo due to fears it could cause traffic problems. A committee, formed by the Sapporo Municipal...

Education minister receives letter from boy saying he will kill himself over.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) bullying Education Minister Bunmei Ibuki has received a letter from a person believed to be a schoolboy saying that he will kill himself because he has been subjected to schoolyard bulling, ministry officials...

Plasterer nabbed for abusing stepson.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) KUSHIRO, Hokkaido -- A plasterer has been arrested for abusing his stepson at their home here in August, police said. Ayumu Sugioka, 24, a resident of Kushiro, denied the allegations during questioning...

Kinki Nippon Railway failed to install correct speed limit signs at 41.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) locations OSAKA -- Kinki Nippon Railway Co. failed to install correct speed limit signs at 41 locations along the lines it operates, company officials said. Even though the errors had been left for decades,...

Majority of schoolchildren don't believe those who bully classmates are at.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) fault Less than half of schoolchildren think those who bully other children at schools are at fault, a survey conducted by a nonprofit organization (NPO) suggested. When asked who they will consult if they...

Tainted Murakami Fund to be disbanded.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) A major investment fund launched by Yoshiaki Murakami, who is under indictment on insider trading charges, has sold most of its shareholdings and will be disbanded, sources close to the fund said. The...

Horie denies he masterminded window-dressing of Livedoor's accounts.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie said in court on Tuesday that he didn't wield a strong hand over the company and its affiliates, denying that he was the mastermind behind the window-dressing of the...

High school girl stabbed by boy on street.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) FUJI, Shizuoka -- A high school girl suffered serious wounds on Monday night after apparently being stabbed by a boy she knows, police said. At about 9:20 p.m. on Monday, a third-year girl at a prefectural...

Taxi driver dies after head-on crash in Yokohama.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) YOKOHAMA -- A taxi driver died on early Tuesday after a car running in the opposite direction veered into his lane and crashed head-on with his vehicle, police said. Taxi driver Ikuo Takahashi, 70, from...

Tornado kills 9 people in Hokkaido.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) SAROMA, Hokkaido -- Nine people died and numerous others were injured here after their neighborhood was hit by a tornado on Tuesday afternoon, a local disaster management body said. At about 1:20 p.m., a...

Stalker nabbed for shooting ex-wife, 2 cops after she refuses to return to him.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) JONAN, Kumamoto -- A man who had persistently stalked his former wife in a bid to force her to return to him was arrested for shooting her, two police officers and two paramedics here Tuesday morning, police...

11 school children injured after falling like dominos on museum escalator.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) Eleven elementary school children were injured after they fell like dominos down an escalator at a Tokyo museum on Tuesday afternoon, police said. At about 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, sixth graders at Yugawara...

Asahi Shimbun deliveryman arrested for kissing 10-year-old girl.
November 8, 2006... (From Mainichi Daily News) OSAKA -- A newspaper deliveryman was arrested Tuesday for indecent assault after kissing a 10-year-old girl near her home here last week, police said. Hisashi Iguchi, 24, a part-time worker at a sales...