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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
CHIBA (Kyodo) The pesticide methamidophos has been detected in huge densities in the frozen Chinese-made dumplings that sickened a Japanese woman and her daughter in Chiba in December, police said... Read more ...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
NARITA, Chiba Pref. (Kyodo) A fiberglass panel thought to have fallen off a commercial airplane was found in a field in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, the Narita airport office of the Land,... Read more ...
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Twitch (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
I’m a couple days late on this but this is great news. JJ Sonny Chiba is going to revive the role that got him his start in acting. At the age of 19 Sonny Chiba took over the title role in the 1959 Japanese television series Nana-Iro Kamen or 7-Color Mask. It was Toei Company's first super-hero series and lasted for 57 episodes; Chiba starring in the last 18. The hero of this series...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Film News: Japanese star reprising 1960 role -- Action icon Sonny Chiba is prepping a pic based on the pioneering Tokusatsu TV series "Nanairo Kamen" (Seven-Color Mask) via his shingle, Kyoto-based Thousand Leaves Hollywood.
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) The Japan Coast Guard will press charges against two watch officers of the Aegis destroyer Atago over a predawn collision with a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture in February that... Read more ...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
CHIBA (Kyodo) The Chiba District Public Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal against a district court acquittal of a British man accused of smuggling cannabis from South Africa to Japan. Read more ...