Naked Japan Major Nabbed With Women's Underwear

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A male Japanese air force major caught naked while shopping for women's underwear has been suspended from his duties for 10 days, a spokeswoman at Matsushima air base in Miyagi said.

The incident follows a series of scandals for Japan's military. The air force's top general was sacked last week for saying Japan was not an aggressor in World War Two, angering China and South Korea where bitter memories remain over Tokyo's past military aggression.

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Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Comic Book Character

A Japanese man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the "two-dimensional world."

Taichi Takashita has launched an online petition aiming for 1 million signatures to present to the Government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.

Within a week he has gathered more than 1,000 signatures through the internet.

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Stabbing Rampage in Tokyo

A man who was "tired of life" drove into a crowd of people and then went on a stabbing rampage, killing at least seven people and injuring 10 in a busy shopping district of Tokyo.

The incident occurred at 12:35 pm local time on June 8th in the Akihabara district, a popular area for electronics and computers stores.

Arrested at the scene was Tomohiro Kato, 25 of Susono, Shizuoka prefecture.

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