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Japanese police have arrested a 35-year-old man in Mie Prefecture accused of confining his partner's five-year-old daughter inside a garbage can for about five minutes. He characterised the action as discipline.
Japanese police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected of fatally stabbing her 33-year-old friend in Fukuoka City early Thursday morning. The victim's three elementary school-aged children were asleep in another room during the incident.
Japan's Fair Trade Commission has raided six major ice cream producers suspected of coordinating price increases over several years. The firms are alleged to have colluded through emails and meetings to synchronise price hikes annually.