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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2014
Factory worker sentenced for lacing seafood with malathion
The man who laced frozen food products with pesticide last fall at a factory in Gunma Prefecture is sentenced to 3½ years in prison.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2014
Lax security made food poisoning easy: suspect
A man who was indicted earlier this year for lacing frozen food products with pesticide at a factory in Gunma Prefecture, says he had no trouble doing so because of loose security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 15, 2014
A tale of two Abes: PM's rosy view jars with life of toil seen in poison case
Did the frozen-food poisoner have some obscure notion of 'justice' in mind? Might it have been his way of saying to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 'Japan is not back; Japan won't be back until working for a living does not entail the sacrifice of all human dignity
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2014
Food safety measures fall short
The case of intentional food contamination by an employee at a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. has exposed shortcomings in the product safety measures taken by Japanese food makers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2014
Maruha chief issues apology for tainted food
Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. President Toshio Kushiro apologizes for a food poisoning case involving one of its subsidiaries in which a factory worker has been arrested on suspicion of lacing frozen food products with pesticide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2014
Suspect told police how to poison food
Investigative sources said Monday that, prior to his arrest, a factory worker suspected of lacing frozen food with pesticide at a factory in the town of Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, described to police how such an act could be carried out.
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2014
Suspect arrested in food poisonings
An employee at an Aqlifoods factory at the center of a food-poisoning scandal is arrested in Gunma for allegedly tainting frozen food with pesticide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Massive amount of pesticide found in frozen croquette
The concentration of a pesticide residue detected in part of a croquette made by Maruha Nichiro subsidiary Aqlifoods in Gunma Prefecture was 2.6 million times higher than the acceptable level.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2014
Over 200 fall sick after eating frozen food laced with pesticide
More than 200 people in 32 prefectures have fallen ill after consuming some of the food products sold by a Japanese company that is at the center of a scandal over tainted frozen food products, a tally by Kyodo News showed Monday.
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Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
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The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
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LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
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