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DEATH 3

Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 2, 2015
Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn brings life to hit manga 'Death Note' on stage
Frank Wildhorn, the man responsible for bringing a batch of literary classics to the stage ("Jekyll & Hyde," "Dracula," "The Scarlet Pimpernel"), is taking on the popular manga series "Death Note" as his latest project.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2015
Malaysia parties promise Islamic penalties in bid to lure votes
Six months after Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak stood before the United Nations and urged Muslims worldwide to be moderate in their religion, members of his own party are supporting a law that punishes adulterers with death and thieves with amputation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 18, 2015
Psycho-drama mystery tests Tani's 'pop' principles
"Probably nobody ever got involved with theater the way I did," Kenichi Tani said with a laugh, explaining that because his teachers at school were "really boring" he set his sights on becoming an interesting teacher in the future.
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Mar 15, 2015
Death toll grows in 3/11 aftermath
Four years after calamity struck Fukushima in March 2011, the death rate among its nearly 120,000 nuclear evacuees is growing conspicuously amid the stresses of refugee life.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2015
Saudi court orders death for man who renounced Islam
An Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to death for renouncing Islam, the English-language daily Saudi Gazette reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2015
Indonesian president says no delay to executions despite mercy pleas
Indonesia's president said on Tuesday the planned execution of 11 convicts on death row, most on drugs charges, would not be delayed. He warned foreign countries not to intervene in Jakarta's right to use capital punishment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 24, 2015
Child dies of measles in Berlin; Germany vows to boost vaccinations
An 18-month-old boy who was not vaccinated against measles has died of the virus in Berlin, health officials said on Monday, adding they would try to boost vaccination rates and increase checks on children's status.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2015
Australia seeks last-ditch deal to save pair from execution in Indonesia
Australia is pursuing a last-ditch deal with Indonesia to save two of its citizens from imminent execution on drugs charges, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Thursday, in a case that threatens to strain already fragile relations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2015
China executes businessman linked to former security tsar
Chinese authorities on Monday executed a former mining tycoon connected to the eldest son of retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, himself the focus of a high-profile corruption investigation, state media reported.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2015
U.S. soldier monitoring himself for Ebola dies near Texas base
A U.S. Army soldier who just returned from West Africa and was self-monitoring for Ebola symptoms was found dead on Tuesday near the Texas base where he was posted, Fort Hood officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2014
More protests expected after no charges are filed in July New York chokehold death
A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer's role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges.

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