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INJURY

Japan Times
TENNIS
May 12, 2017
Nishikori withdraws from Madrid Open due to wrist pain
Kei Nishikori withdrew from the Madrid Open on Friday after feeling pain in his right wrist during prematch practice.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 7, 2017
Three-time national champion Miyahara pulls out of Four Continents with hip injury
Satoko Miyahara will not defend her Four Continents championship or skate in this month's Asian Winter Games due to a leg injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2015
Jury gets glimpse of van linked to prisoner Freddie Gray's fatal injury in Baltimore cop's trial
Jurors in the trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black man examined on Thursday the police van in which he suffered his fatal spinal injury.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2015
Nissan admits first Japan injury linked to Takata air bag
Nissan Motor Co. said Monday a passenger seat air bag manufactured by Takata Corp. ruptured during a collision last week in Japan, likely causing minor injuries to a woman sitting in that seat — the first case in Japan where someone was wounded by a defective air bag.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2015
Actor Harrison Ford injured in small-plane crash in Los Angeles
"Star Wars" star Harrison Ford was seriously injured on Thursday when the actor crashed his vintage plane on a Los Angeles golf course shortly after taking off from a local airport, a source told Reuters.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2015
Care worker arrested for slashing centenarian in Toyama
A care worker was arrested Friday for allegedly using a knife to inflict several cuts on a 100-year-old woman at a nursing home in the city of Toyama, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2014
Cyclists injured after mats blown into air by news chopper
Two cyclists were injured during a race in western Japan as nonskid mats on the course were blown into the air, possibly because of airflow from a news helicopter, police said Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2014
Osaka man arrested for allegedly lopping off son's finger
A 45-year-old man was arrested in Osaka on Saturday on suspicion of chopping off his 9-year-old son's right middle finger with a kitchen knife, police said.

Longform

Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on