South Korean man on wanted list after fleeing from police hospital in Tokyo
A South Korean man in his 60s, who fled from a police hospital over the weekend, has been put on a nationwide wanted list on suspicion of theft and intrusion, police said. The police identified him as Kim Won Gi, 64, who is on the ...
A Chinese graduate student has been charged with the murder earlier this month of a Chinese woman who harbored his former girlfriend after they broke up. Chen Shifeng, 25, has been in custody for allegedly threatening his ex-girlfriend, who was not named. He is suspected ...
Woman fatally stabbed outside her Tokyo apartment; killer at large
A Chinese woman in her 20s was found bleeding from her neck in Tokyo's Nakano Ward early Thursday and was later confirmed dead at a hospital, police said. The police found the woman with several stab wounds in the neck and cuts on her hand, ...
In search of the fruits of Okinawa's oceans
Seven years ago, I bit into a delicate variety of seaweed called umi-budō, or "sea grapes." I remember sampling a few dishes at Unjami, an Okinawan-style izakaya off Nakano Broadway in Tokyo (5-55-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo; 03-5345-5836), but the umi-budō stood out as something ...
