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Japanese transgender professor to run for mayor in campaign focused on curbing child abuse
A University of Tokyo professor has decided to run for mayor in a city in Saitama Prefecture in July with her campaign focused on preventing child abuse. Ayumi Yasutomi, a 55-year-old professor at one of Japan's most prestigious universities, told Kyodo News on Monday she ...
City in Saitama Prefecture to tap into new revenue source with manhole cover ads
As the costs of operating its municipal sewer system rise, a city in Saitama Prefecture is hoping to cash in on the growing popularity of manhole cover designs with a plan to use the creative lids as an advertising medium. The Tokorozawa Municipal Government will ...
Tokyo High Court upholds ruling calling city of Saitama's refusal to publish pacifist haiku 'unfair'
The Tokyo High Court on Friday upheld a district court ruling that called "unfair" the city of Saitama's refusal to publish a haiku which referred to the Constitution and carried a pacifist message in its local newsletter . The high court ordered the city to ...
Owners of cellphones with TV capability obliged to pay NHK, high court rules
The Tokyo High Court overturns a lower court ruling and says the owner of a cellphone with a mobile TV function is obliged to pay the NHK subscription fee.
Court reduces sum of taxpayer money assembly members must repay for Australia trip
A high court Thursday drastically reduced the amount a lower court had ordered five city assembly members to repay following accusations that taxpayer money was wasted on sightseeing in Australia. The Tokyo High Court ordered Kunio Jinbo, the mayor of Toda in Saitama Prefecture, to ...
Saitama medical device makers fill vital health care niche
Saitama Prefecture has always been overshadowed by Tokyo, its bigger and glitzier neighbor to the south that is also the capital of Japan. But Saitama, sometimes referred to by its unflattering nickname Dasai-tama (dasai means uncool), is in fact home to a number of ...
Saitama man handed nine-year prison term for holding girl captive for two years
Kabu Terauchi’s defense lawyers claimed their client was not able to take full responsibility for his actions, but the judge saw things differently.
Peruvian drifter gets death for 2015 slayings of six in Saitama
The man who went on a house-to-house stabbing spree in Saitama is condemned to hang after being deemed mentally fit to be held responsible for his actions.
Japan to pitch Kobushi mountain region as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve area
The Japanese National Commission for UNESCO will propose for registration as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve area the Kobushi mountain region, which straddles Saitama and three neighboring prefectures. The commission said Wednesday it plans to submit an application in September. Whether the region will be added ...
Saitama firm seeks to spawn salmon-farming revolution
Japan may be an island nation surrounded by the bounty of the sea, but businessman Tetsuro Sogo is looking inland to raise one of the country's most loved sushi fish: salmon. In a mountainous area near Tokyo, gray salmon in a tank writhe as they ...
Death penalty sought for Peruvian man charged with string of six slayings in Saitama
Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a 32-year-old Peruvian man accused of killing six people.
Jerome Bel and his amateurs test the limits of contemporary dance in Saitama show
Controversial French choreographer lets the locals loose in 'Gala.'
