A stolen name, a decade of welfare fraud: how a Chinese woman lived as a Japanese orphan
Police arrested 12 people over a scheme that used a real repatriated orphan's identity to bring relatives to Japan and claim benefits for more than 10 years.
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Ito Awa, writer and Senegal-Japan 'half,' on marriage, a father reconciled and a Japan that asks her to explain herself
In the first of a two-part conversation with critic Watanabe Yuma, the 30-year-old essayist discusses her new book, a long estrangement that ended, and why she wants readers to know that quiet, dark 'halves' exist too.
NTT Docomo mobile service hard to use nationwide, carrier says
Voice calls, data and SMS are affected across the country, with the carrier warning the disruption may also hit emergency calls.
Japan Convenes New Expert Panel on Shrinking Population as Birthrate Keeps Falling
The government opened a 14-member advisory council on Friday to draft a year-end population strategy, with a former internal affairs minister as chair.
Man sentenced to prison for keeping ¥22 million found after terminal diagnosis
A Sendai court ruled that a cancer patient's confession that he had months to live did not excuse him from returning cash a security company dropped.
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