オウム創始者と６人の元幹部が処刑【Aum founder and six former top members executed】
Founder of Aum Supreme Truth cult and six other death row inmates were executed, the Justice Ministry announced on Friday. The cult committed a series of heinous crimes in the 1980s and ’90s including a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995.
ワールドカップ：日本が巧妙な手法で決勝トーナメントに進出【World Cup: Japan advances to knockout stage with tactical approach】
Soccer fans were split over Japan’s strategy in the game against Poland on Thursday. Its head coach instructed players to pass the ball around towards the end and settle for a 1-0 defeat, knowing it was enough to advance to the knockout stage.
交番と小学校で二人が襲われて死亡【2 killed in attacks at police box and elementary school】
A 21-year-old man stabbed a police officer to death at a police box and stole his gun in central Japan on Tuesday. The assailant then shot a security guard, who was later confirmed dead, at a nearby elementary school. Police shot and detained the suspect.
女が弟の自殺を偽装した疑い【Woman suspected of staging brother’s suicide】
Police arrested a 44-year-old woman in western Japan on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering her younger brother, the president of a construction company, in a staged suicide. He was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a toilet in March.
強力な地震が大阪を揺るがし、5人が死亡【Powerful earthquake rocks Osaka, killing 5】
A strong earthquake with a seismic intensity of lower 6 on the Japanese scale hit Osaka in western Japan on Monday morning, leaving five people dead and many homes without water or gas. A concrete wall collapsed and killed a 9-year-old girl on her way to elementary school.
民泊に関する新法が施行【New law on private lodging takes effect】
A new law regulating private lodging businesses took effect on Friday to cope with a shortage of accommodations amid a growing number of foreign tourists. The law allows anyone to lease their rooms for up to 180 days a year if they register with their local government in advance.
