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From God of War Ragnarök to Starfield: 45 Most Anticipated Games of 2022
2021 appears to be a promising year for gamers, with big titles set to launch during the year, including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Hogwarts Legacy, Rainbow Six Extraction, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Elden Ring, Stray, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Gran Turismo 7, Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Forspoken, Redfall, Saints Row, Starfield, and God...
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I Had Suicidal Thoughts But Coach Pulled Me Out: Paralympic Medallist Sundar Singh Gurjar
Sundar Singh Gurjar, who won the bronze medal in men's javelin throw at Tokyo Paralympics, revealed he "thought of committing suicide" after he was disqualified from the 2016 Paralympics.
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Japan E-Commerce CEO Calls Olympics "Suicide Mission"
Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a "suicide mission" as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan's e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned.
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Tokyo Traffic Cop Kills Self After New Year Car Attack That Injured 9
Tokyo police are investigating the suicide of an officer in charge of traffic control near the scene of a New Year's Eve car ramming attack that injured nine people, police and media said.
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Suicide Revitalizes Concerns About Japan Immigration Detention
The suicide of an Indian man being held at an immigration detention centre in Japan has sparked a hunger strike among detainees and revived concerns about conditions.
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Indian's Suicide Triggers Hunger Strike At Japan Immigration Detention Centre
More than 40 people at a Japanese immigration detention centre are on hunger strike after an Indian detainee committed suicide there last week, officials and local media said Tuesday.
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Indian Man Found Dead With Towel Around Neck At Japanese Detention Centre
An Indian man died on Friday at a Japanese immigration detention centre in an apparent suicide, the latest death in a system widely criticised over medical standards, monitoring of detainees and mental health care.
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Japanese Man Kills Wife And Priestess Sister With Sword In Bizarre Family Feud
A Japanese man wielding a sword killed his sister, a Shinto priestess, on the grounds of a Tokyo shrine, then stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide, police and media said.
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Japan On Suicide Watch As Children Go Back To School
As Japan's schools reopened Friday after summer holidays, a day when suicides among young people spike, celebrities reached out to at-risk children and one Tokyo zoo offered refuge to nervous pupils in a bid to tackle the mental health crisis.
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Dentsu Chief To Resign Over Employee's Suicide From Overwork
President Tadashi Ishii said at a Tokyo news conference he will tender his resignation at a board meeting in January although he will stay through March as a courtesy to shareholders.
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Suspected Suicide Of 'World's Best Chef' Highlights Pressure-Cooker Of Haute Cuisine
When the French government released its comprehensive list of the world's best restaurants in December, New York's famed Per Se came in second. Tokyo's insanely exclusive Kyo Aji took home third.
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Restaurant To Pay $5,00,000 To Family of Man Who Killed Himself After Being Forced To Overwork
A Japanese court has ordered a restaurant chain and two personnel to pay more than half a million dollars damages to the family of a man who killed himself after being forced to work nearly 200 hours overtime a month.
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Fukushima Farmer Takes on Nuclear Plant Operator Over Wife's Suicide
A Japanese court is due to rule next month on a claim that Tokyo Electric Power is responsible for a woman's suicide, in a landmark case that could force the utility to publicly admit culpability for deaths related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Japanese father dies after setting himself and son alight
A man died after setting fire to himself and his nine-year-old son at a school playground in the Japanese capital Tokyo today in what police suspect was a murder-suicide bid, a report said.
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Japanese boy, 11, kills himself on train tracks
An 11-year-old boy has died after throwing himself under a train in Japan, in an apparent suicide in protest at plans to close his school, police and press reports said on Friday.
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From God of War Ragnarök to Starfield: 45 Most Anticipated Games of 2022
2021 appears to be a promising year for gamers, with big titles set to launch during the year, including Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Hogwarts Legacy, Rainbow Six Extraction, Ghostwire: Tokyo, Elden Ring, Stray, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Gran Turismo 7, Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Forspoken, Redfall, Saints Row, Starfield, and God...
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I Had Suicidal Thoughts But Coach Pulled Me Out: Paralympic Medallist Sundar Singh Gurjar
Sundar Singh Gurjar, who won the bronze medal in men's javelin throw at Tokyo Paralympics, revealed he "thought of committing suicide" after he was disqualified from the 2016 Paralympics.
-
Japan E-Commerce CEO Calls Olympics "Suicide Mission"
Holding the Tokyo Olympics this summer would be a "suicide mission" as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage around the world, the head of Japan's e-commerce giant Rakuten has warned.
-
Tokyo Traffic Cop Kills Self After New Year Car Attack That Injured 9
Tokyo police are investigating the suicide of an officer in charge of traffic control near the scene of a New Year's Eve car ramming attack that injured nine people, police and media said.
-
Suicide Revitalizes Concerns About Japan Immigration Detention
The suicide of an Indian man being held at an immigration detention centre in Japan has sparked a hunger strike among detainees and revived concerns about conditions.
-
Indian's Suicide Triggers Hunger Strike At Japan Immigration Detention Centre
More than 40 people at a Japanese immigration detention centre are on hunger strike after an Indian detainee committed suicide there last week, officials and local media said Tuesday.
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Indian Man Found Dead With Towel Around Neck At Japanese Detention Centre
An Indian man died on Friday at a Japanese immigration detention centre in an apparent suicide, the latest death in a system widely criticised over medical standards, monitoring of detainees and mental health care.
-
Japanese Man Kills Wife And Priestess Sister With Sword In Bizarre Family Feud
A Japanese man wielding a sword killed his sister, a Shinto priestess, on the grounds of a Tokyo shrine, then stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide, police and media said.
-
Japan On Suicide Watch As Children Go Back To School
As Japan's schools reopened Friday after summer holidays, a day when suicides among young people spike, celebrities reached out to at-risk children and one Tokyo zoo offered refuge to nervous pupils in a bid to tackle the mental health crisis.
-
Dentsu Chief To Resign Over Employee's Suicide From Overwork
President Tadashi Ishii said at a Tokyo news conference he will tender his resignation at a board meeting in January although he will stay through March as a courtesy to shareholders.
-
Suspected Suicide Of 'World's Best Chef' Highlights Pressure-Cooker Of Haute Cuisine
When the French government released its comprehensive list of the world's best restaurants in December, New York's famed Per Se came in second. Tokyo's insanely exclusive Kyo Aji took home third.
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Restaurant To Pay $5,00,000 To Family of Man Who Killed Himself After Being Forced To Overwork
A Japanese court has ordered a restaurant chain and two personnel to pay more than half a million dollars damages to the family of a man who killed himself after being forced to work nearly 200 hours overtime a month.
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Fukushima Farmer Takes on Nuclear Plant Operator Over Wife's Suicide
A Japanese court is due to rule next month on a claim that Tokyo Electric Power is responsible for a woman's suicide, in a landmark case that could force the utility to publicly admit culpability for deaths related to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Japanese father dies after setting himself and son alight
A man died after setting fire to himself and his nine-year-old son at a school playground in the Japanese capital Tokyo today in what police suspect was a murder-suicide bid, a report said.
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Japanese boy, 11, kills himself on train tracks
An 11-year-old boy has died after throwing himself under a train in Japan, in an apparent suicide in protest at plans to close his school, police and press reports said on Friday.
