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Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire
This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
ABC News
Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5
WorldPingJapan says it has executed a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009…
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WorldPingAl Jazeera
Four railway workers killed by express train at station in Japan
Four railway workers spraying herbicide on tracks north of Tokyo were killed by an express train.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingTimes of India
UP mother killed by train while trying to save son threatening suicide over liquor money
A mother tragically died after pushing her son from a train's path. The son had attempted suicide following an argument over money for alcohol. He had rushed onto the railway tracks as a train approached.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India
WorldPingThe Guardian
Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan
Pacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last we…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingTimes of India
8 on board killed as twin-engine charter plane crashes in remote Alaska
8 on board killed as twin-engine charter plane crashes in remote Alaska — full report at Times of India.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Times of India
CNBC World
Japan's historic yen intervention has ‘turbo-charged’ the carry trade
Japan's historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving investors a better opportunity to put the carry trade back on.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World