Monthly Archives: August 2004

Nuclear Accident :: At least four die in Mihama no. 3 reactor

August 11, 2004 – 2:00 pm

A steam leak at No. 3 reactor in Mihama, Fukui has left at least four dead and seven injured on August 9. Mihama had been shut down by hand in 2002 for a leak in a facility next to the reactor. The Kansai Electric Power Co., KEPCO, which runs three nuclear power plants in Fukui [...]

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Gaijin :: Two leap to death in Shinjuku

August 8, 2004 – 2:00 pm

Apparently a couple of nude Caucasians committed suicide by leaping from the Keio Plaza Hotel in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Should be more reports around in the next few hours, but here’s the first one I saw on Mainichi Daily News (good site, you should bookmark it).

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English study could be subversive.

August 4, 2004 – 4:00 pm

A gentleman in his 60s was reading a newspaper to study English in a plane. He came across a term in the newspaper and wrote it down so he could look it up. Another passenger, upon seing the term, alerted an attendent and the plane turned around, with the man in question being arrested. He [...]

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