Contraband was discovered during an X-ray screening by Osaka Customs
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Body found floating face-down off the coast of Suminoe Ward by a sailor on Tuesday
Suspects have collected ¥130 million in revenue in sale of illegal DVDs since March of last year
Police have accused Shigenobu Kobayashi of stabbing Megumi Futase to death with a knife
Defendant admitted to performing with about 280 women, many of whom were middle and high school students, on 1,678 occasions over the past year
Influx of foreigners, primarily Chinese, Taiwanese and Koreans, is boosting business in Tobita Shinchi, the largest brothel quarter in Kansai
Hiroyuki Katayama, 54, stabbed himself in the neck and chest with a knife after a police officer raised his pistol
Suspect told clerk at Family Mart outlet, 'If you don't want to be killed, hand over money'
Kazuya Takakura allegedly fondled the chest of a 22-year-old woman on a road in the southern part of the prefecture in January
Body believed to belong to Keiko Doi, 61, was found inside a storage box amid a slew of garbage in a residence in Kadoma City










