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Kabukicho host accused of accepting defrauded funds from customer
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Customer swindled a man in Aichi Prefecture out of 20 million yen
Tokyo cops continue crackdown on commercial sex scouting group Access
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Police official said, 'We must dismantle this illegal business model'
Man, 61, accused of raping woman found sleeping on Tokyo street
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect said, 'I had obtained her consent'
Charred corpse of man found near burned-out car in Kumamoto
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Case is being treated as the result of foul play, an accident or suicide

Tokyo clinic uses treatment to remove wrist-cutting scars
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Dr. Hideyuki Muramatsu: 'What patients want is to make the scars unnoticeable'
Japan scrambles to convert VHS tapes to digital formats
By Kazutaka Shimanaka
UNESCO declared magnetic tapes obsolete in 2019
Setagaya family murders 24 years on: Expanded DNA usage urged
By Kenji Nakano
Former chief of the local Seijo Police Station, 'Rather than just identifying individuals, we can get closer to the murderer'
Mochi: Trouble with New Year’s food goes beyond choking
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Mochi can cause an intestinal blockage

Koenji Awa Odori Festival

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on September 28, 2014

Participants at the Koenji Awa Odori Festival
Participants at the Koenji Awa Odori Festival
Participants at the Koenji Awa Odori Festival

(Photographs by The Tokyo Reporter, August 23, 2014)

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