2003.10.26

Left Foot Fetish (BBC) Wacky story of the week: Japanese man arrested for stealing 440 women's shoes -- only left shoes.     2003.10.26

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LDP-Yamasaki (Kyodo) No one is admitting it yet, but there is a definite sense of crisis looming in Taku Yamasaksi's office in his home constituency that the LDP veteran might lose his seat in the general election following a series of sex scandal allegations.     2003.10.26

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Tatu-Japan The pseudo-lesbian Russian duo Tatu took Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and DPJ challenger Naoto Kan by surprise on an Nippon TV program Sunday evening. Koizumi, when learning they are from Russia, asked "From Russia with Love?"     2003.10.26

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Japanese Man Shoots U.S. Marine (Mainichi) This is sort of the Japanese version of the man bites dog story -- in this a Japanese man allegedly shot a U.S. Marine.     2003.10.26

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Japan-Elections (Kyodo) DPJ is gaining ground on the LDP in the latest survey.   2003.10.26

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