Chihiro Onitsuka( Kyodo) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Japanese singer-songwriter Chihiro Onitsuka, known for the 2000 hit single" Gekko"( moonlight), was arrested Sunday on a central Tokyo street on suspicion of kicking an ambulance she called for a friend who was feeling unwell.... The 41-year-old singer told police she kicked the vehicle" after a passer-by said something unpleasant, making me panic," according to the Metropolitan Police Department.... Onitsuka called the ambulance after a friend, who was

Japan's Kokomo Murase celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the women's World Cup slopestyle snowboard event in Calgary, Alberta,, Saturday, Jan.... " It was a really difficult course and I was anxious but I'm glad I won my first slopestyle title," Murase said.... In the men's slopestyle event won by Canada's Sebastien Toutant, Japan's best result came from Ryoma Kimata who finished eighth....

TOKYO-Tourists are flocking to Japan to scoop up high-end clothes and handbags at a discount thanks to the weak yen currency.... The trend has taken French luxury giant LVMH, which also owns Dior and Fendi, by surprise.“ We really have a big shift of business from Asia into Japan, ” chief financial officer( CFO) Jean-Jacques Guiony told a recent earnings call.... It was having a “ deflationary ” impact on LVMH’s China business as customers held off on shopping at home, putting significant pres

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