Japan Today
Nov. 29, 2024: Japan-U.S. missiles, crash saga, suicide leap, Tokyo lost-found and shoe thief weasel
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:21:06
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From defense updates to weasel crime, here’s your weekly roundup of the biggest and quirkiest stories from Japan Today for Nov. 29, 2024. In this episode, we explore: (0:59 - 4:55) POLITICS: Japan-U.S missile deployment https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s.-to-deploy-missile-units-to-japan-islands-in-taiwan-contingency Japan and the U.S. gear up for Taiwan contingencies, with missile units on Japan's islands and the Philippines. Russia warns of retaliation. (4:58 - 7:42) CRIME: High-profile crash saga ends https://japantoday.com/category/crime/93-year-old-driver-in-fatal-tokyo-crash-dies-in-prison The convicted bureaucrat behind the high-profile 2019 accident that killed two people dies in prison. (7:45 - 12:37) CRIME: Tragic suicide case update https://japantoday.com/category/crime/girl-who-jumped-off-building-roof-killing-herself-and-pedestrian-below-to-be-prosecuted Police recommend charges in a heartbreaking case where a teenage girl’s suicide also claimed the life of an innocent bystander. (