US Woman Arrested Over Disposal of Bullets At Tokyo Airport

A woman from the United States was arrested Wednesday for allegedly tossing 100 live bullets into the garbage at an airport in Japan, local media reported. Japan strictly controls the possession of guns and ammunition and incidents involving firearms in the country are extremely rare, usually grabbing national headlines when they occur. Public broadcaster NHK … Read more

Toyota Ends Electric-Car Ties With Tesla

Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday. In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker. Two years later they jointly … Read more

Woman Farts During Surgery and the Results Are Ghastly

A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room. The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her … Read more