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I have a crush on Janet. She is a somewhat regular caller, I think.

Anyone else out there feel especially soothed by a particular caller's voice?

We folks here in Japan just can't stop dancing. Especially when it involves chocolate dipped Pocky!

The Osakans do it best, I think.

What kind of deposit was he hoping to make?

It's not a crime if it's the result of free love.

Mummified torso found in Osaka timber yard

OSAKA -- A mummified torso without a head and legs has been found at a timber yard here, local police said Saturday, after a skull and what are believed to be several leg bones were discovered there on Thursday.

Osaka Prefectural Police are set to conduct an autopsy to determine the person's identity.

At around 2:10 p.m. on Friday, a prefectural police investigator found the mummified torso and a bloodstained sheet at the timber yard belonging to a local timber industry organization in Suminoe-ku, Osaka.

Investigators were searching the yard after a builder found a skull on Thursday, about 100 meters away from where the mummified body was found.
There is no sign that the body had been dismembered, and investigators believe that a wild animal may have picked up the skull and dropped it elsewhere. (Mainichi)

I hope to contribute info on Japan as much as I can. You know, fun things like Hello Kitty, Anime, and Tokyo Housewives hacking their husbands to bits and burying them in park.