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Misinformation continues to take a toll on Kurds living in Saitama

Asahi News 09 Jan 2026
Close aides to Saitama Governor Motohiro Ono were surprised by the apparent turnaround in his thinking about the Kurdish community in the prefecture ... In 2019, he was elected Saitama governor.
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Train collides with car at rail crossing in Japan’s Saitama prefecture

The Philadelphia Inquirer 02 Jan 2026
... collided with a car at a level crossing on the JR Utsunomiya Line in Shiraoka, Saitama prefecture, on Jan 1.
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Train collides with car at rail crossing in Japan's Saitama Prefecture

The Peninsula 01 Jan 2026
A train collided with a car at a railway crossing on the JR Utsunomiya Line in Shiraoka City, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday, police and fire officials said, adding that the train ...
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Journalist settles defamation suit with apology to Kurds in Saitama

Asahi News 09 Dec 2025
A Japanese freelance journalist who made derogatory online comments about Kurdish residents in Saitama Prefecture formally apologized to them in a settlement approved by the Tokyo District Court.
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Japan’s Saitama Seibu Lions sign CPBL’s Lin An-ko

Taipei Times 22 Nov 2025
Staff writer, with CNA. Japanese franchise the Saitama Seibu Lions yesterday announced that they have signed Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions slugger Lin An-ko, one of this year’s three Most Valuable Player finalists for CPBL ... 28 ... .
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Selected for Saitama City’s Decarbonized District Development Project (Kaneka Corporation)

Public Technologies 17 Nov 2025
) Selected for Saitama City's Decarbonized District Development Project ... Warabi City, Saitama; President ... District Development Project" under Saitama City's Decarbonization Leading Area initiative.
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2 killed, 3 injured in vehicle pileup in Japan's Saitama

China.dot.org 13 Nov 2025
... in a five-vehicle collision involving a large truck and several passenger cars on an expressway in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, local media reported.
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Former care home worker entered Saitama facility with 'intent to kill'

Japan Times 20 Oct 2025
Investigators believe he broke into his former workplace after forming an intent to kill despite holding no grudge against the two residents he allegedly killed ... .
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Suspect in murders at Saitama facility allegedly snuck in using old passcode

Japan Times 16 Oct 2025
Police suspect Toya Kimura, 22, a former worker at the care facility, used prior knowledge of the building's security system to gain entry ... .
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Ex-caregiver held after 2 women killed at nursing home in Saitama

Asahi News 16 Oct 2025
TSURUGASHIMA, Saitama Prefecture—A usually quiet community here is reeling in shock after two elderly women were stabbed to death at a nursing home and a former care worker was taken into custody. Saitama prefectural police on Oct.
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