HOKKAIDO A green sea turtle that was found on the shore of a village in Hokkaido is being treated for injuries at an aquarium here and is making a recovery, local officials said. [MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO Confectioner Ishiya Co. resumed its production of its popular Hokkaido souvenir sweet Shiroi Koibito, after production was suspended in mid-August when it was revealed the company had mis-labeled the expiry dates on the sweets. (4)

HOKKAIDO Former executives of bankrupt meatpacking company Meat Hope Co. mixed rabbit meat into ground meat mislabeled as 100 percent beef, according to DNA analysis by Hokkaido police. [YOMIURI]

HOKKAIDO A former yakuza who stabbed a man in the eye on the way to fatally knifing him was Thursday sentenced by the Sapporo District Court to 22 years imprisonment. [MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO The arrest of Minoru Tanaka, former president of meat-processing company Meat Hope Co., on Wednesday over mislabeling minced meat products containing pork and chicken as 100 percent beef, shows that investigative authorities are taking a hard line in the unprecedented case, which is considered representative of a string of food-mislabeling cases nationwide that shattered consumer confidence in the food service industry. [YOMIURI]

HOKKAIDO Police plan to arrest Minoru Tanaka, former president of scandal-tainted Meat Hope Co., and three other former executives Wednesday on suspicion of falsely labeling beef products, investigative sources said Tuesday. [KYODO]

HOKKAIDO A 1-year-old Russian boy who suffered serious burns on Kunashiri Island, one of the islands in the Northern Territories claimed by Japan, was taken to the Hokkaido city of Nemuro for emergency treatment, government officials said. [MAINICHI]

COLUMNS An elementary school vice principal under arrest over child prostitution has been dismissed, local education authorities said. [MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO A bag containing about 10 million yen in cash was found in a bathroom at the municipal government building in Ashibetsu, Hokkaido Prefecture on Friday, along with a note saying that the money was a donation to the city, officials said. [MSN MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO A 52-year-old man who had stolen a car was shot dead by a police officer in an exchange of fire in Hakodate, Hokkaido, early Tuesday morning, police said. [YOMIURI]

HOKKAIDO A 46-year-old man, released from prison in May, was found unconscious in his Sapporo apartment after apparently attempting suicide last Monday shortly after abducting a woman he met at a department store, police said. [YOMIURI]

HOKKAIDO A 46-year-old man who attempted suicide after abducting a woman and taking her to his apartment may have been involved in the disappearance of another woman. [MSN MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO A Japanese prison is scrambling to eradicate marijuana plants that keep sprouting up on its exercise ground, officials said Tuesday. [MSN MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO Seven boys, ranging in age from 15 to 18, were arrested Monday on suspicion of fatally assaulting a 18-year-old male high school student. [YOMIURI]

STOCKS A new joint public-private partnership plans to create an electronic network to improve monitoring of questionable stock trading, it has been learned. [YOMIURI]

HOKKAIDO After it was revealed earlier this month that Sapporo-based confectioner Ishiya had mislabeled the best-before date on its famous Hokkaido souvenir chocolate “Shiroi Koibito,” Hokkaido’s Department of Environment and Lifestyle sternly reprimanded the company

HOKKAIDO After the bankrupt town of Yubari, Hokkaido saw several of its firefighters resign when their salaries were cut as a part of the city’s fiscal reconstruction, the city was happy, but surprised, to announce it received 93 applications from throughout the country.

HOKKAIDO Isao Ishimizu, president of confectioner Ishiya Co., said Friday he would step down after his company was found to have relabeled expiry dates on its popular “Shiroi Koibito” (White Beloved Ones) cookies. [ASAHI]

HOKKAIDO A local labor standards inspection office in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture has designated the death of a Japanese fisherman shot dead by Russia near a chain of disputed islands as a government work-related accident, and has started paying his bereaved family a pension, it has been learned. [MSN MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO 47 seagulls and 2 black-tailed gulls were found Wednesday in the harbor of Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, covered in an orange-colored oily liquid.