KANTO A university student who posted a message on an Internet site threatening to commit mass murder in Tokyo’s Shibuya district was arrested Friday, police said. [MAINICHI]

HOKKAIDO The Hokkaido government will let members of nongovernmental organizations, including outspoken protesters, to set up base at public camping grounds near the venue of the Group of Eight Toyako Summit. [ASAHI]

NATIONAL The number of non-Japanese who began two years of skilled practical activities after a year of training under Japan’s foreign trainee program surged to a record 53,999 in 2007, a government survey has found.

INTERNATIONAL Crown Prince Naruhito attended a ceremony Wednesday hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to celebrate the centennial of Japanese emigration to Brazil. [THE JAPAN TIMES]

NATIONAL The number of suicides in Japan hit 33,093 last year, topping 30,000 for the 10th year in a row, a report from the National Police Agency has shown. [MAINICHI]

TOHOKU A rift extending for about 15 kilometers has appeared on the surface of the ground in five districts following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Japan’s Tohoku region on June 14, it has emerged. (1) [MAINICHI]

KANSAI A 13-year-old girl suffered serious injuries when she was stabbed in the back several times by another girl from the same school, law enforcers said. [MAINICHI]

INTERNATIONAL A small Beijing crowd of Chinese protesters on Wednesday denounced a compromise with Japan over disputed undersea gas, saying the deal could betray national interests. [REUTERS]

KANSAI A woman in her 80s died in Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital in March after an intern inserted a feeding tube, which was supposed to deliver nutrients directly to the woman’s stomach, into her lung instead, the hospital said Wednesday. [YOMIURI]

KANTO A man suspected of killing seven people during an indiscriminate rampage in Akihabara, Tokyo, on June 8 apparently drove around the vicinity of the murder scene for about 20 minutes before the incident, police said Wednesday. [YOMIURI]

KANSAI The Osaka prefectural government has come under fire from residents who allege it has allowed part of a public park in Sakai to be taken over by a select group of mah-jong enthusiasts. (1) [YOMIURI]

TOHOKU Hundreds of rescuers and residents in areas struck by Saturday’s Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake were ordered to evacuate Wednesday, as one of the dams on the lakes created by a landslide triggered by the quake appeared close to collapse. [YOMIURI]

TOHOKU The government stepped up its search on Wednesday for those who went missing following a powerful earthquake in the Tohoku region as heavy rain was forecast to hit the region. [MAINICHI]

CHUBU A fisheries cooperative in Isshiki, Aichi Prefecture sold tons of imported eels mislabeled as domestic, the agriculture and fisheries ministry said Tuesday. [ASAHI]

KANTO A Tokyo employment agency and its president face charges for evading approximately 120 million yen in consumption tax, taxation authorities said. [MAINICHI]

INTERNATIONAL Japanese government officials in Jakarta have begun interviewing Indonesians hoping to work as nurses or caregivers under the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement. [ASAHI]

NATIONAL Two Japan Airlines pilot unions notified the airline’s management Tuesday that their members will gone on strike this week, likely leading to a series of cancellations and delays, company officials said. [KYODO]

NATIONAL The government has urged knife manufacturers and retailers to refrain from producing or selling daggers after the suspect in the Akihabara stabbing rampage used such a weapon in his attacks, officials said. [MAINICHI]

NATIONAL Tsutomu Miyazaki, the notorious serial killer who butchered four girls and sent a letter and remains to a victim’s parents, was among three criminals executed Tuesday, the Justice Ministry said. [ASAHI]

CHUBU A man was arrested Tuesday for posting a message on a police Web site threatening to stab someone at a railway station near an airport in Aichi Prefecture, police said. [MAINICHI]