Okinawa to sue Japanese government again over Futenma base landfill work

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF. – The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly approved on Thursday a bill to launch an appeal against the central government over landfill work needed for the relocation of a U.S. base in the prefecture.

The suit will call for the reversal of land minister Keiichi Ishii’s decision to suspend the prefecture’s cancellation of its initial approval for the landfill work needed, and claims his decision was illegal.

The central government plans to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.

The bill was approved at a plenary session by a majority vote backed by the Social Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party and other parties that are part of the prefecture’s ruling coalition.

The prefectural government plans to file the appeal with the Naha District Court later this month.

The lawsuit, which is based on the Administrative Case Litigation Act, will be the seventh over the prefectural and central governments’ stances on the Futenma base relocation plan.

In April, the Okinawa Prefectural Government brought the case before a third-party panel under the internal affairs ministry, claiming Ishii’s decision was illegal.

The Central and Local Government Dispute Management Council, however, dismissed the claims in June, saying the case was not subject to its examination.

Dissatisfied with the council’s dismissal, the prefectural government is considering filing another lawsuit based on the Local Autonomy Law with the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court, separately from the appeals suit.

Earlier this month, leaders from the national opposition camp gathered in Naha to highlight their united front against the U.S. base work in Henoko ahead of the July 21 Upper House election. They criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration for pressing ahead with the project despite persistent opposition from local communities.

Four national opposition parties — the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party, Democratic Party for the People and Social Democratic Party — are fielding a unified candidate for Okinawa in the Upper House election.

In the meantime, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, keen to deflect public attention from U.S. base issues in the prefecture, is set to focus on regional economic development in its campaign there.

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In Okinawa, LDP-backed candidates were defeated in both the 2018 gubernatorial election and a House of Representatives by-election in April.

Princess Mako meets with Peruvian president, expresses gratitude for acceptance of Japanese immigrants

LIMA – Princess Mako paid a visit to Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra on Thursday in Lima during her trip to mark the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese immigration to the South American country.

“I feel Japanese Peruvians are treated very well in Peru. I’m grateful that Peru accepted Japanese immigrants,” the 27-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, said during the meeting at the president’s office.

Vizcarra said he is glad that Japanese Peruvians are actively involved in various fields.

The president also showed his gratitude to Japan’s contribution to Peru in the areas of technological and economic cooperation and archaeology.

Their 25-minute meeting was preceded by a guard of honor formed for the kimono-clad princess by the Peruvian military.

At a subsequent luncheon hosted by the president, Princess Mako said, “I hope the bilateral friendship that has been fostered by many people for a long time will be maintained for many years to come.”

The president proposed to the princess that they play tennis together when she visits Peru next time. Vizcarra is a former Peruvian champion of paleta fronton, a sport similar to squash. The princess is honorary chair of the Japan Tennis Association.

She later met at a hotel in Lima with representatives of Japanese people living in Peru and Japanese volunteers dispatched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, thanking them for their efforts in the country.

The princess, who arrived on Tuesday, is on her first official overseas visit since Emperor Naruhito’s ascent to the throne in May. On Wednesday, she attended a ceremony marking the immigration anniversary and met with Peruvians of Japanese descent.

She is scheduled to travel to Bolivia on Monday to mark the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese immigration to that country, and return home on July 22.

Journalist reveals Man Utd £62.7m target’s ‘first choice’ transfer

Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes has his sights set on a move to Premier League side Manchester United, according to one journalist.

Recent reports claim United have seen an initial €35m (£31m) offer for Fernandes rejected, but the club’s executive vice-chairman Woodward is due to meet with Fernandes’ representative over the best way forward regarding negotiations with Sporting Lisbon.

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It’s believed personal terms have already been thrashed out between Fernandes’ agent and United, with the midfielder – who scored or assisted 50 goals in 53 appearances last season – reported a few weeks ago to have agreed a €6m a year salary plus bonuses over a move to Old Trafford.

But United still need to thrash out a deal with Sporting over the transfer fee, with United hoping to pay considerably less than the €80m (£71m) exit clause in his contract with the Portuguese giants.

It is suggested the Portuguese club would accept €70m (£62.7m) for the prolific midfielder, with United currently still some way short of tempting Sporting into the sale and hoping to barter them down to the £50million (€44.8m) mark.

Talks between Woodward and his agent are due to commence last week, according to a report in The Sun.

And now Gazzetta dello Sport reporter Nicolo Schira has provided a bit of an update by claiming that United are Fernandes’ number one choice when deciding on his next club.

“The first # BrunoFernandes ‘ choice remain # ManchesterUnited,” Schira wrote on Twitter.

“He is waiting for the agreement between # RedDevils and Sporting.

“Meanwhile Ed Woodward is interested in Sergej # MilinkovicSavic , but # Lazio want € 120M to sell him. # transfers # MUFC # mutd.”

 

End of the robot: Peter Crouch announces retirement

Former England striker Peter Crouch has announced his retirement from football at the age of 38.

Crouch made his English league debut in 2000 at QPR and went on to play for nine clubs, including Liverpool, Portsmouth, Tottenham and Stoke before spending the second half of last season at Burnley.

He made his England debut against Colombia in May 2005 and went on to play 42 times for the Three Lions, scoring 22 goals.

He confirmed his retirement on Twitter, writing: “After a lot of deliberation this summer I have decided to retire from football! Our wonderful game has given me everything.

“I’m so thankful to everyone who helped me get there and to help me stay there for so long.

“If you told me at 17 I’d play in World Cups, get to a Champions League final, win the FA Cup and get 100 @premierleague goals I would have avoided you at all costs.

“It’s been an absolute dream come true.”

 

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Arsenal are the Premier League’s climate change deniers…

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Arsenal bother
Its obviously not the right cause of action to refuse to travel with the Arsenal squad for the USA tour. However there was rumors all last year Koscielny wanted out and the club have done nothing to prepare for this. Just like Ramsey before him we face the real possibility of losing a key player albeit it past his best and there is no sign of a replacement coming. We already needed a centre back this summer, now you could argue we need two. I don’t believe a year at Fulham taught Chambers to be a better defender.

Arsenal are in a club in denial, a bit like climate change deniers everyone around us sees the warning signs yet we stumble on probably until it’s too late. Saliba might be a great buy, however it’s terrible pr to sign a player who we can’t use this season and not announce his signing at the time of I don’t know the same time we sign a player who can play this year maybe?

We’ve cocked up this window so far, we’ve known Ramsey was leaving yet no midfielder seems to be on the horizon, it’s unfair to expect Smith-Rowe or Wilock to fill Ramsey’s shoes, we’ve dragged our feet on the Tierney deal and now Napoli are sniffing around. They have money because we sold a guy with 70+ caps to them for change.

Emery is already under pressure after the way last season ended, every fan can see the areas we need to strengthen and I refuse to believe it’s that hard to sign players if you really want them. Why aren’t we trying to sign Nathan Ake from Bournemouth? He’s a solid player who is a centre back oh and can play left back too. I don’t believe Callum Chambers became a better defender at Fulham. We have to act now because unlike in years gone by making panic buys after a bad start to the season is no longer an option.
Tom, AFC

 

Striking sanction
Dario brought up an excellent point yesterday about “Players Going On Strike”, we have seen it happen throughout the years and more commonly since the turn of the century, player power is strong and if a player wants out of a club they usually get their wish, which only encourages future incidents with other players all over the world as they know if they kick up a fuss they will get their way and be allowed to leave, sometimes at a cut price fee (Agents do not help in this manner either as they are known to likely encourage said behavior as they get a nice bonus when a player moves clubs)

A 6 month ban from all football related activity seems quite harsh in my opinion for refusing to train, not play or fulfill other commitments as part of their contract, however my alternative punishment that came to my mind is as follows, it does require some help from the football governing bodies though;

The FA (Even better UEFA/FIFA) introduce a law which it enables clubs to stop payment of wages to players if they refuse to play for their club or refuse to honour their contract, this in my mind seems a realistic way to diminish player power, as players will think twice before making rash decisions, as they know if they do decide to breach their contract they will not be paid, and like it or not money makes the world go round after all.

Would be curious to know what other mailboxers have in mind to prevent player power in this situation and any appropriate punishments they would suggest.
Mikey, CFC

 

Liverpool fragility
Just been having a good chuckle at Sanjit’s emails in regards to where LFC finish the year after finishing second. I’ll give it one thing, it’s accurate with the positions we finished in but a lot of actual details seemed to be conveniently left out of his analysis. Not sure why? OK here goes….

In 1991 when we finished second, Kenny had left suddenly and was replaced by Souness, who tried to stamp his own authority on the team with only a few games to go. It backfired and we blew the league. Souness was allowed to change the team in his own way the next season (rightly so; he was the manager after all) and we ended up sixth as we were in transition from a team that had dominated for the best part of the last 5 or 6 years (and even further if you count Paisley and Fagan’s teams) into one of the worst Liverpool sides in memory and it set us back years while Man United become the juggernaut that they did and we couldn’t realistically compete with them. Cheers for that Souness (and not Dalglish as Sanjit suggested).

After 01/02, we had just had Anelka on loan and him and Owen upfront had started to look like they could be the next frightening partnership in the Premier League. Houllier however decided this was not happening and sent Anelka packing for… El Hadj Diouf. Wow! Without doubt one of the biggest mistakes in club history and I still wonder to this day if Gerrard’s heart problems had also caused him to have a severe brain fart in the transfer department…

After 08/09, Alonso left and was replaced with Aqualini who basically never played. That and the beginning of the power struggle between Rafa and a pair of crooked owners who instead of backing the manager to take us to the next level when we had been so close, decided to strip us of our assets for their own gain, and leave the club on the brink of administration. This sparked a terrible period in club history which had Hodgson in charge the next season and a side that “boasted” the talents of a finished Joe Cole, Paul Konckesy, Christian Poulsen…

After 2014/15, we lost the player who had been the been best player in the world for 12 months in Luis Suarez and replaced him with a load of s**t basically. Sigh…a man who had scored 34 goals and set up countless others the season before was replaced with Mario Balotelli and Ricky Lambert, as well as the returning Fabio Borini. Suarez scored more goals in one month in December the previous year than they all managed between them in their entire Liverpool careers.

As for our side that won the European cup that then went out the year later in the first round knockout stages…come on mate. We were playing competitive fixtures to qualify for it thanks to UEFA before most teams had even started preseason! Most of the players were knackered before we’d even hit Christmas and yet still managed to win the FA cup that season and finish 3rd.

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As even Stevie Wonder can see, not at all a case of “disappointment of coming so close has been overwhelmingly crushing to their spirits” but other factors. We have kept all our star players together for next season whereas we didn’t in the years mentioned above. Either a manger getting rid of key players, star players wanting to leave or a loan player not being kept permanently when they should have been set us back on each occasion, and other dross brought in to replace them didn’t help.

The big difference for next season is that we go in with confidence and as European Champions. We didn’t have anything like that in any of those other seasons; not even a League cup to cling to from those seasons we finished second. It’s different this year as while we don’t seem to be looking at strengthening anywhere yet, no one knew Allison was coming in last season until he was at Melwood having a medical, so who knows? Maybe we do have some more quality coming it and if we do or don’t, I still think we’ll be right up there challenging City for the title again. Aside from Spurs who are strengthening in key areas, who else is going to be up there with us and Man City? More chance of Wolves or Leicester getting into the top 4 right now than Chelsea, Arsenal or Man United who all have their own issues to deal with; inexperienced top flight manager who can’t sign anyone and two teams who need serious work to fix the current messes they are in.

My money is most certainly on a Klopp to keep taking us forwards and to do his best again, as he tries to establish us as regular challengers for the league title and Champions league. Roll on the start of the season.

Cheers
Neil (Could do with a good FA Cup run this year too!) Mulvaney

 

…Sanjit is either fishing or has a fishes memory, either way his mail yesterday was fishy.

It’s a different side, said often how different things feel here, no Alonso/Suarez type player being sold (talk of Van Dijk giving Barca a ‘short shrift’ when enquiring about his availability in the papers also helps). No crisis about how transfers are done, only problem there’s no one available to us that we want.

We literally tested this Liverpool sides fragility last season, desperately close to winning a remarkable Champions league trophy only to fall at the finish line, it wasn’t supposed to happen again. We were placed, in general, as City’s nearest challengers but only if we dropped all the cup competitions and instead we cut City’s absurd lead to 1 point and went one further in the Champions League (6 times by the way, quick reminder, unbearable and all that).

They’re dubbed mentality monsters for a reason.
Tyla (Brewster looked pretty good last night) Roxburgh

 

…Re Sanjit in yesterday’s mailbox. What relevance does Liverpool in 1990/91 have with Liverpool today? Come to that, what relevance does 2013/14 have?

What are these selective omens of which you speak?

30 seasons ago, Liverpool finished second. The following season, they finished first. How does that fit in?

Remember when Sours fan used to think they would win the FA Cup if the year ended in a 1?
They didn’t realise the year had to also start with a 1.
Pete – private in Bielsa’s army

 

Overachieving XI
Long-time reader, maybe first time published (1 in 3 attempts would go down well on the CV).

We’ve seen some cracking disappointing X’s and XI’s this week, so I thought look for balance and find out everyone’s over-achieving XI. This can be based on your own expectations, or those of the media / other fans.

As an avid Liverpool supporter I’ve gone with the below, in a classic / rigid 4-4-2:

GK: Alisson – granted I hadn’t seen an awful lot of him, however I was set on getting Jan Oblak from Madrid and was somewhat disappointed with his acquisition, especially after conceding about twenty goals against us in the CL the previous season. Three Golden Gloves later, don’t I look a golden goose.

RB: TAA – I don’t think anyone could have predicted how good The Trent would go on to be, no matter what you say. Then again when Clyne trotted off to Bournemouth for a few months. There is always hope that a local lad would make the break, but it doesn’t pull off anywhere near as often as you’d hope. He was given his chance, and wow has he taken it with both hands (opportunity and the CL trophy…).

CB: Sami Hyypia – has to be him, right? Got him for relative peanuts and went on to be one of our best (and my favourite) players for a long time.

CB: Stephane Henchoz: similar to big Sami, Henchoz was relatively unknown and plucked from Blackburn for £3.5m. He went on to be part of our trophy haul the following year and amassed over 200 games for us.

LB: Andy Robinson – £8m from relegated Hull. Nuff said.

Mid: Gary McAllister – a free 72 year old from Coventry, his signing was a masterstroke. A key part of our cup wins that followed, one of the greatest goals against your local rivals you are likely to see, and credited by Gerrard as a real inspiration at the club.

Mid: Phil Coutinho – an unhappy Brazilian from the bench in Italy… wasn’t exactly stirring stuff, but wizardry, goals (1 in 4!) and megabucks later, he proved to massively exceed expectations.

Mid: Paddy Berger – on the bench for most of the 95/96 Bundesliga winning season with Dortmund, Ged Houllier took a risk and he became a massive favourite. I’ll always remember a two page pull-out poster in the local paper after he scored a hat-trick against Chelsea.

Mid: Javier Mascherano – taken on loan behind a cloud of corruption, what could possibly be right here? Well, a monster was born. What a beast.

CF: Luis Suarez – now bear with me on this. Yes, he cost a pretty penny but from what I’d seen, he had a proper short fuse (thankfully we didn’t see that at Anfield…) and I didn’t think he was strong enough to cut it England. Boy was I wrong, and he didn’t miss a single game through injury. Crazy.

CF: Dirk Kuyt – another that may surprise some, but his work rate, knack of scoring vital goals, and overall attitude was not expected. Massive cult hero at Anfield.
Steve (Liverpool > Wales)

 

Be more Brett
Brett, AFC is the type of fan we should all aspire to be. That was one of the single best critiques of a football club that I have ever read and I hope to live up to that lofty bar in the next few days with my Liverpool XI. Credit is due and even overdue and Brett, well done on a wonderful email that was perfectly pithy and pissed in equal measure.
Niall, Denver

Gossip: Man Utd’s midfielder bid ready, Arsenal edging out Spurs

MAN UTD’S MIDFIELDER BID IN THE OFFING
Manchester United are not prepared to have their pants pulled down by Newcastle over their £50million valuation of Sean Longstaff, but it seems they might be willing to fork out over £70million for another midfielder.

The Red Devils are reported to have reignited their interest in Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and now it is being reported that a bid is forthcoming. According to Italian journo Gianluca Di Marzio, United will put £71.6million on the table for Lazio to consider.

The Serbia star was seen as a possible replacement for Paul Pogba, but United seem to be putting their fingers in their ears rather than listen to the France midfielder’s plea to leave Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer badly needs midfielders regardless of Pogba’s situation having lost Ander Herrera and Marouane Fellaini this year. Nemanja Matic is also said to be considering his future amid all the speculation of new arrivals, though Ed Woodward seems no closer to getting anything done.

 

NO BUDGING OVER LUKAKU DEMANDS
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United could also do with a centre-forward, especially if Romelu Lukaku is off.

The Belgium striker is said to be keen to go and Solskjaer will carry his bags should United receive a suitable offer. The Sun reckons Woodward is insisting on £75million – the price they paid Everton two years ago – but The Guardian reports that Inter Milan sporting director Piero Ausilio has travelled to London to see if the two clubs can find some middle ground.

 

ARSENAL EYE REAL LOAN
Laurent Koscielny is also in London refusing to get on a plane with his Arsenal team-mates for the pre-season tour to the USA. Amid their captain’s revolt, the Gunners are also trying to secure new signings with the pittance Unai Emery has got to play with.

One way around their financial problems is to use the loan market and Sky Sports reckons that is the plan with Dani Ceballos. Tottenham are also keen on the Real Madrid midfielder but the 22-year-old is reported to prefer a temporary switch because he still reckons he has a future at the Bernabeu. But, right now, he has to play.

Sky Sports also reckons Arsenal are also close to signing William Saliba from Saint-Etienne, which seems to have been the case for weeks now. Time to sh*t or get off the pot, Unai…

 

PEPE’S NEW SUITOR
Arsenal were also keen on Nicolas Pepe before they realised the Lille attacker is way out of their price range. They aren’t alone; Everton and Liverpool have also been sniffing, as have Bayern Munich.

But Napoli are now on the scene too. The Serie A side have been linked with Rodrigo and Mauro Icardi while their pursuit of James Rodriguez is yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion. So Corriere dello Sport claims Aurelio de Laurentiis has turned his attention to Pepe after describing the prospect of meeting Icardi as a “colossal, enormous stupidity”.

 

AND THE REST
Barcelona will activate Antoine Griezmann’s £107m release clause before the weekend…Newcastle will pay around £5m compensation for Steve Bruce…Man City will move for Dani Alves if they can shift Danilo…Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld is in talks with Roma…West Ham are eyeing Sampdoria Colombian striker Duvan Zapata as an alternative to Maxi Gomez.. PSG will renew their interest in Idrissa Gueye with a £27m bid for the Everton midfielder…PSV winger Steven Bergwijn is willing to bide his time over a move to Bayern Munich…Callum Wilson is set to sign a new four-year contract with Bournemouth…Hoffenheim forward Joelinton, a target for Newcastle, is also wanted by Wolves.

Princess Mako praises Japanese Peruvians during ceremony in Lima

LIMA – Princess Mako showed her respects to Peruvians of Japanese descent at a ceremony in Lima on Wednesday to mark the 120th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the country.

The ceremony, part of events for the princess during her stay in Peru on the first leg of her two-nation South American tour, was attended by more than 500 Japanese Peruvians.

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“I would like to show my heartfelt respects” to the Japanese Peruvian community that has established a firm foothold in Peru after overcoming numerous hardships, the princess, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, said at the ceremony.

Princess Mako also said, “I will continue bearing in mind the fact that Japanese immigrants and their descendants have gone through difficulties through diligent and sincere efforts, and built their lives and settled down in Peruvian society.” She also thanked Peru for accepting the Japanese immigrants into the country.

Abel Fukumoto, 71, head of the Japanese Peruvian Association, said, “Even in our 120th year, we, Japanese Peruvians, continue to feel pride in being descendants of the Japanese immigrants.”

Earlier in the day, Princess Mako met with four female immigrants aged around 100.

One of them, 100-year-old Sada Makikado, was too nervous to speak at length with the princess, but the princess held the centenarian’s hand in an attempt to help her relax and said, “I am nervous as well.”

“Please take good care of yourself,” the princess added. Makikado is originally from the village of Katsuren, now the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

After Peru, Princess Mako is scheduled to visit Bolivia.

Japanese immigration to Peru started in 1899 with the voyage of 790 male contract farmers on a ship named the Sakura Maru.

Many of the first Japanese immigrants to Peru were from Okinawa.

About 100,000 Japanese Peruvians are now in Peru, making up the third-largest community of people of Japanese descent abroad.

Among them is former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is currently imprisoned on charges of human rights abuse. His parents were immigrants from Kumamoto Prefecture. Fujimori served as the president of Peru between 1990 and 2000.

Japanese artist’s plagiarism claim over goldfish-filled phone booth rejected by Nara court

NARA – A court has rejected a plagiarism claim by an artist who argued a merchants’ association in Nara Prefecture had copied one of his artworks featuring a telephone booth filled with water and dozens of goldfish.

Nobuki Yamamoto, 63, a contemporary artist, filed a damages suit with the Nara District Court last September, seeking ¥3.3 million from the association for its display of a similar phone booth on a shopping street in Yamatokoriyama, a city known for its goldfish farms.

“(The two telephone booths) have receivers floating in the water as a common characteristic, but apart from that they are different in terms of the color of their roofs and other things,” said presiding Judge Hiroo Shimaoka in handing down the ruling.

Yamamoto, who lives in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, told a news conference he will appeal.

“I wanted the artwork to be recognized as my original piece,” he said.

A lawyer for the association said the ruling is appropriate as it reflects the principle of copyright law.

According to the ruling, Yamamoto created his artwork by around 2000. The phone booth in question was set up in Yamatokoriyama in 2014.

The plaintiff argued the phone booth in Nara infringed on his copyright as it has a similar exterior to his creation and employed the same air bubble-generating system using the phone receiver.

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The association countered, saying that putting goldfish into the phone box is “nothing but an idea” and cannot be subject to copyright protection. The association removed its version from the shopping street in April 2018, before Yamamoto took legal action.

Yamatokoriyama is famous for its abundance of goldfish farms, and each August hosts a national goldfish-scooping competition.

Ex-pop idol Mayu Tomita files ¥76 million lawsuit against Tokyo Metropolitan Government and attacker

Mayu Tomita, a former pop idol who was seriously injured during an attack by an obsessed fan before giving a live music performance about three years ago, filed a damages lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday against the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as well as the attacker.

In the lawsuit, Tomita and her mother claimed that the Metropolitan Police Department “failed to take necessary steps to protect” her even though she had told them of “imminent danger,” including threats against her life. They are demanding a total of some ¥76 million in damages from the metropolitan government and the convicted attacker, Tomohiro Iwazaki, 30.

In May 2016, Tomita, then a university student and singer, was stabbed in the neck, chest and other parts of the body by Iwazaki near the entrance to a building where she was scheduled to perform in Koganei, western Tokyo.

Tomita was left unconscious and in critical condition following the attack. Iwazaki was sentenced to 14½ years in prison.

According to the complaint, she consulted with the MPD’s Musashino Police Station over concerns about Iwazaki’s stalking before the incident, including posts on Twitter and his blog that said he wanted to “kill her.” But the police did not take any measures to protect her, the complaint said.

“I hope this (upcoming) trial will help prevent similar incidents,” Tomita said in a note disclosed at a news conference. She is still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, her lawyers said.

“I regret trusting the police,” Tomita’s mother said at the same news conference.

The police have already admitted that they should have responded promptly to prevent the attack.

“We take seriously the fact that we were unable to prevent the incident despite being asked for support,” an official of the police department said. “We are working as one to prevent similar incidents.”

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Man United fear they are being used for £30m CL finalist

Manchester United believe they are being used ‘to whip up an auction’ for Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina.

Lemina emerged as a surprise target for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side this week, with Arsenal also making enquiries for the Gabon international.

The player himself has since spoken out about the speculation, outlining his desire to leave Southampton but stay in the Premier League.

But the Manchester Evening News say ‘senior United sources’ are not taking the links seriously as they feel they are being used ‘in an attempt to whip up an auction’.

Their ‘reputed interest’ in Lemina has thus been ‘downplayed’, with Bruno Fernandes and Sean Longstaff more serious targets.

It is claimed that Lemina ‘could leave’ Southampton ‘for around’ £30m’, with his club-record move from Juventus, for whom he played in the 2017 Champions League final, turning sour.

United were said to be closing in on Fernandes and Longstaff at the start of the month, but both trails appear to have gone cold for now.

 

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