 Keisuke Nishi

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 TBS "Lavit! The show's general director was transferred to a new position, and budget cuts since spring have led to a drastic reduction in location shooting and a focus on studio projects.

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 Kei Kato (Nonfiction writer)

 Kei Kato

 The true story of celebrities living in one of Japan's most prestigious super-luxury residential areas

 In recent years, an increasing number of people from overseas and other prefectures have moved to this ultra-luxury residential area. While those who have lived in Ashiya for a long time say they do not live in a way that causes trouble, the celebrities are comfortable saying that they are entertained by the fact that such a world exists.

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 Kumataro Arai

 Mochitomo Morita, who plays the role of Kaoru Makimura in "City Hunter 2," was spotted on location filming in mid-March! Morita is sitting in the driver's seat of Saeba's car "Morris Mini Cooper 1275S Mk-I". ......

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 Shinji Hasuo

 On April 15, the second trial of a former high school teacher who molested three high school girls was held at the Chiba District Court. At the end of the trial, the defendant tearfully expressed her regret and her inexplicable motive.

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 Shohei Otani, who bought a 15 million yen ring and handed out Hermes plates at a housewarming party, is a local phenomenon...

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 Kei Kato (2nd photo)

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 On April 6, a man was arrested for taking a junior high school girl he met on a social networking service to a hotel and sexually assaulting her. How do criminals who target minors get to know each other on social networking sites? We interviewed him to find out how he does it.

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 Kei Kato (1st and 3rd photos)

 A month has passed since the incident involving Yuki Adachi, a sixth grader, was revealed. During this period, there have been major developments, including the arrest of the father, Yuki's suspect, on suspicion of abandoning a corpse. Investigators point out that the suspect's behavior was full of inconsistencies.

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 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1962. He was a member of "Honjamaka," a comedy duo with Toshiaki Megumi, and was also a member of "Ganso! Debuya" (TV TOKYO), as well as an actor and voice actor. Currently, he is the Friday MC of "Yoji Goji Days" (TV TOKYO), and is also active on YouTube and Instagram.

 Hidehiko Ishizuka

 Honjamaka" Hidehiko Ishizuka's ″Mayday by Day″ vol.46 

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 Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, who announced his retirement from show business last January. His renewal of the domain name of his personal website has become a topic of conversation. The reason why he, now an "ordinary person," renewed his "Nombiri Nakai" is ......

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 Kei Kato (1st photo)

 The "Kyoto Elementary School Sixth Grade Dumping Case" is being solved after a persistent investigation by the Kyoto Prefectural Police. How did the police break down the cover-up by the suspect, Masaki Adachi? We take a closer look behind the scenes of the investigation.

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 SoftBank is worried about running out of steam, and winning a third straight championship will not be easy. Nippon-Ham has a full starting rotation and is on track to win their long-awaited championship. The Orix are facing the problem of their ace being out of the lineup for an extended period of time. Seibu, whose absolute ace has left the team, is aggressively reinforcing its lineup with transfer money.

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 A former Nagano prefectural assemblyman is accused of murder for killing his wife. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal and confirmed his sentence of 19 years in prison. FRIDAY Digital covered the case in detail immediately after his arrest. We would like to introduce the details of the case and the "alibi" claimed by the prefectural assembly member.

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 Kumiko Kato (1st photo), Hiroyuki Komatsu (2nd to 5th photos)

 The numbers on license plates that we see in our daily lives sometimes reflect the thoughts and feelings of drivers. The "358" is so popular that it has to be picked by lottery, and "2525" and "1122" are also popular... We introduce the latest in license plate numbers!

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 The case of the dumping of the body of Yuki Adachi, 11, a sixth grader, in the mountains of Sonobe-cho, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture. An interview with a woman who knew the Adachi family revealed the "absolute conditions" that the relatives had imposed on her marriage to the suspect.

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 Keiko Tsuji

 Afro (2nd photo)

 Are compliments such as "You're pretty" and "You're doing a good job" driving your subordinates away?　Yu Izumi, a linguistic philosopher, explains the dreadful trap and mechanism of "bad words" that you should know in the age of complacency, including the "square of bad words" that destroys human relationships.

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 Reporters who are covering the scene are shocked. The location where Yuki Adachi dumped Yuki's body in the "Kyoto Elementary School 6 Incident" in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, is ......

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 Takahiro Kagawa (1st), Mihiro Kikuchi (2nd)

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 Eiji Ochiai's "promotion" is a strategic move.

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 The three keys to success: selection and concentration, overwhelming distribution network, and smooth overseas store operations.

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