SAITAMA � A 22-year-old elementary school teacher who started teaching just a few weeks ago was found hanged Tuesday at the school in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture, police said. http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=334769
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CHICHIBU, Saitama -- An old man who strangled his wife after getting into a brawl Sunday evening over the purchase of an expensive nutritional product was arrested Monday for murder, police said.
Kinji Arai, 74, a restaurant owner, admitted to the allegations during questioning, according to investigators.
Arai got into an argument with his 73-year-old wife, Take, in the living room of their home in the Kagemori district of Chichibu Sunday evening, local police said. He then hit her in the head and used a leather belt to strangle her, investigators allege.
At around 2:50 a.m. on Monday, Arai called his 68-year-old brother saying, "My wife is dead." The brother in turn alerted a local police station.
Officers rushed to Arai's home and found Take dead, bleeding from her head. The officers questioned Arai over his wife's death, and took him into custody after he admitted to having killed her.
The two got into fight over the purchase of an expensive nutritional product, according to investigators.
Local police are investigating the exact cause of her death and the motives behind his crime. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, May 2, 2005)