Researchers land rare GIANT SQUID
The Yomiuri Shimbun
A giant squid that inhabits deep waters and was estimated to have
measured up to seven meters was caught off the Ogasawara Islands
this month, the National Science Museum said Friday. Very little is
known about the squid, which rarely is caught alive.
According to Tsunemi Kubodera, chief of the museum's third animal
laboratory, the squid was caught at a depth of 650 meters about 27
kilometers northeast of Ototojima island of the Ogasawara Islands
on Dec. 4.
The squid was not fully grown and measured 3.5 meters despite
missing two longer tentacles. Kubodera said it could have measured
about seven meters with the tentacles.
9 jan 06
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2 Teen Boys held over beating ex-pal to
death
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Two teenagers were arrested Friday on suspicion of fatally
assaulting a 16-year-old former friend, apparently because he would
no longer associate with them, police said.
Arrested were a 17-year-old factory employee of Tsurumi Ward,
Osaka, and a 16-year-old part-time company worker of the
ward.
According to the police, the two beat and kicked Masahiro Miyoshi
of Joto Ward, Osaka, in the abdomen and other parts of his body at
Tsurumi-ryokuchi Expo '90 Commemorative Park in Moriguchi, Osaka
Prefecture, at about 9:20 p.m. Thursday because he would not
associate with them. Miyoshi, a first-year student of Chuo High
School, died about 2-1/2 hours after he was admitted to
hospital.
The three had been at the park since about 9 p.m. with seven other
boys aged 15 to 17. The beating reportedly lasted about 10
minutes.
9 jan 06