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Thanks to some uniquely designed mouse pads, fans of AKB48 can now place their hands where they never thought they would — right between the breasts of their favorite girls. But they’ll have to be quick. The group’s management doesn’t approve and could soon stop supply.

A heat wave continued in Japan on Sunday, with the temperature rising to 35 C or higher at 114 observation points across the archipelago, particularly in western Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The mercury soared to 37.4 C in Osaka, setting a new record for the longest streak of temperatures rising to 35 C or above at 14 days.

Police on Monday arrested an unemployed 60-year-old man for violation of anti-prostitution and child welfare laws after it was discovered he was allegedly employing high school girls as prostitutes.

Police on Friday arrested the daughter and granddaughter of a man whose mummified body was found last month in Tokyo but was registered as alive, on suspicion of fraudulently receiving pension payments to which he would have been entitled.

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A male teacher in Saga Prefecture was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing a woman’s underwear from a self-service laundry in Fukuoka last month while dressed as a “hot blonde in a miniskirt,” police said.

A pension association has filed a criminal complaint against relatives of a Tokyo man found dead at his home last month on suspicion of fraudulently receiving payments he would have been entitled to as a widower, investigative sources said Tuesday.

Authorities said Tuesday that 23 people have been injured since Sunday by monkeys, believed to be Japanese macaques, appeared in residential areas on the outskirts of Mishima in Shizuoka Prefecture.

The education ministry plans to boost the number of teachers at public elementary and junior high schools by 20,000 on a net basis over eight years from next April to reduce the maximum size of a class to 30-35 students from the current 40, ministry sources said Tuesday. According to the plan, the number of students in each class at elementary and middle schools is to be gradually reduced to 35 over the first six years. The class size for first and second graders at elementary schools is to be cut to 30 during the remaining two years.