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National › Boy who choked on bread was among more than 4,000 annual choking deaths

The choking death last week of a schoolboy in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, has spotlighted a little-known fact in Japan: More than 4,000 people choke to… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Oct 24 2008

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05 Jan 08 visit Anime Girls are getting Choked  »  YouTube videothere are Girls from Tokyo Mew Mew, DigiMon Savers and Ryuusei no Rockman. The pink one one is getting choked by the Dark Side of his Boyfriend, Yoshino is getting choked by a DigiMon and Spark Black is choking Harp Note to.
22 Oct 08 visit National › Boy chokes to death on bread during school lunch  »  Japan Today A 12-year-old boy choked to death on bread during school lunch at an elementary school in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, last week, a school official said…
21 Oct 08 visit Sixth-grade boy chokes to death  »  Japan Times CHIBA (Kyodo) A 12-year-old boy choked to death on a piece of bread during lunch at an elementary school in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, a school official said Tuesday. According to the official at the city-run Minedai Elementary School, the...
23 Jun 08 visit National › 9 race horses die in fire at Funabashi racetrack  »  Japan Today Nine race horses died early Monday morning in a fire at their stable at the Funabashi racetrack in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. A man was…
16 May 08 visit National › 2-yr-old boy who survived 9th floor fall in March dies after choking himself with ...  »  Japan Today A 2-year-old boy, who survived a fall from the 9th floor of his apartment in March, died Thursday after apparently choking himself with a backpack…
06 Aug 09 visit Business › Seven & I opens 1st drugstore in Chiba  »  Japan Today Seven & I Holdings Co on Thursday opened its first original store dedicated to drug sales at its Ito-Yokado supermarket in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. The…

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