Japan news 8/4

• Man held for mutilating Filipina was in dispute with her over rent
• Coast guard still searching for 2 missing crewmembers from sunken fishing boat
• Man arrested for mutilation of Filipina hostess
• Corrupt ex-prosecutor slapped with new fraud charge
• Political situation in Tibet forces elderly adventurer to change route to scale Everest
• Wife of official tied to bribery scandal offered sweet job at related institute
• 200 metal sheets cause highway havoc after crashing off truck in Chiba
• Blast rips through Yokohama chemical plant, killing worker
• Teen arrested for trying to kill two boys
• Owners sought for rice paddies in historical remains of Iwate temple
• JAL group worker arrested for damaging ticket gate barrier at monorail station
• Elderly woman arrested for drunken attack on husband