japanese news 15/6

• Hello Kitty creator to launch new character series
• Tochigi government looks to sweeten public by offering its own honey
• Unsheathing all the facts you need about condoms
• **Earthquake in northern Iwate, Miyagi prefectures leaves several dead
• **2,000 passengers trapped in bullet trains, 20,000 households lose power after quake
• Accusation of police brutality in Osaka draws 200-strong protest
• Elementary school girl safe after half-day kidnapping by Iwate man
• Cyber attackers trying to extort money from Japanese firms by targeting Web pages
• Infant girl gets hives after eating contaminated fish product
• Elderly woman dies in house fire in Aichi
• Korean couple arrested in connection with death of Korean woman in Saitama
• Yahoo! Japan bans daggers on Net auction, shopping sites after stabbing spree
• Man arrested for vandalizing statue at Buddhist temple in Osaka
• Man arrested for online threat to blow up Wakayama theme park