Tokyo News Update

"Nagoya-based Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank announced its ATMs will let customers play on-screen roulette for a cash prize of 1,000 yen."

"NTT came up woth a proposal to grow sweet potatoes on roofs in summer to cool the city down."

"In Fukushima Prefecture, the town of Kawamata cooked a record breaking 12.27m-long stick of yakitori." (Fried chicken on a skewer.)

"Approximately 4,2000 pears were stolen form an orchard in Oita Prefecture."

"A horse belonging to a Russian circus troupe escaped onto the streets of Nagoya. The horse's trainer, chasing by bicycle, later recaptured the animal."

"A drunken salary man died after falling off the platform at Ginza station into the path of a Marunouchi line train headed for Ikebukero."

"Officials said that the new imperial prince, born September 6th to Princess Kiko, will be given an annual living allowance of 3 million yen starting this month."

"In Fukuoka, a man was arrested for breaking into a building to steal a Kimono-clad mannequin with which he said he had fallen in love."

"The city of Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture said it wants to lure more tourists by turning itself into the home of the trout burger."

"NEC System Technologies and Mie University unveiled a sommelier robot that can identify dozens of different wines and cheeses."