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Man in Japan also employed "Luffy" username to organize robberies

Police suspect that a man in Japan also employed the "Luffy" online username to organize a string of robberies in the country, in addition to the alleged ringleader who is currently detained in the Philippines, sources close to the matter said Saturday. Japanese police have requested that the four men in Manila be transferred to Japan, after obtaining arrest warrants for fraud. The police plan to investigate the possible involvement of the four men in the spate of robberies since last year. According to Japan's National Police Agency, there have been at least 20 cases of theft and robbery in 14 prefectures since last year, including a murder-robbery at the home of 90-year-old Kinuyo Oshio in the city of Komae in western Tokyo on Jan. 19. Over 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with the crimes.

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Actor Oshio pleads guilty to drug use

TOKYO, Japan - A car believed to be carrying actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by camera crews and reporters as it arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009. Oshio pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to the charge of taking the synthetic drug MDMA in August.

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by policemen and the press upon leaving a police station in Tokyo on Aug. 31.

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Actor Oshio says he took tablets with dead woman: police

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying actor Manabu Oshio, who was arrested on illegal drug charges on Aug. 3, leaves the Mita Police Station in Tokyo on Aug. 5 for prosecutors' office.

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New economic panel eyes full recovery

TOKYO, Japan - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a new economic panel headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, holds its first meeting on Jan. 6, the day major government administrative reforms aimed at exerting political leadership over economic policy-making came into force to bring about an early economic recovery and to restore the state's long-term financial health. The photo shows the blue-ribbon panel's members from the private sector (clockwise) - Masaaki Homma, a professor at Osaka University, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, and Ushio Inc. Chairman Jiro Oshio.

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio bows to the press in an apparent gesture of apology for being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with, upon being released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio expresses his apology for being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with, upon being released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by policemen and the press upon leaving a police station in Tokyo on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio released on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Indicted Japanese actor-singer Manabu Oshio is released from a police station in Tokyo on 4 million yen bail on Aug. 31, nearly a month after being arrested for alleged use of the synthetic drug MDMA with a suspected link to the death of a woman he spent time with in early August. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio admits to illegal drug use

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows actor and pop singer Manabu Oshio who, according to police sources Aug. 21, has withdrawn his earlier denial and now admits to using the synthetic drug MDMA. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio served arrest warrant over woman's death

TOKYO, Japan - Police served a fresh arrest warrant on former actor and singer Manabu Oshio (in this undated file photo) on Jan. 4, 2010, for his alleged failure to act appropriately to save the life of a woman who died after he gave her the synthetic drug MDMA in August 2009. (Kyodo)

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Actor Oshio pleads guilty to drug use

TOKYO, Japan - A car believed to be carrying actor-singer Manabu Oshio is surrounded by camera crews and reporters as it arrives at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2009. Oshio pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial to the charge of taking the synthetic drug MDMA in August. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio's lay judge trial

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former actor and singer Manabu Oshio. The first hearing of Oshio's lay judge trial over the drug-related death of a female acquaintance began at the Tokyo District Court on Sept. 3, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio's 30-month term upheld over woman's drug death

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows actor Manabu Oshio. The Tokyo High Court on April 18, 2011, upheld Oshio's 30-month prison term for providing the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman and not taking proper actions when she became ill after taking it. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former actor Manabu Oshio. In February 2012, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, upholding a lower court ruling sentencing him to 30 months in prison for giving the synthetic drug MDMA, better known as Ecstasy, to a girlfriend and neglecting to take proper lifesaving actions when she became ill after consuming it. (Kyodo)

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Convicted actor Oshio walks on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Convicted actor Manabu Oshio bows before leaving the Tokyo detention house Oct. 4, 2010, after being released on 10 million yen bail. Oshio has appealed a district court's ruling of a 30-month imprisonment over the drug-related death of a bar hostess. (Kyodo)

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Convicted actor Oshio walks on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Convicted actor Manabu Oshio leaves the Tokyo detention house Oct. 4, 2010, after being released on 10 million yen bail. Oshio has appealed a district court's ruling of a 30-month imprisonment over the drug-related death of a bar hostess. (Kyodo)

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Convicted actor Oshio walks on bail

TOKYO, Japan - Convicted actor Manabu Oshio leaves the Tokyo detention house Oct. 4, 2010, after being released on 10 million yen bail. Oshio has appealed a district court's ruling of a 30-month imprisonment over the drug-related death of a bar hostess. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio arrested for giving drugs to woman who died

TOKYO, Japan - Former actor-singer Manabu Oshio arrives at the Azabu Police Station in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2009, after being arrested on suspicion of giving the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman who was found dead after spending time with him at a Tokyo apartment in August. Oshio was given a suspended prison sentence for taking the drug by the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 2. (Kyodo)

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Ex-actor Oshio arrested for giving drugs to woman who died

TOKYO, Japan - Former actor-singer Manabu Oshio arrives at the Azabu Police Station in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2009, after being arrested on suspicion of giving the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman who was found dead after spending time with him at a Tokyo apartment in August. Oshio was given a suspended prison sentence for taking the drug by the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 2. (Kyodo)

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New economic panel eyes full recovery

TOKYO, Japan - The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, a new economic panel headed by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, holds its first meeting on Jan. 6, the day major government administrative reforms aimed at exerting political leadership over economic policy-making came into force to bring about an early economic recovery and to restore the state's long-term financial health. The photo shows the blue-ribbon panel's members from the private sector (clockwise) - Masaaki Homma, a professor at Osaka University, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, a professor at the University of Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Hiroshi Okuda, and Ushio Inc. Chairman Jiro Oshio.