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  "id": 1695317,
  "title": "Elderly man indicted for bludgeoning wife with hammer vanishes from Hokkaido hospital",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/elderly-man-indicted-for-bludgeoning-wife-with-hammer-vanishes-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T11:11:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Reporter",
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    "url": "https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-man-indicted-for-bludgeoning-wife-with-hammer-vanishes-from-hokkaido-hospital/"
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  "summary": "Defendant had been hospitalized due to an illness The post Elderly man indicted for bludgeoning wife with hammer vanishes from Hokkaido hospital appeared first on TokyoReporter .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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