1.   Police said Tuesday they have arrested a Japanese man and a Thai man for faking travel documents that Thai prostitutes used to sneak into Japan to work.

2.   A Japanese college student was robbed of his money and belongings after three Thai prostitutes slipped sleeping pills in his drink, a police officer said Thursday.

3.   Futakawa was identified as a member of a Japanese underworld gang that controls some of the large number of Thai prostitutes in Japan.

4.   One Thai prostitute received a six-month jail sentence, while four others were sentenced to two months in jail for immigration offenses, police said.

5.   The Foreign Ministry had no estimate on how many Thai prostitutes are working in Taiwan.

6.   Two American men have been charged with murdering a Thai prostitute who was beaten to death and dumped into a river, police said Tuesday.