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  • Kobe Woman Murder: Suspect Stayed at Hotel near Victim’s Workplace for 3 Days Before Incident, Says ‘I Didn’t Know Her’

    KOBE - A 35-year-old suspect arrested in the alleged murder of a Kobe woman had been staying at a...

    August 25, 2025

    #Kobe
  • Fake Police Uniforms Found at Cambodian Special Fraud Facility; 29 Japanese Nationals Arrested, Evidence Seized

    Fake police uniforms were found at a facility in Poipet in northwestern Cambodia that were allege...

    August 23, 2025

    #Nagano
  • Suspect Arrested over Alleged Murder of Kobe Woman, Saying He ‘Stabbed Her in the Stomach Once or Twice with a Knife’

    KOBE — A 35-year-old suspect arrested over the alleged murder of a Kobe woman said he “stabbed he...

    August 23, 2025

    #Kobe
  • Man Arrested After Woman Fatally Stabbed in Kobe Apartment Elevator (Update 1)

    KOBE — A man in his 30s who allegedly stabbed a woman to death in Kobe was arrested Friday, accor...

    August 22, 2025

    #Kobe
  • ‘Bear Attack’ Turns into Murder Case in Akita Pref.

    A 93-year-old man was found dead in a house in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, with blood on his body o...

    August 19, 2025

    #Akita #Bear Attacks
  • 3 Arrested Over Smuggling 1 Ton of Cannabis Into Japan; Cannabis, Worth ¥5.2 Bil., Smuggled from Vietnam to Tokyo Port

    Three Vietnamese nationals have been arrested on suspicion of violating the Narcotics and Psychot...

    August 14, 2025

  • Osaka Company Under Investigation for Building Expo Pavilion Without Permit; Representative Says Firm Was ‘Too Busy’ to Submit Application

    OSAKA — Osaka Prefectural Police on Wednesday began searching the house of the representative of ...

    August 13, 2025

    #2025 Expo Osaka #Osaka
  • Yomiuri Sues U.S. AI Startup over Use of Articles; Perplexity Allegedly Used Over 100,000 News Stories

    Three Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper companies have filed a lawsuit against a U.S. startup company tha...

    August 10, 2025

  • Late Hyogo Prefectural Assembly Member’s Wife Files Complaint Against NHK Party Leader; Tachibana Faces Claim of Defamation

    The wife of a former Hyogo prefectural assembly member who died in January has filed a criminal c...

    August 9, 2025

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  • Suspect Detained Following Attack on Japanese Woman in Suzhou, China; Injuries Apparently Not Life-Threatening

    SHANGHAI — A suspect in the Thursday attack of a Japanese woman and her child in the eastern Chin...

    August 2, 2025

  • 300-M.-Yen Fine Upheld for Dentsu Group over Bid-Rigging

    Tokyo, July 31 (Jiji Press)—Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering adv...

    July 31, 2025

  • JSB: J Soul Brothers III Member’s Case Sent to Prosecutors on Suspicion of Assault, Threatening to Kill Taxi Driver

    Police referred to prosecutors on Thursday the case of a J Soul Brothers III member suspected of ...

    July 31, 2025

  • 4 People Allegedly Slashed by 40-Year-Old Man in Japan’s Mito City; Suspect Later Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder

    MITO – An emergency phone call to police on Monday evening reported that people had been slashed ...

    July 28, 2025

  • Vietnamese Man Arrested Over Murder-Robbery in Imari, Saga Pref.; 24 Year Old Stabbed Woman, Her Mother in Home

    SAGA — A Vietnamese 24-year-old male technical intern trainee has been arrested in relation to a ...

    July 28, 2025

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  • Vietnamese Technical Intern Arrested for Alleged Murder in Saga

    Saga, July 28 (Jiji Press)—Police have arrested a 24-year-old Vietnamese man on suspicion of murd...

    July 28, 2025

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