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  • Yokohama Court Orders U.S. Soldier Pay ¥16.45 Mil. to 4 Victims Over Assault

    YOKOHAMA — A district court on Friday ruled that a U.S. soldier must pay a total of \16.45 millio...

    April 26, 2025

  • 2 Japanese Men Arrested Over Myanmar-Based Scam Operations; Allegedly Forced to Impersonate Police, Others to Fool Victims

    Two Japanese men allegedly involved in international scam operations conducted from Myanmar were ...

    April 24, 2025

  • Body of Elderly Woman Found in Drum in Saitama Pref.

    SAITAMA - An adult body was found on Friday in a metal drum on the premises of a recycling compan...

    April 20, 2025

  • Suspect Found Unconscious at Prosecutor’s Office in Fukuoka; Apparently Attempted Suicide

    FUKUOKA — A 45-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder was found unconscious after...

    April 20, 2025

  • Hackers Take Over Accounts at Japan Securities Firms, Make Illicit Stock Trades in Apparent Bid to Raise Prices

    A series of crimes has occurred in which hackers took over individual investors’ accounts with se...

    April 16, 2025

  • Police Refer Madame Dewi to Prosecutors; Television Celebrity Suspected of Throwing Glass at Woman

    The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department referred television celebrity Dewi Sukarno to the Tokyo ...

    April 16, 2025

  • Japanese Actress Ryoko Hirosue Released; Prosecutors Continue Investigation on Suspicion of Injuring Nurse

    The Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office’s Hamamatsu branch released actress Ryoko Hirosue...

    April 16, 2025

  • Child Sex Crime Victims Oppose Civil Lawsuit Time Limit; Japan’s Revisions of Criminal, Civil Codes Not in Sync

    Victims of childhood sexual violence and lawyers supporting them are calling for the abolition of...

    April 16, 2025

  • Man Arrested for Stabbing Teenage Girl to Death at Entrance of Her Apartment in Saitama City

    A 24-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old girl in Sakura Wa...

    April 15, 2025

  • 2025 Expo Osaka: Man Arrested for Obstructing Operation at Expo Venue; ‘Joke’ about Carrying a Bomb Led to Evacuation, West Gate Closure

    A man was arrested for allegedly obstructing security guards’ operation over lying about having a...

    April 15, 2025

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  • Body of Nursery School Teacher Found on Miyagi Coast; Possible Murder Case as Body Shows External Injuries to Chest

    The Miyagi Prefectural Police received a call from a passer-by at around 10:10 on Sunday morning ...

    April 14, 2025

  • Ginza Restaurant Kanetanaka President Arrested on Drug Possession; High-end Restaurant Frequented by Influential Figures

    The president of Kanetanaka, a famous ryotei high-end restaurant frequented by key figures in Jap...

    April 12, 2025

  • Ryoko Hirosue Suspected of Kicking Nurse at Hospital; Actress Has Her Tokyo Home Searched by Police

    The Shizuoka prefectural police on Thursday searched the home of actress Ryoko Hirosue in Tokyo, ...

    April 10, 2025

  • Ryoko Hirosue, Famous Japanese Actress, Arrested for Injuring Nurse; Police Say She Kicked, Scratched Victim at Shizuoka Pref. Hospital

    Shizuoka prefectural police Department announced that Ryoko Hirosue, 44-year-old actress, was arr...

    April 8, 2025

  • Woman Claiming to Be Ryoko Hirosue, Famous Japanese Actor, Arrested for Injuring Nurse; Police Say She Kicked, Scratched Victim at Shizuoka Pref. Hospital

    Shizuoka prefectural police announced that a woman was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury...

    April 8, 2025

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