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  • Female Student Allegedly Injures 3 Students with Knife at Correspondence High School in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Pref.; Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder

    HIROSHIMA - A female student allegedly injured three other female students with a knife at a corr...

    May 21, 2025

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    A 27-year-old Chinese graduate student at Kyoto University has been arrested on suspicion of unla...

    May 20, 2025

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    The man indicted over the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to admit his int...

    May 16, 2025

  • Car Plowing into Saitama Pref. Elementary School Student Line Hits 4 Children; Police Investigating as Hit-and-Run as Suspect Fled

    Four elementary school students were rushed to the hospital after a car allegedly ran into a line...

    May 14, 2025

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    CHIBA — Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of murdering who was believed ...

    May 10, 2025

  • Teen Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Grandfather to Death in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture; Grandmother Also Found Dead

    NAGOYA — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murdering his grandfather in the...

    May 10, 2025

  • Illegal Trades through Hacked Securities Accounts Totaled ¥305 Bil. from Jan. to April: FSA; Major Securities Companies Planning Policies for Compensating Victims

    The total value of illegal stock trades made through securities accounts that had been hacked via...

    May 9, 2025

  • Knife Attack Suspect Picked Todaimae Station Due to University-Related Name; Says He Wanted to Show Danger of Education-Obsessed Parenting

    The suspect who assaulted a man with a knife at a station in Tokyo on Wednesday night told police...

    May 9, 2025

  • Five Teachers Injured at Tokyo School; Suspected Attackers Arrested at Scene

    Two men broke into the municipal Daisan Elementary School in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on Thursday mornin...

    May 8, 2025

  • Man Arrested after 2 Injured in Knife Attack at Todaimae Station; Victims’ Injuries Are Not Life-Threatening

    A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knife attack at Toda...

    May 8, 2025

  • 2 Men Injured After Knife Attack at Tokyo Subway Station; Suspected Attacker Apprehended, Arrested at Scene

    Two men were injured after being attacked at a subway station in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday...

    May 7, 2025

  • Man Arrested on Suspicion of Drunk Driving after Rear-ending Bus in Yokosuka

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    May 5, 2025

  • Police Failed to Interview Ex-Boyfriend Despite Reports of Stalking; Arrested on Suspicion of Abandoning Body in Bag in Kawasaki

    YOKOHAMA — A man arrested for abandoning the body of a 20-year-old woman had not been interviewed...

    May 5, 2025

  • Man Arrested over Body Found in Bag in Eastern Japan

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    May 4, 2025

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    Actress Ryoko Hirosue will take time off from her activities in the entertainment industry due to...

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