Crime & Courts
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Special Fraud Issuing False Arrest Warrants Via Line App Surges in Tokyo Last Year; Damages Amount to ¥4.1 Billion
Last year, Tokyo saw a surge in special fraud cases wherein perpetrators impersonate police offic...
January 5, 2025
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Daughter Allegedly Kills Mother Staying Over During Japan’s Year-end Holidays; 80-year-old Mother Found with Hands, Feet, Mouth Bound with Tape
NARA – A woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Thursday after she bound her 80-y...
January 3, 2025
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3 Children Found Dead at Their Home in Kanagawa Pref.; Mother Arrested for Killing 9-Year-Old Son
EBINA, Kanagawa — Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Monday on suspicion of killing her 9-yea...
December 31, 2024
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Woman Stabbed on Street in Kyoto; Man Fleeing in Car Seized by Police
KYOTO – A woman in around her 40s was stabbed with a knife by a man near a parking lot of a conve...
December 23, 2024
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Penal Code Offenders in Japan Rise for 1st Time in 19 Years
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese police took action against 183,269 people for Penal Code violations...
December 20, 2024
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Student Stabbing Case in Kitakyushu: Suspect Caused Problems in Neighborhood, Shouting, Playing Loud Music
The 43-year-old man arrested in connection with the stabbing case in which two students were atta...
December 20, 2024
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Man Arrested over High-Profile Stabbing Case in Fukuoka Pref.
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday over a hig...
December 19, 2024
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Couple Stabbed to Death in Kashiwa, Chiba Pref.; Fire Near Stabbing Site Burns Down House, Residents Unaccounted for
A couple died after being stabbed in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday, police said.
...December 19, 2024
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Police Arrest Man Thursday on Suspicion of Attempted Murder over Stabbing of Students at McDonald’s in Kitakyushu
Police arrested a man in his 40s Thursday on suspicion of the attempted murder of a junior high s...
December 19, 2024
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‘Dark’ Part-time Jobs to Be Tackled with More Stringent Posting Requirements, Investigations Using Fake IDs
The government on Tuesday decided on emergency measures to stop robberies involving those recruit...
December 17, 2024
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3 Cambodian Technical Intern Trainees in Japan File Lawsuit; They Claim Sexual Assault by Employer and Demand Compensation
Three Cambodian women who were previously employed as technical intern trainees at a strawberry f...
December 17, 2024
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Stabbed Students in Kitakyushu Have No Defensive Wounds; Lack of Hand Wounds Demonstrates Attack’s Speed (Update1)
KITAKYUSHU — The two junior high school students who were stabbed by a man at a fast-food restaur...
December 16, 2024
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Woman Arrested for Allegedly Driving Car into Sea, Killing Man in Passenger Seat
Police arrested a woman on Sunday for allegedly killing a man in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, aft...
December 15, 2024
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Girl Stabbed to Death by ‘Stranger’ at McDonald’s in Southern Japanese City of Kitakyushu
KITAKYUSHU — Two junior high school students were stabbed by a man at a McDonald’s in Kitakyushu ...
December 15, 2024
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Same-Sex Marriage Cannot Be Barred by Laws, Rules Fukuoka High Court (Update 1)
FUKUOKA — The Fukuoka High Court ruled Friday that provisions of the Civil Code and the Family Re...
December 13, 2024
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