Crime & Courts
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Japan’s Iwao Hakamata Found Not Guilty for 1966 Shizuoka Murders, Robbery; Judge Alludes to Fabrication of Evidence (UPDATE 2)
The Shizuoka District Court found Iwao Hakamata not guilty in his retrial on Thursday, reversing ...
September 26, 2024
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12 Sent to Prosecutors Over Japan’s Horse-Driving Ritual; 2023 Accident During ‘Ageuma Shinji’ at Mie Pref. Shrine Said to Be Result of Animal Cruelty
The Mie prefectural police on Tuesday sent to prosecutors the cases of about 12 people who engage...
September 24, 2024
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China Provincial Official Investigated for Hate Speech Against Japanese; Online Posts Allegedly Called Stabbed Boy ‘Guilty Japanese’
SHANGHAI — An official from China’s Sichuan Province is under investigation for posting hate spee...
September 24, 2024
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U.S. Marine in Okinawa Accused of Sexual Assault
NAHA (Jiji Press) — Prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture on Friday indicted a U.S. Marine for allege...
September 21, 2024
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Boy Stabbed ‘by Chance’ in Southern China, Local Govt Says; Suspect Committed Multiple Crimes in Past
SHENZHEN, China — A police investigation found the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old boy in souther...
September 20, 2024
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Japan Embassy Message on Chinese Social Media over Boy’s Stabbing Death Draws Responses of Sympathy, Nationalism
SHENZHEN, China — A message posted Thursday on a Chinese social media platform by the Japanese Em...
September 19, 2024
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Boy Stabbed Near Japanese School in China’s Shenzhen Dies; Tension Builds in Japanese Community (Update 1)
SHENZHEN, China — A boy stabbed while walking to a Japanese school in southern China on Wednesday...
September 19, 2024
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Japanese Boy Stabbed on Way to School in Shenzhen, China; Suspect Detained, Interrogated by Chinese Authorities (Update 1)
SHENZHEN, China －A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in southern China on Wednesday m...
September 18, 2024
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President of Japanese Sightseeing Boat Company Arrested Over Kazu I’s Sinking Off Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula in 2022
Seiichi Katsurada, president of the Shiretoko Pleasure Boat company, has been arrested over the s...
September 18, 2024
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Yamaha Motor Pres. Slashed with Knife by Daughter
Shizuoka (Jiji Press)—Yoshihiro Hidaka, president of Japanese motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor Co., ...
September 17, 2024
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NHK Subsidiary Producer Held for Drunkenly Hitting Station Staffer; Initially Fled Scene But has Now Admitted to Charges
An official with an NHK program production subsidiary was arrested at Shibuya Station on Friday o...
September 14, 2024
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Japan Nationality Recognized for Child of Afghan Refugees; Court Rules Parents Were Stateless When Child Was Born
NAGOYA — The Nagoya High Court has ruled that a child born to Afghan refugees can have Japanese n...
September 13, 2024
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Makoto Nakamura Becomes Japan’s Supreme Court Justice; Former Tokyo High Court President Promises to ‘Face Each Case with Sincerity’
Former Tokyo High Court President Makoto Nakamura took up the post of Supreme Court justice on We...
September 12, 2024
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Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors, Local Govts Express Mixed Feelings Over Ruling; Plaintiffs Vow to Continue to Fight ‘Until Last Breath’
NAGASAKI — Monday’s ruling, in which only some of the plaintiffs who were outside of the atomic b...
September 10, 2024
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Nagasaki Court Recognizes Claims of Only 15 Plaintiffs; Acknowledges Radioactive Black Rain Fell on Villages
NAGASAKI — Of 44 plaintiffs who experienced the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki outside the gover...
September 10, 2024
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