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Crime & Courts
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Japan Lawmaker Ikeda Released on Bail
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo District Court on Monday approved the release of lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda o...
February 6, 2024
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DNA Test Increases Likelihood of Deceased Man Being ‘70s Bombing Suspect Satoshi Kirishima; Tokyo Police Conduct Search on Man’s Home
A DNA typing on the recently deceased man who claimed to be Satoshi Kirishima, wanted in connection ...
February 2, 2024
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Mito Kakizawa Submits Resignation from House of Representative after Indicted in Vote-buying Case
Mito Kakizawa, a member of the House of Representatives who left the Liberal Democratic Party, submi...
February 1, 2024
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‘Kirishima’ Said He Regretted String of 1970s Bombings in Japan
A now deceased man who claimed to be one of the suspects in a series of bombings in the 1970s told p...
January 31, 2024
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Japan Bigmotor Worker Held for Cutting Down Roadside Trees
Yokohama (Jiji Press)—Police have arrested an employee of used car dealer Bigmotor Co. for his alleg...
January 31, 2024
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Kanagawa Police Secure Arrest Warrants for Manila-Based Fraud Ring; 8 Japanese Men Suspected of Fraud
YOKOHAMA — The Kanagawa prefectural police have secured arrest warrants for eight Japanese men based...
January 30, 2024
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23 People Taken to Hospital; “Pungent Odor” near Junior High School Tennis Court in Saitama Pref.
SAITAMA — An emergency call to the fire department was made on Tuesday morning to report a pungent o...
January 30, 2024
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Tokyo Real Estate Firm Allegedly Hid Profit from Sale of Building in Shirokane District, Says Tokyo Tax Office
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors against the effec...
January 29, 2024
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KyoAni Case Appealed to High Court after Death Sentence
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — The defense for the arsonist in the July 2019 attack on Kyoto Animation Co. fil...
January 26, 2024
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Trial Reveals KyoAni Arsonist’s Sense of Social Isolation; Experts Question Wisdom of Keeping 53 Victims Anonymous
Thursday’s court ruling in the case of the fatal arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto noted that...
January 26, 2024
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Tokyo Court Rules Govt. Refusal to Issue Passport for Journalist Junpei Yasuda Illegal; After He Returned from Captivity in Syria
The Tokyo District Court has ruled that it was illegal for the government to refuse to issue a ne...
January 26, 2024
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S. Korean Court Approves Seizure of Hitachi Zosen Funds
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — A South Korean court has approved the seizure of funds that Japan’s Hitachi Zos...
January 25, 2024
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S. Korea Finalizes Nachi-Fujikoshi Wartime Labor Rulings
SEOUL/TOKYO (Jiji Press) — South Korea’s Supreme Court dismissed appeals Thursday by Nachi-Fujikoshi...
January 25, 2024
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KyoAni Arsonist, Shinji Aoba, Sentenced to Death for 2019 Studio Attack; Judge Rejects Claims of Insanity, Diminished Capacity (UPDATE 1)
KYOTO — The Kyoto District Court on Thursday sentenced Shinji Aoba to death for killing 36 people in...
January 25, 2024
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Trial Begins for Man Over 2019 Kyoto Animation Arson Attack; Ruling to be Given Same Day
The last day of the trial for Shinji Aoba, the suspect in a deadly arson attack on a studio of Kyoto...
January 25, 2024
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