Crime & Courts
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Japan Court Recognizes Prosecutors Didn’t Intend to Indict Suspect to Induce Testimony in High-Profile Vote-Buying Case
The Hiroshima District Court on Thursday recognized that prosecutors induced the testimony of a loca...
October 27, 2023
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Tokyo District Court Orders 146 M. Yen in Damages over Ikebukuro Car Crash in 2019
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered a 92-year-old former senior government off...
October 27, 2023
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Japan Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Sparks Joy, Worry; Questions Remain About One Requirement of Relevant Law
Wednesday’s top court decision was seen by some as a step forward in eliminating the suffering and p...
October 26, 2023
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Surgery Rule for Legal Gender Change Found Unconstitutional; Japan’s Supreme Court Cites Right to ‘Pursuit of Happiness’
The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unconstitutional and void a legal provision ...
October 25, 2023
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University of Tokyo PC Infected with Malware in July 2022; Possible Leak of Students’ Addresses, Grades
A computer at the University of Tokyo had been infected with malware, possibly leaking up to 4,341 f...
October 24, 2023
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Suspect in 1980 N. Korea Abduction Reportedly Dead; Victim Was Lured from Osaka with Promise of Job
One of two men suspected of abducting a Japanese citizen in a 1980 case linked to North Korea has re...
October 24, 2023
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Ransomware Group Hacker Arrested in Paris as Part of International Investigation Between 11 Countries
French authorities in Paris on Oct. 16 arrested a man for his alleged role in producing ransomware w...
October 22, 2023
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Man Arrested in Connection to Body in Rental Car; Body of 15-Year-Old Found by Police Thursday
UTSUNOMIYA — The Tochigi prefectural police has arrested a man on suspicion of abandoning a body aft...
October 22, 2023
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National Police Agency: Key Member of Global Hacking Group Arrested in International Probe
A key member of the global hacker group calling itself “Ragnar Locker” has been arrested in Europe a...
October 21, 2023
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Kabuki Star Ichikawa Ennosuke Admits to Assisting Parents Commit Suicide on 1st Day of Trial
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke admitted to the charge of assisting his parents commit suicide on the...
October 20, 2023
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China Formally Arrests Japanese Employee of Drugmaker Astellas Detained by Beijing in March (UPDATE 1)
BEIJING — A Japanese national detained by Chinese authorities in China has been formally arrested, J...
October 19, 2023
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Top court finds 2022 poll constitutional
TOKYO (Jiji Press)— The Supreme Court on Wednesday found the July 2022 House of Councillors election...
October 18, 2023
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Four Children and Their Father Found Dead in Car Submerged Offshore Central Japan; Police Investigating Cause
TSU — The bodies of five people were found Sunday in a car that fell into the sea off Minami-Ise, Mi...
October 16, 2023
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Kura Sushi Video Prankster in Japan Found Guilty, Given Suspended Prison Sentence
NAGOYA — A 21-year-old man was found guilty on Friday for filming disturbing behavior at a Kura Sush...
October 13, 2023
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Japan SDF Member Arrested for Abusing Cats by Submerging Them in Water
A 51-year-old man who is a member of the Self-Defense Forces was arrested on suspicion of animal abu...
October 13, 2023
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