Society
Crime & Courts
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3 Children Struck by Truck at Elementary School in Miyagi Pref.
SENDAI – Three children were struck by a light truck that entered the grounds of Wakayanagi Elementa...
July 6, 2023
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Toyama Pref. Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Pokemon Cards
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling counterfeit Pokemon cards to a shop that...
July 6, 2023
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Former Tokyo Games Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid-rigging Charges
A former executive of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations Bureau admitted to charges o...
July 5, 2023
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GSDF Rifle Attack Suspect Rearrested on Fresh Murder Charge
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Ground Self-Defense Force’s military police served a fresh arrest warrant o...
July 5, 2023
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(Update1) Victim in Headless Body Case in Sapporo Believed to be Stabbed While Defenseless
SAPPORO - In an incident which a male body was found decapitated in a hotel room in Sapporo, the bod...
July 5, 2023
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Former Games Committee Official Pleads Guilty over Bid Rigging
Yasuo Mori, former deputy executive director of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations Bu...
July 5, 2023
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Fortune Teller Who Offered Marijuana Cookies at ‘Luck Boosting’ Event Found Guilty
KOBE - The Kobe District Court sentenced Tuesday a 69-year-old female fortune teller in Ashiya, Hyog...
July 5, 2023
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Headless Body Found at Sapporo Hotel
SAPPORO — A body was found with the head severed at a hotel in Sapporo on Sunday, according to inves...
July 3, 2023
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Mother, Boyfriend Arrested for Leaving 1-Year-Old in Car for 40 Minutes
KOBE — A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Sunday after leaving her 1-year-old son in a car for ...
July 2, 2023
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‘Luffy’ Robbery Ring Suspect ‘Used Phone to Issue Instructions Possibly from Philippines Immigration Facility’
A person who was detained at the same Philippines immigration facility as Kiyoto Imamura, the suspec...
July 1, 2023
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Pokemon Card Price Surge Proves Irresistible for Thieves
Pokemon cards are disappearing from store shelves across Japan as thieves swipe them and trying to c...
June 30, 2023
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LDP, Komeito Split over Expanding Defense Item Exports
The Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner Komeito have divergent views over easi...
June 30, 2023
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NPO Head Pleads Not Guilty Over Organ Transplants in Belarus
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, who has been accused of arranging organ trans...
June 30, 2023
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NPO Head Pleads Not Guilty Over Belarus Organ Transplants
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, who has been indicted for arranging organ tran...
June 30, 2023
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Boy Referred to Prosecutors over Sushi Store Pranks in Japan
GIFU (Jiji Press) — The police sent papers to prosecutors on Wednesday on a 17-year-old boy who alle...
June 29, 2023
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