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  • Police: Arrested Ex-lawmaker GaaSyy Earned ¥100 Million from Caustic Online Videos

    The former House of Councillors lawmaker known as GaaSyy, currently under arrest on suspicion of thr...

    June 6, 2023

  • High Court Rejects Retrial of Woman, 95, for 1979 Murder

    MIYAZAKI (Jiji Press) — A high court in southwestern Japan decided Monday not to grant a 95-year-old...

    June 5, 2023

  • Ex-lawmaker GaaSyy Arrested upon Return to Japan

    The Metropolitan Police Department on Sunday evening arrested former House of Councillors lawmaker G...

    June 4, 2023

  • Nagoya Woman Suspected of Trying to Flush Baby’s Body

    A 34-year-old woman who allegedly tried to flush her infant’s dead body down the toilet was arrested...

    June 4, 2023

  • Ex-lawmaker GaaSyy to Be Arrested upon Expected Return to Japan

    Former House of Councillors lawmaker GaaSyy, who is wanted for allegedly threatening celebrities in ...

    June 4, 2023

  • Politicians’ Understanding Key to Police Efforts to Guard Them

    The National Police Agency’s report on April’s attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Wakayama P...

    June 2, 2023

  • Japan Police Report Reveals Inadequacies in Security Plan for PM’s Campaign Visit to Wakayama

    The security plan for a stump speech to be delivered by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a port in Wa...

    June 2, 2023

  • Policemen Killed in Nagano Attack Remembered as ‘Good Combination’ with Strong Sense of Responsibility

    Thursday marked one week since a shooting and knife attack in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, that resul...

    June 2, 2023

  • Romanian Nationals Arrested in Japan over Stealing ¥1.68 mil.

    KOBE — Police have arrested three Romanian nationals on suspicion of pickpocketing in five prefectur...

    June 2, 2023

  • Baby Dies after Choking on Grated Apple at Nursery in Kagoshima Pref.

    KAGOSHIMA (Jiji Press) — A girl who lost consciousness at the age of 6 months after eating a grated ...

    June 1, 2023

  • Police Find Kumamoto Woman was Murdered

    A 29-year-old woman found dead in a building in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto, died from suffocation, Kumamoto...

    June 1, 2023

  • Tokyo Junior High School Teacher Indicted for Murder

    A 36-year-old junior high school teacher was indicted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Offi...

    June 1, 2023

  • Not Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional

    NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — The Nagoya District Court ruled Tuesday that provisions in the Civil Code and ...

    May 31, 2023

  • Bloody Survival Knife Seized from Nagano Murder Suspect’s House

    NAGANO — In connection with the shooting and stabbing incident in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, that le...

    May 31, 2023

  • Nagano Attack Suspect ‘Attempted Suicide’ During Police Standoff

    NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture — The man arrested in connection with a shooting and knife attack Thursday...

    May 29, 2023

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