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Crime & Courts
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Nagano Attacker ‘Believed Policemen Would Shoot Him’
NAKANO, Nagano (Jiji Press) — The 31-year-old man arrested over Thursday’s fatal stabbing and shooti...
May 28, 2023
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Nagano Shooting Suspect Possibly Driven by One-sided Grudge
Masanori Aoki, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, is be...
May 28, 2023
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Japan’s Strict Regulations Failed to Prevent Shooting by 4 gun-owning Suspect
The recent shooting incident in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, was allegedly perpetrated by an individua...
May 27, 2023
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Man Arrested over Fatal Shooting in Tokyo
Police arrested a 58-year-old man Saturday over the previous day’s fatal shooting incident in the ci...
May 27, 2023
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Shooting Incident Outside Station in Tokyo Leaves 1 Man Injured
The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A man has been injured after an apparent shootin...
May 26, 2023
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Nagano Shooting Sees Neighborhood Spend Skittish Night Before Arrest
NAKANO, Nagano — As dawn was breaking over the Nagano Prefecture city that had spent a terrifying ni...
May 26, 2023
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Japan Shooting Suspect Ends Standoff, Arrested by Police for Murder
NAKANO, Nagano — A deadly, 12-hour standoff with police ended early Friday when a 31-year-old man ho...
May 26, 2023
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National Public Safety Commission Chairman Prays for Victims of Nagano Incident
National Public Safety Commission Chairperson Koichi Tani said he is praying for the victims of Thur...
May 26, 2023
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Local Japan Lawmaker’s Son Arrested in Connection to Murder of 2 Police Officers, 2 Women
Nagano prefectural police arrested a 31-year-old man Friday morning for allegedly murdering a police...
May 26, 2023
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4 Dead in Nagano in Rare Japan Shooting, Stabbing; Suspect Arrested
Nagano prefectural police on Friday morning detained a man who barricaded himself inside a house in ...
May 26, 2023
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Japan’s Top Court Apologizes for Loss of 1997 Murder Case Records
The Supreme Court apologized Thursday for discarding records relating to a number of serious inciden...
May 25, 2023
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3 People Killed in Nagano Prefecture
NAGANO — Two police officers and a woman were killed on Thursday in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, in an...
May 25, 2023
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Ex-SMBC Nikko Officials Plead Not Guilty over Market Deceit
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Five former senior employees of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. pleaded not guilty t...
May 25, 2023
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Man Rearrested in Another Thallium Poisoning Case
Osaka, May 24 (Jiji Press)—Japanese police on Wednesday served a fresh arrest warrant for Kazuki Miy...
May 25, 2023
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Father of 1997 Murder Victim Blasts Court’s Record Disposal
KOBE (Jiji Press) — Mamoru Hase, the father of a boy killed in the 1997 serial attacks on children ...
May 25, 2023
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