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Kishida Attends Funeral of GSDF Killed in Copter Crash
KUMAMOTO — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday attended a funeral for the 10 Ground Self-Defense ...
June 18, 2023
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Chinese Firm Filed Patent 1 Week After Receiving Leaked Data
A Chinese company filed a patent in China about a week after a researcher at the National Institute ...
June 17, 2023
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GSDF Cadet Held Over Gun Attack Allegedly Continued to Discharge Weapon while Being Subdued
A Ground Self-Defense Force cadet arrested in connection with a shooting at a firing range in Gifu t...
June 17, 2023
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Japan GSDF Shooting Suspect Loaded Live Ammo Without Permission
The Ground Self-Defense Force cadet suspected of fatally shooting two GSDF members and wounding anot...
June 16, 2023
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Data Leak Suspect Allegedly Used Japanese Work Place Email to Contact Chinese Firm
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe Metropolitan Police Department on November 1, 2020, in Chiyoda ward, T...
June 16, 2023
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Luffy-linked Robbery Proceeds Transferred to Suspected Ringleader’s Account, Police Sources Say
The proceeds of a robbery linked to a suspect nicknamed Luffy were allegedly transferred to the acco...
June 16, 2023
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Japan-based Chinese Researcher Behind AIST Data Leak May Have Close Ties to Beijing
The Japan-based Chinese researcher arrested on suspicion of leaking research results on a cutting-ed...
June 16, 2023
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Actor Kento Nagayama Arrested over Cannabis Possession
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested actor Kento Nagayama, 34, on suspicion o...
June 16, 2023
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Teen Cadet Was Targeting 52-year-old GSDF Instructor, Police Sources Say
GIFU — An 18-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force cadet suspected of fatally shooting two GSDF members...
June 15, 2023
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Ex-Kadokawa Official Found Guilty over Games Bribery
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Thursday found a former Kadokawa Corp. official gui...
June 15, 2023
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Chinese National at Japan Research Institute Arrested Over Suspected Trade Secrets Leak
A researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has been...
June 15, 2023
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3 Kinki Nippon Tourist Group Officials Arrested
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Three officials at a Kinki Nippon Tourist Co. group branch were arrested Thursd...
June 15, 2023
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Woman Arrested in Osaka Over Spraying ‘Tear Gas’ in Restroom
A woman in Osaka was arrested on suspicion of inflicting injury on an elderly woman by spraying some...
June 15, 2023
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7 People Sick after Strange Odor at Osaka Department Store
Seven people got sick after a strange odor was detected in the women’s restroom at Hankyu Department...
June 14, 2023
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Pretrial Procedure for Alleged Abe Killer Canceled over Suspicious Item
NARA (Jiji Press) — Nara District Court canceled Monday’s pretrial conference procedure for the susp...
June 13, 2023
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