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  • Attack on Japan PM Reveals Ongoing Gaps in Security

    WAKAYAMA — Saturday’s unsuccessful attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida happened during a campaign...

    April 17, 2023

  • Bomb Suspect’s Home Searched, Possible Gunpowder Found

    WAKAYAMA — Steel pipes and what appears to be gunpowder were seized Sunday from the home of 24-year-...

    April 17, 2023

  • Suspect in Attack on Japan PM Kishida Attended Local Politician’s Meeting, Asked Questions

    The suspect arrested in relation to an incident in which a smoke bomb-like device was thrown toward ...

    April 16, 2023

  • Police Search House of Kishida Attack Suspect

    KAWANISHI, Hyogo (Jiji Press) — Police on Sunday searched the house of a man who threw an explosive ...

    April 16, 2023

  • Chaos Erupts at Wakayama Campaign Event

    WAKAYAMA — Another politician has been targeted during an election campaign, nine months after forme...

    April 16, 2023

  • Japan PM Kishida Evacuated Following Explosion Prior to Speech

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City on Saturday ...

    April 15, 2023

  • Osaka High Court Overturns Lower Court Decision, Backs Welfare Benefit Cuts

    OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Overturning a lower court decision, the Osaka High Court dismissed Friday a pet...

    April 15, 2023

  • Kishida Continues Speeches as Scheduled

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make his day’s speeches as scheduled, except at the fishing port w...

    April 15, 2023

  • Motegi: Kishida Uninjured

    Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was not injured after the incident in which an explosive device was thr...

    April 15, 2023

  • Suspect Arrested over Explosion at Kishida’s Campaign Site

    WAKAYAMA — The Wakayama prefectural police restrained a man who is believed to have thrown explosive...

    April 15, 2023

  • Explosion Heard Before Kishida’s Speech

    WAKAYAMA — An explosion was heard Saturday at a Wakayama fishing port where Prime Minister Fumio Kis...

    April 15, 2023

  • Ex-Japanese Lawmaker GaaSyy Placed on Int’l Wanted List

    TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Tokyo police have placed former Japanese lawmaker GaaSyy on an international want...

    April 14, 2023

  • Tokyo Police Arrest Japanese Fraud Suspects Extradited from Cambodia

    The Metropolitan Police Department arrested 19 Japanese men extradited from Cambodia on Tuesday in c...

    April 12, 2023

  • Suspected Fraud Group Had Been at Cambodian Hotel Since Oct.

    PHNOM PENH — A Japanese group suspected of defrauding victims in Japan from a hotel in Sihanoukville...

    April 11, 2023

  • 60 Smartphones Seized in Cambodia Fraud Case

    Cambodian police seized about 60 smartphones from a resort hotel in Sihanoukville Province in a case...

    April 11, 2023

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