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After Violent Attack on PM in Crowded Place, Audience Safety to be ‘Given More Weight’
Monday marked one month since an explosive device was thrown in the direction of Prime Minister Fumi...
May 16, 2023
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Schoolteacher Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Tokyo Man
A 36-year-old junior high school teacher was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a man in E...
May 11, 2023
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Ginza Shop Robbers Allegedly Made Off With 70 Rolex Watches Worth ¥250 million
Rolex watches with a total value of around ¥250 million were stolen by robbers who broke into a spec...
May 11, 2023
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Youths Drawn into ‘Dark’ Part-Time Jobs Suffer at Hands of Criminal Bosses
The four male teenagers arrested Monday in connection with a robbery case in Tokyo’s Ginza district...
May 10, 2023
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Masked Robbers Likely Took Rolexes Worth ¥100 Million From Tokyo Shop
The total value of over 100 Rolex watches and other items stolen from a specialty store in the Ginza...
May 10, 2023
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Bill to Put GPS Devices on People Out on Bail Enacted
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan on Wednesday enacted a bill to allow courts to order criminal defendants ...
May 10, 2023
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Man in His 60s Stabs Junior High School Boy on Way to School in Tokyo
A man attacked a junior high school student with a knife, stabbing the boy in the abdomen in Ota War...
May 10, 2023
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Robbery Group Takes Over 100 Items from Tokyo’s Rolex Shop
A trio wearing white masks to hide their faces broke into a luxury brand shop in the Ginza district ...
May 9, 2023
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Police: All Four Arrested in Ginza Robbery Are Teenagers
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday that the four men arrested in connection with t...
May 9, 2023
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2 Women Injured in Coffee Can Explosion in Tokyo
Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)—Two women in their 20s were injured as liquid splashed from a coffee can t...
May 9, 2023
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Police Believe Kishida Attack Suspect Made Explosives at Home
The man suspected of throwing a pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in...
May 7, 2023
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Ex-Kadokawa Chairman Released on Bail After 7 Months in Custody over Tokyo Games’ Bribery Case
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of publishing giant Kadokawa Corp., was released on bail from T...
April 28, 2023
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Nagoya Prison Officers to be Referred over Assaults of Inmates
NAGOYA — Nagoya Prison has decided to send the papers of more than a dozen of its 22 correctional of...
April 27, 2023
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Ramen Shop Owner with Yakuza Ties Dead in Possible Shooting
The owner of a ramen restaurant in Kobe who was also a leader of a yakuza-affiliated group died on S...
April 23, 2023
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Former Aoki Chairman Gets Suspended Sentence for Olympic-related Bribery
The Tokyo District Court found the former chairman of apparel chain Aoki Holdings Inc. guilty of bri...
April 21, 2023
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