Crime & Courts
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‘Fake Airbag Exporters’ Arrested in Japan
Counterfeit airbags falsely labeled with logos of major Japanese automakers were produced and export...
February 17, 2023
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Video Shows Dead Sri Lankan Pleaded to Go to Hospital
NAGOYA (Jiji Press) —Video footage of a Sri Lankan woman who died at an immigration facility in cent...
February 15, 2023
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Hakuhodo Executives, Others Allegedly Involved In Games Bid-Rigging
Four more executives from advertising and event companies including Hakuhodo Inc. are suspected of i...
February 14, 2023
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Transport Ministry Official Arrested for Allegedly Pressing Station Emergency Button to ‘Get on Train’
KOBE — Police on Monday arrested a 35-year-old transport ministry employee on suspicion of pressing...
February 13, 2023
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Tokyo Games Bid-rigging Suspect Reports Prospected Bids to Superior
The arrested former deputy executive director of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations B...
February 13, 2023
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Shinzo Abe Murder Investigation Concluded
The Nara prefectural police on Monday sent a case on the man suspected of murdering former Prime Mi...
February 13, 2023
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Organ Transplant Mediation NPO Claims to be “Japanese Government Authorized”
The Tokyo-based nonprofit organization that had been engaged in unauthorized organ transplants media...
February 12, 2023
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Robbery-for-Hire / Challenges Remain In Discovering True Identities Of ‘Luffy’ And ‘Kim’
Four Japanese men suspected of being behind a recent string of violent robberies in Japan have been ...
February 12, 2023
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Another Patient Death Reported in Suspicious Transplants in Belarus
A 45-year-old man who underwent a simultaneous kidney and liver transplant surgery in Belarus in ear...
February 11, 2023
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Seiko Hashimoto Takes Olympic Bid Rigging Allegations ‘Seriously’
Seiko Hashimoto, who served as president of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, said she takes bid...
February 10, 2023
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2020 Games Bid Rigging in Japan Clearer via Seized Emails
Prosecutors have seized emails indicating that Yasuo Mori, former deputy executive director of the 2...
February 10, 2023
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Japan’s Organ Transplant NPO Recorded Large ‘Profits’
A ¥10 million surplus from arranging a single organ transplant overseas is among the irregularities ...
February 10, 2023
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Tokyo Police Seize Patient List from NPO in Organ Transplant Probe
The Metropolitan Police Department seized a document with the names of 150 patients from the Intract...
February 10, 2023
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Dentsu Likely To Face Criminal Charges Over Tokyo Games Bid-Rigging
Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will likely face criminal charges over alleged bid-rigging related to ...
February 9, 2023
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Alleged Robbery Boss Deported from Philippines, Arrested
Two men, including Yuki Watanabe, suspected to have been involved in a string of robberies across Ja...
February 9, 2023
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Man Infected with Measles Reportedly Dined at Restaurant in Tokyo Station
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