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  • Same Group Allegedly Involved in Crimes across 14 Prefs in Japan

    Thefts and robberies suspected to have been carried out by the same group have been reported in 14 p...

    January 27, 2023

  • Mastermind of Robbery Ring Believed to be in Philippines

    The suspected mastermind behind a string of robberies across Japan is believed to be in the Philippi...

    January 26, 2023

  • Robbery Group Suspected of Involvement in Over 30 Offenses Across Japan

    A criminal group suspected of involvement in the robbery and murder of a 90-year-old woman in Tokyo ...

    January 25, 2023

  • Investigators: Rental car found in connection to Tokyo robbery-homicide

    Police have found the rental car that was seen driving near the Tokyo home of the 90-year-old victim...

    January 24, 2023

  • Fukuoka Murder Suspect: ‘I Don’t Wanna Let Her Go’

    FUKUOKA — A man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in Fukuoka a week ago ha...

    January 24, 2023

  • Kumamoto Court Orders Govt to Pay Damages over Forced Sterilization

    A southwestern Japan court ordered the national government on Monday to pay a total of ¥22 million i...

    January 24, 2023

  • Police Evacuate Residence After Second Phone Seized

    Police are guarding an evacuated Tokyo residence after the address was found on the second smartphon...

    January 23, 2023

  • Tokyo Police Suspect Kanto Robbers also Committed Similar Crimes in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Prefectures

    Members of a group involved in a series of robberies in the Kanto region are suspected of also commi...

    January 23, 2023

  • Second Smartphone Discovered in Connection with Tokyo Robbery-Homicide

    Another smartphone has been discovered containing information connected to the robbery-homicide in w...

    January 22, 2023

  • Woman, 90, Killed in incident thought linked to recent Kanto area robberies

    A 90-year-old woman was found dead Thursday in her house in Komae, Tokyo, in a suspected robbery-ho...

    January 20, 2023

  • Mother Helped Son Secretly Take Photos of Women in Bathing Facilities

    Local police in Nagoya have rearrested an unemployed man and his mother for allegedly taking voyeuri...

    January 20, 2023

  • Man Arrested Over Fatal Stabbing Revealed to be Former Boyfriend of Victim

    FUKUOKA — The man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman this week in Hakata Ward, Fukuok...

    January 19, 2023

  • Suspect Arrested over Woman’s Murder in Fukuoka

    FUKUOKA — The Fukuoka prefectural police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of fatally stabbin...

    January 18, 2023

  • 13-Year-Old May Have Stabbed Sleeping Mother Over Smartphone

     MAKINOHARA, Shizuoka — A 13-year-old girl taken into custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing her m...

    January 18, 2023

  • Tokyo High Court Upholds Acquittal of ex-TEPCO Execs over 2011 Fukushima Meltdown

    Former executives of what was then Tokyo Electric Power Co. were acquitted on Wednesday by the Tokyo...

    January 18, 2023

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