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Crime & Courts
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Mother allegedly stabs 13-year-old son to death in car
NASU-SHIOBARA, Tochigi — A 46-year-old mother has been arrested on suspicion of killing her 13-year-...
December 26, 2022
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Japan police believe suspect was likely bent on murder
SAITAMA — A 40-year-old man was arrested late Sunday night after three people were found dead in Han...
December 26, 2022
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Three people found dead bleeding from head in Saitama
A man and two women were found dead in a house in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday morning. ...
December 25, 2022
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Three found dead in Saitama residential area
A man and two women were found dead in a house in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, on Sunday morning. ...
December 25, 2022
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Suspect in Abe murder judged mentally competent to be indicted
The Nara District Public Prosecutors Office has judged that Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the fat...
December 24, 2022
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Court rules in case that has rocked upper echelons of Shinto association
The Tokyo District Court dismissed a claim by a member of the Association of Shinto Shrines whose ap...
December 23, 2022
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Ex-Aoki execs plead guilty to bribery over Tokyo Games
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Three former executives of Japanese apparel maker Aoki Holdings Inc. on Thursda...
December 22, 2022
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Japan ex-lawmaker indicted on charges of underreporting fundraising income
A summary indictment was filed Thursday against former House of Representatives member Kentaro Sonou...
December 22, 2022
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Extension of Abe shooter’s psychiatric evaluation canceled
NARA (Jiji Press) — Nara District Court on Tuesday nullified a decision by the Nara Summary Court to...
December 21, 2022
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Child abuse cases exposed at nursery schools ‘just the tip of the iceberg’
Three childcare workers at a certified nursery school in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, were arrested ...
December 20, 2022
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Japan man who used fake lawmaker’s pin ‘wanted to feel like a VIP’
A man who used a fake Diet member’s pin to enter government offices has had the first hearing of hi...
December 15, 2022
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Criminal cases in Japan hit postwar low in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2021 decreased 7.5 % from th...
December 14, 2022
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Email hints Games committee was involved in bid-rigging
The investigation of suspected bid-rigging for contracts to plan test events for the Tokyo Olympics ...
December 13, 2022
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Nagasaki court rejects damages claim by children of A-bomb survivors
NAGASAKI — The Nagasaki District Court on Monday dismissed a damages claim by “second-generation hib...
December 13, 2022
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Ex-SoftBank employee found guilty of stealing firm’s 5G secrets
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Friday found a former SoftBank Corp. employee guilt...
December 12, 2022
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