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Man Arrested for Taking Tests in Place of Job-Hunting Student
Tokyo, Nov. 22 (Jiji Press)—Tokyo police have arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly taking online...
November 22, 2022
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Supreme Court quashes guilty verdict for Kodansha editor over murder of wife
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed a high court ruling that a former editor of major publisher Koda...
November 21, 2022
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Body established to ensure transparency for future large sporting events
In response to the corruption scandal behind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, a study meetin...
November 15, 2022
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Court denies bail request for Tokyo Games executive
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday denied a bail application from Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tok...
November 11, 2022
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Takahashi used connections to ‘line his own pockets’
Prosecutors have effectively wrapped up their investigation into a former executive board member of ...
November 10, 2022
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Man arrested over sale of counterfeit manga magazine for ¥180,000
KANAZAWA — Police have arrested a 50-year-old man from Tokyo on suspicion of selling an unauthorized...
November 10, 2022
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4th indictment against Haruyuki Takahashi over Tokyo Olympic Games bribes
Prosecutors made a supplementary indictment Wednesday against Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive...
November 10, 2022
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6th court finds July upper house election constitutional
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — The Hiroshima High Court on Wednesday became the sixth court to find the Ho...
November 9, 2022
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Ex-nursery head found guilty over boy’s death in bus
FUKUOKA (Jiji Press) — The Fukuoka District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former nursery school head ...
November 8, 2022
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Tokyo official held over data leak
A Tokyo ward office official and an acquaintance were arrested Saturday on suspicion of leaking pers...
November 6, 2022
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Man resembling Gyoza no Ohsho murder suspect caught on security footage
A man resembling the suspect linked to the fatal shooting of the president of a gyoza restaurant cha...
November 4, 2022
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4th court finds July upper house election constitutional
NAHA (Jiji Press) — The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday bec...
November 2, 2022
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102 capsules of stimulants found in man’s body at Haneda
A 49-year-old Spanish man allegedly attempted to smuggle stimulants in 102 capsules that he swallowe...
October 29, 2022
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Jailed Kudo-kai yakuza member arrested over 2013 murder of gyoza chain president
The Kyoto Prefectural Police on Friday arrested Yukio Tanaka, 55, a member of the Kudo-kai, a yakuza...
October 28, 2022
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Fake audition and coerced contract lead to two arrests
NAGOYA — The Aichi prefectural police arrested a talent agency president and a video production comp...
October 28, 2022
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