Society
Crime & Courts
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Former Tokyo Games executive indicted for 3rd time
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing c...
October 18, 2022
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Tokyo court finds July poll in unconstitutional state
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday ruled that the House of Councillors election in...
October 18, 2022
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28-year-old man served fresh arrest warrant on suspicion of helping girl commit suicide
The Kanagawa prefectural police on Monday served a fresh arrest warrant to a 28-year-old man for pu...
October 18, 2022
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Ex-Unification Church executive reveals quotas for donations
A former executive of the Unification Church — a religious group that has drawn criticism in the wak...
October 17, 2022
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Mass brawl breaks out at Tokyo French restaurant
Glasses were thrown, a door was shattered and a man was injured in a brawl involving about 20 to 30 ...
October 17, 2022
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Fourth bribery-related arrest warrant looming for Tokyo Games exec
Prosecutors plan to serve a fourth arrest warrant on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board me...
October 16, 2022
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Police search bus company after fatal accident
After Thursday’s tourist bus accident in Shizuoka Prefecture killed one passenger and left 35 others...
October 14, 2022
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Police seek further charges against man caught on video driving on sidewalk
TAKAMATSU — Public outrage over a video posted on Twitter of a vehicle being driven on the sidewalk ...
October 14, 2022
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Suspect says victim asked him to kill her
SAPPORO — A 53-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a female college senior ...
October 14, 2022
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Man arrested for abandoning body of female college student
SAPPORO — Sapporo prefectural police arrested a 53-year-old man Monday on suspicion of abandoning t...
October 12, 2022
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Japan ex-PM shooting suspect still undergoing psychiatric evaluation, 3 months after Abe’s death
October 8 marked the three-month anniversary of the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo A...
October 9, 2022
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Elderly woman suspected of falling for ‘out of this world’ love scam
HIGASHI-OMI, Shiga — She believed he loved her. And that he was a Russian cosmonaut as he claimed. A...
October 9, 2022
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Kadokawa chairman indicted on charges of bribery related to Tokyo Games
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of the publishing giant Kadokawa Corp., has been indicted on charges of...
October 4, 2022
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President of company operating Kappa Sushi resigns
The president of the company that operates Kappa Sushi, who has been arrested by the Metropolitan Po...
October 3, 2022
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Largest group of residence card forgers uncovered in Japan
The Metropolitan Police Department has uncovered what is believed to be the largest counterfeiting g...
October 2, 2022
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