Society
Crime & Courts
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8 cities in Gunma receive threats calling for cancellation of Abe’s state funeral
Eight cities in Gunma Prefecture including Maebashi, Ota and Isesaki have received emails from an in...
July 27, 2022
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Victims of Sagamihara care home attack mourned 6 yrs on
SAGAMIHARA (Jiji Press) — A memorial service was held Tuesday to mourn the victims of a knifing ramp...
July 26, 2022
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Tokyo 2020 bribery probe leads investigators to ex-exec’s home, Dentsu office
The home of a former executive of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, who allegedly received bribes...
July 26, 2022
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Man sentenced to death for killing 7, injuring 10 people in Akihabara in June 2008 executed
Tomohiro Kato, 39, sentenced to death for killing seven and injuring 10 people in Akihabara in June ...
July 26, 2022
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Psychiatric detention starts for Abe shooting suspect
NARA — Psychiatric detention started Monday for Tetsuya Yamagami, who is charged with fatally shooti...
July 25, 2022
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Suspect used fertilizer to make gunpowder for Abe shooting
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Shinzo Abe produced the gunpowder used in the attack by mixing ...
July 24, 2022
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3 bodies still kept by Russia 3 months after tour boat sinking
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — Despite Japan’s request, Russia has not yet handed over three bodies of peopl...
July 23, 2022
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Abe shooting suspect to undergo psychiatric examination
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to...
July 23, 2022
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Games exec pushed for expedited screenings of Aoki products
An executive board member of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee who allegedly r...
July 23, 2022
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Govt rejects claims in damages lawsuit over death of Sri Lankan detainee
NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — The government on Wednesday rejected plaintiffs’ claims in a damages lawsuit o...
July 22, 2022
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Abe shooting suspect: ‘I hold grudge against my mother’
Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has told po...
July 21, 2022
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Tokyo Games official may have received ¥45 million from sponsor
Haruyuki Takahashi, an executive board member of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and ...
July 20, 2022
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Suspect in Abe shooting has debts of ¥1 million
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Shinzo Abe was in debt more than ¥1 million at the time he atta...
July 20, 2022
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KyoAni arson victims remembered 3 years on
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — A memorial ceremony was held on Monday to remember 36 victims of the July 2019 ...
July 19, 2022
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Head of NPA team investigating security setup visits site of Abe shooting
NARA — The head of the National Police Agency team investigating the security arrangements at the ti...
July 19, 2022
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