Crime & Courts
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Abe Shooting Defendant Yamagami Apologizes to Slain PM’s Family for 1st Time
Tetsuya Yamagami, who has been charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in ...
December 4, 2025
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Teen in Japan Arrested Over Cyberattack on Internet Cafe Operator; Police Suspect ChatGPT Used in Crime
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 17-year-old boy on Thursday on suspicion of launchi...
December 4, 2025
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Man Charged with Fatally Shooting Former Japan PM Abe Says Targeting Other Politicians ‘Would Not Have Had as Much Meaning’
NARA – The man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday during...
December 3, 2025
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Widow of Slain Former PM Shinzo Abe Appears in Court at Trial of Husband’s Shooter
NARA — Akie Abe, the widow of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared in court for the first t...
December 3, 2025
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Yamagami Viewed Abe as Center of Politics-Church Relations
Nara, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)—Tetsuya Yamagami, who is standing trial for murdering former Prime Mini...
December 3, 2025
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Police Arrest Man Who Brandished Knife at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel
Chiba prefectural police have arrested a man for allegedly slipping into a party on Monday night ...
December 2, 2025
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Man Brandishes Knife at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel Before Fleeing
The authorities are searching for a man who slipped into a party at Tokyo DisneySea’s Hotel Mirac...
December 2, 2025
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NHK Party’s Tachibana Referred to Prosecutors on Suspicion of Injuring Man During Election Speech
KOBE — NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana has been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of injuri...
December 1, 2025
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Prosecutors to Drop Charges for Harm to Fetus, Aim to Use Investigation Results in Indictment over Mother’s Death
NAGOYA — Prosecutors have decided to drop charges of negligent driving against a woman for causin...
November 29, 2025
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Yakuza Exec. Pleads Innocent over Ohsho President Shooting
Kyoto, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)—A ranking gang member in a first trial hearing Wednesday pleaded not ...
November 27, 2025
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Thai Police Get Arrest Warrant for Trafficked Girl’s Mother; Arrangements Reportedly in Progress to Extradite Woman to Japan
BANGKOK — Police in Thailand on Monday said that they had secured an arrest warrant for a Thai wo...
November 25, 2025
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1 Killed, 11 Injured in Hit-and-Run in Tokyo; Driver Fled Scene But Later Apprehended (UPDATE 1)
Thirteen people were injured in a hit-and-run incident Monday on National Highway Route 4 in Adac...
November 24, 2025
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Japan GSDF Member Arrested for Attempted Murder in Tokyo’s Busy Akasaka District
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police arrested Saturday a 43-year-old Ground Self-Defense Force membe...
November 22, 2025
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3 More Japanese Newspapers Sue City of Gamagori over Copyright Violation
Three Japanese newspaper companies separately filed lawsuits with the Tokyo District Court agains...
November 21, 2025
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Shinzo Abe Shooting Defendant Yamagami Says Mother’s Religion Harmed Family
NARA — The man charged with fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 stated in h...
November 21, 2025
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