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Will Japan ever allow streaming of judicial hearings?
“Truth is the only thing I want,” U.S. actor Johnny Depp said during his testimony in a recent trial...
June 28, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Police handle record cannabis cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Police arrested or took other actions against a record 5,783 people in cannabi...
June 28, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Top court orders deletion of Twitter post on man’s arrest record
The Supreme Court of Japan handed down a ruling on Friday ordering the deletion of a Twitter post re...
June 24, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Police arrest fraud suspect transferred
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police on Wednesday arrested a COVID-19 relief fraud suspect who was tran...
June 23, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Man arrested after taking hostage in Saitama internet cafe
KAWAGOE, Saitama (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a man in the small hours of Wednesday after he took ...
June 22, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Osaka Court backs denial of same-sex marriage
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — A court in western Japan rejected a damages claim by three same-sex couples aga...
June 20, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Operator of restaurant review site Tabelog ordered to pay damages
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the operator of Tabelog, a custome...
June 17, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Japan’s government not liable for damages to refugees over Fukushima nuclear disaster, top court rules
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the central government is not responsible for paying damages to ...
June 17, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Victims hail Penal Code revision
A revision to the Penal Code that includes tougher penalties for internet abuse has been hailed by p...
June 14, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Penal Code revised to create ‘confinement’ sentence
A bill to revise the Penal Code passed the Diet on Monday, introducing the first change to the law’s...
June 13, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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70% of Japan COVID-subsidy fraud suspects younger than 30
About 70% of the people suspected of committing coronavirus-related subsidy fraud are younger than 3...
June 10, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Justice Ministry getting tougher on illegally obtained crypto-assets
The Justice Ministry is planning legal revisions to ensure the confiscation of crypto-assets illegal...
June 8, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Tax official, 6 others nabbed over COVID-19 aid fraud in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police arrested a group of seven, including a 24-year-old official of th...
June 2, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Japanese Red Army figure Shigenobu leaves prison after 20 years
Fusako Shigenobu, a former leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group, was released from prison...
May 28, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Former agriculture minister Yoshikawa found guilty of accepting bribes
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo District Court on Thursday found former agriculture minister Takamori Yos...
May 26, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Not allowing justice review by Japanese abroad ruled unconstitutional
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a law unconstitutional for not allowing Ja...
May 26, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Ex-Tenma officials indicted for bribery in Vietnam
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo public prosecutors indicted three former executives at plastic goods mak...
May 24, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Tokura to become Japan Supreme Court Chief Justice
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government is planning to appoint Supreme Court Justice Saburo Tok...
May 20, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Lebanon receives Interpol notice for auto tycoon Ghosn
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon received from Interpol a wanted notice for disgraced auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn ...
May 20, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Man held for using part of mistakenly paid COVID-19 funds
YAMAGUCHI (Jiji Press) — A 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly using part of the CO...
May 19, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Papers sent to prosecutors over illegal money transfers to North Korean IT developer
The Kanagawa prefectural police sent papers to prosecutors Wednesday on a Japan-based South Korean m...
May 18, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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French prosecutors issue arrest warrant for Ghosn
NANTERRE, France (AFP-Jiji) — French authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Car...
April 22, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Chilean man gets 28 years over murder of Japanese woman
BESANCON, France (Jiji Press) — A French court sentenced a 31-year-old Chilean man to 28 years in pr...
April 13, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Kelly verdict shines spotlight on plea-bargaining framework
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoGreg Kelly enters the Tokyo District Court on March 3. By Kazuma Sugimoto ...
April 9, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Ramen chain Ichiran suspected of violating antimonopoly law
FUKUOKA — The Fair Trade Commission is investigating popular ramen restaurant chain Ichiran Inc., ba...
April 1, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Japan gears up unit for international cybercrime investigations
A new special investigative unit dedicated to tackling cyber-attacks and cybercrime will spearhead t...
March 31, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Cyber-attacks increase during conflicts
Cyber-attacks appear to be occurring more frequently since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine i...
March 31, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Ex-Nissan exec Kelly appeals sentence over Ghosn’s pay
Lawyers for former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, who has been given a suspended sentence ov...
March 5, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Ex-Nissan exec Kelly, acquitted of most charges related to Ghosn’s pay, gets suspended sentence
American Greg Kelly, a former Nissan Motor Co. executive who worked for the automaker’s then Chairma...
March 3, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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Ghosn accused of using Nissan cash to pay associates; claims innocence in overseas film
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been accused of illicitly using Nissan funds to pa...
March 3, 2022 - CRIME ＆ COURTS
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