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Pepper Spray Used at Shopping Mall Parking Lot; 3 Taken to Hospital
Thirty-seven people complained of eye, throat and other pain after pepper spray was used inside a...
May 23, 2025
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‘Knife Has Fallen’: Woman Calls Police after Finding Knife on Road in Front of Condominium in Osaka; Police Suspect Deliberate Drop
A woman called police to say a knife fell as she was walking on a street in Chuo Ward, Osaka, at ...
May 22, 2025
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Female Student Allegedly Injures 3 Students with Knife at Correspondence High School in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Pref.; Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
HIROSHIMA - A female student allegedly injured three other female students with a knife at a corr...
May 21, 2025
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Chinese Student Suspected of Involvement in TOEIC Cheating; Arrested after Entering Test Venue with Other Person’s ID
A 27-year-old Chinese graduate student at Kyoto University has been arrested on suspicion of unla...
May 20, 2025
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Japan Ex-PM Abe Murder Defendant Plans to Admit Intent to Kill; Defense to Not Challenge Ability to Bear Criminal Responsibility
The man indicted over the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to admit his int...
May 16, 2025
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Car Plowing into Saitama Pref. Elementary School Student Line Hits 4 Children; Police Investigating as Hit-and-Run as Suspect Fled
Four elementary school students were rushed to the hospital after a car allegedly ran into a line...
May 14, 2025
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Mother in Japan’s Chiba Pref.; Second Body Found in Home
CHIBA — Police arrested a 45-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of murdering who was believed ...
May 10, 2025
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Teen Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Grandfather to Death in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture; Grandmother Also Found Dead
NAGOYA — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murdering his grandfather in the...
May 10, 2025
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Illegal Trades through Hacked Securities Accounts Totaled ¥305 Bil. from Jan. to April: FSA; Major Securities Companies Planning Policies for Compensating Victims
The total value of illegal stock trades made through securities accounts that had been hacked via...
May 9, 2025
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Knife Attack Suspect Picked Todaimae Station Due to University-Related Name; Says He Wanted to Show Danger of Education-Obsessed Parenting
The suspect who assaulted a man with a knife at a station in Tokyo on Wednesday night told police...
May 9, 2025
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Five Teachers Injured at Tokyo School; Suspected Attackers Arrested at Scene
Two men broke into the municipal Daisan Elementary School in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on Thursday mornin...
May 8, 2025
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Man Arrested after 2 Injured in Knife Attack at Todaimae Station; Victims’ Injuries Are Not Life-Threatening
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knife attack at Toda...
May 8, 2025
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2 Men Injured After Knife Attack at Tokyo Subway Station; Suspected Attacker Apprehended, Arrested at Scene
Two men were injured after being attacked at a subway station in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday...
May 7, 2025
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Drunk Driving after Rear-ending Bus in Yokosuka
A bus was rear-ended by a vehicle that fled the scene at a bus stop near Yokosuka-chuo Station on...
May 5, 2025
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Police Failed to Interview Ex-Boyfriend Despite Reports of Stalking; Arrested on Suspicion of Abandoning Body in Bag in Kawasaki
YOKOHAMA — A man arrested for abandoning the body of a 20-year-old woman had not been interviewed...
May 5, 2025
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