Crime & Courts
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Police Find Increasing Number of Online Casino Users Gambling Overseas in 2024; Increase of 2.7 Times From 2023
The police across the nation found 143 people who accessed and gambled on overseas online casinos...
January 12, 2025
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Tokyo Police Arrest South Korean Student in Hammer Attack Incident; Suspect Says She Was ‘Bullied on Daily Basis’
Police in Tokyo arrested a second-year female student at Hosei University’s Tama campus on Friday...
January 11, 2025
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8 Injured in Hammer Attack at University Campus in Tokyo; Woman in Her 20s Arrested
Eight people were injured on Friday in a hammer attack at Hosei University Tama Campus in Machida...
January 10, 2025
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Man Rearrested on Suspicion of Murdering Girl at Kitakyushu McDonald’s in December
Fukuoka prefectural police rearrested Masanori Hirabaru, 43, on suspicion of murdering a female s...
January 9, 2025
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Special Fraud Issuing False Arrest Warrants Via Line App Surges in Tokyo Last Year; Damages Amount to ¥4.1 Billion
Last year, Tokyo saw a surge in special fraud cases wherein perpetrators impersonate police offic...
January 5, 2025
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Daughter Allegedly Kills Mother Staying Over During Japan’s Year-end Holidays; 80-year-old Mother Found with Hands, Feet, Mouth Bound with Tape
NARA – A woman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Thursday after she bound her 80-y...
January 3, 2025
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3 Children Found Dead at Their Home in Kanagawa Pref.; Mother Arrested for Killing 9-Year-Old Son
EBINA, Kanagawa — Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Monday on suspicion of killing her 9-yea...
December 31, 2024
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Woman Stabbed on Street in Kyoto; Man Fleeing in Car Seized by Police
KYOTO – A woman in around her 40s was stabbed with a knife by a man near a parking lot of a conve...
December 23, 2024
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Penal Code Offenders in Japan Rise for 1st Time in 19 Years
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese police took action against 183,269 people for Penal Code violations...
December 20, 2024
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Student Stabbing Case in Kitakyushu: Suspect Caused Problems in Neighborhood, Shouting, Playing Loud Music
The 43-year-old man arrested in connection with the stabbing case in which two students were atta...
December 20, 2024
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Man Arrested over High-Profile Stabbing Case in Fukuoka Pref.
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref. (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Thursday over a hig...
December 19, 2024
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Couple Stabbed to Death in Kashiwa, Chiba Pref.; Fire Near Stabbing Site Burns Down House, Residents Unaccounted for
A couple died after being stabbed in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday, police said.
...December 19, 2024
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Police Arrest Man Thursday on Suspicion of Attempted Murder over Stabbing of Students at McDonald’s in Kitakyushu
Police arrested a man in his 40s Thursday on suspicion of the attempted murder of a junior high s...
December 19, 2024
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‘Dark’ Part-time Jobs to Be Tackled with More Stringent Posting Requirements, Investigations Using Fake IDs
The government on Tuesday decided on emergency measures to stop robberies involving those recruit...
December 17, 2024
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3 Cambodian Technical Intern Trainees in Japan File Lawsuit; They Claim Sexual Assault by Employer and Demand Compensation
Three Cambodian women who were previously employed as technical intern trainees at a strawberry f...
December 17, 2024
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