Crime & Courts
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Five Japanese, Chinese Nationals Arrested for Operating Unlicensed Taxis for Foreign Tourists; Suspects’ Customers Used Booking.com to Reserve Services
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested five Japanese and Chinese nationals on suspicion of ...
February 15, 2024
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15-Year-Old Student Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing His Father to Death ‘Intended To Kill’; Police Investigating Mother’s Murder Too
SAGAMIHARA — A 15-year-old male high school student was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of fatally s...
February 15, 2024
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Sex Worker Arrested for Allegedly Abandoning Newborn in Closet in Japan; Two More Infant Bodies Found in Home
TAKAMATSU — Kagawa prefectural police arrested Ayumi Yamashita, a 35-year-old sex worker employed in...
February 15, 2024
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Mito Kakizawa Pleads Guilty to Vote-Buying
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former lawmaker Mito Kakizawa pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of buying ...
February 15, 2024
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Saitama: Man Arrested on Suspicion of Leaving Frying Pan on Street; ‘Prank’ was Intended to Cause an Accident
An unemployed man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of leaving a frying pan on a street in Saitama...
February 15, 2024
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Tokyo Couple Arrested for Allegedly Fatally Poisoning Their 4-Year-Old Daughter; Child Given Psychotropic Drugs
A couple was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of killing their 4-year-old daughter by giving her p...
February 14, 2024
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Bodies Believed to be of Married Couple Found in Kanagawa Apartment; Police Asking Couple’s Teenage Son About Case (Update 1)
SAGAMIHARA, Kanagawa — Two bodies believed to be those of a married couple were found in Sagamihara,...
February 14, 2024
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Domino’s Japan Apologizes for Nose-Picking Employee; Pizza Giant to Consider Taking Legal Action Against Part-Timer
Domino’s Pizza Japan, Inc. has apologized for an incident in which a part-time employee in Amagasaki...
February 14, 2024
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Body Found in Chiba Pref. City Identified as Vietnamese National; Man Possibly Abducted by Several Men
A body found inside a car that burned down in Otaki, Chiba Prefecture, was that of a Vietnamese man,...
February 14, 2024
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Shizuoka: Body Believed to be of Young Boy Found at Lake Hamana, Shizuoka Pref.; Police Investigate as Homicide
The body of what is believed to be a young boy was found in Lake Hamana in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefectur...
February 13, 2024
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Man Arrested in Okinawa Pref. Over Woman Killed by Taxi; Allegedly Laid Woman on National Highway Route
NAHA — A construction worker from Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of murder ...
February 13, 2024
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Crimes in Japan Rise for 2nd Straight Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2023 jumped 17...
February 8, 2024
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Fraudulent Export of Used Cargo Ship to Iran Suspected; Osaka Company Allegedly Claimed Vessel Bound for UAE
An Osaka-based ship trading company and related locations have been searched over suspicions that th...
February 7, 2024
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4 Vietnamese Arrested in Shoplifting Spree at UNIQLO, Other Stores in Japan
FUKUOKA — Four Vietnamese nationals were arrested and sent to prosecutors after allegedly going on a...
February 7, 2024
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Japan Lawmaker Ikeda Released on Bail
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo District Court on Monday approved the release of lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda o...
February 6, 2024
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