Crime & Courts
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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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Damages Raised Over Death of Nepalese Man Restrained by MPD; Tokyo High Court Rules That Excessive Force Was Used
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that higher damages be paid to the wife of a Nepalese man who died...
November 20, 2025
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First Questioning of Tetsuya Yamagami, Former Prime Minister Abe’s Shooter, Begins in Nara Court; Over 300 Line Up for 33 Seats
The 10th hearing in the trial of defendant Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, charged with murder and other co...
November 20, 2025
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University of Tokyo Hospital Doctor Arrested for Alleged Bribery
Tokyo, Nov. 19 (Jiji Press)—A 53-year-old doctor at the University of Tokyo Hospital was arrested...
November 20, 2025
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Woman Stabbed in Front of Music Venue in Tokyo’s Akasaka District; Suspect Flees the Scene
A woman in her 40s was stabbed in the left side of her abdomen and other areas by a man with a kn...
November 16, 2025
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Yamagami’s Mother Apologizes in Testimony at Abe Shooting Trial, Still Follows Unification Church
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man charged with murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe i...
November 14, 2025
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