Crime & Courts
-
Yamagami Viewed Abe as Center of Politics-Church Relations
Nara, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)—Tetsuya Yamagami, who is standing trial for murdering former Prime Mini...
December 3, 2025
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
-
-
-
-
JN TOP STORIES
-
-
-
-
-
-
