Crime & Courts
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NHK Party’s Takashi Tachibana Attacked in Tokyo
Takashi Tachibana, the leader of the NHK Party political group, was attacked by a man in the Kasu...
March 14, 2025
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Fatal Stabbing of Livestreamer Allegedly Financially Motivated; Suspect Says Victim Never Returned Money He Loaned Her
The man arrested on suspicion of killing a woman while she was livestreaming on the streets of To...
March 13, 2025
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Online Casinos Believed to Have Been Used by More Than 3 mil. People in Japan, with Influencers Driving People to Bet
The National Police Agency has found that about 3.37 million people in Japan are using or have us...
March 13, 2025
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New ¥10,000 Bill Allegedly Counterfeited with Home Printer, Used at Convenience Store; Tokyo Man Has Been Arrested
Police arrested a man for allegedly using counterfeit new ¥10,000 bills at a convenience store, a...
March 13, 2025
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Two Japanese Men Detained in Thailand, May Have Been Leaving Scam Base in Myanmar
BANGKOK — Thai police detained two Japanese men in western Mae Soto, which borders Myanmar, on su...
March 13, 2025
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Man Searched for Woman Through Her Livestream on Streets of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward Before Killing Her
Regarding the incident in which a man killed a woman livestreaming on the streets of Tokyo, the p...
March 12, 2025
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Woman in 20s Believed Live-streaming on Tokyo Street Stabbed to Death; Man at Scene Arrested (UPDATE 1)
An emergency call was made to the police at around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday reporting that a woman had b...
March 11, 2025
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Ex Credit Union Employee Held over Stealing Customer’s ¥100 Million over Several Years
Kanagawa Prefectural Police arrested a former deputy manager of the Yokohama branch of Hanashinyo...
March 4, 2025
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Relief in Sight for Copyright Holders; Recovery of ¥2 Tril. Damages from Pirated Content Get Closer
The Intellectual Property High Court’s judgment is a ray of hope for copyright holders of enterta...
March 3, 2025
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Court Rules Foreign Service Provider Must Disclose Information in Piracy Case; Illustrator’s Work Shared Illegally
The Intellectual Property High Court ruled that a foreign telecommunications service provider whi...
March 3, 2025
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Someone Breaks into Home of Late Monta Mino; Security Camera Footage Shows 2 People Fleeing
The home of Monta Mino, a freelance presenter and TV personality who died Saturday aged 80, was b...
March 2, 2025
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Boy Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder after Admitting to Stabbing Man on Street in Adachi Ward, Tokyo
A boy was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Monday morning after admitting to stabbing...
February 24, 2025
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Station Staff Remember Panic, Confusion Felt during Cult’s Attack
At around 8:10 a.m. during rush hour on Monday, March 20, 1995, commuters were thrown into a pani...
February 22, 2025
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Amount of Smuggled Gold Seized by Customs Quadrupled in 2024; Increase Attributed to Rising Gold Prices, Post-Pandemic Increase in Cross-Border Travel
The amount of smuggled gold seized by customs nationwide in 2024 was 1,218 kilograms, which is fo...
February 20, 2025
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Man Gets 10 Years over Attack on Ex-Japan PM Kishida
Wakayama, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)—A Japanese district court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man...
February 19, 2025
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