Crime & Courts
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DNA Matching That of Suspect in Abandonment of Couple’s Bodies in Tokyo Found at Couple’s House
Regarding the case in which a Filipino man was arrested on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of a m...
January 24, 2024
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Filipino Man Arrested on Suspicion of Abandoning Couple’s Bodies in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward
A Filipino man was arrested Monday on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of a married couple, in con...
January 23, 2024
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Filipino Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Abandoning Couple’s Bodies in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward; Couple’s Eldest Son Was Woman’s Ex-Boyfriend
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Friday arrested a Filipino woman on suspicion of abandoning ...
January 20, 2024
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Indictments Filed Regarding 3 LDP Factions; Unreported Funds of Abe, Nikai, Kishida Factions Exceed ¥950 Million (UPDATE 1)
Indictments were filed Friday against those who were in charge of accounting for three factions of t...
January 19, 2024
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Ex-LDP Lawmaker Mito Kakizawa Released on Bail after Indicted in Vote-buying Case over Tokyo’s Koto Ward Mayoral Election
The Tokyo District Court granted bail on Thursday to Mito Kakizawa, a member of the House of Represe...
January 18, 2024
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2 Bodies Found Wrapped in Sheets under Floor of Tokyo Home; May Be Married Couple Missing Since Tuesday
Two bodies were found wrapped in sheets under the floor of a house in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, on Thursda...
January 18, 2024
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Top Court May Review Ruling against Benefits for Same-Sex Partner
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Supreme Court may review a high court judgment that the same-sex partner of...
January 18, 2024
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Japan Lawmaker Kakizawa Indicted for Vote-Buying
Mito Kakizawa, a member of the House of Representatives, was indicted on Wednesday on suspicion of b...
January 17, 2024
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Man Shot at Starbucks Dies; Suspect Man who Fled Scene Believed to be Gang Member
The man who was shot Sunday at a Starbucks outlet in Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture, was later confir...
January 15, 2024
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Man Goes into Cardiac Arrest After Being Shot at Starbucks in Ehime; Perpetrator on the Run
MATSUYAMA — A man went into cardiac arrest after apparently being shot at a Starbucks in Shikoku-Chu...
January 14, 2024
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Ex-Ministers Questioned Again by Prosecutors over Hidden Funds in Japan
Several senior members of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Abe faction — known as Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyu...
January 10, 2024
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Concern over Destruction of Evidence Behind Reason to Arrest Ikeda in Political Funds Scandal
Investigations of a series of political funds scandals involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
January 8, 2024
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Man Arrested for Pushing Woman onto Train Tracks in Tokyo, Says: I Want to Stay behind Bars Until I Die
A man was arrested for allegedly pushing a woman in her 60s onto the train tracks at JR Shinagawa St...
January 7, 2024
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LDP Lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda, Aide Arrested in Hidden Funds Scandal (Update 1)
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested Liberal Dem...
January 7, 2024
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LDP’s Toshihiro Nikai Questioned by Prosecutors over Fundraising Scandal; Accountant Admits Funds Not Recorded (Update 1)
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has questioned Toshi...
January 7, 2024
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