Crime & Courts
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4 Senior Abe Faction Members Voluntarily Questioned over Suspected Hidden Funds
Four senior officials of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Abe faction were voluntarily questioned by t...
December 25, 2023
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Radical Group Member Gets 20 Yrs over 1971 Murder
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo District Court on Friday sentenced a 74-year-old member of a Japanese rad...
December 23, 2023
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Japanese Man Arrested for Stabbing Woman with ‘Sword’
YOKOHAMA — A woman was stabbed to death with what is believed to be a Japanese sword at a restaurant...
December 23, 2023
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Matsuno, Seko to be Voluntarily Questioned Over Hidden Funds Allegations; Focus to Be on Evidence of Instructions, Approval
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office plans to conduct vol...
December 22, 2023
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Okinawa Governor Ordered by Court to Approve Central Govt’s Design Changes for Henoko Coastal Area Work
The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court on Wednesday ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve th...
December 20, 2023
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Tokyo Prosecutors Raid Offices of Liberal Democratic Party’s Abe, Nikai Factions Over Kickback Scandal (UPDATE2)
The special investigative squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Tuesday raided of...
December 19, 2023
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Japan Lawmaker Kakizawa Questioned over Alleged Vote-Buying
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese public prosecutors have questioned lawmaker Mito Kakizawa on a volunta...
December 17, 2023
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Tokyo Prosecutors Likely to Establish Case against LDP Abe Faction Accountant
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is considering bringing a case against the Liberal Demo...
December 15, 2023
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Former Tokyo Games Exec Haruyuki Takahashi Pleads Not Guilty over Bribery
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee p...
December 14, 2023
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Police to Set Up Special Fraud Investigation Team
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The National Police Agency will set up a new investigation team to promote unif...
December 14, 2023
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Prosecutors to Open Criminal Probe into LDP’s Abe Faction
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese public prosecutors apparently plan to open a criminal investigation shor...
December 14, 2023
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Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Searches House, Office of Ex State Minister of Justice Mito Kakizawa (UPDATE 1)
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office began searching a ho...
December 14, 2023
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Abe Faction Allegedly Asked Lawmakers to Report Cash in Move to Hide Kickbacks
The Liberal Democratic Party’s Abe faction is suspected of having asked its lawmakers to report as i...
December 13, 2023
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Police Arrest Two Vietnamese People on Suspicion of Hunting Heron with Slingshot
SAITAMA — Police have arrested two Vietnamese men on suspicion of violating a law that protects wild...
December 12, 2023
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Ex-Tokyo Games Exec Found Guilty over Bid-Rigging
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a former senior official of the T...
December 12, 2023
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