Crime & Courts
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Luxury Car Thefts Plague Paid Parking Lots Near Narita Airport; Police Suspect Thieves Are Using Keys Kept On-Site
Multiple luxury cars have been stolen from paid parking lots near Narita Airport in a spree targe...
June 30, 2024
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Decades Later, Japan’s Matsumoto Sarin Attack Victim Is Remembered; 30 Years Have Passed Since Aum Shinrikyo’s First Mass Murder
MATSUMOTO, Nagano — Thirty years have passed since the fatal sarin nerve gas attack carried out b...
June 29, 2024
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Another U.S. Military Member Charged With Sex Crime In Okinawa; Ambassador Emanuel Asked To Prevent Further Recurrences
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi disclosed at a press conference Friday that a member of...
June 28, 2024
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Eldest Daughter Arrested for Killing Tokyo Couple
Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press) — A joint investigation team of Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Departmen...
June 28, 2024
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Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for Cyberattack on Japanese Video Site Niconico; Group Threatens to Release Stolen Data if Demands Not Met
A cyberattack has forced Japanese video-sharing site Niconico to suspend operations and a hacking...
June 28, 2024
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U.S. Commander Expresses Regret Over Sexual Assault in Okinawa; Direct Words of Apology Not Given
NAHA — A U.S. airman at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture was indicted by prosecutors in Marc...
June 27, 2024
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Ex-Kadokawa Chm. Sues Japan Govt for “Hostage Justice”
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A former chairman of major Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. on Thursday filed...
June 27, 2024
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Saitama Man Arrested on Suspicion of Killing 3 Small Breeding Dogs
Saitama Prefectural Police on Thursday arrested an 81-year-old former animal salesman in Moroyama...
June 27, 2024
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Police Officer Stabbed in Shinjuku, Tokyo; Woman in Her 50s Questioned on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
A passerby reported to the police box at the west exit of JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku...
June 27, 2024
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Nursery School Teacher in Tokyo Arrested on Suspicion of Pulling Boy’s Hair; Police Suspect Repeated Abuse
A female teacher at a private nursery school in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward was arrested on suspicion o...
June 25, 2024
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Japanese Mother, Child Attacked with Knife in China
Shanghai (Jiji Press)—A Japanese mother and her child were attacked with a knife by an apparent C...
June 25, 2024
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Man Sent to Prosecutors on Suspicion of Stealing from Mainly Indian Restaurants; He Says Shops Run by Non-Japanese Tend to Have Insufficient Security System
Nara prefectural police sent an unemployed man to prosecutors Monday on suspicion of stealing cas...
June 25, 2024
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Catching Cats with Cage Traps, Drowning Them in River
A farmer in Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, was arrested for allegedly catching cats with cage tra...
June 24, 2024
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Prosecutors Seek 30 Years for Man Charged with Stabbing Ex-Girlfriend to Death Near Hakata Station in Fukuoka
Prosecutors are seeking a 30-year sentence for a man charged with murder, violation of the anti-s...
June 24, 2024
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Current Banknotes Still Valid After New Bills Issued; Alert over Fraud Saying Old Notes Are Unusable
Authorities are calling for public caution ahead of the issuance of new banknotes on July 3, as f...
June 22, 2024
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