Crime & Courts
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Suspects in Japan Robbery Ring Arrested over Tokyo Homicide; Perpetrators Allegedly Told to Break Elderly Woman’s Bones (Update 1)
Four suspects indicted on robbery and fraud charges after being deported to Japan from the Philippin...
September 12, 2023
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2-Year-Old Boy Dies after Being Left in Car for 9½ Hours in Okayama; Grandmother ‘Forgot to Take Him to Daycare’
OKAYAMA — A 2-year-old boy was found limp in a car in a hospital parking lot on Saturday in Tsuyama,...
September 10, 2023
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‘Japan Wind Power Firm Asked Lawmaker to Raise Questions in Diet’
House of Representatives member Masatoshi Akimoto — arrested Thursday on suspicion of receiving brib...
September 9, 2023
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Japan Lower House Lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto Arrested in Bribery Probe Related to Wind Power (Update 1)
House of Representatives member Masatoshi Akimoto was arrested Thursday on suspicion of receiving br...
September 7, 2023
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Kishida Attacker Indicted for Attempted Murder, Other Charges
Ryuji Kimura, 24, the suspect who tried to attack Prime Minister Fumio Kishida by throwing an explos...
September 6, 2023
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Suspect in KyoAni Arson Attack Admits Charges
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — A man accused of carrying out a deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. st...
September 6, 2023
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Suspect of 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack Shinji Aoba Admits Charges
Kyoto (Jiji Press)—The suspect of a deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio four years a...
September 5, 2023
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Trial to Start over 2019 KyoAni Arson Attack Tuesday
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — A trial will start on Tuesday over the July 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animatio...
September 4, 2023
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Top Court Backs Ruling against Okinawa over U.S. Base Relocation
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling against the Okinawa pre...
September 4, 2023
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Japanese Actor Kento Nagayama Found Guilty of Cannabis Possession
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo District Court sentenced actor Kento Nagayama to six months in prison, su...
September 2, 2023
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Suspect in Kishida Attack Accused of Attempted Murder
WAKAYAMA (Jiji Press) — Police in Wakayama Prefecture on Thursday referred the suspect in the explos...
September 1, 2023
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Supreme Prosecutors Office to Question Two Prosecutors over Allegedly Induced Statements in Bribery Case
The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office plans to question two prosecutors who were in charge of invest...
August 31, 2023
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Broadcasters Urge Johnny & Associates to Act on 3rd-Party Report
Several broadcasting companies had delivered comments by Wednesday calling for Johnny & Associates’ ...
August 30, 2023
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Restaurant Owner Allegedly Stole Food to Make ‘Soul-Shaking Delicious Dishes’
KOBE — A 40-year-old restaurant owner from Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday on suspic...
August 30, 2023
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Man Arrested Over Boiling-Water Death of Mother
A 64-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his ailing mother by pouring boiling ...
August 29, 2023
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