Crime & Courts
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Video Shows Hokkaido Murder Victim Being Forced to Sit on Bridge Parapet; 2 Suspects Allegedly Caused 17-year-old Girl to Fall from Bridge
ASAHIKAWA, Hokkaido — A video that shows a murdered high school girl being forced to sit on the p...
July 3, 2024
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Japan Top Court Orders Damages for Forced Sterilizations
Tokyo, July 3 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday awarded damages to victims of force...
July 3, 2024
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Hackers behind Kadokawa Cyberattack Claim Further Info Leak
Tokyo, July 2 (Jiji Press) — Hackers who stole data from Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp. throug...
July 3, 2024
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Father of Accused Killer: Calling Police Would Be ‘Betrayal’; Parents of Runa Tamura are Accused of Abetting Murder, Body Disposal
SAPPORO — The father of a 30-year-old woman charged with killing and beheading a man in Sapporo l...
July 2, 2024
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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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