Crime & Courts
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Fukuoka District Court Rejects Retrial over 1992 Murder of 2 Girls
FUKUOKA (Jiji Press) — A Japanese court Wednesday turned down a request for a retrial over the 19...
June 6, 2024
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Drunk Man With Knife Seen On Platform At Yokohama Station; Arrested At Kawasaki Station, No Injuries Reported
YOKOHAMA – A man holding a knife was seen sitting on the floor of a Tokaido Line platform at JR Y...
June 5, 2024
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Mother Denies Helping Daughter Suspected of Beheading Man
SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — The mother of a 30-year-old woman charged with killing and beheading a man...
June 5, 2024
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2 Elderly Japanese Found Dead in Southern Paraguay House
Mexico City (Jiji Press)—Law enforcement authorities of Paraguay have announced that two elderly ...
June 5, 2024
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Male Police Officer Suspected of Entering Women’s Restroom in Kobe; Claims “No Paper in Men’s Restroom”
A male police officer claiming to have been “stranded” in the men’s restroom is facing charges on...
June 1, 2024
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Suspected Cache of Rocket Launchers, Handguns, Hand Grenades Found near Kitakyushu River
A cache of what appeared to be rocket launchers, handguns and hand grenades was found on a river ...
June 1, 2024
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Shooting Taxi Driver in Kawaguchi, Saitama Pref.; Caught By Police On Train Station Platform
Police arrested a man Friday on suspicion of shooting a taxi driver with what is believed to be a...
May 31, 2024
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3 Get 2 Years in Prison over Avalanche Deaths in Japan
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., May 30 (Jiji Press) — A Japanese district court sentenced three people...
May 31, 2024
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Woman Stabbed at Condo in Nakano Ward, Tokyo; Man Who Called Police Admitted to Stabbing
A young woman was found after having been stabbed in the chest at a condominium in Nakano Ward, T...
May 31, 2024
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Taxi Driver Shot in Kawaguchi, Saitama Pref.; Police Tracking Down Man on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
A 72-year-old taxi driver on Wednesday rushed into a convenience store in the Saiwai-cho district...
May 30, 2024
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Japan Man Arrested for Creating Virus Using Generative AI Systems; ‘I Thought I Could Do Anything if I Asked AI’
A 25-year-old unemployed man from Kawasaki has been arrested for allegedly creating a computer virus...
May 28, 2024
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Sixty-Something Twins Suspected of Selling Kamen Rider Replica Masks, ‘Earned Over ¥10 Million’
A 65-year-old unemployed man and his twin brother were arrested Wednesday for selling a replica m...
May 24, 2024
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Death Penalty Sought Again for Hakamata over 1966 Murder Case
Shizuoka, May 22 (Jiji Press) — Public prosecutors Wednesday again sought the death penalty for I...
May 23, 2024
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Chinese National Arrested on Suspicion of Swindling 10.1 Million Yen Impersonating Akira Ikegami; Woman in 70s Defrauded in Online Scheme
The local police in Fukushima Prefecture arrested a Chinese national on Tuesday on suspicion of f...
May 21, 2024
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Tokyo Court Dismisses Foreigner’s Claim of Police Discrimination
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Tokyo District Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by a foreign woman who cla...
May 21, 2024
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