Crime & Courts
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LDP, Komeito Split over Expanding Defense Item Exports
The Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalition partner Komeito have divergent views over easi...
June 30, 2023
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NPO Head Pleads Not Guilty Over Organ Transplants in Belarus
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, who has been accused of arranging organ trans...
June 30, 2023
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NPO Head Pleads Not Guilty Over Belarus Organ Transplants
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, who has been indicted for arranging organ tran...
June 30, 2023
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Boy Referred to Prosecutors over Sushi Store Pranks in Japan
GIFU (Jiji Press) — The police sent papers to prosecutors on Wednesday on a 17-year-old boy who alle...
June 29, 2023
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‘Luffy’ arrested over orchestrating crimes
The suspected ringleader of a group that committed violent crimes across Japan and recruited members...
June 29, 2023
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Magazine Report on Harassment Allegations Was Behind Ennosuke’s Suicide Attempt, Police Sources Say
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke told authorities in voluntary questioning before his arrest that a ma...
June 28, 2023
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Boy Referred to Court for Allegedly Putting Wasabi on Another Customer’s Sushi at Restaurant
The Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office referred Wednesday a high school boy in his teens t...
June 28, 2023
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Kabuki Actor ‘Admits Assisting Mother’s Suicide’
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke admitted to assisting his mother to commit suicide, police said Tuesd...
June 28, 2023
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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ennosuke Arrested over Mother’s Suicide
Metropolitan Police Department arrested kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke Tuesday morning on suspicion ...
June 27, 2023
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Halloween Attack Suspect on Tokyo Train Denies Attempted Murder by Arson
A 26-year-old man, who has been accused of charges including attempted murder and arson by stabbing ...
June 26, 2023
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Uncle May Have Organized Dumping of Kobe Boy’s Body
KOBE ― The uncle of 6-year-old Nao Hosaka, whose body was found in a suitcase in Kobe on Thursday, i...
June 26, 2023
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Bruised Body of Young Boy Found in Suitcase in Kobe
KOBE — A local police officer found the body of a 6-year-old boy in a suitcase that was left near th...
June 24, 2023
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Ex-Lawmaker GaaSyy Indicted Over Threats to Celebrities
The former House of Councillors lawmaker known as GaaSyy has been indicted by prosecutors for allege...
June 23, 2023
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GSDF Cadet Didn’t Refer to 2 Shooting Victims By Name
During questioning by the Gifu prefectural police, the Ground Self-Defense Force cadet suspected of...
June 23, 2023
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Video of Sri Lankan Detainee before Her Death Shown in Court
Nagoya, June 21 (Jiji Press)—Video footage showing the final days of a Sri Lankan woman who died at...
June 22, 2023
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