Society
Crime & Courts
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AI Pornography Thwarts Efforts to Protect Real Children in Japan
Efforts to combat pornography that victimizes real children are being hindered by the huge amount o...
December 8, 2023
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Car Crashes into Building of Kawai-juku University Preparatory School in Yokohama
YOKOHAMA — A passenger car crashes into a building of a major university preparatory school Kawai-ju...
December 7, 2023
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Prosecutors Request Death Sentence for KyoAni Arson Suspect Shinji Aoba; 2019 Attack in Kyoto Left 36 Dead, 32 Injured
KYOTO — At a trial for the deadly 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio held at the Kyot...
December 7, 2023
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3 People Struck by Car in Incidents at Government Buildings; Police Believe Same Driver Involved in Both Crashes (UPDATE 2)
MITO — Three people were hit by a car when it plowed into an open space in front of the Hitachi city...
December 6, 2023
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Prosecutors Begin Questioning Secretaries over LDP Funds Scandal
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese public prosecutors have begun questioning secretaries to member lawmaker...
December 6, 2023
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Lawyer, Others Held Over Defrauding Romance Scam Victims; Group Allegedly Made Empty Promises to Recover Money
OSAKA — An 82-year-old lawyer and three others were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of collecting reta...
December 6, 2023
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Tokyo Police Arrest Suspect in Corporate Secrets Theft Case; Man Allegedly Took Data from Electronics Firm Alps Alpine
The police suspect the man illegally acquired trade secrets from Alps Alpine Co. in Ota Ward, Tokyo,...
December 6, 2023
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13-old-year Boy Slashed by Classmate’s Knife in Aichi Pref.
A 13-year-old male student was slashed by a female classmate with a knife at a junior high school in...
December 4, 2023
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Man Arrested for Carrying Knives in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward; Possible Pipe-bomb Also Found (UPDATE 1)
A man in his 20s was arrested on the street in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, for alleged possession of knive...
December 4, 2023
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Tokyo Man Arrested on Suspicion of Public Indecency; Allegedly Said He Felt Liberated
A 38-year-old Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of public indecency over removing his clothes...
December 2, 2023
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Record Amount of Drugs Seized at Kansai Airport; 2 Men Arrested on Suspicion of Smuggling 30 Kilograms of Meth
Two men living in Saitama Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine fr...
November 30, 2023
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Japan TV Executive Embezzled Charity Donations, Sales; Stole More Than ¥11 Million Starting in 2014
TOTTORI — A former senior official of Nihonkai Telecasting Co. (NKT) embezzled about ¥11.18 million ...
November 29, 2023
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Japan’s Nihon University to Abolish American Football Team amid Illegal Drug Scandal(UPDATE 1)
Following an illegal drug scandal, Nihon University is set to abolish its football team at a special...
November 29, 2023
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NPO Director Gets 8 Months in Prison Over Organ Transplants; Arranged Surgeries in Belarus for Japanese Patients (Update 1)
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization was sentenced to eight months in prison Tuesda...
November 28, 2023
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Two Men, 18, Arrested Over Robbery of Tokyo Jewelry Store
Two men have turned themselves in to police in connection with Sunday’s robbery of a jewelry store i...
November 28, 2023
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