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  • Tokyo Police Arrest Suspect in Corporate Secrets Theft Case; Man Allegedly Took Data from Electronics Firm Alps Alpine

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    December 6, 2023

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    December 4, 2023

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    December 4, 2023

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    December 2, 2023

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Japan Supreme Court Justice Impersonated in Online Account Posting Comments on Yahoo News Portal’s Law-Related Articles

    An account posing as a Supreme Court justice has posted several comments to law-related articles on ...

    November 28, 2023

  • 3 Men Break into Jewelry Store in Tokyo, Run Away with Nothing After Clerk Uses Sasumata Spear-Like Weapon

    Three men broke into a jewelry store in Taito Ward, Tokyo, but fled without taking anything after a ...

    November 27, 2023

  • ‘I Stabbed Myself with My Own Knife,’ Said Woman at K-Arena Knife Incident in Yokohama

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    November 26, 2023

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    November 24, 2023

  • Woman Stabbed at K-Arena Yokohama; Injuries Believed Serious

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    November 23, 2023

  • High Court Rejects N-damages Claim against Govt

    NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — The Nagoya High Court on Wednesday rejected a damages claim against the Japane...

    November 23, 2023

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