Crime & Courts
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2020 Games Bid Rigging in Japan Clearer via Seized Emails
Prosecutors have seized emails indicating that Yasuo Mori, former deputy executive director of the 2...
February 10, 2023
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Japan’s Organ Transplant NPO Recorded Large ‘Profits’
A ¥10 million surplus from arranging a single organ transplant overseas is among the irregularities ...
February 10, 2023
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Tokyo Police Seize Patient List from NPO in Organ Transplant Probe
The Metropolitan Police Department seized a document with the names of 150 patients from the Intract...
February 10, 2023
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Dentsu Likely To Face Criminal Charges Over Tokyo Games Bid-Rigging
Advertising giant Dentsu Inc. will likely face criminal charges over alleged bid-rigging related to ...
February 9, 2023
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Alleged Robbery Boss Deported from Philippines, Arrested
Two men, including Yuki Watanabe, suspected to have been involved in a string of robberies across Ja...
February 9, 2023
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Japan NPO Director Sent to Prosecutors Over Overseas Transplant
The director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of facilitati...
February 9, 2023
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3 Arrested for Allegedly Damaging Station Building Designated as Cultural Property in Osaka
SAKAI, Osaka — The Osaka prefectural police have arrested three people, including a 16-year-old high...
February 9, 2023
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2 More Suspects Allegedly Involved in Robberies Arrested
Metropolitan Police Department officers on early Thursday morning arrested two Japanese men, Yuki W...
February 9, 2023
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Former Tokyo Games Official Arrested in Bid-Rigging Probe
Four people including Yasuo Mori, the former deputy executive director of the Tokyo 2020 organizing ...
February 8, 2023
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Court Rejects Claim over 2nd-Generation Hibakusha Relief
HIROSHIMA (Jiji Press) — The Hiroshima District Court on Tuesday dismissed a damages claim filed aga...
February 8, 2023
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Japanese ‘Luffy’ Group Suspect Denies Involvement in Robbery Ring
MANILA — A man who was held in a Manila detention center along with three others over suspected invo...
February 8, 2023
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2 Arrested for Failing to Report Full Bluefin Tuna Catch
AOMORI — Two fisheries company presidents were arrested Tuesday in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, for faili...
February 7, 2023
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2 Robbery Ring Suspects Land in Japan from Philippines, After Arrest En Route
MANILA — Two of four Japanese men suspected of remotely orchestrating a recent string of robberies i...
February 7, 2023
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2 in ‘Luffy’ Group Get Speedy Deportation from Philippines
The Yomiuri ShimbunPhilippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla discusses the deportation of t...
February 7, 2023
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Minor Arrested for Allegedly Stabbing High Schooler in Kawasaki
KAWASAKI — A 16-year-old boy living in Kawasaki was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder over t...
February 7, 2023
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