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Kabuki Actor Ichikawa Ennosuke to Be Arrested over Father’s Suicide
The Metropolitan Police Department intends to arrest kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke as early as Tues...
July 18, 2023
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Brazil Police Arrest Suspect in Murder of Wife, Child in Japan
SAO PAULO (Jiji Press) — Brazilian federal police said Friday that they have arrested a 34-year-old ...
July 15, 2023
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Ghosn to Speak Online to Correspondents in Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan said Friday that former Nissan Motor ...
July 15, 2023
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Ex-ADK Chief Found Guilty in Tokyo Games Bribery Case
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A court found Shinichi Ueno, former president of advertising agency ADK Holding...
July 12, 2023
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Top Court Ruling Raises Hopes for Trans Employees’ Working Environment
The Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling against the government in a lawsuit filed by a trans government e...
July 12, 2023
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Japan’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trans Government Employee Over Restroom Restrictions
The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in favor of a trans government employee who was restricted from usin...
July 11, 2023
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Defense Lawyers Outraged by Japan Prosecutors’ Decision to Prove Guilt After 57 Yrs
The retrial of Iwao Hakamata, 87, is likely to be a protracted affair, with the Shizuoka District Pu...
July 11, 2023
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Osaka Police Wrongly Arrest Man in Revenge Porn Case
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — The Osaka prefectural police department has said that it had wrongly arrested a...
July 11, 2023
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Sapporo Headless Body Murder Case: Person of Interest May Have Fled on Foot
In the murder case of a 62-year-old man who was found decapitated in a hotel room in the Susukino ar...
July 11, 2023
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Prosecutors to Try to Prove Guilt in Retrial of Hakamata
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Public prosecutors decided Monday to try to prove the guilt of Iwao Hakamata, 8...
July 10, 2023
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Former PM Abe Remembered One Year After Shooting
Saturday marked one year since Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was fatally shot ...
July 8, 2023
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Police Hold Men Carrying Gun-like Object Near Tribute Site for PM Abe
Police on Saturday held a group of young men carrying what appeared to be a gun after they were seen...
July 8, 2023
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Police Launch Probe into Bridge Girder Collapse
SHIZUOKA — Police have launched an investigation into possible negligence after a bridge girder fell...
July 8, 2023
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Japanese Former PM Shinzo Abe Shooting Suspect Refuses Contact with Mother
The suspect indicted over the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants no contact with his m...
July 7, 2023
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Japan Police Chief Expresses Remorse over Death of Ex-Pm Shinzo Abe
National Police Agency Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki expressed remorse over the July 8, 2022...
July 7, 2023
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