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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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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Philippine Woman in Tokyo
A 64-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a Philippine w...
July 7, 2023
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3 Children Struck by Truck at Elementary School in Miyagi Pref.
SENDAI – Three children were struck by a light truck that entered the grounds of Wakayanagi Elementa...
July 6, 2023
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Toyama Pref. Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Counterfeit Pokemon Cards
A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling counterfeit Pokemon cards to a shop that...
July 6, 2023
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Former Tokyo Games Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid-rigging Charges
A former executive of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations Bureau admitted to charges o...
July 5, 2023
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GSDF Rifle Attack Suspect Rearrested on Fresh Murder Charge
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Ground Self-Defense Force’s military police served a fresh arrest warrant o...
July 5, 2023
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(Update1) Victim in Headless Body Case in Sapporo Believed to be Stabbed While Defenseless
SAPPORO - In an incident which a male body was found decapitated in a hotel room in Sapporo, the bod...
July 5, 2023
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Former Games Committee Official Pleads Guilty over Bid Rigging
Yasuo Mori, former deputy executive director of the Tokyo Games organizing committee’s Operations Bu...
July 5, 2023
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Fortune Teller Who Offered Marijuana Cookies at ‘Luck Boosting’ Event Found Guilty
KOBE - The Kobe District Court sentenced Tuesday a 69-year-old female fortune teller in Ashiya, Hyog...
July 5, 2023
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Headless Body Found at Sapporo Hotel
SAPPORO — A body was found with the head severed at a hotel in Sapporo on Sunday, according to inves...
July 3, 2023
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Mother, Boyfriend Arrested for Leaving 1-Year-Old in Car for 40 Minutes
KOBE — A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Sunday after leaving her 1-year-old son in a car for ...
July 2, 2023
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‘Luffy’ Robbery Ring Suspect ‘Used Phone to Issue Instructions Possibly from Philippines Immigration Facility’
A person who was detained at the same Philippines immigration facility as Kiyoto Imamura, the suspec...
July 1, 2023
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