Society
Crime & Courts
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Politicians’ Understanding Key to Police Efforts to Guard Them
The National Police Agency’s report on April’s attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Wakayama P...
June 2, 2023
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Japan Police Report Reveals Inadequacies in Security Plan for PM’s Campaign Visit to Wakayama
The security plan for a stump speech to be delivered by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a port in Wa...
June 2, 2023
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Policemen Killed in Nagano Attack Remembered as ‘Good Combination’ with Strong Sense of Responsibility
Thursday marked one week since a shooting and knife attack in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, that resul...
June 2, 2023
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Romanian Nationals Arrested in Japan over Stealing ¥1.68 mil.
KOBE — Police have arrested three Romanian nationals on suspicion of pickpocketing in five prefectur...
June 2, 2023
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Baby Dies after Choking on Grated Apple at Nursery in Kagoshima Pref.
KAGOSHIMA (Jiji Press) — A girl who lost consciousness at the age of 6 months after eating a grated ...
June 1, 2023
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Police Find Kumamoto Woman was Murdered
A 29-year-old woman found dead in a building in Chuo Ward, Kumamoto, died from suffocation, Kumamoto...
June 1, 2023
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Tokyo Junior High School Teacher Indicted for Murder
A 36-year-old junior high school teacher was indicted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Offi...
June 1, 2023
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Not Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional
NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — The Nagoya District Court ruled Tuesday that provisions in the Civil Code and ...
May 31, 2023
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Bloody Survival Knife Seized from Nagano Murder Suspect’s House
NAGANO — In connection with the shooting and stabbing incident in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, that le...
May 31, 2023
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Nagano Attack Suspect ‘Attempted Suicide’ During Police Standoff
NAKANO, Nagano Prefecture — The man arrested in connection with a shooting and knife attack Thursday...
May 29, 2023
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Nagano Attacker ‘Believed Policemen Would Shoot Him’
NAKANO, Nagano (Jiji Press) — The 31-year-old man arrested over Thursday’s fatal stabbing and shooti...
May 28, 2023
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Nagano Shooting Suspect Possibly Driven by One-sided Grudge
Masanori Aoki, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, is be...
May 28, 2023
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Japan’s Strict Regulations Failed to Prevent Shooting by 4 gun-owning Suspect
The recent shooting incident in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, was allegedly perpetrated by an individua...
May 27, 2023
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Man Arrested over Fatal Shooting in Tokyo
Police arrested a 58-year-old man Saturday over the previous day’s fatal shooting incident in the ci...
May 27, 2023
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Shooting Incident Outside Station in Tokyo Leaves 1 Man Injured
The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A man has been injured after an apparent shootin...
May 26, 2023
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