Society
Crime & Courts
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Schoolteacher Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Tokyo Man
A 36-year-old junior high school teacher was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a man in E...
May 11, 2023
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Ginza Shop Robbers Allegedly Made Off With 70 Rolex Watches Worth ¥250 million
Rolex watches with a total value of around ¥250 million were stolen by robbers who broke into a spec...
May 11, 2023
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Youths Drawn into ‘Dark’ Part-Time Jobs Suffer at Hands of Criminal Bosses
The four male teenagers arrested Monday in connection with a robbery case in Tokyo’s Ginza district...
May 10, 2023
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Masked Robbers Likely Took Rolexes Worth ¥100 Million From Tokyo Shop
The total value of over 100 Rolex watches and other items stolen from a specialty store in the Ginza...
May 10, 2023
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Bill to Put GPS Devices on People Out on Bail Enacted
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan on Wednesday enacted a bill to allow courts to order criminal defendants ...
May 10, 2023
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Man in His 60s Stabs Junior High School Boy on Way to School in Tokyo
A man attacked a junior high school student with a knife, stabbing the boy in the abdomen in Ota War...
May 10, 2023
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Robbery Group Takes Over 100 Items from Tokyo’s Rolex Shop
A trio wearing white masks to hide their faces broke into a luxury brand shop in the Ginza district ...
May 9, 2023
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Police: All Four Arrested in Ginza Robbery Are Teenagers
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Tuesday that the four men arrested in connection with t...
May 9, 2023
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2 Women Injured in Coffee Can Explosion in Tokyo
Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)—Two women in their 20s were injured as liquid splashed from a coffee can t...
May 9, 2023
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Police Believe Kishida Attack Suspect Made Explosives at Home
The man suspected of throwing a pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in...
May 7, 2023
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Ex-Kadokawa Chairman Released on Bail After 7 Months in Custody over Tokyo Games’ Bribery Case
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, former chairman of publishing giant Kadokawa Corp., was released on bail from T...
April 28, 2023
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Nagoya Prison Officers to be Referred over Assaults of Inmates
NAGOYA — Nagoya Prison has decided to send the papers of more than a dozen of its 22 correctional of...
April 27, 2023
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Ramen Shop Owner with Yakuza Ties Dead in Possible Shooting
The owner of a ramen restaurant in Kobe who was also a leader of a yakuza-affiliated group died on S...
April 23, 2023
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Former Aoki Chairman Gets Suspended Sentence for Olympic-related Bribery
The Tokyo District Court found the former chairman of apparel chain Aoki Holdings Inc. guilty of bri...
April 21, 2023
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Two Arrested over Reselling WBC Tickets; Possibly Raked in ¥1.8 Mil.
A 25-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of reselling five tickets ...
April 21, 2023
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