Crime & Courts
-
Former care worker rearrested for another murder
MITO (Jiji Press) — The police served a former employee of a nursing home in the eastern prefecture ...
December 30, 2021
-
Manufacturer calls for probe after indictment withdrawn
A company president, who had been indicted along with two others for allegedly exporting machines th...
December 27, 2021
-
H.I.S. units fraudulently received ¥680 mil. in aid
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Subsidiaries of travel agency H.I.S. Co. have fraudulently received up to aroun...
December 25, 2021
-
Osaka arson suspect allegedly prevented victims from escaping
OSAKA — The suspect in a deadly arson attack at a clinic in Kita Ward, Osaka City, allegedly barrica...
December 23, 2021
-
Investigators think suspect in Osaka arson tried to seal emergency exit before blaze
OSAKA — Officials investigating the fatal fire at a clinic in Kita Ward, Osaka City, said adhesive t...
December 21, 2021
-
Osaka arson suspect said to have spiraled downward after divorce
People who knew Morio Tanimoto, the suspect in the deadly arson attack at a clinic in central Osaka,...
December 20, 2021
-
Osaka arson suspect bought gasoline late last month
OSAKA — The suspect in the deadly arson attack on a clinic in central Osaka bought gasoline in late ...
December 20, 2021
-
Suspect named in arson at Osaka clinic
OSAKA — Authorities released on Sunday the name of the 61-year-old patient suspected in the deadly a...
December 19, 2021
-
Structure of building hampered evacuation in Osaka blaze
OSAKA — The suspected arson attack on a building in central Osaka on Friday was a catastrophe that k...
December 18, 2021
-
Oil found at scene of Osaka fire
OSAKA — Officials investigating a fatal blaze at a clinic in Kita Ward, Osaka City, detected oil at ...
December 18, 2021
-
More than 20 die in Osaka blaze
OSAKA — A fire broke out Friday morning at a psychosomatic clinic in a building in central Osaka Cit...
December 17, 2021
-
Breaking News: 27 people feared dead after blaze in central Osaka
More than 20 people were feared dead following a blaze at a building in a commercial district of Osa...
December 17, 2021
-
Pilfered Yaizu Port bonito sold illegally for decades
SHIZUOKA — Fisheries cooperative employees in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, were found to have sold bo...
December 1, 2021
-
Court nixes objection to halt of Kansai Super Market’s merger
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Kobe District Court dismissed on Friday an objection by Kansai Super Market Ltd...
November 27, 2021
-
Tokyo train attacker regrets no one died
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The suspect in a knife and arson attack that injured 17 passengers on a Tokyo t...
November 23, 2021
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
- Typhoon Shanshan Forms, Slowly Moves Toward Japan; Govt Says Typhoon No. 10 Likely to Approach Japan Next Week
- Tokyo Companies Prepare for Ashfall From Mt. Fuji Eruption; Disposal Of Ash, Possibly at Sea, A Major Challenge
- Shizuoka Pref. City Offers Foreigners Free Japanese Language Classes; Aims to Raise Non-Natives to Daily Conversation Level
- Typhoon No. 10 Forecast to Develop; Move into Pacific Ocean South of Japan on Aug. 26
- Strong Typhoon Shanshan Predicted to Approach Western, Eastern Japan Earliest on Wednesday
JN TOP STORIES
- LDP Presidential Vote Could Go to Runoff, Surveys Suggest; Overall Tally Tips Toward Takaichi, Ishiba
- Tito Jackson’s Family Says the Jackson 5 Member Has Died at 70
- Dollar Briefly Falls below 140 Yen in Asian Trading
- Martian Meteorite to be Showcased at 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo; 1st Time to be on Public Display
- Ehime Prefecture Students, Foreign Residents Unite to Clean Up Coastline; Students Enlisting Help of Restaurants, Tourists
- ‘Shogun’ and ‘Hacks’ Win Top Series Emmy Awards
- Donald Trump Was the Subject of An Apparent Assassination Attempt at His Florida Golf Club, the FBI Says