Crime & Courts
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Chaos Erupts at Wakayama Campaign Event
WAKAYAMA — Another politician has been targeted during an election campaign, nine months after forme...
April 16, 2023
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Japan PM Kishida Evacuated Following Explosion Prior to Speech
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from Saikazaki Fishing Port in Wakayama City on Saturday ...
April 15, 2023
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Osaka High Court Overturns Lower Court Decision, Backs Welfare Benefit Cuts
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Overturning a lower court decision, the Osaka High Court dismissed Friday a pet...
April 15, 2023
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Kishida Continues Speeches as Scheduled
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will make his day’s speeches as scheduled, except at the fishing port w...
April 15, 2023
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Motegi: Kishida Uninjured
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was not injured after the incident in which an explosive device was thr...
April 15, 2023
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Suspect Arrested over Explosion at Kishida’s Campaign Site
WAKAYAMA — The Wakayama prefectural police restrained a man who is believed to have thrown explosive...
April 15, 2023
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Explosion Heard Before Kishida’s Speech
WAKAYAMA — An explosion was heard Saturday at a Wakayama fishing port where Prime Minister Fumio Kis...
April 15, 2023
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Ex-Japanese Lawmaker GaaSyy Placed on Int’l Wanted List
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—Tokyo police have placed former Japanese lawmaker GaaSyy on an international want...
April 14, 2023
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Tokyo Police Arrest Japanese Fraud Suspects Extradited from Cambodia
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested 19 Japanese men extradited from Cambodia on Tuesday in c...
April 12, 2023
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Suspected Fraud Group Had Been at Cambodian Hotel Since Oct.
PHNOM PENH — A Japanese group suspected of defrauding victims in Japan from a hotel in Sihanoukville...
April 11, 2023
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60 Smartphones Seized in Cambodia Fraud Case
Cambodian police seized about 60 smartphones from a resort hotel in Sihanoukville Province in a case...
April 11, 2023
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4 Attacked with Tent Peg at Supermarket in Osaka
OSAKA - A man wielding a 25-centimeter-long tent peg attacked three customers and a clerk at a super...
April 10, 2023
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Woman Stabbed to Death, Man Hit by Train at Station in Nagoya
NAGOYA — An 18-year-old woman was found stabbed in the chest by a knife-like object at a station in...
April 9, 2023
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Flight Attendants Feeling Turbulence over Passenger Cameras
The 40-year-old flight attendant cannot count how many times a photo of her has been taken without h...
April 8, 2023
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E-Money Fraud Gets 19 Japanese Men Arrested in Cambodia
Nineteen Japanese members of a fraud group have been detained by Cambodian authorities. The Tokyo Me...
April 7, 2023
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