Society
Crime & Courts
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Suspect Arrested over Woman’s Murder in Fukuoka
FUKUOKA — The Fukuoka prefectural police on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of fatally stabbin...
January 18, 2023
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13-Year-Old May Have Stabbed Sleeping Mother Over Smartphone
MAKINOHARA, Shizuoka — A 13-year-old girl taken into custody on suspicion of fatally stabbing her m...
January 18, 2023
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Tokyo High Court Upholds Acquittal of ex-TEPCO Execs over 2011 Fukushima Meltdown
Former executives of what was then Tokyo Electric Power Co. were acquitted on Wednesday by the Tokyo...
January 18, 2023
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Kyoto Company Falsely Identified Products as Electric Bicycles
KYOTO — A Kyoto company was selling bicycles that it falsely identified as electric bikes, in violat...
January 18, 2023
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Man Fined for Telling Woman She Looks Like Coronavirus
A man who insulted a woman by telling her, “You’ve got a face like the coronavirus” was fined by the...
January 17, 2023
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Woman stabbed to death in Fukuoka; suspected culprit at large
FUKUOKA — A 38-year-old woman was stabbed to death near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka on Monday eveni...
January 17, 2023
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7-Year-Old Girl Found Dead, Police Question Mother
Local police officers found a 7-year-old girl unconscious inside an apartment in Nakatsu, Oita Prefe...
January 17, 2023
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Woman Stabbed to Death, Possibly by Her Teenage Child
Shizuoka Prefectural Police said a woman in her 40s has apparently been stabbed to death with a knif...
January 17, 2023
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Woman Dies After Being Stabbed Near JR Hakata Station
Police reported that a woman was stabbed by a man near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka on Monday evenin...
January 16, 2023
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High Court’s TEPCO Fukushima Ruling Could Be Bellwether for Other Cases
Could the meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant have been prevented? The Tokyo High Co...
January 16, 2023
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Wakayama Couple Arrested on Suspicion of Arson
WAKAYAMA — A couple living in Wakayama has been arrested on suspicion of arson, after the body of a...
January 16, 2023
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Bishop Case Sees New Murder Charge Against Suspect
SAITAMA — The suspect in a triple-murder case in Saitama Prefecture will be newly charged with killi...
January 16, 2023
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Death-Row Inmate Dies after Choking
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Death-row inmate Miyuki Ueta, convicted of murdering two men whose bodies were ...
January 16, 2023
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As Yamagami Case Heads to Court, Focus Turns to Motive, Defense
The case involving suspect Tetsuya Yamagami, charged with murder and related charges in the fatal sh...
January 15, 2023
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Foreign Woman in Critical Condition after being Caught in Hokkaido Avalanche
A woman of an undisclosed nationality was in critical condition after being caught in an avalanche w...
January 13, 2023
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