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Crime & Courts
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Former Games executive arrested on suspicion of receiving bribes
Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested Wednesday former executive board member of the Tok...
August 17, 2022
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Homemade gun attacks a blind spot for police
Following the shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the National Police Agency has fou...
August 12, 2022
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Japan-Vietnam criminal investigation cooperation treaty to take effect this month
A mutual legal assistance treaty between Japan and Vietnam to facilitate criminal investigations bet...
August 10, 2022
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Abe shooting suspect Yamagami acted calmly, purposefully ahead of incident
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead just over a month ago on July 8. Since that time, Nar...
August 10, 2022
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Security Team Failed to Communicate Lack of Guard Behind Abe
Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)—The on-site commander for security for the late former Japanese Prime Min...
August 6, 2022
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Tokyo police detains 21 people for ‘preparing to cultivate marijuana’
More than 20 people have been detained under the Cannabis Control Law for importing marijuana seeds ...
August 6, 2022
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Panel seeks to indict ex-Kansai Electric execs over scandals
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — A Japanese panel of citizens has ruled that three former executives of Kansai E...
August 2, 2022
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Japanese man on Interpol list for ¥390 mil. in ‘romance scams’ held in Ghana
OSAKA — A Japanese man on Interpol’s wanted list, suspected of having played a key role in scams swi...
August 1, 2022
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Family members say Unification Church caused suffering
Two people described to The Yomiuri Shimbun how they suffered after family members became followers ...
August 1, 2022
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Preventing lone wolf attacks remains urgent task for police
The shooting death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe again sheds light on the difficulties in prev...
July 31, 2022
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Additional ¥250 mil. allegedly paid to ex-Tokyo 2020 exec under bribery probe
The former Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member under investigation in a bribery p...
July 31, 2022
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Abe shooting suspect reportedly tweeted intention to kill 3 years ago
Tetsuya Yamagami, the suspect in the July 8 fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, made...
July 31, 2022
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Publishers sue ex-Mangamura operator for ￥1.9 billion damages
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Three major Japanese publishers on Thursday sued the former operator of now-clo...
July 29, 2022
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Aoki created official attire, sold suits for Tokyo Games
In addition to selling suits with the Olympic emblem, Aoki Holdings Inc., a major apparel company, w...
July 28, 2022
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Aoki’s headquarters raided in connection with Tokyo Games bribery case
Prosecutors began raiding the main office of leading business attire retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. on ...
July 28, 2022
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