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Ex-PM Abe shot, unconscious
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was injured in an apparent gun attack while taking part in a campai...
July 8, 2022
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Ex-PM Abe ‘shot’, unconscious
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was injured by an apparent gunshot while taking part in the campaig...
July 8, 2022
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Man arrested for allegedly killing pregnant girlfriend
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police on Thursday arrested a 43-year-old company employee for allegedly ...
July 7, 2022
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2 students injured in knife assault in Sendai
SENDAI (Jiji Press) — Two junior high school students were injured in a knife assault in the city of...
July 7, 2022
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Exclusion of sex biz from COVID aid ruled constitutional
TOKYO (Jiji Press)— The Tokyo District Court ruled Thursday that the government’s policy of excludin...
July 1, 2022
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Will Japan ever allow streaming of judicial hearings?
“Truth is the only thing I want,” U.S. actor Johnny Depp said during his testimony in a recent trial...
June 28, 2022
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Police handle record cannabis cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Police arrested or took other actions against a record 5,783 people in cannabi...
June 28, 2022
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Top court orders deletion of Twitter post on man’s arrest record
The Supreme Court of Japan handed down a ruling on Friday ordering the deletion of a Twitter post re...
June 24, 2022
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Police arrest fraud suspect transferred
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo police on Wednesday arrested a COVID-19 relief fraud suspect who was tran...
June 23, 2022
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Man arrested after taking hostage in Saitama internet cafe
KAWAGOE, Saitama (Jiji Press) — Police arrested a man in the small hours of Wednesday after he took ...
June 22, 2022
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Osaka Court backs denial of same-sex marriage
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — A court in western Japan rejected a damages claim by three same-sex couples aga...
June 20, 2022
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Operator of restaurant review site Tabelog ordered to pay damages
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered the operator of Tabelog, a custome...
June 17, 2022
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Japan’s government not liable for damages to refugees over Fukushima nuclear disaster, top court rules
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the central government is not responsible for paying damages to ...
June 17, 2022
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Victims hail Penal Code revision
A revision to the Penal Code that includes tougher penalties for internet abuse has been hailed by p...
June 14, 2022
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Penal Code revised to create ‘confinement’ sentence
A bill to revise the Penal Code passed the Diet on Monday, introducing the first change to the law’s...
June 13, 2022
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