Crime & Courts
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Ruling to hinge on whether Ghosn aide knew about ‘secret pay’
A ruling is set to be handed down Thursday in the trial of Greg Kelly, an aide to former Nissan Moto...
March 1, 2022
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Former lawmaker Toyama admits to illegal loan brokering
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Former Japanese lawmaker Kiyohiko Toyama admitted in court on Monday to illegal...
February 14, 2022
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Clam shipments from Japan’s major production area suspended amid false labeling of foreign products
Shipments of asari clams produced in Kumamoto Prefecture were suspended from Feb. 8, in the wake of ...
February 14, 2022
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Sources: Exam cheating suspect had accomplice
A teenager suspected of cheating in last month’s Common Test for University Admissions allegedly had...
February 10, 2022
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Gun-wielding man arrested in Saitama hostage-taking incident
FUJIMINO, Saitama (Jiji Press) — Japanese police arrested a man who fired a gun and took a doctor ho...
January 28, 2022
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¥3 bil. siphoned out of Hiroshima nursing home operator’s bank account
Hiroshima-based social welfare corporation Sun Phoenix, which operates special nursing homes for the...
January 23, 2022
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Tokyo ward files suit to evict 32 shops allegedly squatting in Asakusa
A cluster of shops near Sensoji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo is at the center of a disput...
January 18, 2022
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Patient mourns doctor’s death a month after Osaka clinic arson attack
A strong sense of loss continues to linger a month after 25 people were killed in an arson attack at...
January 17, 2022
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Boy, 17, arrested over knife attack on 3 people at University of Tokyo
Two high school students and a man in his 70s were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant at an entr...
January 15, 2022
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MPD to create special unit to crack down on money laundering
The Metropolitan Police Department will establish the nation‘s first “criminal proceeds control sect...
January 11, 2022
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Former security company employee arrested on suspicion of stealing ¥100 mil. from ATMs
Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a former employee of a security firm on suspicion of stealing...
January 6, 2022
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Clinic arson, murder suspect dies at Osaka hospital
OSAKA — A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire that killed 25 people at a clinic in Kita War...
December 30, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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