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Human torso found at mountain where head of missing woman found
Crime › 01:05 PM JST - 8th November
A human torso was found Sunday at a mountain in Hiroshima Prefecture near the site where the head of a missing 19-year-old woman from neighboring…
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Police begin murder investigation of 6 deaths linked to Tottori woman
Crime › 06:29 AM JST - 8th November
Police began a full-fledged investigation Saturday over a number of suspicious deaths surrounding a Tottori Prefecture woman arrested over a fraud case with the possibility…
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Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction
Crime › 06:05 AM JST - 8th November
A Czech man has taken his 5-year-old son apparently to a place overseas from his home in Gifu Prefecture, prompting the boy's Japanese mother to…
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Use of police dogs doubles in decade
Crime › 05:13 AM JST - 8th November
The number of cases in which police dogs have been mobilized in Japan has almost doubled in the past decade as more canines are used…
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Defendant in Akihabara rampage sends letter of apology
Crime › 07:59 PM JST - 7th November
The man indicted for a fatal stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district last year has sent a letter of apology to one of the victims,…
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Woman's head found on Hiroshima mountain that of missing student
Crime › 06:45 PM JST - 7th November
The head of a young woman found in a mountainous area of Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday has been confirmed to be that of a missing…
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Death sentences for 2 ex-Aum members to stand
Crime › 05:52 AM JST - 7th November
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld lower court rulings that sentenced two former members of the Aum Shinrikyo religious cult to death for their involvement…
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DPJ lawmaker may lose seat as election campaigner indicted
Crime › 02:30 AM JST - 7th November
A lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan may lose her seat in the House of Representatives as prosecutors indicted her key election campaigner…
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Suspicious deaths of 2 more men linked to woman in Tottori
Crime › 11:49 AM JST - 6th November
Two more men who died in suspicious circumstances in Tottori Prefecture appear to be linked to a woman who is already under suspicion over the…
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Man wanted for putting poison bottle outside police box
Crime › 09:27 AM JST - 6th November
Police are looking for a man who put a plastic bottle in a rubbish bin outside a police box near JR Chigasaki station on Thursday…
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Police release photo of Ichihashi's new look
Crime › 07:00 AM JST - 6th November
Police released Thursday a photograph of Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man wanted in connection with the murder of a British woman in 2007, which was taken…
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Public safety chief shows regret over execution
Crime › 06:32 AM JST - 6th November
National Public Safety Commission Chairman Hiroshi Nakai on Thursday showed regret over the execution in October last year of an inmate who had pleaded not…
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Fukushima flasher caught red-handed by female police officer
Crime › 06:07 AM JST - 6th November
Police on Thursday arrested a 68-year-old man after he stood on the road and flashed a female plainclothes police officer who was riding in an…
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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting
Crime › 05:55 AM JST - 6th November
A gunman was found dead inside a building in Yokohama on Friday afternoon, after having shot and injured three men in an apparent dispute over…
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Pink Panther suspect in jewelry robbery in Ginza arrested in Montenegro
Crime › 05:36 AM JST - 6th November
A suspect in a 2007 jewelry heist in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district was arrested in Montenegro in late September on charges related to obstructing official…
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Foul play suspected in deaths of 3 men in Tottori
Crime › 03:03 AM JST - 6th November
Foul play is suspected behind the deaths of three men in the city of Tottori, with sleep-inducing drugs found in their bodies, police sources said…
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Man sentenced over nuclear arms-convertible exports to Myanmar
Crime › 01:22 AM JST - 6th November
The Yokohama District Court on Thursday sentenced a company president to two years in prison, suspended for four years, for exporting devices to Myanmar that…
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Ichihashi also tried to get cosmetic surgery in Fukuoka
Crime › 08:02 AM JST - 5th November
A man believed to be a fugitive suspect wanted on suspicion of dumping the body of a British woman murdered in 2007 attempted to undergo…
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Japanese woman held for drug smuggling in Malaysia claims she was duped
Crime › 06:42 AM JST - 5th November
A Japanese woman facing the death sentence for trafficking drugs into Malaysia claims she was duped by a Middle Eastern man into delivering what she…
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1st hearing on murder of ex-vice health minister, kin set for Nov 26
Crime › 04:45 AM JST - 5th November
The first court hearing for a 47-year-old man charged with killing a former vice health minister and his wife will be held on Nov 26…
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Police release photo of Ichihashi's new look
Crime › 07:00 AM JST - 6th November
Hawker murder suspect Ichihashi had cosmetic surgery in Nagoya
Crime › 03:14 AM JST - 5th November
Policeman fires two shots during brawl with foreigners in Mie
Crime › 09:44 AM JST - 2nd November
Czech man takes son out of Japan in suspected child abduction
Crime › 06:05 AM JST - 8th November
Ichihashi also tried to get cosmetic surgery in Fukuoka
Crime › 08:02 AM JST - 5th November
