Crime Archive
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Judge to consider motion to ax arrest warrant without Miura's presence
Crime › 03:48 PM JST - 10th May
LOS ANGELES — A judge said Friday he will hear arguments on a motion to quash an arrest warrant against Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who is accused of…
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Autopsy shows slain Kyoto girl was hit repeatedly
Crime › 02:59 PM JST - 10th May
KYOTO — Autopsy results show a 15-year-old high school girl murdered in Kyoto Prefecture earlier this week was struck hard repeatedly on her face and head by…
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Japan urged to abolish capital punishment
Crime › 09:50 AM JST - 10th May
GENEVA — Japan faced calls for abolishing capital punishment and sincerely responding to wartime sex slavery issues at Friday's working session of the U.N. Human Rights Council…
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Konica Minolta allegedly hides Y1.8 billion in income over 2 yrs
Crime › 05:48 AM JST - 10th May
TOKYO — Konica Minolta Holdings Inc, a major Japanese precision apparatus maker, and several of its consolidated subsidiaries have been ordered by tax authorities to pay back…
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U.S. Marine sentenced to 2 years in prison for 'wrongful sexual contact'
Crime › 05:21 AM JST - 10th May
IWAKUNI — A U.S. court-martial sentenced a Marine to two years in prison Friday, the day after finding him guilty of ''wrongful sexual contact'' with a Japanese…
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Irregularities found at 449 firms, bodies hosting foreign trainees
Crime › 02:59 AM JST - 10th May
TOKYO — The Justice Ministry said Friday it found irregularities at 449 companies and organizations that hosted foreign trainees last year, nearly double the level in 2006.…
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16-yr-old boy held for allegedly beating grandfather to death in Kagawa
Crime › 12:06 PM JST - 9th May
KAGAWA — Police on Friday arrested a 16-year-old youth for allegedly beating his 76-year-old grandfather to death at their apartment. Police said the boy, who cannot be…
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Teen to undergo mental test after pushing man off station platform to death
Crime › 08:50 AM JST - 9th May
OSAKA — The Osaka Family Court on Thursday ordered a psychiatric checkup on an 18-year-old boy accused of pushing a 38-year-old man to his death off a…
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Niigata court orders compensation for illegal arrest of man
Crime › 04:49 AM JST - 9th May
NIIGATA — The Niigata District Court on Thursday ordered the Niigata prefectural government to pay 600,000 yen in compensation to a 46-year-old man after determining that police…
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Man arrested for allegedly stealing radioactive substance in Chiba
Crime › 03:57 PM JST - 8th May
CHIBA — Police arrested a businessman Thursday on suspicion of stealing a container bearing a hazardous radioactive substance from a warehouse of his company's larger business partner,…
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Body believed to be that of missing 15-year-old schoolgirl found
Crime › 03:50 PM JST - 8th May
KYOTO — Police on Thursday found a body that appears to be that of a 15-year-old high school girl who has been missing since late Tuesday or…
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2 U.S. Marines nabbed for breaking into restaurant in Okinawa
Crime › 03:44 PM JST - 8th May
NAHA — Japanese police arrested two U.S. Marines on Thursday on suspicion of trespassing in a restaurant after business hours in Okinawa. Corporal Andrew Jones, 23, and…
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Singer Okamura gets 2 years for stimulant use
Crime › 01:54 PM JST - 8th May
TOKYO — The Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced Japanese singer Yasuyuki Okamura to 2 years in prison for possessing and using amphetamines in violation of the…
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Discovered bodies identified as those of missing Tokyo woman, brother
Crime › 09:10 AM JST - 8th May
TOKYO — Police on Thursday identified two bodies found Wednesday in the mountains in Iizuna, Nagano Prefecture, as a missing 54-year-old woman and her 51-year-old brother in…
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2 Japanese women kidnapped in Yemen freed
Crime › 07:19 AM JST - 8th May
CAIRO — Two female Japanese tourists kidnapped in Yemen have been safely released, officials at the Japanese Embassy in Yemen said early Thursday morning. The women, who…
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SDF member among 5 youths arrested for attacking residential police box in Ibaraki
Crime › 06:12 AM JST - 8th May
IBARAKI — Police on Wednesday arrested five youths, including an 18-year-old member of the Self-Defense Forces, for attacking a residential police box where a police officer and…
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15 Iranian alleged drug dealers, 32 customers nabbed
Crime › 06:05 AM JST - 8th May
TOKYO — Fifteen Iranians who are allegedly members of a drug-dealing ring in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and 32 alleged customers including an animation artist and a flute…
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Doctor held for grabbing police officer's gun, opening fire
Crime › 04:45 PM JST - 7th May
TOKYO — Police arrested a 42-year-old doctor Wednesday for allegedly snatching a handgun from a police officer and firing off a bullet on a street in Tokyo's…
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Man assaults 14-year-old girl, cuts her hair with scissors on Aichi street
Crime › 04:23 PM JST - 7th May
AICHI — Police on Thursday said a 14-year-old girl was assaulted by a man, who cut her hair with scissors in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, on Wednesday…
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Nepalese man held on suspicion of killing wife, tossing baby daughter's body in river
Crime › 06:14 AM JST - 7th May
SAPPORO — Police arrested a 26-year-old curry-and-rice restaurant operator in Kutchan, Hokkaido, on Tuesday on suspicion of killing his wife. The suspect, who is Nepalese, was quoted…
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