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Masked men steal supermarket takings and manager’s car in Aichi
Crime › 10:10 AM JST - 23rd November
Two men entered a supermarket in Aichi Prefecture on Sunday night and stole 8 to 9 million yen as well as the manager’s car, police…
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Man arrested after stabbing eldest son during fight
Crime › 10:02 AM JST - 23rd November
A man was arrested for attempted murder after he stabbed his son during a fight at his home in Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sunday.…
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Group bullying suspected in 14-year-old boy's death in Okinawa
Crime › 07:02 AM JST - 23rd November
A group of junior high school boys may have killed a 14-year-old schoolmate in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, last week in a suspected gang attack because…
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Yemen tribe still holding Japanese engineer
Crime › 03:32 AM JST - 23rd November
The tribe that kidnapped a Japanese engineer a week ago has no links to al-Qaida and is demanding the release of an imprisoned member, said…
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Japanese man wanted for fraud over shopping jobs in Thailand
Crime › 04:15 AM JST - 22nd November
Thai police have placed a Japanese man on an international wanted list on suspicion of fraud allegedly for not paying expenses and wages to people…
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Man slashes two women on Sapporo street
Crime › 07:19 PM JST - 21st November
Two women sustained minor injuries after a man slashed them with a kitchen knife in Sapporo's Atsubetsu Ward on Friday evening, police said. According to…
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Woman linked to 6 deaths, partner indicted on fraud charges
Crime › 06:50 AM JST - 21st November
A 35-year-old woman with links to six men whose suspicious deaths were recently uncovered in Tottori Prefecture and her 46-year-old male roommate were served fresh…
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Spanish man convicted of drug smuggling in lay jury trial
Crime › 05:49 AM JST - 21st November
A Spanish man was given a 10-year prison term and a 5 million yen fine in a lay jury trial Friday for smuggling illegal stimulants…
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Elderly abuse cases by kin up 12% in FY 2008
Crime › 04:59 AM JST - 21st November
The number of cases of abuse by relatives against people aged 65 or older confirmed by local authorities in fiscal 2008 came to 14,889, up…
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Pirates attack Japanese-managed tanker in South China Sea
Crime › 01:54 AM JST - 21st November
Pirates slipped aboard a Japanese-managed tanker in the South China Sea early Thursday, but there were no casualties or damages, a Singapore-based piracy monitoring center…
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U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident
Crime › 03:00 PM JST - 20th November
The U.S. Army serviceman suspected of fatally hitting a Japanese man with a car earlier this month in Okinawa has admitted his involvement in the…
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Ozawa aides allegedly asked construction firm for illegal donations
Crime › 10:59 AM JST - 20th November
Aides of Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, had allegedly asked a construction company to make a total 100 million…
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Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case
Crime › 10:09 AM JST - 20th November
A male member of the lay jury in a Sendai District Court case was cautioned by a judge on Thursday after he was unable to…
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Kawasaki man arrested over murder of Sapporo woman
Crime › 09:58 AM JST - 20th November
Police on Thursday arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly stabbing a woman to death in Sapporo's Chuo Ward. Police said they responded to a call…
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Ichihashi's lawyers critical of interrogation method
Crime › 06:54 AM JST - 20th November
Lawyers for Tatsuya Ichihashi, the prime suspect in the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker, urged prosecutors and police Thursday to improve their method…
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Man on probation following lay jury trial unaccounted for
Crime › 05:13 AM JST - 20th November
A 21-year-old man who is on probation after receiving a suspended prison term for arson has gone missing, probably the first case in which a…
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Hatoyama, Hirano urge U.S. to cooperate on Okinawa hit-and-run
Crime › 06:20 PM JST - 19th November
Japan will urge the United States more strongly to cooperate in its ongoing investigation into a fatal hit-and-run accident in Okinawa Prefecture allegedly involving a…
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Cop arrested for breaking into female cop’s apartment in Chiba
Crime › 08:49 AM JST - 19th November
A 37-year-old senior constable was arrested for trespassing on Wednesday night, after he allegedly entered a 28-year-old policewoman's apartment in Funabashi City at around 10…
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Police say U.S. serviceman was involved in fatal hit-and-run
Crime › 07:03 AM JST - 19th November
Police have determined that a U.S. Army serviceman was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Okinawa Prefecture and are seeking the U.S. military's cooperation…
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Ozaki elected judge of International Criminal Court
Crime › 06:58 AM JST - 19th November
Kuniko Ozaki, a former Japanese career diplomat, was elected Wednesday to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court. The ICC had a by-election…
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