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U.S. Marine sentenced to 2 years in prison for 'wrongful sexual contact'

Crime › Friday 09th May, 01:21 PM JST

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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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…