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Spanish man convicted of drug smuggling in lay jury trial

Crime › Saturday 21st November, 05:49 AM JST

CHIBA — 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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U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident

Crime › 03:00 PM JST - 20th November

NAHA — 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…

Ozawa aides allegedly asked construction firm for illegal donations

Crime › 10:59 AM JST - 20th November

TOKYO — 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…

Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case

Crime › 10:09 AM JST - 20th November

SENDAI — 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…

Kawasaki man arrested over murder of Sapporo woman

Crime › 09:58 AM JST - 20th November

SAPPORO — 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…

Ichihashi's lawyers critical of interrogation method

Crime › 06:54 AM JST - 20th November

CHIBA — 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…

Man on probation following lay jury trial unaccounted for

Crime › 05:13 AM JST - 20th November

YOKOHAMA — 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…

Hatoyama, Hirano urge U.S. to cooperate on Okinawa hit-and-run

Crime › 06:20 PM JST - 19th November

TOKYO — 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…

Cop arrested for breaking into female cop’s apartment in Chiba

Crime › 08:49 AM JST - 19th November

CHIBA — 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…

Police say U.S. serviceman was involved in fatal hit-and-run

Crime › 07:03 AM JST - 19th November

NAHA — 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…