RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:31:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/defendant-in-akihabara-rampage-sends-letter-of-apology 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,… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/womans-head-found-on-hiroshima-mountain-confirmed-that-of-missing-student 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/death-sentences-for-2-ex-aum-members-to-stand 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/dpj-lawmaker-may-lose-seat-as-election-campaigner-indicted 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… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/suspicious-deaths-of-2-more-men-linked-to-woman-in-tottori 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-wanted-for-putting-poison-bottle-outside-police-box-in-kanagawa 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:27:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-release-photo-of-ichihashis-new-look 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/public-safety-chief-shows-regret-over-execution 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:32:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/fukushima-flasher-caught-red-handed-by-female-police-officer 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/gunman-wounds-3-in-yokoham-holded-up-in-building 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/pink-panther-suspect-in-jewelry-robbery-in-ginza-arrested-in-montenegro 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:36:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/foul-play-suspected-in-deaths-of-3-men-in-tottori 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:03:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-sentenced-over-nuclear-arms-convertible-exports-to-myanmar 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… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ichihashi-also-tried-to-get-cosmetic-surgery-in-fukuoka 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… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:02:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/japanese-woman-held-for-drug-smuggling-in-malaysia-claims-she-was-duped 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… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:42:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/1st-hearing-on-murder-of-ex-vice-health-minister-kin-set-for-nov-26 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… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/head-of-union-holdings-others-arrested-for-alleged-stock-manipulation Police arrested the president of Union Holdings Co and eight other people Wednesday for allegedly manipulating its stock prices in 2007, police officials said. The… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:25:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ex-company-exec-gets-suspended-term-for-falsely-labeling-eel-products The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a former chairman of a food processing and sales company to two years in prison, suspended for four… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:25:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/lindsay-hawker-murder-suspect-ichihashi-reportedly-seen-in-nagoya A fugitive suspect in the 2007 murder of a British woman had cosmetic surgery at a clinic in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture last month, investigative sources… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:14:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/former-enka-singer-arrested-for-killing-snack-bar-employee-in-yamanashi A 60-year-old man was arrested for murder on Tuesday, after he allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old woman who worked at the snack bar he ran in… Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:59:00 +0100