RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Mon, 12 May 2008 13:34:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/mother-arrested-for-attempting-to-kill-5-year-old-son-by-hydrogen-sulfide-gas-in-saga Police on Sunday arrested a 29-year-old woman for attempting to murder her 5-year-old son with hydrogen sulfide gas on May 6 in Karatsu City, Saga… Mon, 12 May 2008 11:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/kerosene-soaked-man-catches-fire-after-trying-to-smoke-at-nagoya-police-station A Nagoya man who was taken into custody Saturday night after dousing himself with kerosene suffered severe burns when he tried to smoke during police… Mon, 12 May 2008 01:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-investigating-friend-of-slain-15-year-old-girl 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… Sun, 11 May 2008 04:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/judge-to-consider-motion-to-ax-arrest-warrant-without-miuras-presence 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… Sat, 10 May 2008 15:48:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/japan-urged-to-abolish-capital-punishment 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… Sat, 10 May 2008 09:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/konica-minolta-allegedly-hides-y18-billion-in-income-over-2-yrs 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… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:48:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/us-marine-found-guilty-of-wrongful-sexual-contact-with-japan-woman 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… Sat, 10 May 2008 05:21:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/irregularities-found-at-449-firms-bodies-hosting-foreign-trainees 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.… Sat, 10 May 2008 02:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/16-year-old-boy-arrested-for-allegedly-beating-grandfather-to-death-in-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… Fri, 09 May 2008 12:06:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/teen-to-undergo-mental-test-after-pushing-man-off-station-platform-to-death 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… Fri, 09 May 2008 08:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/niigata-court-orders-compensation-for-illegal-arrest-of-man 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… Fri, 09 May 2008 04:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-allegedly-stealing-radioactive-substance-in-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,… Thu, 08 May 2008 15:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/body-believed-to-be-that-of-missing-15-year-old-schoolgirl-found 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 15:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/2-us-marines-nabbed-for-breaking-into-restaurant-in-okinawa 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 15:44:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/inger-okamura-gets-2-years-for-stimulant-use 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 13:54:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/2-bodies-believed-to-be-missing-woman-brother-found-in-nagano 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 09:10:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/2-japanese-women-kidnapped-in-yemen-negotiations-under-way 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 07:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/sdf-member-among-5-youths-arrested-for-attacking-residential-police-box-in-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… Thu, 08 May 2008 06:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/15-iranian-alleged-drug-dealers-32-customers-nabbed 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… Thu, 08 May 2008 06:05:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/doctor-held-for-grabbing-police-officers-gun-opening-fire 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… Wed, 07 May 2008 16:45:00 +0100