RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-linked-to-6-deaths-partner-indicted-on-fraud-charges 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… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/spanish-man-convicted-of-drug-smuggling-in-lay-jury-trial 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… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/elderly-abuse-cases-by-kin-up-12-in-fy-2008 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… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/pirates-attack-japanese-managed-tanker-in-south-china-sea 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… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/us-serviceman-admits-involvement-in-okinawa-hit-and-run-accident 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ozawa-aides-allegedly-asked-construction-firm-for-illegal-donations 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/jury-member-loses-cool-in-miyagi-high-school-girl-rape-case 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/kawasaki-man-arrested-over-murder-of-sapporo-woman 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ichihashis-lawyers-critical-of-interrogation-method 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:54:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-on-probation-following-lay-jury-trial-unaccounted-for 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… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/hatoyama-hirano-urge-us-to-cooperate-on-okinawa-hit-and-run 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… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/cop-arrested-for-breaking-into-female-cop%e2%80%99s-apartment-in-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… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-say-us-serviceman-was-involved-in-fatal-okinawa-hit-and-run 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… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:03:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ozaki-elected-judge-of-international-criminal-court 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… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:58:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/japanese-engineer-remains-detained-in-yemen Yemeni authorities have yet to secure the release of a kidnapped Japanese engineer following negotiations with his captors and will continue the effort to free… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:52:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ozawa-may-face-another-illegal-donations-scandal Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, may face another illegal donations scandal as a person connected to an engineering firm… Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:10:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/saitama-woman-denies-hit-and-run-charge Police have arrested a 48-year old on under suspicion of killing a 67-year-old woman in a hit-and-run accident in Saitama Prefecture on Sunday. Miharu Koga… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/cop-arrested-for-molesting-woman-on-train A 52-year-old assistant inspector was arrested under Saitama Prefectural nuisance laws earlier this month, after he allegedly touched the thighs of a 21-year-old woman as… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ichihashi-given-nutritional-supplements Tatsuya Ichihashi, the prime suspect in the 2007 murder of 22-year-old English language teacher Lindsay Hawker, was administered nutritional supplements Tuesday as he has not… Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/us-army-member-claims-fatal-hit-and-run-investigation-unfair A U.S. Army serviceman, who is suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Okinawa Prefecture, has claimed that the investigation by Japanese… Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:41:00 +0100