The family of 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada, who was struck and killed by a New York Police Department patrol car, said they have filed a notice of claim against the department and city. “My son came to America to study English and then a police car took his life. I’m extremely ...
A Japanese businessman was shot to death during a robbery early Sunday on a street in Phnom Penh, local police ...
An 18-year-old youth is arrested over the robbery-murder of a woman in Tokyo’s Kichijoji district after turning himself in to ...
A 17-year-old Romanian in custody admitted Friday that he was involved in the robbery-slaying of a woman on a street in Tokyo’s Kichijoji area and was promptly served an arrest warrant for the crime, police said, adding they are also looking for his 18-year-old ...
A New York Police Department patrol car responding to an emergency call struck and killed a 24 year-old Japanese man in Queens shortly after midnight Feb. 21, the victim’s family said. According to a personal briefing from the police, Ryo Oyamada from Kagawa Prefecture ...
A total of 1,009 targeted email cyber-attacks hit Japanese companies and other institutions last year, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The NPA arrived at the figure after analyzing information collected from around 4,900 companies and research organizations in the fields of defense and ...
A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death early Thursday on a street in Tokyo’s Kichijoji district, the Metropolitan Police Department said. A 17-year-old male Romanian national believed to have some connection with the attack was apprehended about 500 meters from the scene, the police ...
The Supreme Court's Grand Bench will examine two cases that question whether a Civil Code stipulation limiting inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock infringes on the Constitution, which guarantees equality for all under the law.
The suspect in the Feb. 12 rampage on Guam that left three slain and several others wounded pleads not guilty by reason of mental illness.
Captured half a world away, off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean, four Somalis are sent to Tokyo to stand trial for piracy after a failed attempt to hijack an oil tanker. Three have already been convicted by the Tokyo District Court.
The Osaka High Court on Tuesday reduced a 20-year prison term for a murderer with Asperger’s syndrome imposed by citizen judges that was four years longer than prosecutors sought. Citing society’s lack of means to handle people with such developmental disorders, the high court ...
Prosecutors sought prison terms of up to 12 years Wednesday for two U.S. sailors charged with raping and injuring a woman in her 20s in Okinawa last October. In the pair’s lay judge trial before the Naha District Court, prosecutors recommended a 12-year sentence ...
Two U.S. sailors pleaded guilty Tuesday to raping and injuring a woman in her 20s in Okinawa last October. A lawyer for Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, 23, from Fort Worth Naval Air Base in Texas, told the Naha District Court that he ...
A 30-year-old man arrested for allegedly making online threats through hijacked personal computers told the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday he was not involved in the high-profile case. “I have nothing to do with the case,” Yusuke Katayama told a session in which the ...
The trade ministry plans to beef up its database for cyber-attacks against Japanese companies and institutions to help analyze the latest trends and methods so they can protect themselves from organized assaults. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has already earmarked ¥800 million ...
