Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Crime & Legal Sep 20, 2013
SDF cadets accused of insurance fraud handed to prosecutors
The Self-Defense Forces handed prosecutors their cases on five National Defense Academy cadets suspected of swindling insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of yen in payouts, a Defense Ministry source said. The cadets falsely claimed they were hospitalized with injuries to illegally claim ...
Crime Aug 15, 2013
Jackson, wife given jail terms
Jesse Jackson Jr., a once-promising Illinois congressman, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money to fund an extravagant lifestyle. In an emotional hearing that capped Jackson’s precipitous downfall, the longtime House member said ...
National Aug 8, 2013
Japan sees record first-half ¥21.2 billion haul in remittance frauds
Frauds, particularly those involving remittances, between January and June are up 36 percent from a year earlier and the amount people have been bilked out of has hit a record ¥21.167 billion.
Crime & Legal Jul 3, 2013
'It's me' scams taking the direct-delivery tack
The National Police Agency is warning older people to beware of so-called grandparent scams, which have seen a sharp uptick in both number and value recently. In the first four months of this year, there were 1,573 incidents involving a total of some ¥5 ...
Crime Mar 23, 2013
Are Russian assassins on the streets of Britain?
Shortly after 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 10, a jogger turned into Granville Road in Weybridge, southern England, running along the hedge-lined street of one of Britain’s wealthiest enclaves. Then, 50 meters from his home, he staggered into the road and died. In the days ...
Crime & Legal Feb 1, 2013
'Furikome' fraud up for a third year
Monetary harm from “furikome” phone fraud involving bank transfers increased 27.1 percent in 2012 to ¥16.16 billion, up for the third straight year, the National Policy Agency said Thursday. The monthly total surpassed ¥2 billion in October and December, approaching the peak levels seen ...