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KIDNAPPING

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2023
Australian professor among three hostages released in Papua New Guinea
An Australian archaeologist and two Papua New Guinea researchers held for a week were released after a ransom payment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2021
Two arrested for abducting Kyoto high schooler who was later found dead
The man, Koshiro Irie, and woman, Emu Kinjo, are suspected of luring Sena Shinohara, 19, over the phone on Saturday from Kyoto Prefecture to Irie's house in Shiga Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2019
Police re-arrest Saitama man over kidnapping of junior high school girl
Police re-arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping and keeping a Hyogo Prefecture junior high school student at his home in the city of Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, for about two months.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2019
Suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old Osaka girl tells police he 'saved a child who needed help'
The victim reportedly tells a police officer that she had u201cfled from a manu2019s houseu201d after u201cbecoming scaredu201d and that there was another girl there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2019
Police arrest 35-year-old man after missing Osaka girl, 12, is found in Tochigi Prefecture
A 12-year-old Osaka girl, missing for a week, is taken into police custody after she ran away from a man whom she claims kidnapped her and confined her at his home in Tochigi Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2019
Dutch police arrest second suspect in case of family held in isolation for years
Dutch police said on Thursday they had arrested a second man on suspicion of "unlawful deprivation of liberty" in the case of a family that had lived in apparent seclusion on a farm for years.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2019
Man, 64, arrested for kidnapping teenage girl in Kanagawa and demanding ¥20 million ransom
A 64-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl near Tokyo and demanding ¥20 million (about $186,500) in ransom, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 13, 2019
U.S. removes Japan from blacklist of countries not complying with Hague Convention on child abduction, but 'remains highly concerned'
The U.S. Department of State has removed Japan from its list of countries said to be showing a pattern of noncompliance with the so-called Hague Convention on cross-border parental child abduction.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2019
French commandos die freeing French and unexpected U.S., Korean hostages in Burkina Faso
French commandos rescued four foreign hostages, including two French citizens, from a militant group in Burkina Faso, France's military said Friday, adding that two of the elite soldiers were killed in the night-time operation.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2019
American kidnapped on Ugandan safari, with $500,000 ransom demanded
An American woman and her driver have been kidnapped at Uganda's most popular wildlife park by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000, police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 10, 2018
Japan's news outlets weigh in on Jumpei Yasuda's culpability in Syria kidnapping
Freelance reporter Jumpei Yasuda gave a three-hour news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Nov. 2 about his hostage ordeal, describing in detail how he was kidnapped after entering Syria in 2015 and then held for more than three years. He also discussed the situation in the Middle East and why it was important for Japan to know about what was happening in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2018
Canadian held captive in Syria says Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda doesn't deserve criticism
The reporter, who returned to Japan late last month after 40 months of captivity, has been slammed by some for putting himself in harmu2019s way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 29, 2018
Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release
The father of a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram called on Tuesday for the government to do more to secure her freedom after audio of her begging for help was released.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2018
North Korea has established team to negotiate with Japan, sources say
While the leader of the team is unknown and exchanges are ongoing, progress on the abduction issue is likely to be slow as the denuclearization talks continue.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2018
Shimane man, 72, held after woman missing since July found in his apartment
A 72-year-old man was arrested on Friday after a woman who had been missing for nine months was discovered at his apartment the previous day.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2018
U.N. child agency's report says Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in northeast Nigeria since 2013
Islamist fighters from Nigeria's Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2018
EU expects Swedish citizen Gui Minhai, detained by China, to be released immediately: ambassador
The European Union's Ambassador to China said on Wednesday he expects Chinese authorities to immediately release Swedish citizen and Hong Kong-based bookseller Gui Minhai, echoing demands from Stockholm.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 18, 2018
Japan's crime rate hits record low as number of thefts plummets
Police data shows the number of recorded crimes in Japan continued to fall in 2017, but that fraud committed via messages sent through internet services has been trending upwards.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 19, 2017
Yokota's mom to Abe: Hold abduction talks with North's Kim now
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should hold talks on resolving the abduction issue while the U.S. is still actively involved, the mother of abductee Megumi Yokota said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 14, 2017
Freed Canadian says Afghan kidnappers killed one child and raped his American wife
A U.S.-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, returned to Canada on Friday where the husband said one of his children had been murdered and his wife had been raped.

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