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STALKER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2017
Stalker gets 14-year prison term for stabbing pop idol
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to over 14 years in prison for stabbing a pop idol more than 20 times in revenge for her spurning his gifts and messages.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2017
17-year prison term sought for man who attacked pop idol in Koganei
Prosecutors on Thursday demanded 17 years in prison for the man who attacked a pop idol he was obsessed with in Koganei, western Tokyo, after she spurned his gifts and social media messages.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2014
Hostess murdered in Osaka stalker case
Osaka police prepare to arrest a stalker suspected of murdering a bar hostess after failing to protect her, recalling the slaying of a teen in Mitaka earlier this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2013
Stalking victim info leak laid to tax man
A former tax division chief in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, may have been the person who leaked personal information on a local housewife that enabled a stalker to track her to her home and murder her last November, police sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2013
Girl slain after alerting police about stalker
A high school student and budding actress is stabbed to death in front of her home in Mitaka and a man she had just told authorities had been stalking her is later arrested and confesses.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2013
Police identify man who stabbed Tokyo student, say he was stalking her
Police on Wednesday identified a man under arrest for stabbing a Tokyo high school student as Charles Thomas Ikenaga, 21, and said he had been stalking the young woman.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2013
Chiba man arrested for stalking, threatening woman
A man from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman by bombarding her with emails, becoming the first person to be held under a revision to the anti-stalking law that took effect last month, police said.
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Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
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'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
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A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
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People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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