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The Taro Nasu gallery in Tokyo, with work by the French artist Benoit Pieron on view.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2024
In Tokyo, the Taro Nasu gallery focuses on conceptual art
Striving to be unique, the small gallery is bringing attention to artists from around the world whose works have rarely been seen in Japan.
Manami Takarajima (left) at the Osaki Police Station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday following her arrest
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2024
Daughter arrested over alleged involvement in killing her parents
The 31-year-old is the seventh person to be arrested over the murders.
Police on Tuesday issued a fresh warrant for the arrest of Kirato Wakayama, a 20-year-old former actor, over the murder of businessman Ryutaro Takarajima, 55, and his wife Sachiko, 56.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2024
Police issue fresh warrants for duo over murder of couple found in Tochigi
Kang Gwang-gi, a 20-year-old South Korean national, and Kirato Wakayama, a 20-year-old former actor, were arrested over the alleged murder of the businessman and his wife.
Hikaru Sasaki was rearrested in Tokyo on Sunday on suspicion of murder over the case of the burned bodies of a couple found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2024
Second suspect hit with murder charge over bodies found in Tochigi
Police served the fresh arrest warrant to Hikaru Sasaki, one of six people held over the case of a Tokyo businessman and his wife whose bodies were burned.
Ryoken Hirayama, 25, is escorted by police as he leacves the Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on April 22. Hirayama is the first of six people arrested in connection with the murder of a Tokyo couple in Tochigi Prefecture to be charged with murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2024
Suspect, 25, first to be hit with murder charge over bodies found in Tochigi
A total of six people have been arrested over the incident, but the man, Ryoken Hirayama, is the first to be charged with murder.
Flowers are laid on the bank of a river in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, where the charred bodies of a Tokyo couple were found last month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
May 10, 2024
What we know so far about the case of the burned couple in Tochigi
Details of what happened are starting to become clearer following the arrest of their daughter’s common-law husband, the suspected mastermind.
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2024
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
Police suspect the Tokyo couple's murder was orchestrated by their daughter's common-law husband, who managed some of the restaurants they operated.
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 6, 2024
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
Unlike the yakuza, which have a hierarchical structure and strict codes of conduct, they lack a clear organizational structure and thrive on anonymity.
A forest road in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, near the site where the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple were found last month
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2024
Two more suspects arrested over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Police suspect the two men, both 20, were involved in the torching of the bodies of a Tokyo businessman and his wife.
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested over suspected involvement in the torching of the two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2024
Another possible suspect emerges in case of torched Tochigi bodies
Police are investigating whether another figure gave orders to the man to dispose of the bodies.
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2024
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
The man is an acquaintance of the construction worker who earlier turned himself to the police over his possible involvement in the case.
A bouquet of flowers and incense is seen Friday at the site where the bodies of Ryutaro Takarajima, and his wife, Sachiko, were dumped in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2024
Suspect claims he received over ¥10 million for dumping bodies in Tochigi
Investigators remain cautious, however, since a large sum of money has not been found in the suspect's home or bank account.
The parking lot of a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward where Ryoken Hirayama, a 25-year-old construction worker, told police he had lent his car to two acquaintances to handle the matter involving the couple on the instructions of a certain individual.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2024
New details emerge over two burned bodies found in Tochigi
Police say that Sachiko and Ryutaro Takarajima may have been assaulted at a house in Tokyo hours before their deaths.
Ryoken Hirayama, a construction worker arrested in connection with the discovery of the two charred bodies in Tochigi Prefecture, leaves a Tokyo police station on Monday. He has been handed over to prosecutors.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2024
Man held over charred bodies found in Tochigi says he didn't know victims
Police are investigating further following a disclosure by the man that he had acted on a request from an unnamed person.
Tochigi police have arrested a 25-year-old man over the disposal of corpses in the town of Nasu last week.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2024
Man, 25, arrested in connection with charred bodies found in Tochigi
Police had been questioning the unidentified man voluntarily since Wednesday, when he turned himself in.
Police discovered two bodies Tuesday as they rushed to a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2024
Two charred bodies found near Tochigi riverbed
Police are questioning a man in his 20s on a voluntary basis in relation to the incident.
North Korea fires off ICBM with longest flight time yet
A man at a rail station in Seoul watches a news broadcast on Thursday with file footage of a North Korean missile test.
Dodgers win World Series after rallying from five runs down to beat Yankees in Game 5
The Dodgers celebrate with the World Series trophy after winning Game 5 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey
People ride scooters in heavy rain as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Taiwan, in Yilan County on Wednesday.
Tokyo High Court rules same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional
Plaintiffs seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry react Wednesday to the Tokyo High Court's ruling that Japan's ban on such marriages is unconstitutional.
All eyes on DPP ahead of prime minister vote in Lower House
DPP head Yuichiro Tamaki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday. Tamaki has reportedly rejected a request for a meeting with Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda.
Trader's $10,000 spoofing profit haunts Nomura as the fallout widens
Nomura Holdings CEO Kentaro Okuda. In addition to the financial penalties for market manipulation, Nomura is suffering a fresh blow to its reputation following various scandals over recent years including several data leaks.
Onosato hogs spotlight, but there are big changes in latest sumo ranks
Onosato pushes out Hoshoryu during the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo last month.
North Korean troops in Russia could have dangerous ramifications for Asia
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.
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