U.S. military restricts travel and bans drinking after fatal Okinawa traffic accident
All U.S. service members in Okinawa have been restricted to their bases and residences and banned from drinking alcohol in response to a fatal traffic accident.
Takahiro Shiraishi, alleged Zama serial killer, receives first murder warrant
The suspect in the serial killings in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is served the first of what is expected to be nine murder warrants in connection with the dismembered bodies found in his apartment last month.
Police arrest the president and a former employee of failed travel agency Tellmeclub on suspicion of defrauding a bank of about ¥200 million in loans by window-dressing earnings data.
Two arrested for impersonating Google, selling fake virus protection
Two men have been arrested for allegedly sending virus infection alerts purporting to be from Google Inc. and deceiving recipients into paying for antivirus software, police said Wednesday. Shin Sato, 35, and Naoki Yamamoto, 52, were arrested Monday on suspicion of sending the alerts via ...
Osaka couple arrested after baby left alone overnight is found dead in his bed
A 36-year-old Osaka man and his 19-year-old wife were arrested on suspicion of leaving their 3-month-old son alone at home overnight, the Osaka Prefectural Police said Tueday, adding the baby apparently died of heatstroke during that time. The son was found face down in his ...
A 42-year-old woman from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly setting a man on fire and causing burns over his entire body, police said. The man, who is in his 40s and was apparently the woman's boyfriend, remains unconscious in a hospital in ...
Teen arrested for allegedly dropping 5-year-old girl from second floor
A 14-year-old boy was arrested on an attempted murder charge on Tuesday after allegedly dropping a 5-year-old girl from the second floor of a sports facility in Hiroshima Prefecture. The girl suffered a broken jaw requiring three weeks of treatment in the Monday evening incident ...
An elderly man is arrested after allegedly setting a fire on a shinkansen traveling through Okayama Prefecture.
Two held in alleged bid to dissolve acquaintance's corpse; third being questioned
Two men were charged on Monday for allegedly damaging the corpse of an acquaintance with an alkaline substance in 2015, the police said. The suspects allegedly used a chemical — likely sodium hydroxide — to dissolve the body of Kazumasa Iwamoto, 47, in May 2015, ...
Bodybuilder in Fuchu held on suspicion of abusing ex-girlfriend's twins
A Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of long-term child abuse involving his ex-girlfriend's twin 8-year-old sons. Shuji Tomohiro, 35, is accused of throwing the boys, then 7 years old, into bushes in front of his house in Fuchu on Nov. 16, 2015. One ...
Police unaware as moustached Tokyo man forces clean-shaven friend to take fall for speeding
A 27-year-old man from Tokyo's Sumida Ward has been arrested for allegedly forcing an acquaintance who resembles him to report to police in his place over speeding charges, police said Wednesday. Masashi Nishiyama, a former operator of a shop that provided sexual services, was arrested ...
The Mie Prefectural Police arrested a truck driver from Iga on Thursday on suspicion of threatening a delivery firm employee with a chain saw. The police said Kazuki Hasegawa, 27, posted a YouTube video of him threatening an employee at Yamato Transport Co.'s delivery center ...
