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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2016
Osaka couple held after police find missing son's corpse in car trunk
Police acting on a tip from a child welfare center arrested a man and a woman from Osaka's Higashisumiyoshi Ward after they allegedly placed the dead body of the woman's 1-year-old son inside a cooler in a car trunk.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2016
Police begin search for body of abandoned boy in mountains between Osaka and Nara
Police comb the mountains straddling Nara and Osaka for the body of a toddler allegedly abandoned three years ago by his father.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2016
Osaka couple held for receiving child care allowance for missing son
A 35-year-old man from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, and his 32-year-old wife were arrested on suspicion of unlawfully receiving child care allowances for a boy who was last seen about three years ago and would be 4 now, investigators said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2016
Man admits slaying ex-girlfriend after promising police to stop stalking her
A 50-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on initial suspicion of discarding the dismembered corpse of his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, who vanished last month after telling police she was being stalked, the police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2016
Toyama man arrested over sale of 'jailbroken' iPhones
A man who allegedly sold iPhones modified to allow unauthorized apps to be installed was arrested Thursday on suspicion of breaking a trademark law, in the first such arrest in Japan over the sale of "jailbroken" iPhones, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2016
U.S. sailor found guilty of injuring three in Okinawa drunken-driving case
A U.S. Navy sailor arrested in Okinawa in June for drunken driving was found guilty on Tuesday but was spared prison time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 14, 2016
Chiba woman admits to slaying of brother; dismembered body parts were frozen for disposal
A 25-year-old suspect tells police that she murdered her 21-year-old brother after the two had what she said was “a small trouble.”
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2016
U.S. Marine held in alleged bid to enter woman's apartment in Okinawa
A U.S. Marine has been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of attempting to enter a woman's residence, local police said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 24, 2016
Actor Yuta Takahata arrested for alleged sexual assault of hotel staffer
Actor Yuta Takahata, 22, was arrested on early Tuesday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a hotel worker in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2016
Japanese former lawyer captured in Thailand placed under arrest for alleged stock manipulation
A former lawyer apprehended last month in Thailand has been placed under arrest in Japan for allegedly manipulating the stock price of an electrical test equipment maker in 2005.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2016
Three held over selling of curry restaurant waste as food
Three men were arrested Tuesday for allegedly selling beef cutlets that a major curry restaurant chain had intended to dispose of.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2016
Drunken JAL pilot accused of assaulting co-worker and police officer
A Japan Airlines copilot has been arrested in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, after he allegedly assaulted a police officer during a night out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2016
Former actor Takachi arrested over stimulant, marijuana possession
Actor Noboru Takachi, 51, was arrested at a “love hotel” with a 33-year-old bar hostess. A stimulant and marijuana were found in the room, according to authorities.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2016
Aichi woman, 69, arrested for allegedly placing packages of expired food on store shelves
A 69-year-old woman in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly placing on store shelves margarine whose use-by dates had expired three years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2016
Hyogo man with apparent noise gripe held in deadly attack on neighbor, visiting daughter
A man was arrested in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday on suspicion of fatally attacking a mother and daughter over noise issues in their apartment building.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2016
Man suspected of hacking into celebrities' social media accounts
Police served a further arrest warrant Wednesday on a 29-year-old man suspected of repeatedly accessing the Facebook and iCloud accounts of celebrities without authorization.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2016
Three women fatally stabbed, man found wounded in Shizuoka home; son arrested
Four people are found stabbed, three fatally, in their home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and a suspect is later caught by police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2016
Hyogo police officer admits theft of ¥2 million while investigating suicide
The Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested a 49-year-old lieutenant on Thursday on suspicion of stealing ¥2 million at a residence where he investigated an apparent suicide.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2016
Tokyo man confesses to ripping down train hand straps
A Tokyo company employee who said he flew into bouts of "rail rage" due to overcrowded trains and has confessed to ripping down hand straps has been arrested on suspicion of destruction of property, police said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2016
Suspect arrested over fire that engulfed Tokyo's historic Golden Gai area
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with a fire in Tokyo's historic Golden Gai entertainment area that left a woman injured.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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