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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2018
Alleged arsonist arrested after escaping from central Japan hospital
Police on Wednesday arrested an alleged arsonist who fled from a hospital in Nagoya, where he had been held for a psychiatric evaluation since March, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2018
Police suspect arson in 2017 apartment fire that killed six in Fukuoka
A fire that killed six men at an apartment building in Fukuoka Prefecture about a year ago could have been a case of arson, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Four arrested over suspected Chiba arson-murder
Two men, a woman and a teenager were arrested Monday on suspicion of setting fire to a house in Chiba Prefecture and killing its sole resident.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2017
Man admits torching Ibaraki flat with wife, five kids inside
A 32-year-old man who claimed to have deliberately started a blaze in an apartment in Ibaraki Prefecture early Friday morning where six people were found dead turned himself in to police.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2017
Arson blamed for Kenya girls school inferno deadly to nine, seen as part of a trend
Kenya's education minister said on Monday that arson was to blame for a weekend blaze that killed nine pupils at a girls' boarding school, part of a rising trend of deliberate school fires.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2017
Arson suspected as over 90 wildfires rage in Greece, gutting homes, spurring evacuations
Firefighters battled more than 90 forest fires across Greece on Monday, an outbreak fed by dry winds and hot weather that saw blazes burning near Athens, in the Peloponnese, and on the Ionian islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2017
Heat and drought feed over 1,000 wildfires across Italy, threatening beaches near Rome
Italian firefighters fought more than 1,000 wildfires on Monday amid high temperatures and drought, including three near Rome's beach neighborhood of Ostia, the fire brigade said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2017
Man arrested on arson charges in Miyagi fire that killed wife and two children
Police arrested a man on arson charges after the bodies of a woman and two toddlers believed to be his wife and children were found at the scene of a fire at a home in Miyagi Prefecture early Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2017
Osaka kindergarten employee suspected in two arson fires
A female kindergarten employee has surfaced as an arson suspect in connection with a recent series of fires at her workplace in the city of Osaka, investigative sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2017
Teen suspect in Tokyo murder-arson served new warrant as prosecutors weigh charges
The silent teen suspect in last month's arson-murder in Tokyo is served a fresh arrest warrant after nearly a month in jail as prosecutors decide how to proceed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2017
Man arrested over shinkansen arson in Okayama
An elderly man is arrested after allegedly setting a fire on a shinkansen traveling through Okayama Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Aug 12, 2016
Osaka arson-murder acquittals
Yet again we have another acquittal of people falsely charged and convicted based on wrongful confessions coerced by investigators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2016
Freed Osaka man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial held
"I'm innocent," a man who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire declared Thursday as a retrial was held in the Osaka District Court.
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2016
Arson suspected in Nagasaki cruise ship fire
Arson is being investigated as the cause of a fire on a cruise ship being built at a shipyard in Nagasaki. It was the third fire there in January.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2016
Pair found slain in torched Aichi apartment were Brazilian sisters, police confirm
Police said Tuesday two women found strangled in late December in an Aichi Prefecture apartment that had been set on fire were confirmed to be sisters of Brazilian nationality.
EDITORIALS
Oct 29, 2015
Lessons from Osaka arson case
Investigators should never try to extract a confession from a suspect in a manner that conforms to a predetermined scenario. Yet false charges based on coerced false confessions happen time and again.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2015
Trial to reopen for couple convicted in death of Osaka girl in 1995
Prosecutors opt not to appeal a high court decision to reopen the 1995 case of the death of an Osaka girl in a fire allegedly set by her mother and her partner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2015
Aoki visits daughter's grave after release, wants to 'win back' 20 years in prison
On the day after her release, Keiko Aoki, 51, along with her de facto husband, Tatsuhiro Boku, 49, visited the grave of her daughter, who was killed at age 11 in a fire in 1995 for which the two were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2015
Pair held 20 years in arson-murder case released for retrial
A man and woman serving life in prison for starting a fire that killed the woman's 11-year-old daughter are freed after the Osaka High Court orders a retire of their arson-murder case.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2015
Osaka High Court endorses retrial for 1995 arson-murder case
An Osaka couple jailed for life over a 1995 crime are granted a retrial following a ruling by the Osaka High Court.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
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Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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