Sumo Dec 7, 2018
The Japan Sumo Association accepted the resignation from Takanoiwa, who himself was a victim of assault last year that led to the resignation of Harumafuji.
National Dec 20, 2017
Harumafuji's stablemaster quits JSA board while Hakuho and Kakuryu slapped with pay cuts
Sumo stablemaster Isegahama, who oversaw former yokozuna Harumafuji, resigned Wednesday from the board of directors at the Japan Sumo Association over the yokozuna's assault on a fellow wrestler, while two other yokozuna, Hakuho and Kakuryu, were slapped with pay cuts over their failure to ...
National Nov 29, 2017
Yokozuna Harumafuji retires in wake of assault on junior sumo wrestler
by Reiji Yoshida
After weeks of heated media coverage, sumo grand champion Harumafuji announces his retirement to take responsibility for the Oct. 25 assault on wrestler Takanoiwa.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 17, 2017
Tottori police question Harumafuji in Tokyo over alleged assault
Police questioned sumo grand champion Harumafuji on a voluntary basis Friday over allegations that he assaulted a lower-ranked wrestler in October, investigative sources said. The 33-year-old Mongolian returned to Tokyo late Thursday from the city of Fukuoka, where the 15-day Kyushu grand sumo tournament is ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 10, 2017
More than a third of the murders, attempted murders and fatal assaults involving members of the same family in 2014 were motivated by “fear of the future.”
National / Crime & Legal Dec 12, 2016
A woman was injured when her leg was slashed with a sharp object on a packed commuter train in Tokyo on Monday, the police said. The 40-year-old victim, who was on her way to work, suffered an injury to her left thigh that will take ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 10, 2015
Husband of former J-pop singer Ai Kago arrested for alleged domestic violence
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested the husband of Ai Kago, an ex-member of all-girl J-pop idol group Morning Musume, for allegedly assaulting her, investigative sources said Tuesday. Haruhiko Kago, 47, was arrested after allegedly attacking the 27-year-old singer, including by kicking her, in a ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 24, 2015
Filipino-Japanese exempt from fine after Osaka police botch assault probe
The police investigation into a street brawl in Osaka in 2013 that resulted in a fine for a Filipino-Japanese man was superficial and should never have caused charges to be filed, a court in Osaka has ruled. In a rare ruling, the Osaka Summary Court ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 10, 2015
Jobless man sentenced to six years for attacking AKB48 members with saw
A 24-year-old unemployed man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for attacking two members of the all-girl pop group AKB48 and a male staff member with a saw at a fan event last year in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture. Satoru Umeta, of Towada, Aomori ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 5, 2014
A 24-year-old man who attacked two members of the idol group AKB48 with a saw at a May event in Iwate Prefecture pleaded guilty at the first session of his trial, but used unusually colloquial language when responding to a question from the presiding ...
National / Social Issues Aug 1, 2014
Elementary and junior high schools in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, have embarked on a new program to address a jump in violence against homeless people in the area. One of the sessions took place July 10 at Hikifune Elementary School, where two homeless men who introduced ...
World Mar 2, 2014
Hundreds in Hong Kong protest meat cleaver attack on journalist
Hundreds of people took to Hong Kong's streets to show support for press freedom and to demand police step up efforts to catch the assailants who critically injured the former chief editor of a newspaper in the city. Kevin Lau, former chief editor of Hong ...