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CAR ACCIDENT

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2018
Four-car crash leaves four dead, four injured in Aomori
Four people were killed and four others were injured early Saturday in a four-car accident in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, the police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2018
Seven injured as car rams into pedestrians in central Tokyo
A car rammed into a group of pedestrians in central Tokyo on Tuesday, injuring seven people, with the driver arrested on the spot, police and rescue workers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2017
Bus-car crash kills one, injures 45 in Aichi
A car collides head-on with an expressway bus in Aichi Prefecture, killing one man and injuring 45 other people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2017
Tokyo police arrest man, 20, in stolen truck after 40-minute chase
A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole a truck was arrested Wednesday after crashing into police cars following a 40-minute chase in downtown Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2016
Car drives off parking garage in Yokosuka, killing three and injuring two
A car carrying a family of five drove off the fifth-floor ramp of a parking garage Saturday in Yokosuka near Tokyo, leaving three dead and two seriously injured, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2016
Two men get 23 years for fatal 2015 street race in Hokkaido
The Sapporo District Court has sentenced two men to 23 years in prison for engaging in a fatal street race in Sunagawa, Hokkaido, that ended up decimating a family of five last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2016
Driver in deadly Osaka pedestrian ramming may have had fatal heart issue
Osaka police are investigating whether a medical issue incapacitated the driver of a car that mowed down people on a sidewalk in the city the previous day, killing himself, a pedestrian and injuring eight others, a source close to the investigation said Friday.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2015
Five students found dead on Nara road after apparently being thrown from car
Five students, all aged 19, were confirmed dead early Thursday morning after they were found lying on the road, apparently having been thrown from a car that crashed into a bridge railing in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2014
Japan acts swiftly to ban loophole drugs used in driving spree
In the face of a series of accidents caused by drivers high on law-skirting "dappo" drugs, the health ministry used new emergency powers Tuesday to ban two substances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2014
Man held in suspected drunken hit-and-run after three killed at Hokkaido beach
Hokkaido police arrested a 31-year-old man Monday for allegedly hitting four women while driving a recreational vehicle near a beach in Otaru, Hokkaido, killing three of them before he fled the scene.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2014
'Dappo' drugs skirt clampdown
The death of a pedestrian run over by a driver who was allegedly using 'dappo' herbs just shows the quasi-legal narcotic is on the rise, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2014
Japanese parents, son killed in Arizona car accident
A Japanese couple and their 16-year-old son died when their van collided head-on with a pickup truck in northern Arizona on Friday, media reports said. Their 9-year-old daughter was injured.

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