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CRIME

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 22, 2015
Niigata police subdue hatchet-wielding man after chase involving stolen truck
A man identifying himself as an American has been arrested after allegedly wielding a hatchet against police in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture. During the incident Sunday, an officer fired a warning shot.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 20, 2015
Arrested Toyota exec didn't need painkiller, medical checkup finds
Investigators examine why parcel addressed to Julie Hamp contained drug considered stronger than morphine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2015
DNA analysis of tusks, dung pinpoints Africa poaching hot spots
A DNA analysis of elephant tusks seized from poachers has revealed two main hotspots for the crime in Africa, a finding that could point law enforcement in the direction of the top criminal networks, a study showed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2015
Publisher behind Kobe child killer's autobiography defends decision to go to print
Brushing aside mounting criticism, a Tokyo publisher has defended its decision to release a controversial autobiography penned by a former teenage serial killer, billing it as helpful to elucidate — and even deter — heinous juvenile crimes in society.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2015
Leader of major yakuza group faces tax evasion charges
The leader of the Kudo-kai major crime syndicate was served a fresh arrest warrant Tuesday for allegedly hiding hundreds of millions of yen collected from members affiliated with the group and evading income tax, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2015
Accused accomplice in husband's suicide served another warrant for investment fraud
A woman under arrest in connection with her husband's suicide has been served a fresh warrant for allegedly swindling a man out of ¥3 million by getting him to join a nonexistent scheme involving a major department store's membership reserve fund service, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2015
Tochigi mixed-bath hot-spring is forced to close after group sex rumors
Complaints about brazen sexual acts at a quaint little onsen north of Tokyo have forced the open-air, mixed-bathing facility to indefinitely suspend operations, highlighting a new risk to a declining tradition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2015
Three Aichi teens admit beating boy, forcing him to take fatal swim
Three teenage boys who allegedly beat and forced a 15-year-old high school boy to swim across a river in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, on Saturday night said they tried to rescue him when he disappeared underwater, according to investigators.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2015
Court rejects GPS data as evidence after police fail to get warrant
The Osaka District Court ruled Friday that information collected by police via GPS devices without a warrant cannot be accepted as evidence because it is an illegal invasion of privacy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 30, 2015
Life inside a juvenile correction center
Young offenders are encouraged to acknowledge the crimes they have committed before learning how to survive in the outside world after their release.
EDITORIALS
May 28, 2015
Juvenile crime and punishment
At a time when juvenile crime is decreasing, efforts to punish youthful offenders more harshly are misplaced.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2015
Aichi man drops appeal, accepts life term for Indonesia drug trafficking
A 73-year-old Japanese man, who was sentenced to life in prison last week for trying to smuggle drugs into Indonesia, has decided not to appeal out of fear he might get the death penalty at a higher court, his lawyer said late Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2015
Shifting the scales of juvenile justice
In light of 13-year-old Ryota Uemura's recent murder in Kawasaki, the country is once again split over whether or not to revise the law governing crimes committed by minors.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2015
Yokohama teen admits killing mother, grandmother
A 15-year-old boy in Yokohama has been arrested on suspicion of killing his mother and grandmother, investigators said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2015
University student to face additional charges for allegedly attempting to poison classmates
Police have sent to prosecutors their case against a 19-year-old university student who allegedly attempted to murder two friends with rat poison in 2012.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2015
Four people served fresh warrants for allegedly burying teen alive
Police served a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday on four people over the alleged murder and robbery of an 18-year-old girl who was found buried alive in Chiba last month.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2015
Man, woman charged with slaying two Mississippi cops during traffic stop; suspect at large after fleeing in cruiser
A man and woman in Mississippi were arrested and charged with murder on Sunday after two police officers were shot dead a day earlier while conducting a routine traffic stop in Hattiesburg, officials said.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2015
Drone flyer surveilled American Embassy housing facility, buzzed Sendai nuclear plant: blog
The protester who says he landed a drone on the prime minister's office also scouted an American Embassy housing facility and tried to film a Kyushu nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 27, 2015
Suspect in Chiba teen's death admits digging hole where her body was found
One of four suspects held in the abduction and confinement of a teenager from Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, has admitted digging a hole on a farm near Narita airport to bury her body, investigators said Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2015
Police expand recording of entire interrogations
There were 575 cases in fiscal 2014 of police recording a suspect's entire interrogation, up sharply from a year earlier but still only 17.2 percent of cases subject to lay judge trials, preliminary data from the National Police Agency showed Thursday.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
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.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.

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