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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2014
Guam rampage trial delayed by psych claim
The trial over a vehicular rampage and stabbing spree on Guam a year ago that left three Japanese dead and several others injured has yet to begin after the defendant waived his right to a speedy trial and claimed mental illness as his defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2014
'13 Guam rampage marked by grief
A year after a random attack on a Guam street left three Japanese tourists dead and 11 injured, the families of the victims are still trying to pick up the pieces of their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2013
Abe urges McCain to budget for U.S. Marine forces shift to Guam
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked U.S. Sen. John McCain on Wednesday to ensure Washington allocates budgetary funds to help cover the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps personnel to Guam from Okinawa, as agreed upon by the two countries.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2013
Guam court grants rampage suspect second psychological evaluation
A court on Guam on Thursday said it will allow a psychologist to re-examine the man charged with killing three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage in February.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2013
Guam murder rampage trial to resume next week
The trial of a 21-year-old Guam man accused of killing three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a car and knife rampage earlier this year will resume next week, a court spokesman said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
Guam promoting its WWII sites for Japanese visitors
Private tour guides, officials and residents of Guam are encouraging Japanese tourists to check out the Pacific island's wartime memorial sites and not just spend time on its pristine beaches and shopping destinations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
On Guam liberation day, 'colonial' U.S. riles
Guam this week marked the 69th anniversary of its liberation from wartime Japanese forces, holding a parade at the historic Marine Corps Drive in the capital.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 31, 2013
An account of POWs 'in hell'
CAPTURED: The Forgotten Men of Guam, by Roger Mansell. Edited by Linda Goetz Holmes. Naval Institute Press, 2012, 288 pp., $33.95 (hardcover)
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2013
Guam court sets another pretrial hearing for murder rampage case
A Guam court set another pretrial hearing Wednesday for a local man charged with slaying three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2013
2020 eyed for Okinawa marine shift
The U.S. military aims to complete the redeployment to Guam of marine elements now in Okinawa by 2020, according to recent congressional testimony by Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, and other sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2013
Guam suspect denies guilt, claims mental illness
The suspect in the Feb. 12 rampage on Guam that left three slain and several others wounded pleads not guilty by reason of mental illness.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2013
Guam police beef up security to assure tourists
Police on the Pacific island of Guam have beefed up patrols in the wake of the Feb. 12 rampage by a 21-year-old local man at a key tourist spot that left three Japanese tourists dead and 11 other people wounded.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2013
Guam eager to keep Japanese visitors coming
The government of Guam is desperate to keep Japanese coming to the island despite last week's attack that left three tourists dead and 11 people wounded.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2013
Mass offered for rampage victims
A special Mass was celebrated Sunday at Guam's main Catholic church for the victims of last week's attack that killed three Japanese tourists and wounded 11 others.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2013
Guam suspect's kin voice remorse, shame
The family of the suspect in last week's Guam rampage that left three Japanese dead and 11 people injured is remorseful for the tragedy, a local official says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2013
Bodies of two stabbing victims brought back from Guam
The bodies of two of the three Japanese victims of a car and knife rampage in Guam arrived Friday evening at Narita International Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2013
Third victim in Guam attack dies in the hospital
A Japanese man hospitalized following a knife and vehicle attack in Guam dies, raising the death toll to three.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2013
Killing spree struck one family hard
Rie Sugiyama, 28, killed in a stabbing spree Tuesday on Guam, had been looking forward to her younger brother's wedding ceremony in the U.S. territory scheduled for Thursday — Valentine's Day.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2013
Guam suspect never violent, friend says
For a former schoolmate of Chad Ryan De Soto, the news about the 21-year-old allegedly driving his car into and stabbing Japanese tourists Tuesday night in a Guam tourist area was shocking not only because it was so horrible, but also because it was not in his character, the friend said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2013
Mass stabbing shocks tourist haven Guam
The stabbing frenzy that claimed the lives of two Japanese tourists in the town of Tumon on Guam shocks the normally peaceful resort.
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