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National / Crime & Legal Nov 28, 2019

Police re-arrest Saitama man over kidnapping of junior high school girl

Police re-arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping and keeping a Hyogo Prefecture junior high school student at his home in the city of Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, for about two months. The news of the re-arrest comes just several days after a similar ...

Suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old Osaka girl tells police he 'saved a child who needed help'

National / Crime & Legal Nov 25, 2019

Suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old Osaka girl tells police he 'saved a child who needed help'

The victim reportedly tells a police officer that she had “fled from a man’s house” after “becoming scared” and that there was another girl there.

Police arrest 35-year-old man after missing Osaka girl, 12, is found in Tochigi Prefecture

National / Crime & Legal Nov 24, 2019

Police arrest 35-year-old man after missing Osaka girl, 12, is found in Tochigi Prefecture

A 12-year-old Osaka girl, missing for a week, is taken into police custody after she ran away from a man whom she claims kidnapped her and confined her at his home in Tochigi Prefecture.

Dutch police arrest second suspect in case of family held in isolation for years

World / Crime & Legal Oct 18, 2019

Dutch police arrest second suspect in case of family held in isolation for years

Dutch police said on Thursday they had arrested a second man on suspicion of "unlawful deprivation of liberty" in the case of a family that had lived in apparent seclusion on a farm for years. The first suspect was charged earlier on Thursday with unlawful ...

Man, 64, arrested for kidnapping teenage girl in Kanagawa and demanding ¥20 million ransom

National / Crime & Legal Jun 26, 2019

Man, 64, arrested for kidnapping teenage girl in Kanagawa and demanding ¥20 million ransom

A 64-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl near Tokyo and demanding ¥20 million (about $186,500) in ransom, police said. Isao Kimura is suspected of forcing a 16-year-old high school girl into his car in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Monday evening ...

U.S. removes Japan from blacklist of countries not complying with Hague Convention on child abduction, but 'remains highly concerned'

National / Politics May 13, 2019

U.S. removes Japan from blacklist of countries not complying with Hague Convention on child abduction, but 'remains highly concerned'

The U.S. Department of State has removed Japan from its list of countries said to be showing a pattern of noncompliance with the so-called Hague Convention on cross-border parental child abduction. In an annual report released last week, the department noted Japan's legislative efforts to ...

French commandos die freeing French and unexpected U.S., Korean hostages in Burkina Faso

World May 11, 2019

French commandos die freeing French and unexpected U.S., Korean hostages in Burkina Faso

French commandos rescued four foreign hostages, including two French citizens, from a militant group in Burkina Faso, France's military said Friday, adding that two of the elite soldiers were killed in the night-time operation. French special forces carried out the raid under cover of dark ...

World / Crime & Legal Apr 4, 2019

American kidnapped on Ugandan safari, with $500,000 ransom demanded

An American woman and her driver have been kidnapped at Uganda's most popular wildlife park by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000, police said on Wednesday. Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and Ugandan driver Jean Paul were on a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park ...

Japan's news outlets weigh in on Jumpei Yasuda's culpability in Syria kidnapping

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Nov 10, 2018

Japan's news outlets weigh in on Jumpei Yasuda's culpability in Syria kidnapping

by Philip Brasor

Freelance reporter Jumpei Yasuda gave a three-hour news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Nov. 2 about his hostage ordeal, describing in detail how he was kidnapped after entering Syria in 2015 and then held for more than three years. He also ...

Canadian held captive in Syria says Japanese journalist  Jumpei Yasuda doesn't deserve criticism

National Nov 3, 2018

Canadian held captive in Syria says Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda doesn't deserve criticism

The reporter, who returned to Japan late last month after 40 months of captivity, has been slammed by some for putting himself in harm’s way.

Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release

World Aug 29, 2018

Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom in audio release

The father of a Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram called on Tuesday for the government to do more to secure her freedom after audio of her begging for help was released. Leah Sharibu, 15, was taken hostage with more than 100 girls in the ...

North Korea has established team to negotiate with Japan, sources say

National / Politics Jul 28, 2018

North Korea has established team to negotiate with Japan, sources say

While the leader of the team is unknown and exchanges are ongoing, progress on the abduction issue is likely to be slow as the denuclearization talks continue.

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