Kisarazu

National Dec 25, 2019

City in Chiba Prefecture approves provisional Osprey deployment

Kisarazu Mayor Yoshikuni Watanabe voiced approval Wednesday for the proposed provisional deployment of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft to the Chiba Prefecture city. During a meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Defense Minister Taro Kono told Watanabe that his ministry will ...

National / Crime & Legal Mar 11, 2019

Son-in-law arrested in Tokyo after Chiba assembly member stabbed to death

A man was arrested Sunday after a local assembly member in Chiba Prefecture was found to have been stabbed to death at his condominium. Norihisa Ishikawa, a 71-year-old assembly member of the city of Kisarazu, was found by his wife lying face down in the ...