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LA POLICE

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 3, 2014
Man accused of egging office of sexist heckler
Police on Wednesday sent a case to prosecutors accusing a man in his 50s of throwing raw eggs at the entrance to the office of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly member Akihiro Suzuki on June 23.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2014
High-ranking Fukushima policeman demoted for bullying subordinates
A senior Fukushima Prefectural Police officer who harassed three subordinates — one to the point of suicide — is demoted for his deeds.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2014
U.S. outlines plan, funding to halt immigrant surge
The White House on Friday announced tens of millions of dollars of new funding and expanded enforcement facilities to step up efforts to deal with the surge of children arriving illegally from Central America.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 21, 2014
South Korea closes net around family of fugitive linked to ferry sinking
The wife of South Korea's most wanted man, a businessman linked to a ferry disaster in which hundreds of schoolchildren drowned, was arrested Saturday, prosecutors said, as the net tightens around the fugitive's family.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 17, 2014
Toronto mayor's saga to be a musical
In case anyone has missed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's scandalous confessions, expletive-laden videos and Jimmy Kimmel appearances over the past year, a new theatrical production is bringing his honor's story to the musical stage.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 14, 2014
Canada's top court bolsters Internet privacy protection
Canada's Constitution bars authorities from forcing Internet providers to turn over the identities of customers without a warrant, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that better protects online anonymity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 13, 2014
Deadly attacks continue against women in northern India
A woman was found hanged from a tree in India's state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and another was allegedly raped in a police station, police said, the latest incidents in a wave of crimes against women reported in the country's most populous region over the past two weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2014
South Korean sect raided but Sewol boss eludes nationwide manhunt
South Korea's biggest and most bizarre manhunt, linked to a ferry disaster in which hundreds drowned, has come full circle at the compound of a sect known for its organic ice cream as police on Thursday used earth movers to search for tunnels.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2014
Rights groups slam criminal justice reforms
Seventeen human rights and citizens' groups submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry on Wednesday slamming its proposal to reform criminal investigations as "far from enough" to improve transparency and prevent wrongful arrests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 7, 2014
Accused Seattle gunman suffering severe mental illness: lawyer
The man accused of killing one person and wounding two others in a shooting spree at a small Christian college in Seattle suffers from "significant and long-standing mental health issues" that were a factor in the tragedy, his lawyer said Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2014
More than 250 people with dementia missing in Japan
The number of people with dementia who are vanishing is rising, with the whereabouts of 258 unknown as of April.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2014
Police trace mother of toddler starved to death
The mother of a boy whose skeletal remains were found last week in a trash-filled apartment in Kanagawa Prefecture has been located by police.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
May 31, 2014
Anti-stalking laws 'are a dead end'
On May 8, the National Police Agency gathered police officers from all over the country to declare a war on stalking. This gathering was even held before members of the all-girl pop group AKB48 were attacked by a man with a saw at a handshaking event. (It's still unclear whether the assailant was stalking the girls or not.)
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 31, 2014
Man held after remains of child found in Kanagawa apartment
Police arrested a 36-year-old truck driver Saturday after they found skeletal remains believed to be of a child inside an apartment in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, following a report of a missing boy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2014
U.S. police defend actions after California college town murder spree
Police in the California community where a man killed six college students said on Monday they had no grounds to search the 22-year-old suspect's home when they met with him in April over a report that he had posted disturbing videos online.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2014
Pakistani minority 'blasphemer' slain
A teenager reportedly walked into a Pakistani police station Friday and shot dead a 65-year-old man from a minority sect who had been accused of blasphemy, the second murder involving the country's controversial blasphemy laws in as many weeks.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2014
Xinjiang attack suspects arrested
Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in an attack and bombing at a train station last month in the western city of Urumqi, the Global Times newspaper reported Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 16, 2014
Cyberthefts surge to new record
Cyberthefts in the first four months of this year have already surpassed the total for 2013, according to the National Police Agency.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2014
Ukrainian security forces riven by mistrust
The two men crouched in the shade of a tree. The ballot papers they were accused of forging lay on the front of their Russian-made Moskvich car, stopped and searched by Ukrainian soldiers on the outskirts of the port city of Mariupol, in the country's rebel southeast.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2014
Skeleton is found in cardboard boxes in front of Chiba condo
Two cardboard boxes containing human bones — apparently of a whole person — were left in front of a condominium in the town of Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday morning, police said.
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.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Japan concerned over U.S. officials' remarks on atomic bombings
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to reporters during a news conference in Washington on Thursday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound. 
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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