Life term upheld for man over 2017 murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl in Chiba
The judge said "lazy" investigators “illegally confiscated” the DNA evidence without a search warrant, but ruled that the evidence was still admissible.
A year after Chiba slaying, Vietnamese girl's dad hopes similar tragedy never happens again
A year after the body of a slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl was found in Chiba Prefecture, the girl's father told reporters Monday that he hopes a similar incident never happens again. Le Anh Hao, the 35-year-old father of Le Thi Nhat Linh, visited the site ...
Security camera footage fails to turn up suspicious vehicle in probe of Chiba girl's murder
No suspicious vehicles have been captured by security cameras installed around the areas where the body of a slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl was found near a drainage ditch in Chiba Prefecture, NHK reported, quoting investigative sources. Police believe the girl, Le Thi Nhat Linh, was ...
Vietnamese girl slain in Chiba was friendly, liked to chat, stunned neighbors say
The 9-year-old Vietnamese girl from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, whose nude corpse was found Sunday in a field, was a cheerful and friendly child who liked to chat, neighbors said. The body of Le Thi Nhat Linh was found near a drainage ditch at around 6:45 ...
Chiba cities prepare to take back, dispose of their radioactive waste
Three cities in Chiba Prefecture contaminated with radioactive materials have agreed to dispose of the toxic waste on their own if the central government fails to find a final disposal site.
Three cities in Chiba Prefecture that were heavily contaminated with radioactive materials as a result of the March 2011 nuclear meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 plant will build facilities to store incinerated radioactive waste in their own municipalities if the ...
Assistance for vulnerable elderly on the rise
Last in a three-part series The growing issue of people with dementia getting lost and failing to return home — sometimes for years on end — is pushing more municipalities to support the elderly at the community level. According to the National Police Agency, 10,322 elderly ...
A man from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman by bombarding her with emails, becoming the first person to be held under a revision to the anti-stalking law that took effect last month, police said. Keiji Shirakawa, 40, who ...
