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MURDER

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2018
Saudis call Khashoggi slaying 'grave mistake' but claim prince wasn't aware, deny knowing location of remains
Saudi Arabia on Sunday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul consulate a "huge and grave mistake" but sought to shield its powerful crown prince from the widening crisis, saying Mohammed bin Salman had not been aware.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 21, 2018
Trump and European leaders call Saudi account of Khashoggi death incomplete
U.S. President Donald Trump joined European leaders Saturday in pushing Saudi Arabia for more answers about Jamal Khashoggi after Riyadh changed its story and acknowledged that the journalist died over two weeks ago at its consulate in Istanbul.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 21, 2018
Saudi Arabia deployed Twitter army against critics over Jamal Khashoggi, New York Times reports
Saudi Arabia deployed an online army to harass dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other critics of the kingdom on Twitter, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2018
Man found guilty of murdering Japanese woman in Canada
A man prosecuted last year in connection with the death of a Japanese woman in Vancouver was found guilty of murder on Friday, a Canadian court said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2018
As Jamal Khashoggi crisis grows, Saudi king asserts authority and checks son's power: sources
So grave is the fallout from the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that King Salman has felt compelled to intervene, five sources with links to the Saudi royal family said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2018
Boy, 15, arrested after stabbing elderly grandparents
Police said Friday they have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing of his grandparents in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2018
Turkish police search forest, coastal city for journalist Jamal Khashoggi's remains: sources
Turkish police are searching a forest on the outskirts of Istanbul and a city near the Sea of Marmara for remains of a Saudi dissident journalist who disappeared two weeks ago after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, two Turkish officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 19, 2018
U.S. gives Saudis more time on Jamal Khashoggi probe; Steve Mnuchin to skip confab
The top U.S. diplomat advised President Donald Trump on Thursday to give Saudi Arabia more time to investigate journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance even as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin abandoned plans to attend an investor conference in Riyadh, putting the high-profile event in question.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2018
The U.S.-Saudi relationship after the Khashoggi affair
Common interests and mutual dependence will almost certainly prevail over the desire to hold the Saudis to higher standards.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 12, 2018
Turkey has recordings that prove journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside Saudi Consulate: Washington Post
The Turkish government has told U.S. officials it has audio and video recordings that prove columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul this month, The Washington Post reported, citing unidentified U.S. and Turkish officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2018
Three women found apparently slain near Greece's Evros River border with Turkey
Three women of unknown origin were found dead, presumably murdered, on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known for illegal migrant crossings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2018
Former member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces served fresh arrest warrant over fatal police box attack in Toyama
A 22-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member was served a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday over the murder and robbery of an officer at a police box in the city of Toyama in June.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2018
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in consulate in Istanbul, Turkish officials say
Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside the consulate, two Turkish sources said on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2018
Death sentence finalized for Chinese man over 2009 double murder in Aichi
The death sentence has been finalized for a 35-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering two people in 2009, after the Supreme Court rejected his request for a retraction of the previous dismissal of his appeal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2018
Four charged in slaying of Slovak reporter and his fiancee ordered held for trial
A Slovak court on Sunday ordered four people jailed until their trial for the murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, a state prosecutor said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2018
Fisherman finds dismembered woman's body in Chiba Prefecture river
The dismembered body of what appeared to be a middle-aged or elderly woman's was found Saturday near the Pacific coast in Chiba Prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2018
U.S. report blames Myanmar military for Rohingya mass atrocities but doesn't mention genocide
A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar's military waged a planned, coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation's Rohingya Muslim minority.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Sep 22, 2018
Haruki Murakami's 'Underground' still holds chilling lessons about Japan
Haruki Murakami's sole foray into journalism, 'Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche,' celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. What lessons does it hold today about where Japan has gone as a society?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2018
High court upholds life term handed to former U.S. base worker in Okinawa over woman's 2016 murder
A high court Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling that sentenced a former U.S. military base worker to life in prison for the 2016 rape and murder of a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2018
Man accused of killing Iowa student pleads not guilty in case that drew Trump's scorn over immigration
The accused killer of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, whose disappearance produced national headlines, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder at a court appearance on Wednesday.

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