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MURDER

JAPAN
Jul 30, 2014
Teen held in friend's killing 'wanted to try dissecting a person'
A 16-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of killing a classmate and partially dismembering her body has told investigators she wanted to try dissection techniques on a human being.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2014
Sasebo girl held in slaying didn't hold grudge against victim, police say
The 16-year-old girl in the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, suspected of killing and dismembering a high school classmate did not hold a grudge against the victim, investigative sources said Tuesday, retracting an earlier view that there may have been personal problems between the two.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2014
Sasebo suspect reportedly had no prior problems with murder victim
A 16-year-old girl in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, suspected of killing and dismembering her classmate Saturday, had no personal trouble with the victim, police said Tuesday, retracting earlier information that a personal grudge may have been involved.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 27, 2014
Sasebo teen held for allegedly strangling, decapitating friend
Nagasaki teenager arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning fellow high schooler to death during a visit to her family's apartment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 22, 2014
Man, 22, pleads guilty to girlfriend's murder
A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stabbing his former girlfriend to death last October in a high-profile stalking-murder case in Mitaka, west Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2014
Japanese high court rejects appeal for retrial over 1979 murder case
A branch of the Fukuoka High Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal for retrial filed by a woman who served a 10-year prison term for the 1979 murder of her brother-in-law.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2014
Miyagi couple admit killing woman's ex-lover
An unemployed couple in their 40s pleaded guilty Monday to murdering and robbing the woman's 67-year-old former lover.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2014
Man guns down wife in Tokyo cafe
A man fatally shot his wife Sunday night in a cafe in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo, apparently in a fit of anger during a quarrel.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2014
Knox ex says he wasn't with her all evening
The ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox, on trial with her for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, distanced himself from his co-defendant Tuesday, saying the two had not been together for the whole evening when the crime took place.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2014
Store owner admits crushing corpse
The owner of a secondhand goods store who is suspected of killing an employee in 2004 has admitted disposing of the alleged victim's bones in an appliance crusher, investigative sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2014
Recycle shop pair may have killed staffer in '04
Police have arrested a couple in Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, on suspicion of killing one of their former employees who went missing in 2004.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2014
Top court upholds death penalty for health bureaucrat killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a 52-year-old man who murdered a former top health ministry bureaucrat and his wife and attempted to kill the wife of another chief bureaucrat in a 2008 stabbing spree that stunned the nation.
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 / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2014
Manila charges six with murder of Japanese man
Philippine police have charged a Japanese national, his Filipino wife and four Filipino men for the murder of a Japanese travel executive in Manila in early May, a police official said Tuesday. The suspects remain at large.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2014
Five sentenced for slaying of Russian journalist, but mastermind remains unknown
Five men received long prison terms on Monday for the killing of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya after a trial that failed to reveal who had masterminded the Russian journalist's murder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2014
Body found in rural Kumamoto believed to be missing teen girl
A body found on a mountain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, may be that of a high school student missing since early May, police said, reporting that autopsy results showed it was that of a woman in her late teens or 20s.
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 Times
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2014
Abducted girl, 7, slain 'over noise'
A man arrested Tuesday on suspicion of abducting and murdering a 7-year-old girl in 2005 told investigators he killed her because she started making a noise, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 4, 2014
Wary China intensifies censorship and policing as Tiananmen anniversary arrives
Twenty-five years ago, Wang Nan took his camera and headed out to Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where tens of thousands of people had gathered calling for democratic reforms. The 19-year-old told a friend he wanted to record history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2014
Suspect held in girl's 2005 murder
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 7-year-old girl from Tochigi Prefecture eight years ago.
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.
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.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
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.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
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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