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MURDER

JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Death-row inmate's bid to reopen '61 murder case fails seventh time
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a petition for a retrial by a man on death row for the 1961 murders of five women who drank poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Oct 11, 2013
Police must take stalking seriously
The murder of an 18-year-old Tokyo high school student underscores a failed police approach to stalking cases and the danger in giving out contact info to 'friends' on social networks.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2013
Accused killer says he hid in victim's home
The man accused of stalking and stabbing to death an 18-year-old high school student confesses that he was waiting inside her Mitaka, western Tokyo, home to kill her.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 10, 2013
Tougher stalking law failed to stir police
Coming just days after the introduction of a tougher anti-stalking law, a high school student's murder raises doubts about the police's ability to respond to credible threats.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2013
Girl slain after alerting police about stalker
A high school student and budding actress is stabbed to death in front of her home in Mitaka and a man she had just told authorities had been stalking her is later arrested and confesses.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2013
Lay judge ruling to hang said wrong, overturned
Calling the sentence an 'error,' the Tokyo High Court overturns a death penalty handed down by a lay judge panel to a man found guilty of the 2009 murder of a female college student, imposing life imprisonment instead.
JAPAN
Oct 9, 2013
Police identify man who stabbed Tokyo student, say he was stalking her
Police on Wednesday identified a man under arrest for stabbing a Tokyo high school student as Charles Thomas Ikenaga, 21, and said he had been stalking the young woman.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2013
Stronger anti-stalking law comes into force
The revised anti-stalking law, passed in June in response to recent high-profile murder cases involving stalkers, took effect Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2013
Gun-violence victims often greeted by silence
The survivors took their places onstage from memory, because by now they knew exactly where to go. The shooting victims in wheelchairs entered first, rolling into the front row, wearing bracelets engraved with the words "Aurora," "Oak Creek" or "Virginia Tech." Behind them stood a dozen people in black...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2013
Kyoto man held after he admits killing ex-lover
Police have arrested a store manager from Kyoto on suspicion of stabbing to death his former girlfriend, whose body was found earlier this week on a path in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, police officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2013
First confusion, then 'we just started running'
Standing at an ATM in the first-floor atrium of the building where she works at the Washington Navy Yard, Patricia Ward was startled by a rapid succession of sharp noises that seemed to come from overhead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2013
Turkish man reportedly admits stabbing Japanese students
Turkish investigators take a second man into custody over the deadly attack on two Japanese women in Turkey who reportedly confesses to the stabbings.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2013
Wife held in fatal fight with spouse
The wife of a Yokohama National University professor was arrested Sunday for allegedly beating her spouse to death with a ceramic mug at their home in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2013
Murder charges for 'bored' teens who shot Australian
Washington AFP-JIJI
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2013
Online firearms loophole 'bigger than gun shows'
The marketplace for firearms on the Internet, where buyers are not required to undergo background checks, is so vast that advocates for stricter regulations now consider online sales a greater threat than the gun show loophole.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2013
Guam court grants rampage suspect second psychological evaluation
A court on Guam on Thursday said it will allow a psychologist to re-examine the man charged with killing three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage in February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2013
Suspect in Yamaguchi murder-arson case is turned over to prosecutors
The police turn over to prosecutors the 63-year-old man suspected of murdering five people and torching two homes in a remote mountain community in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013
Man, more teens nabbed in girl's killing
A 21-year-old man is arrested along with two male and three female teenagers in connection with the slaying of a 16-year-old girl, whose corpse was found on a mountain in Hiroshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2013
Hiroshima teen's friends questioned over death
Police began questioning on a voluntary basis three friends of a 16-year-old girl arrested Sunday for allegedly dumping the body of a former classmate on a mountain in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, police sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2013
Girl held over death texted of her distress
A 16-year-old girl arrested Sunday for allegedly dumping the body of a former classmate in the mountains in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, contacted her friends before turning herself in, her friends claimed Tuesday.
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 billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
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.

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