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MURDER

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2019
Mexican police chief arrested over massacre of Mormons
Mexican authorities have arrested a municipal police chief for his suspected links to the killing of three women and six children of U.S.-Mexican origin in northern Mexico last month, local media and an official said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 24, 2019
Suspect to admit in court to mass murder at Sagamihara disabled care home
A man accused of killing 19 residents and injuring dozens more at a care home for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2016 said Monday he will admit to charges of murder and attempted murder at his trial, which is slated to begin in January.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2019
Man accused of 2016 mass murder at Sagamihara care home to plead not guilty at trial
The suspect's defense team plans to argue he was mentally incompetent due to marijuana and other drugs when he stabbed the 19 mentally disabled residents at Tsukui Yamayuri En.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2019
Man appeals life sentence over murder of 7-year-old girl in Niigata
A man filed an appeal Wednesday after he was handed a life sentence earlier this month for the 2018 murder of a 7-year-old girl in the city of Niigata, his lawyer said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2019
Tokyo High Court changes Peruvian man's death sentence to life in prison
The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave a Peruvian man life in prison Thursday over the 2015 murder of six people in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 5, 2019
Confessed middleman gives details to Malta court of plot to kill reporter, suggesting possible state link
The self-confessed middleman in the murder of a journalist told a court on Wednesday a wealthy Maltese businessman was the brains behind the killing but said people tied to government might also be implicated.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019
Maltese businessman accuses top government officials in murder case
A prominent Maltese businessman has offered to testify against top government officials over the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and said the prime minister has a conflict of interest in the case.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019
Man accused of role in Malta journalist's assassination details plot to kill for €150,000
One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbor-front cafe near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese. Degiorgio didn't stay long.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2019
Japanese man pleads guilty to deadly knife rampage on shinkansen
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a passenger and trying to kill two others in a random knife attack on a shinkansen last year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2019
Suspect arrested over slaying of 20-year-old Niigata woman
Police arrested a man wanted over the slaying of a 20-year-old woman in the city of Niigata.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2019
71-year-old woman suspected of murdering three older family members due to stress of caregiving
A 71-year-old woman in central Japan suspected of murdering her husband has told investigators she strangled her in-laws as well, local police said Monday, pointing to the stress of being the sole caregiver in the family as a possible motive.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 16, 2019
Arrest warrant issued for man over fatal stabbing of woman in Niigata
The Niigata Prefectural Police on Saturday obtained an arrest warrant for a man wanted in the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old woman in a busy nightlife area in the city of Niigata.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 11, 2019
Murder of Indonesia palm oil activists shows growing threat, rights groups say
The murder of two Indonesian activists, which police say was ordered by a palm oil businessman, highlights the escalating violence and threats faced by environmentalists who challenge the industry, rights groups say.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2019
Man dies in apparent robbery in Higashikurume after stabbed more than 30 times
Police are investigating a robbery-murder case after a 55-year-old man is found dead at his home in western Tokyo with more than 30 stab wounds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2019
American family may have been 'bait' in Mexican cartel fight
The nine American women and children killed in northern Mexico were victims of a territorial dispute between an arm of the Sinaloa Cartel and a rival gang, officials said on Wednesday, and may have been used to lure one side into a firefight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2019
Bolsonaro threatens Brazil's Globo TV over 'villainous' report linking him to councilwoman's assassination
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Wednesday to cancel the license of Brazil's largest TV network, Globo, accusing it of "villainous journalism" after a report connecting him with a former police officer accused of killing a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 31, 2019
Mexico shows footage of 'El Chapo' son's capture, and defends his release to avoid cartel bloodbath
Mexico's government on Wednesday showed dramatic video footage of the moment when its forces briefly captured a son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman this month before they were ordered to release the suspected trafficker to avoid a bloodbath.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2019
'Global ring' involved in smuggling 39 Vietnamese found dead in U.K. freight container, court told
A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficking.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2019
Former assistant nurse set to be acquitted in retrial of 2003 Shiga hospital murder case
Lawyers for the convicted nurse said prosecutors decided not to argue against her acquittal in the case where she was accused of murdering a patient in 2003.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2019
Wakayama curry killings revisited: Kin of convicted killer Masumi Hayashi break silence after 21 years
On a recent summer evening, tranquility reigned in this small neighborhood in Wakayama, where nothing but the occasional barking of dogs and chirring of grasshoppers broke the peaceful silence.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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