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NATSUMI HIRATA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2019
Death sentence confirmed after killer of two Osaka junior high school students drops appeal
A death sentence for a man convicted of murdering two junior high school students in Osaka has been finalized after he dropped an appeal, it was learned Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2015
Blood, skin traces on Osaka slaying suspect's clothes appear to match victim's DNA
The clothes of the man charged with the murder in August of a 13-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture had traces of blood and pieces of skin that appear to match the victim's DNA, investigators have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 12, 2015
It still takes a village to keep our kids safe
The murders of 13-year-old Natsumi Hirata and 12-year-old Ryoto Hoshino in Osaka last month sparked a heated conversation in the media about the state of parenting in Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2015
Man held over Osaka girl's murder served second arrest warrant
Police served an arrest warrant for murder on Saturday on a man already being held on suspicion of dumping the body of a 13-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture last month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2015
Osaka murder suspect has history of similar crimes
With the investigation into the murder of two teenagers from Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, apparently making little headway, police are looking into links with that case and similar crimes the suspect was convicted of more than a decade ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2015
Murder of Osaka students highlights street children problem
The murder this month of two junior high school students from Osaka Prefecture who loitered around a train station until the morning of the day they disappeared, has highlighted the problem of street children and prompted locals to enhance measures to protect them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2015
Suspect in Osaka murder may have sent messages from victim's phone: sources
The suspect may have used the victim's Line smartphone app to send messages to her friend after kidnapping her, investigative sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 23, 2015
Police link adhesive tape found on bodies of slain Osaka boy, girl
Authorities send the murder suspect to prosecutors as police raid the onetime lodging of the man, a former worker in the Fukushima nuclear decontamination effort.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 22, 2015
Man arrested in Osaka murder case likely acted alone, police say
The man arrested late Friday in connection with the murder in Osaka of 13-year-old Natsumi Hirata, whose body was found with multiple lacerations and whose head and face were bound with adhesive tape, likely acted alone, investigators said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2015
Man, 45, arrested over Osaka girl's murder; body of male schoolmate found
Police on Friday night arrested a 45-year-old man in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, in connection with the murder of a junior high school girl.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2015
Line messages from slain girl's missing phone talked of going to Kyoto, not coming back
Line messages were sent to a friend from the mobile phone of Natsumi Hirata, a 13-year-old girl who was found slain in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 13, saying she would go to Kyoto and probably wouldn't be coming back, it was learned Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2015
Body found in Osaka parking lot confirmed as that of missing 13-year-old girl
The body of a girl found in a parking lot in Osaka Prefecture last week was confirmed Tuesday to be that of a 13-year-old who went missing with a boy from her school a day earlier, police said.
Reader Mail
Mar 25, 2012
Afraid of their own shadow
Regarding the March 21 Kyodo article "Patriot missiles may be deployed in Okinawa to counter North Korean rocket": Why is there such an overreaction to this planned satellite launch?

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