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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2020
Osaka parents get 13 years for daughter's decadelong confinement and death
The Osaka District Court sentenced a couple to 13 years in prison Thursday for confining their eldest daughter, who had schizophrenia, for over 10 years and letting her freeze to death.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2015
Western Japan man indicted for killing girl now indicted for boy's slaying
Prosecutors have indicted a man for allegedly killing a junior high school boy in Osaka Prefecture in August, about two months after he was indicted for murdering a girl who was friends with the boy.
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 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 / 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.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
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