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Giants' Shun Yamaguchi suspended for rest of season for alleged violence at hospital

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Aug 18, 2017

Giants' Shun Yamaguchi suspended for rest of season for alleged violence at hospital

Yomiuri Giants right-hander Shun Yamaguchi was suspended for the remainder of the season on Friday after charges against the 30-year-old were referred to prosecutors over an incident last month. The pitcher, who joined the Giants in the offseason after filing for free agency with the ...

Philippine war on drugs and crime intensifies, with at least 58 killed in three days

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Aug 17, 2017

Philippine war on drugs and crime intensifies, with at least 58 killed in three days

At least 26 people died Wednesday night in police operations in the Philippines capital Manila, authorities said on Thursday, a second night of heavy bloodshed this week in an intensification of President Rodrigo Duterte's fierce war on drugs and crime. The killings across Manila followed ...

Dentsu may not escape with summary justice

Issues | LAW OF THE LAND Aug 16, 2017

Dentsu may not escape with summary justice

by Colin P.A. Jones

Last month, a Tokyo summary court judge ruled that advertising giant Dentsu would not get away with just paying a fine for violating the Labor Standards Act attributable to a culture of excessive overtime blamed for the death of several employees. The company will ...

Police address security blind spots at condos ahead of 2020 Olympics

National Aug 5, 2017

Police address security blind spots at condos ahead of 2020 Olympics

by Keiji Okada

Police in Tokyo are attempting to eliminate blind spots in security linked to high-rise condominiums lining the waterfront, where many of Olympic events will be held in 2020.

National / Crime & Legal Aug 4, 2017

MPD officer mistakenly dumps woman's body parts

A police officer left a plastic bag filled with parts of a woman in her 80s at a garbage dump near a Tokyo police station in July, the Metropolitan Police Department said Friday, adding that some of them had yet to be recovered due ...

High school student among trio nabbed in hit-and-run Ginza robbery

National / Crime & Legal Jul 31, 2017

High school student among trio nabbed in hit-and-run Ginza robbery

A 16-year-old high school student and two men were arrested Monday for allegedly robbing a man of a bag containing about ¥72 million ($650,900) in cash in Tokyo's posh Ginza shopping district in April, police said. Okito Ogasawara, 20, Yuta Kurata, 23, and the teen ...

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jul 29, 2017

Chinese woman undergoes plastic surgery in failed bid to evade $3.7 million debt

A 59-year-old woman from the central Chinese city of Wuhan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to avoid 25 million yuan ($3.7 million) of personal debts, the official Xinhua News Agency said. In a case highlighting the challenges facing China as it tries ...

'Domestic violins': Woman wrecks 54 instruments made or collected by estranged husband

National / Crime & Legal Jul 26, 2017

'Domestic violins': Woman wrecks 54 instruments made or collected by estranged husband

The estranged wife of a former violin maker in Nagoya was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying 54 violins and 70 bows that belonged to the man, police said. Midori Kawamiya, a 34-year-old seller of musical instruments in Tokyo, has admitted to breaking into his ...

National / Crime & Legal Jul 25, 2017

Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for man accused of holding girl captive for two years

Calling act ‘malicious and well-planned,’ prosecutors at the Saitama District Court say Kabu Terauchi acted out of a desire to observe how his victim behaved in captivity

Duterte says Manila and Beijing in talks for joint exploration of South China Sea

Asia Pacific / Politics Jul 25, 2017

Duterte says Manila and Beijing in talks for joint exploration of South China Sea

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that talks are already under way with China on a possible joint venture to explore for resources in areas of the South China Sea that are disputed between the two countries. Duterte made the statement at a news conference ...

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jul 24, 2017

Beijing police hunt suspect after stabbing spree and deadly hit-and-run

Beijing police are hunting for a man suspected of stabbing five people and then plowing into a group of nine others with a van, killing one and injuring eight, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The attack took place mid-afternoon Sunday in the suburban district ...

Curbing Japan's illicit teen dating services 'a cat-and-mouse game,' police say

National / Social Issues | FOCUS Jul 19, 2017

Curbing Japan's illicit teen dating services 'a cat-and-mouse game,' police say

by Tomoki Fukae and Tetsu Terada

In early January at about 8 p.m., a 17-year-old who works at Naniwa de Sanpo (A Walk in Naniwa) in Osaka's Namba district stands outside a convenience store with a luxury bag slung across her shoulder. Moments later, a man in a suit who appears ...

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