The number of deaths in traffic accidents across Japan last year fell to 3,215, the fewest since officials started compiling comparable data in 1948, according to a National Police Agency report. The number fell by 317, or 9.0 percent, from 2019, the NPA said Monday. By ...
A Tokyo entertainment firm linked to Lower House lawmaker Tsukasa Akimoto, who was arrested last month for allegedly taking bribes from a Chinese gambling company, is suspected of dubious use of funds, it was learned Friday. The entertainment firm, established by a former policy secretary ...
Office of Tokyo pachinko operator searched over casino bribery scandal
Prosecutors searched the office of a pachinko chain operator in Tokyo on Thursday in connection with a bribery scandal involving a plan for a casino resort. The pachinko chain had paid consultancy fees to an entertainment company set up by a former policy secretary to ...
Niigata student remotely altered grades using ID stolen from teacher's computer
A 15-year-old junior high school student in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, who hacked into a school server to alter his grades has admitted to stealing an ID and password needed to access the server from a computer he borrowed from his teacher, the school's principal ...
Teen and two others referred to prosecutors over trading uranium online
Police referred two men and a high school student to prosecutors Tuesday over their alleged involvement in online trading of uranium, in violation of Japanese law regulating nuclear materials. A 24-year-old man of Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, is suspected of posting for sale small amounts of ...
Tokyo man arrested over alleged fatal assault of girlfriend's 3-year-old son
Police arrested a man Tuesday on suspicion of having caused injuries resulting in the death in September of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, Ryutaro Yamada, in Tokyo. Yuji Watanabe, 34, the partner of the boy's mother who lived with them both, had said he found Yamada ...
Leader of Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi splinter group arrested over August shooting amid feud in syndicate
A leader of a splinter group of Japan's largest crime syndicate was arrested Tuesday for allegedly shooting a member of the parent group amid a gang feud in Kobe in August, police said. Hiroji Nakata is suspected of shooting a 51-year-old man affiliated with the ...
A man who was working at a real estate office in Sapporo has been referred to prosecutors by police for allegedly causing an explosion by emptying deodorizer spray cans last year and injuring more than 40 people nearby. The 34-year-old former Apaman Co. branch manager ...
The National Police Agency said Thursday it will allow people to print their maiden name alongside their married name on driver's licenses starting Sunday. The move is in line with a similar measure taken for the My Number social security and tax identification card. People can ...
Suspected Kyoto Animation arsonist undergoes unprecedented skin grafts
The KyoAni arson suspect, who suffered burns on 90 percent of his body, has become the first person to undergo surgery after such extensive damage without the use of donor skin.
Tokyo police officer referred to prosecutors over car crash that left boy, 4, dead
A Tokyo policeman was referred to prosecutors Tuesday over the death of a 4-year-old boy after he was hit by the officer's patrol car in August. Police added a request for the indictment of the 51-year-old male sergeant at a Shinjuku police station on suspicion ...
Suspect in kidnapping of 12-year-old Osaka girl tells police he 'saved a child who needed help'
The victim reportedly tells a police officer that she had “fled from a man’s house” after “becoming scared” and that there was another girl there.
