National / Crime & Legal Apr 6, 2019
Elderly man disrupts Japanese bullet train service with 10-km walk on tracks
More than 9,000 passengers were affected by the delay, East Japan Railway Co. said.
National / Crime & Legal May 21, 2016
Foreign teens arrested after climbing atop Rainbow Bridge pillar
Two teenagers — a German and a Ukrainian — have been arrested on trespassing charges after climbing to the top of a 120-meter-high pillar of the Rainbow Bridge in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on April 14, police said Friday. A 19-year-old German and an 18-year-old Ukrainian ...
National / Crime & Legal Aug 29, 2014
An arrested 17-year-old boy escaped from a police van while being taken to a detention facility Thursday night in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, police said. He was caught about an hour later. The youth, who was held on suspicion of tresspassing and theft on July 22, ...
National / Crime & Legal Mar 15, 2013
A 40-year-old man who was arrested last month for trespassing in a school in Kanagawa Prefecture has been slapped with a fresh warrant for allegedly stealing high school girls’ clothing at various locations.