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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2023
Japan police arrest two of four robbery suspects after Manila handover
Having been cleared of local charges in the Philippines, Kiyoto Imamura and Toshiya Fujita, both 38, were arrested once the plane carrying them entered Japanese territory.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2023
Philippines set to send two robbery suspects to Japan on Tuesday
Having been cleared of local charges, Kiyoto Imamura and Toshiya Fujita are set to be deported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2023
Former Japanese inmate talks of corruption at Philippine detention center
'It was a place where money was everything,' said Romi Hoshino, former operator of pirate website Mangamura.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2023
Sales of security items jump after spate of robberies across Japan
Window films and auxiliary locks, both of which make break-ins through windows more difficult, are selling well, one store official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2023
Philippines may send robbery suspects to Japan ahead of Marcos visit
Manila is proceeding with arrangements for their handover ahead of a visit by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan beginning Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2023
Four robbery suspects may be sent from Philippines to Japan next week
The Philippines is seeking the dismissal of local criminal charges against some of the four men. The pending charges have complicated the swift transfer of the suspects to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2023
Manila looks to quash local charges against Japan robbery suspects and deport them
The charges against the suspects, who are believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan, have delayed their transfer from an immigration facility in Manila.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2023
Manila weighs deporting all four robbery suspects to Japan at once
The actual date of deportation remains fluid as pending local criminal cases could present obstacles.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2023
Philippines to return one of four robbery suspects to Japan in coming days
The four men are believed to have remotely coordinated a series of robberies in Japan that began last year using an encrypted messaging app.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2023
Deportation of Japanese robbery suspects could be decided by next week
The Philippine justice secretary said he wants the incident resolved before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s planned visit to Japan in the second week of February.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Philippines plans to deport suspected 'Luffy' robbery mastermind to Japan
A senior Philippine official said any decision to deport the suspect ultimately rests with a local court and there is a chance that an early deportation may not be possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Police warnings of shady job posts linked to crimes jump in 2022
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department issued warnings for 3,480 offers of 'yami baito' — or shady part-time jobs — posted to Twitter in 2022, up nearly 1.5-times from the 2,246 in 2021.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2023
Charges in Manila may stall deportation of alleged Japan robbery mastermind 'Luffy'
An investigative source said that Yuki Watanabe, the suspected ringleader, may be hoping that a separate case will help him avoid deportation to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2023
Leaders of 'Luffy' robberies in Japan suspected of being behind Manila fraud ring
The suspected 'Luffy' mastermind and three others appear to be senior members of a fraud group from which 36 members were detained in the Philippines in 2019, a source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2023
Alleged ringleader of serial robberies in Japan operated from Manila detention center
The suspected mastermind, who is said to have gone by the name “Luffy,” sent instructions via smartphone, taking advantage of lax security at the detention facility.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 26, 2023
Philippines-based 'Luffy' may be mastermind in spate of Japan robberies
The presumed mastermind allegedly recruited others via social media, investigative sources have said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2023
Latin American cocaine cartels bring violence to Europe
Some of continent's big ports like Antwerp and Rotterdam have been so riven by drug violence that democracy itself has been threatened.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2023
Police say string of robberies and burglaries across Kanto may be connected
Authorities have noted similarities in a series of break-ins since November — including one that resulted in the death of a 90-year-old woman.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023
Hideouts, wigs and cash: An Italian mobster's life on the run
Specialized police 'hunter squadrons' tirelessly track down these fugitives, who have gone to ground in Sicily, the wilds of Sardinia or in the mountains of Calabria.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2022
Romania detains ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate in human trafficking case
Romanian prosecutors said they have detained divisive internet personality Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organized crime group.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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