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U S CRIME

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2015
Case against woman in traffic sign street-art case sent to prosecutors
Police sent to prosecutors on Wednesday the case of a 43-year-old woman who allegedly tampered with road signs by putting stickers on them in the name of "art."
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 25, 2015
Depressed people are three times more likely to commit violent crime
People diagnosed with major depression are three times more likely than the general population to commit violent crimes such as robbery, sexual offenses and assault, psychiatric experts said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 23, 2015
Kawasaki security footage shows two people about same age as slaying victim
Two people seen on security video near where a 13-year-old boy was found dead on a river bank in Kawasaki are about the same age as the victim.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 23, 2015
Foreign trainee slain, colleague wounded in rural Ibaraki attack
Two Chinese men taking part in a foreign trainee program on a farm in Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, were attacked by a group of men with knives Sunday evening, leaving one dead and the other wounded, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2015
Two Japanese held at Bangkok airport with horde of exotic animals
Thai customs officials arrested two Japanese men Friday at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport as they allegedly tried to smuggle exotic and endangered animals to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2015
Jobless man sentenced to six years for attacking AKB48 members with saw
A 24-year-old unemployed man was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for attacking two members of the all-girl pop group AKB48 and a male staff member with a saw at a fan event last year in Takizawa, Iwate Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 7, 2015
In violent times, young Japanese just shrug
The weekly Shukan Kinyobi discerns a "new fatalism" among young people. Meaning what? A feeling that effort reaps no rewards and so is not worth making; that the world is what it is and cannot be changed — at least not by me, even if I felt like changing it, which I don't; that luck or inborn talent...
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2015
Litvinenko believed Putin linked to organized crime, ex-KGB spy's widow says
Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian agent killed with polonium in London, believed Vladimir Putin lacked the mettle to stamp out corruption inside Russia's security agency and that he had links to organized crime, his widow said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 2, 2015
Death sentence upheld for Akihabara rampage killer
The Supreme Court finalizes the death penalty of Tomohiro Kato for the vehicular homicide and stabbing spree that left seven people dead and 10 injured on the streets of Tokyo's Akihabara neighborhood in 2008.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 31, 2015
The changing motives behind juvenile crime in Japan
In a thought-provoking article in the February issue of Bungei Shunju, veteran journalist Kunio Yanagida ponders changes in the patterns of crimes committed by juveniles that have taken place since the end of World War II.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2015
Nagoya student took photos of corpse, said she felt 'fulfilled' after killing
The police say the Nagoya student who admitted killing an elderly woman last month took photos of the corpse and felt “fulfilled” by the slaying.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2015
Nagoya teen held in 'ax murder' says she also poisoned classmate
A Nagoya student who has admitted killing an elderly woman also reveals she poisoned a former high school classmate as police turn up suspicious chemicals in her apartment.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2015
Chinese police suspended for eating endangered salamander
The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen suspended 14 police officers and put a police chief under investigation on Tuesday on suspicion of feasting on an endangered giant salamander, state media reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2015
Nagoya co-ed who says she wanted to kill 'anyone' confesses to murder of elderly woman
Police arrested a female Nagoya University student Tuesday on suspicion of killing an elderly woman who was found dead earlier in the day in the suspect's apartment.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2015
'YouTube shoplifter' planned to elude cops until March
A teenager in police custody over the posting of online videos showing him tampering with food on store shelves apparently had plans to remain on the loose until March, investigative sources said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2015
Osaka man held for injuring bicyclist by stringing wire across path
A man has been arrested for allegedly stretching a steel wire across a promenade in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, last week and injuring a bicyclist, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 7, 2015
Fukuoka police hand out anti-yakuza manga to school children
Police in Fukuoka Prefecture are distributing a manga booklet that aims to steer schoolchildren away from becoming a yakuza member.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2014
Four held for intimidating teen store clerk, forcing her to perform extreme apology
Four people are under arrest for threatening and forcing a female employee to perform the "dogeza" extreme form of apology at a convenience store in eastern Hokkaido, police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2014
At least 84 children killed in Taliban school attack in Pakistan
At least 84 children were killed in Pakistan on Tuesday when Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the city of Peshawar, taking hundreds of students and teachers hostage in the bloodiest insurgent attack in the country in years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2014
'Lone wolf' Australian hostage-taker had violent, unsettled past
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Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Japan passes bill to introduce 'blue ticket' fines for cyclists
A new system under which bicycle riders pay fines for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment is expected to be introduced in Japan no later than 2026.
Japan changes law to allow joint custody after divorce
Legislation that allows the option of joint custody of children after divorce is passed at the Upper House plenary session on Friday.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
A new initiative rethinks old Tohoku crafts
The colored patterns of Tsuguru "nuri," made in Aomori Prefecture, are achieved by applying multiple coatings of lacquer, which are later polished down to reveal layers of colors beneath.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.

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