Philippines to review thousands more 'drug war' killings, justice minister says
Recent details challenge the official police narrative that says the thousands shot dead were all drug dealers who resisted arrest.
Footage of Ibaraki center's 'unjustifiable conduct' in restraining Kurd submitted to Tokyo court
In the case at the Tokyo District Court, the man is seeking damages for allegedly being manhandled.
Kagawa police suspect murder as company exec admits incinerating father's body
A company executive was arrested Thursday in Shikoku for allegedly incinerating and disposing of his 70-year-old father's body, with authorities suspecting foul play in the man's death, police have said. Takashi Hayashida, 29, is suspected of unlawfully disposing of the body of his father, Akira, ...
14-year-old boy confesses to slashing schoolgirl's throat in northeastern Japan
The suspect told police in Aomori Prefecture that he “intended to kill” the sixth-grader. “It didn’t matter who it was,” the boy was quoted as saying.
Acts of road rage should be clearly defined as an offense under the road traffic law and provisions for penalizing them stipulated.
Letter threatening to hunt Koreans sent to South Korean Embassy in Japan
A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent to the South Korean Embassy in Japan, police said Tuesday, amid worsening ties between the Asian neighbors Relations between the two countries have been overshadowed by Japan's 1910-1945 ...
Two men injured in separate stabbings in Yokohama; one suspect arrested
An unemployed man is arrested after two men — a parcel deliveryman and a public servant — are stabbed on the street in Yokohama.
Police hunt for suspect after boy, 17, stabbed at Saitama home
A 17-year-old male high school student was stabbed early Tuesday at his home in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, by a suspected intruder, police said. The boy sustained wounds to his neck and other parts of his body, but the injuries were not life-threatening, according to authorities. ...
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to set up an investigation into mass killings during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called war on drugs, a step that activists said was long overdue. Duterte's government says police have killed about 6,600 people in shootouts with ...
Suspected knife attack by 14-year-old leaves fellow student, 13, dead in Saitama
A male junior high school student in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, was fatally stabbed and his suspected assailant, a 14-year-old student, has been arrested, police said Saturday. The suspect was held on suspicion of attempted murder after the victim, identified as 13-year-old Kotaro Hongo, was found ...
Guardian Angels Japan finding less to do in Kitakyushu, one-time city of yakuza 'endless conflict'
Up until five years ago, the city of Kitakyushu had for decades grappled with so many shootings and violent attacks by organized crime groups that it was known as a city of shura (never-ending conflict). But as Japan intensified its crackdown on organized crime, the ...
Convict arrested in Yokosuka after four days on the run in Kanagawa Prefecture
A man convicted of assault and theft has been arrested in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, four days after he escaped an attempt to be brought into custody. Makoto Kobayashi, 43, brandished a knife before fleeing in a vehicle when prosecutors and police tried to take him ...
