National / Crime & Legal Dec 21, 2019
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.
Asia Pacific Nov 17, 2019
Leaked China documents reveal 'no mercy' in Xinjiang: report
A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, where President Xi Jinping ordered officials to act with "absolutely no mercy" against separatism and extremism, The New York Times reported ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 15, 2019
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, ...
National / Crime & Legal Nov 13, 2019
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.
Editorials Sep 6, 2019
Acts of road rage should be clearly defined as an offense under the road traffic law and provisions for penalizing them stipulated.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 3, 2019
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 ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Sep 3, 2019
Eight schoolchildren have died and two others were injured in a "school-related criminal case" in central China, with a 40-year-old suspect arrested, local authorities said Tuesday, the latest attack targeting an educational institution in the country. The man was detained by police on the spot ...
Asia Pacific Sep 1, 2019
Myanmar says military holding rare court martial after Rohingya mass grave probe
Myanmar said its military was conducting a rare court martial following a probe into mass graves in crisis-hit Rakhine state, two years after a bloody crackdown drove some 740,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh. In February 2018, an Associated Press report alleged at least five mass graves ...
National Aug 26, 2019
Japan conspicuously silent as protests and violent crackdown roil Hong Kong
by Ryusei Takahashi
In Hong Kong, what began as a peaceful demonstration against a contentious extradition law has descended into a violent police crackdown and engulfed the former British colony in a symbolic fight against China's authoritarian rule. Protesters show no sign of backing down after more than ...
National / Crime & Legal Aug 10, 2019
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.
National Jul 16, 2019
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. ...
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jul 12, 2019
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 ...