Crime
18-year-old man arrested over attempted murder of man in Sapporo last November
Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested an unemployed 18-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a 20-year-old man with a knife on a street in Sapporo, last November. According to police, the suspect and a 19-year-old man, who was arrested in January, stabbed the victim in the… Read
Police say 78-year-old woman found dead in bathtub was murdered
Osaka Prefectural Police say that a 78-year-old woman who was found dead in the bathtub at her home in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, in January, was murdered. According to police, Keiko Kinoshita was found dead in the bathtub filled with water up to her nose in the first-floor bathroom of… Read
Abe assassin appeals life sentence
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 appealed on Wednesday a Japanese court ruling last month sentencing him to life in prison, his lawyers said. The defense team for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had asked the Nara District Court for a fixed-term sentence, citing hardships in… Read
Woman arrested over death of newborn baby girl
Police in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, have arrested a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman on suspicion of killing her newborn baby girl. According to police, the woman is accused of placing the infant, with her umbilical cord still attached, in a plastic bag, covering it with clothes, and placing the bag in… Read
Man calls police, says he killed his wife
Police in Kotohira town, Kagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of killing his wife. According to police, Eiji Ito called 110 at around 12:10 a.m Tuesday and said he had killed his wife, TV Asahi reported. Police went to the apartment and found the man’s wife, Mika… Read
Japan abolishes advance deportation notifications to foreigners’ lawyers
On January 26, the Japanese government’s Immigration Services Agency, the branch of the Ministry of Justice in charge of immigration regulations, officially announced that it would be abolishing its practice of informing lawyers representing foreign residents facing deportation of their deportation date in advance. Considering the significance of this shift in policy,… Read
¥2 million stolen from credit union office in Gunma Prefecture
A man stole 2 million yen in cash from a credit union branch in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, on Monday. The incident occurred at around 1 p.m., TV Asahi reported. Police said the man, who was wearing a ski mask, pointed what appeared to be a handgun at a female… Read
Japan top court upholds prison term for U.S. airman over sexual assault
Japan's top court has upheld a ruling that sentenced a U.S. Air Force serviceman in Okinawa to five years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 16 in 2023. In the decision rendered Saturday, the Supreme Court's Second Petty Bench rejected an appeal by… Read
Man breaks into Tokyo apartment, threatening foreign resident with knife
Police in Tokyo are looking for a man who forced his way into an apartment, threatened the foreign resident with a knife and demanded money, speaking in Japanese and English. According to police, the incident occurred at around 4 p.m. Monday in Nakano Ward. The resident, who is in his… Read
Victim in Haneda robbery attempt had ¥95 mil stolen in November
One of the four victims involved in a recent robbery attempt at a parking lot at Tokyo's Haneda airport had been targeted twice before and had foreign currencies worth 95 million yen stolen in Tokyo in November, an investigative source said Monday. Tokyo police are investigating any links between the… Read
