Crime
3 men steal ¥10 million from residence in Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka prefectural police are looking for three men who broke into a residential property in Nagaizumi town on Monday morning and stole 10 million yen in cash. According to police, the incident occurred at around 1 a.m., NTV reported. A man and his wife, both in their 80s, live in… Read
72-year-old man arrested for breaking neighbor’s door over falling snow dispute
Police in Kushiro, Hokkaido have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of property damage after he smashed the glass in the front door of his neighbor’s home. According to police, the man, who is a fisherman, is suspected of hitting the front door of a 57-year-old woman's home with a shovel,… Read
15-year-old girl hit and killed by truck in Chiba; driver arrested
Police in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after the truck he was driving hit and killed a 15-year-old girl. The incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday on a pedestrian crossing in Mihama Ward, NTV reported. According to… Read
Upstart gangsters shake old-school yakuza
When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honor. Instead he was drawn to the newer, tech-savvy tokuryu underworld, where shadowy criminal kingpins use social media and encrypted messages to recruit often naive foot… Read
Restaurant owner injured, robbed of ¥530,000 in Kobe
A 41-year-old Filipino restaurant owner was assaulted and robbed of 500,000 yen as she was walking home on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 2:20 a.m., TV Asahi reported. Police said the woman, who owns a restaurant in Chuo Ward, told them she was walking home when… Read
Mother, 3 children dead in apparent murder-suicide in Tokyo
A 36-year-old woman and her three sons, aged 16, 11 and 9, died after being found unconscious in their home, in what police believe was a murder-suicide, on Friday. According to police, the woman’s husband, who is in his 40s, returned to the family’s home in Nishitokyo at around 5:45… Read
Woman convicted of hiding daughter's body in freezer for 20 years
A Japanese court has sentenced a 76-year-old woman to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for abandoning and hiding her daughter's body for about 20 years in a closet and a freezer at her home in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture. The Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch handed down the… Read
Suspect in 2 nursing home murders to undergo psychiatric evaluation
The Saitama District Public Prosecutors Office has decided to have a 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of killing two elderly women in October at the nursing home where he used to work, undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he can be held mentally competent to stand trial. Toya Kimura,… Read
Woman arrested over death of infant whose body parts were found in sex shop freezer
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 22-year-old woman who works at an adult entertainment establishment on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter, and leaving the body parts in the freezer of a large refrigerator in the waiting room at the establishment where she worked.… Read
Japanese actor Shimizu given suspended term for marijuana possession
Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu, known for his role in the "Tokyo Revengers" movie series, was sentenced Friday to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for possessing marijuana. In handing down the ruling, the Tokyo District Court said the 26-year-old had repeatedly obtained marijuana from dealers and had been… Read
