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ARREST

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2016
Saitama police probe alleged kidnapper's car, seek to know how he learned girl's name
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abducting a teenage girl in 2014 told investigators he had wanted to carry out such a kidnapping since his junior high school days, police said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2016
Shizuoka couple, son, 15, arrested for alleged use of stimulants after positive urine tests
Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Wednesday arrested a 40-year-old man of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, his 41-year-old wife and 15-year-old son on suspicion of using a stimulant drug.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016
U.S. man who appeared on NHK arrested over video footage of sexual encounter with minor
An American man who appeared on an NHK program as a reporter has been arrested on suspicion of saving a video of him having sex with an underage girl to a computer, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2016
Saitama student, 20, admits emailing bomb threats to municipalities
The Chiba Prefectural Police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old male university student of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, who turned himself in last month, claiming he has sent bomb threat emails to several local governments, some of which took preventive action due to the threats.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2016
Hyogo man admits to beating death of 20-year-old woman, is sent to prosecutors
A 21-year-old male part-time worker admits to killing a young woman in December, and is sent to prosecutors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2016
Japan sports world saddened, disappointed at arrest of ex-baseball slugger Kiyohara
The world of Japanese sports has expressed surprise and disappointment at this week's arrest of former baseball star slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara for alleged drug use.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2016
NHK newscaster allegedly cooked up 'kiken' drugs in own home
An announcer for NHK was served a fresh arrest warrant Friday on suspicion of making narcotics at his home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2016
Yakuza member arrested over 3-year-old's death
A 20-year-old member of a yakuza syndicate, who was arrested in Tokyo on Wednesday over the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, is believed to have previously abused the boy, police said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 25, 2015
Japanese woman held in China since June arrested last month
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday a third Japanese citizen has been arrested in China, on the heels of the arrests of two others earlier this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2015
Seven face charges over Kyoto 'up-skirt' shots taken at Kiyomizu Temple
The Kyoto Prefectural Police are taking action against at least seven men who allegedly photographed up the skirts of children, teenagers and women visiting Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto this fall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2015
Yasukuni blast suspect may have had gunpowder in luggage when arrested
A South Korean man being held over the Yasukuni Shrine restroom explosion may have tried to smuggle gunpowder into Japan during his return this week, sources say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2015
South Korean admitted to setting explosives at Yasukuni Shrine: police sources
A South Korean man arrested in connection with a suspected bombing at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo late last month admitted to police that he set explosives at the compound, but later denied doing so, Japanese investigative sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2015
Yasukuni suspect held at Haneda, returned to visit toilet where blast occurred
Police nab a South Korean man in connection with a recent suspected explosion in a stall in a public restroom at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 24, 2015
Drunken Osaka man with history of violence at polling stations attacks official in his 70s
A 47-year-old Osaka voter has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an election official after being greeted with a phrase he found insulting, the Osaka Prefectural Police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2015
White House-posted Secret Service officer nabbed in child sexting sting
A U.S. Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested this week after he sent naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to a criminal complaint.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2015
Five deaths, including four suicides, tied to psychotropic drug woman allegedly sold illegally
At least five people have died from apparent drug addiction after buying a psychotropic drug online from a 55-year-old Tokyo woman, the Hyogo Prefectural Police said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2015
Thai police arrest wife in murder of 84-year-old Japanese man
The de facto 48-year-old Thai wife of an 84-year-old Japanese man who was murdered at his home in Thailand's central province of Ang Thong earlier this week has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the crime, local police said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2015
Supporters demand security bill protesters be released following 'unjust arrests'
Supporters of protesters who were arrested for obstruction of justice during a rally against the government's security legislation demanded Friday that they be released immediately and decried their "unjust arrest."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2015
Man, 45, arrested over Osaka girl's murder; body of male schoolmate found
Police on Friday night arrested a 45-year-old man in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, in connection with the murder of a junior high school girl.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2015
Accused accomplice in husband's suicide served another warrant for investment fraud
A woman under arrest in connection with her husband's suicide has been served a fresh warrant for allegedly swindling a man out of ¥3 million by getting him to join a nonexistent scheme involving a major department store's membership reserve fund service, police said.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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