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MURDER

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2022
Gun massacres test whether Washington can move beyond paralysis
Emerging details of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, suggest that few of the proposals under discussion would have made much of a difference.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2022
In mass shootings, U.S. police are trained to ‘confront the attacker’
As new questions emerged about the police response to the shooting at a Texas elementary school, experts say officers are trained to act with urgency and defend innocent lives.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 28, 2022
Protests at NRA convention in Texas, but speakers reject new U.S. gun laws
'The existence of evil in our world is not a reason to disarm law abiding citizens,' former U.S. President Donald Trump told the audience to cheers.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2022
After mass gun killings, other nations changed course — to notable effect
Only the U.S., whose rate and severity of mass shootings is without parallel outside of conflict zones, has so consistently refused to answer those events with tightened gun laws.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 26, 2022
A father’s worst fear: Losing one of his children
Alfred Garza III said he was on a lunch break when his daughter's mother told him she could not get her out of the school because it was on lockdown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2022
Gunman kills 19 children and 2 teachers at Texas elementary school
The latest episode of U.S. gun violence unfolded 10 days after another youth opened fire with an assault-style rifle at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2022
Active shooter incidents in U.S. soared 50% last year, FBI says
The FBI said it had enough information to make an ominous warning about the trends in active shooting incidents in the U.S.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2022
New evidence shows how Russian soldiers executed men in Bucha
In videos, Russian paratroopers are seen marching a group of men at gunpoint along a street in the Kyiv suburb. It is the last time the men would be seen alive.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 5, 2022
‘Lesson in Murder’: A masterclass in portraying evil
Sadawo Abe delivers a chilling performance as a murderous mastermind in Kazuya Shiraishi's psychological thriller.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 29, 2022
Death row inmate seeks retrial over mass murder at Sagamihara care home
The death sentence for a former caretaker at the facility for people with mental disabilities in Kanagawa Prefecture was finalized in March 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 13, 2021
Haiti’s leader kept a list of drug traffickers. His assassins came for it.
In the months before his murder, President Jovenel Mou00efse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear he was killed for it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2021
Former Yokohama nurse gets life sentence for murder of three patients
Ayumi Kuboki, 34, admitted to killing the patients by mixing antiseptic into their drip bags at the hospital where she worked.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2021
Police arrest ex-husband over deadly stabbing of Hyogo woman
Police were on Saturday questioning the ex-husband of a 28-year-old woman who was stabbed to death a day earlier at her apartment complex in the city of Amagasaki.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2021
U.K. politician’s stabbing death prompts calls for safety review for lawmakers
The attack revives questions about the safety of lawmakers meeting face-to-face with residents in their districts, usually with little security.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2021
Couple indicted for murder of Tokyo high school girl in August
The couple were arrested on Aug. 31 on suspicion of abandoning the girl's body, after the police apprehended them a day before in Nagano Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2021
More ‘murder hornets’ are on the loose in Washington state
Entomologists in Washington state have so far this year destroyed two nests of the Asian giant hornet — nicknamed the "murder hornet” — and are planning to eradicate another nest as they try to wipe out the insects, an invasive species that can massacre honeybees and that first appeared in the...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 31, 2021
Couple arrested after missing Tokyo teenage girl found dead
A couple has admitted under questioning to having dumped the girl's body and they also hinted that they killed her, police sources have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2021
Victims of mass murder at Japan care home remembered on fifth anniversary
The stabbing rampage at a care home for people with mental disabilities near Tokyo became one of Japan's worst mass murders.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 26, 2021
Five years after the 'Sagamihara stabbings,' what have we learned?
Thoughts on 'extreme bullying' as we mark the fifth anniversary of the Sagamihara stabbings. The conversation needs to continue.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2021
36 victims of 2019 Kyoto Animation arson attack remembered
Kyoto Animation Co. held a memorial service on Sunday for the 36 victims of an arson attack two years ago on one of its studios, one of Japan's worst mass murders.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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