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MURDER

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2019
Man wanted for alleged murder-robbery arrested in city 300 kilometers away
A man wanted for allegedly killing and robbing an elderly man last week in Hiroshima Prefecture was arrested Wednesday in a city about 300 kilometers away, police said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2019
15-year term sought for editor at Japanese comic publisher over death of his wife
Prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 15-year prison term for the editor of a hit comic magazine over the death of his wife in 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2019
Police reportedly probing rare murder case in Macao after man found stabbed in bed at Sands resort
Police in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macao are investigating what they suspect is a rare murder in a five-star casino resort after a Chinese man was found stabbed in his bed, broadcaster TDM reported on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2019
Hong Kong proposes extradition pact with China and Taiwan
The Hong Kong government on Friday proposed an amendment to allow the extradition of fugitives to jurisdictions including mainland China and Taiwan. The proposal comes in the wake of a murder case in Taiwan in which the prime suspect could not be extradited from Hong Kong to face murder charges.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2019
Man held in connection with Tokyo student's death re-arrested on murder charge
A 35-year-old man being held in connection with the death of a female university student whose body was found buried last month in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, was formally arrested Sunday on suspicion of her murder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 1, 2019
Man arrested after leading police to corpse of missing 19-year-old Tokyo student
A 35-year-old man was arrested Thursday after the exhumation of a body, confirmed later to be that of a missing 19-year-old female university student, east of Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2019
Girl's death again shines light on lack of coordination between authorities over child abuse in Japan
The death of a 10-year-old girl in Chiba Prefecture after alleged abuse by her father has added to cases that had already raised concern over the country's child protection system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2019
Police raid yakuza office in Tokyo after deadly shooting in Kabukicho karaoke box
Police on Wednesday raided the Tokyo office of a yakuza group associated with a man wanted in connection with a murder earlier this month in Shinjuku Ward.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2019
Shiga ex-cop pleads guilty to fatally shooting senior officer but asks for leniency over mental stress
A 20-year-old former policeman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting his commanding officer at a police box in Shiga Prefecture in April, but sought leniency, with his lawyers citing his diminished capacity due to mental stress.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2019
U.N. finds at least 15 mass graves and hundreds of sets of remains in Congo after December violence
At least 15 mass graves have been found in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo in the wake of three days of ethnic bloodshed in December, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s MONUSCO mission in Congo said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 26, 2019
'Murder in the Crooked House': Behind the mask of a classic Japanese murder mystery
Japanese-English translator Louise Heal Kawai reveals the challenges of sourcing translation commissions and how one text — Soji Shimada's 'Murder in the Crooked House' — was more intellectually rewarding than she initially assumed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2019
Filipino man arrested on return to Japan over 2004 gang rape-murder of student in Ibaraki Prefecture
A 33-year-old Filipino man on an international wanted list was arrested Thursday for the alleged rape and murder of a university student in Japan in 2004, police said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 25, 2019
U.N. expert to lead inquiry into murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Turkey
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions said Thursday she will travel to Turkey next week to head an "independent international inquiry" into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2019
At least five killed in Florida bank shooting and gunman, 21, arrested: police
At least five people were killed on Wednesday in a shooting inside a bank in a small central Florida town, and the suspect is in custody, authorities said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 22, 2019
Ecuador to demand Venezuelan migrants' criminal records after pregnant woman's murder
Ecuador will ask Venezuelan migrants to present their criminal records upon entering, the country's vice president said on Monday, following the murder of a pregnant Ecuadorean woman by a Venezuelan man that triggered protests and acts of violence.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2019
Tokyo High Court upholds life term for Filipino man over gang rape and murder of student in 2004
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a Filipino man to life imprisonment for the 2004 gang rape and murder of a university student in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2019
Michigan Uber driver pleads guilty to killing six in 2016 shooting spree, saying app could 'take over' his body
An Uber driver accused of fatally shooting six people in Michigan and wounding two others while on the job pleaded guilty to all charges Monday, after initially blaming the ride sharing company's app for compelling him to kill.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2019
Saudi prosecutor seeks death for five of 11 suspects in Jamal Khashoggi slaying
Saudi Arabian prosecutors is seeking the death penalty for five of the 11 suspects detained over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the state news agency SPA said on Thursday, as a Saudi court held a first hearing on the case.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2018
Colombia arrests Venezuelans in possible assassination plot against President Ivan Duque
Colombian authorities are investigating possible plots to assassinate President Ivan Duque that may involve Venezuelan nationals arrested carrying "weapons of war," Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2018
Illegal immigrant suspected in California officer's killing is arrested
A suspected illegal immigrant accused of shooting to death a California police officer was arrested on Friday after a two-day manhunt that President Donald Trump cited in his push for building a wall on the border with Mexico, officials said.

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