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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2018
Japanese man gets life term for murdering two Kitakyushu women
A 44-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to life in prison for the murders of two women at his apartment in Kitakyushu.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2018
U.S. unlikely to pay family of woman slain by civilian base worker in Okinawa
The U.S. military appears unlikely to compensate the family of a Japanese woman slain in Okinawa Prefecture in 2016 by a civilian U.S. base worker, it has been learned.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 16, 2018
Russia to respond by expelling U.K. diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens
Russia is set to expel British diplomats in retaliation for Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to kick out 23 Russians as relations with London crashed to a post-Cold War low over an attack with military-grade nerve agent on English soil.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
With sanctions and condemnation, U.S. hints it is taking tougher stance toward Russia
By imposing new sanctions on Russia and condemning a suspected Russian chemical attack in Britain, Washington has hinted at a tougher stance toward Moscow despite President Donald Trump's stated desire for better ties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018
West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent
Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, which they said threatened Western security.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Death penalty sought for 25-year-old man over 2016 dagger attack on Osaka family that killed one
Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for a 25-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a man to death with a dagger and injured his three children at their home in Osaka Prefecture in 2016.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
'Animal corpse' discovered on riverbed in Shiga Prefecture found to be dismembered torso of woman
A torso believed to be that of a woman aged between 35 and 50 years old has been found on a riverbed in Shiga Prefecture, prompting police to open an investigation into abandonment of a corpse, authorities said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Kim Jong Nam murder trial hears how accused Vietnamese 'actress' was recruited
A Vietnamese woman who introduced her compatriot to the North Korean masterminds behind the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, believes she was duped, a Malaysian court heard Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said were attacks by U.N. officials and violations of due process by the ICC.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
Peruvian drifter gets death for 2015 slayings of six in Saitama
The man who went on a house-to-house stabbing spree in Saitama is condemned to hang after being deemed mentally fit to be held responsible for his actions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
In wake of attack on Russian former double agent, a look at complex and rarely used nerve agents
Thousands of people have been fatally gassed with nerve agents on battlefields since World War II, most recently in Iraq and Syria, but they are not a weapon of choice for urban assassinations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Myanmar police witness testifies arrested Reuters reporter's home was searched 'for news'
Police in Myanmar searched the family home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and a colleague were arrested on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, an officer told a court on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Duterte says International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to indict him over killings in drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court because "not in a million years" would it have jurisdiction to indict him.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 5, 2018
'The Third Murder' wins big at Japan's film awards
The 41st Japan Academy Prizes took place March 2 and legal thriller "The Third Murder" won big, including the awards for picture of the year and best direction for Hirokazu Kore-eda.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2018
Gun laws may finally change, thanks to kids
If even a child sees the need to speak out, we all should be listening; they of course have the greatest stake in America's future.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2018
Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing three at Kawasaki nursing home
Prosecuting counsel said Hayato Imai, 25, had committed “cruel and despicable” crimes and that he has made “highly credible confessions” to police, but Imai maintains his innocence.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2018
Grisly Osaka dismemberment murder casts shadow over minpaku business
A second arrest warrant was served Wednesday for an American man already in custody in connection with a human head and other body parts discovered in Osaka and Kyoto prefectures, police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2018
Manila says it welcomes U.N. probe into killings in drug war — but not by current special rapporteur
The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations' current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2018
More body parts believed from missing Hyogo woman found in Osaka and Kyoto
Severed arms, legs and a torso were found in mountainous areas of Kyoto and Osaka two days after police discovered a human head during a search for a missing Hyogo Prefecture woman last seen with an American tourist.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2018
Third man arrested over death of beheaded Sapporo woman
A third man was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Sapporo woman two days after her severed head was found in a mountainous area in Hokkaido.

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