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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2018
Missing Hokkaido woman's head found east of Sapporo; two men arrested
The severed head of a missing Sapporo woman has been found and two men are being held in connection with the case, the Hokkaido Prefectural Police said on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2018
Shizuoka man gets death sentence for Lake Hamana murders
The Shizuoka District Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to death for killing two men whose dismembered bodies were found around Lake Hamana in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in 2016.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2018
Philippines 'concerned' as U.S. intelligence tags Duterte a threat to democracy
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is taking seriously the U.S. Intelligence Community's report tagging the firebrand leader a threat to democracy in Southeast Asia, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 21, 2018
Video of gun owner's assault on an AR-15 goes viral after Florida mass shooting
A video of a man cutting his semi-automatic weapon in half has gone viral following last week's mass shooting at a Florida high school, prompting a social media movement decrying easy access to high-powered assault weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2018
Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks in wake of Florida massacre
The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases, days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Four arrested over suspected Chiba arson-murder
Two men, a woman and a teenager were arrested Monday on suspicion of setting fire to a house in Chiba Prefecture and killing its sole resident.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Death penalty sought for Peruvian man charged with string of six slayings in Saitama
Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a 32-year-old Peruvian man accused of killing six people.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Kin of slain Okinawa woman seek compensation from U.S. government because Shinzato unable to pay
The family of a slain Okinawan woman will ask the U.S. government to pay compensation because the former U.S. base worker convicted of her murder cannot, their lawyer said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Father who forgave son for family's murder asks Texas to spare his life
A Texas man who survived a deadly domestic attack hatched by his son is pushing the state to grant clemency to the condemned man, although it has never spared a death-row inmate solely at the formal request of the victim's family.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2018
Telltale internet message may have foreshadowed Florida school massacre
The 19-year-old man accused of shooting 17 people to death at a Florida high school legally purchased the assault rifle used in the killings and may have foreshadowed the attack in a social media comment investigated by the FBI last year, authorities said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 6, 2018
Chinese shipping employee shot dead in Pakistan's city of Karachi
A Chinese man working with a shipping company in Pakistan was shot dead in Karachi Monday in what police described as a targeted attack, officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2018
U.S. 'cautiously optimistic' over reduction in Philippine extrajudicial killings
The U.S. government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs following a decline in extrajudicial killings, a U.S. senior narcotics official said Tuesday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2018
Suspect in Sagamihara massacre planned second attack on same day
Satoshi Uematsu, awaiting trial for the 2016 massacre on a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told Jiji Press that he planned to attack another such facility in the same prefecture on the same day.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2018
Man held after random stabbings leave one dead in Hiroshima
A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of stabbing two men the previous night, one fatally, in what appeared to be random attacks, the police said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2018
Nine dismembered corpses found in truck in murderous Mexican state of Veracruz
Nine dismembered bodies were found piled in a truck on Saturday night in the violent Mexican state of Veracruz, the governor said on Sunday, describing the crime as a clash of rival gangs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2018
Myanmar military says soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya 'terrorists' after Buddhists forced them into grave
Myanmar's military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 10, 2018
Bali court begins trial of man accused of murdering Japanese couple
A court in the Indonesian resort island of Bali has opened the trial of a 25-year-old local man indicted for the murder of an elderly Japanese couple during a home invasion last September.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2018
Gunfights between residents and community police outside Acapulco claim 11
The aftermath of a gunfight on the outskirts of the Mexican seaside resort of Acapulco that pit residents of a small town against members of a local, self-appointed community police force has left 11 dead, state officials said on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 6, 2018
'Lady First': Lea O'Harra examines gender roles in a murder mystery
Women have made significant inroads towards infiltrating Japan's patriarchal society, but their progress is still stymied by traditional views. With a long career as a university lecturer in Shikoku, Lea O'Harra draws on her own experiences to examine gender roles in provincial Japan in this, her third...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 4, 2018
Tokyo man arrested for attempting to kill girl who was contemplating suicide
In an incident reminiscent of a mass murder case that shocked Japan last fall, police on Wednesday arrested a 28-year-old man in Tokyo on suspicion of attempting to murder a suicidal teenage girl with whom he became acquainted on social media, and who was contemplating suicide.

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