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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2017
Death penalty upheld for 2009 triple boyfriend killer
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence of a 42-year-old woman convicted of killing three men she met through an online dating service in the Tokyo area in 2009.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 12, 2017
Abu Sayyaf leader behind abductions, executions is killed, Philippines says
A leader of a militant group who was directly involved in the kidnap and execution of Canadian and German nationals was among those killed by Philippine troops in a clash on a resort island this week, the military said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2017
Philippine court upholds guilty verdict on U.S. Marine in transgender woman's killing
The Philippine Court of Appeals has upheld a guilty verdict on a U.S. Marine for killing a transgender woman nearly three years ago, a case that stirred debate over the U.S. military presence in its former colony.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2017
Intrafamily crime a reflection of Japan's aging society
More than a third of the murders, attempted murders and fatal assaults involving members of the same family in 2014 were motivated by “fear of the future.”
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2017
Woman's bound body found under kitchen floor of Tokyo home
A woman's body was found under the kitchen floor of a house in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday and police are treating the case as a homicide.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2017
'Dollars and euros': How a Malaysian firm helped fund North Korea's leadership
Over the past two decades, North Korean-born Han Hun Il, the founding chief executive of a Malaysian conglomerate, funneled money to the leadership in Pyongyang, a North Korean defector, speaking out for the first time, has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 6, 2017
Duterte orders occupation of uninhabited isles in disputed South China Sea
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the occupation of uninhabited islands and shoals it claims in the disputed South China Sea, asserting Philippine sovereignty in an apparent change of tack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2017
The enemy within: Russia faces changing Islamist threat with metro bombing
Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, the man suspected of blowing up a Russian metro train, represents a new wave of radical Islamists who blend into local society away from existing jihadi movements — making it harder for security forces to stop their attacks.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2017
Ex-university student appeals life sentence for Nagoya murder, Sendai poisonings
A 21-year-old former Nagoya University student has appealed a district court ruling that sentenced her to life in prison over the 2014 murder of an elderly woman and the attempted murders of two teens when she was in high school, court officials said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2017
Trust ratings of Philippines' Duterte fall slightly, poll shows
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's trust ratings declined slightly in an opinion poll in the first three months this year, crimped by what political analysts call his deadly war on drugs that killed poor slum dwellers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2017
Vietnamese girl murdered in Japan buried in hometown funeral
A murdered 9-year-old Vietnamese girl, whose body was recently found near a drainage ditch in Chiba Prefecture, was buried Monday at a cemetery in her hometown in northern Vietnam, with about 600 family and friends attending the funeral.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 3, 2017
Treatment for mentally ill elusive at Japan's medical prisons
When a 21-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison on March 24 for killing an elderly woman, the Nagoya District Court acknowledged that the defendant's mental illness — a developmental and bipolar disorder — was part of the reason for the heinous crime and that she should be treated...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2017
Security camera footage fails to turn up suspicious vehicle in probe of Chiba girl's murder
No suspicious vehicles have been captured by security cameras installed around the areas where the body of a slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl was found near a drainage ditch in Chiba Prefecture, NHK reported, quoting investigative sources.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 30, 2017
Malaysia releases body of Kim Jong Nam to North Korea, travel bans lifted
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Thursday that the body of Kim Jong Nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been released to North Korea, bringing an end to a diplomatic spat that escalated over nearly seven weeks.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 29, 2017
Online messages hinted at where to find body of slain Vietnamese girl in Chiba
Police said Tuesday there were posts on internet message boards that apparently hinted at where to look for the body of a slain 9-year-old Vietnamese girl before it was found near a drainage ditch in Chiba Prefecture Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2017
Slain Vietnamese girl told friend she saw a suspicious person in January on way to school: NHK
A 9-year-old Vietnamese girl whose body was found near a drainage ditch in Chiba Prefecture on Sunday appears to have been murdered sometime between Friday morning and Saturday night, investigators said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2017
Kim Jong Nam's body still in Malaysia amid talk of deal with North Korea
The body of Kim Jong Nam, who was murdered in Malaysia last month, is still in Kuala Lumpur, health minister Health Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam said Tuesday, amid reports the remains of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon leave the country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2017
China to review murder sentence in loan shark killing case following public outcry
China's top prosecutor will review a controversial sentence in which a man was jailed for life after killing a loan shark who had sexually assaulted his mother, in a case that has again ignited public anger over police incompetence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2017
Vietnamese girl slain in Chiba was friendly, liked to chat, stunned neighbors say
The 9-year-old Vietnamese girl from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, whose nude corpse was found Sunday in a field, was a cheerful and friendly child who liked to chat, neighbors said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2017
Ex-Nagoya University student sentenced to life for murder, poisoning bids
A former Nagoya University student with mental disorders is sentenced to life for the 2014 murder of a woman and attempts to poison classmates from other schools.

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