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MURDER

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2016
Care home massacre probed as mercy killing
The suspect in Japan's worst mass murder in postwar history likely viewed himself as being on a carefully planned mission of mercy, investigative sources say.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2016
Senseless carnage at a care home
Hard questions need to be asked about why the warning signs given by the Sagamihara mass killer didn't trigger more alarms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Kanagawa attacker's motive: seeking spotlight or rage killings?
Following the murder of 19 people at a care facility by a former staff member, experts are trying to determine the motivation behind the attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Care facility staffers express concern over security following Kanagawa stabbing
As Japan grappled with shock Tuesday following a mass murder carried out by a lone intruder at a care facility for disabled people, employees at similar facilities expressed concerns about their security as the industry is plagued by a shortage of workers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Sagamihara killings reveal shortcomings in law to control knives
Tuesday's stabbing rampage in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has highlighted the difficulty of reigning in crimes involving knives, despite a recent revision to the Firearm and Sword Control Law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2016
Knife attack leaves 19 dead, 25 hurt at Kanagawa care facility
A knife-wielding man goes on a rampage at a care facility for people with disabilities in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, killing at least 19 people and wounding 25 others.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 23, 2016
Constitutional change may target Japan's elderly
In the week prior to the recent Upper House poll, the Kochi Shimbun asked 100 people at random what the significance of "two-thirds" was in relation to the election. Only 17 answered correctly that it was the minimum portion of Diet lawmakers needed to amend the Constitution. One of the main reasons...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2016
In some U.S. cities, police push back against 'open-carry' gun laws
Tents, ladders, coolers, canned goods, tennis balls and bicycle locks are banned in the area surrounding the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2016
In rare move, Pakistan bars family from 'forgiving' son for so-called honor killing
Pakistani authorities have barred the family of a murdered social media celebrity from legally "forgiving" their son for strangling her, sources said, in a rare stand against the so-called practice of honor killings.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2016
Police serve fresh arrest warrant on teen who allegedly killed woman in Ibaraki Prefecture
Police served a further arrest warrant Sunday on a 16-year-old boy in Ibaraki Prefecture for allegedly killing a woman by repeatedly stabbing her.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jul 17, 2016
Feeling despair from a distance as black lives taken
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it — always." — Mahatma Gandhi
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2016
Body parts found in Shizuoka lake that of Hokkaido man, 32
The dismembered body of a man found last week in and around Lake Hamanako in Shizuoka Prefecture has been identified as that of a man from Hokkaido, police said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 12, 2016
Man arrested over dismembered corpse says victim woke up and caught him in her Tokyo apartment
A man under arrest for allegedly dumping the dismembered corpse of an 88-year-old woman into a pond in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, has told investigators he strangled the victim because she woke up and discovered he had broken into her apartment.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2016
Black boys, men ponder avoiding becoming the next one killed
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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2016
Violence again convulses 2016 election campaign, testing Trump, Clinton
In the hours after a gunman shot 12 police officers in Dallas, killing five, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton abruptly canceled campaign events. Their Twitter accounts largely went quiet.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2016
Dismembered human body parts found in Shizuoka lake
Dismembered human body parts were found Friday in and around a lake in Shizuoka Prefecture, prompting police to launch an investigation.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2016
Why all evidence must be disclosed
Prosecutors should be required to present all evidence during criminal trials, including that which might not benefit their case.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2016
Shinzato denies rape, says prejudging by public denies him 'fair trial' in Okinawa
An American man charged with raping and murdering a 20-year-old Okinawan woman says he did not intend to kill her.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2016
U.S. base worker wants his murder trial held outside Okinawa
The lawyer for the U.S. civilian base worker indicted for raping and murdering a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa is demanding that the trial be moved to Tokyo, saying it is unlikely he can get a fair trial in the southern prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 2, 2016
Japan dances with the death penalty
Last week, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his plans to reinstate the death penalty, which was abolished in his country in 2006. Duterte says he believes in retribution: If you kill someone, you deserve to die.

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