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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 26, 2016
American man gets 18-month prison term over drowning death of mistress
The Yokohama District Court has sentenced an American man to 18 months in prison for throwing his mistress into the sea off Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, last July.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2016
Philippine death squads very much in business as Duterte set for presidency
On May 14, five days after voters in the Philippines chose Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as their next president, two masked gunmen cruised this southern city's suburbs on a motorbike, looking for their kill.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 24, 2016
Father of Kobe beheading victim wants criminals banned from publishing books about their deeds
The father of an 11-year-old boy murdered by a juvenile killer in Kobe in 1997 has issued a statement calling for rules banning perpetrators of serious crimes from publishing books related to their heinous activities.
JAPAN / Politics
May 23, 2016
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga asks Abe to set up meeting with Obama
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga seeks a meeting with President Barack Obama over the slaying of an Okinawa woman to which a U.S. base worker and former marine has reportedly confessed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2016
Hyogo man with apparent noise gripe held in deadly attack on neighbor, visiting daughter
A man was arrested in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Thursday on suspicion of fatally attacking a mother and daughter over noise issues in their apartment building.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2016
Teen held over mom's alleged strangulation in Tokyo condo
A teenager was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing her mother at a Tokyo condominium in Taito Ward in February.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2016
New Yorker wearing cement shoes was killed by asphyxiation: official
A man whose face was wrapped in duct tape and feet encased in concrete when his body washed ashore in New York City this week was killed by asphyxia, the New York City Medical Examiner's Office said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2016
Freed Osaka man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial held
"I'm innocent," a man who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire declared Thursday as a retrial was held in the Osaka District Court.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 26, 2016
Man and his stepdaughter held for allegedly killing their newborn in 2014
A 65-year-old man and his 28-year-old stepdaughter have been on suspicion of killing their baby boy by cutting its neck immediately after birth, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2016
Three women fatally stabbed, man found wounded in Shizuoka home; son arrested
Four people are found stabbed, three fatally, in their home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and a suspect is later caught by police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2016
Yokohama prosecutors drop murder charge against American man
The Yokohama District Public Prosecutor's Office decides not to slap a murder charge on an American man already on trial for abandoning a woman's body in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Man gets life for Tochigi girl's murder despite lack of physical evidence
In a controversial decision, the Utsunomiya District Court sentences a man to life for killing a Tochigi girl after judging the case solely on confessions rather than physical evidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2016
Hyogo man, 82, arrested, admits strangling dementia-stricken wife
An 82-year-old man of Kato, Hyogo Prefecture, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of strangling his 79-year-old wife, who had dementia, in their home Tuesday, police said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2016
Killer of New York's 'Kitty' Genovese dies in prison
The convicted murderer of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, a 28-year-old New York City bartender whose 1964 slaying became a notorious symbol of urban indifference, has died in prison at age 81, corrections officials said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016
Belgium seeks more information on 'man in the hat'; death toll at 35
Belgian police issued a new appeal on Monday for information about a man caught on CCTV at Brussels Airport with two others who are thought to have blown themselves up in the check-in area last Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Nails and nail polish remover: Brussels bombers prepared a 'satanic' cocktail
An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks, which killed at least 31 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Charged Brussels suspect may be missing airport bomber
"The man in the hat" is how Belgium has come to know the country's most wanted suspect in the Brussels attacks, seen in a CCTV picture with two others who were about to blow themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2016
G-7 foreign ministers to focus on terrorism in April meeting
Japan plans to issue a chair's statement strongly condemning terrorism when it hosts the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Hiroshima next month, government sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2016
'Black widow' likely to plead not guilty to cyanide murders
A woman dubbed the "black widow," who is accused of murdering her husband and other partners with cyanide, is expected to plead not guilty to all charges in her upcoming trial, sources close to the matter said.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2016
Two Japanese men injured in Brussels bombings named; one remains in coma
A government source has identified one of the two Japanese nationals injured in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels as Yu Takita, who was hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in the subway blast.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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