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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2016
Tokyo mother gets 11-year prison sentence for murder of 5-year-old son
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to 11 years in prison for throwing her 5-year-old son to his death from their 13th-floor apartment in Tokyo in 2014.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2016
Prosecutors seek life for suspect in 2005 Tochigi girl murder
A life sentence is sought for the man accused of murdering a girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005 even as doubts emerge over his shifting confessions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2016
Tochigi court accepts murder confession as evidence despite coercion claims
The Utsunomiya District Court on Friday accepted as evidence interrogation records showing a man admitting to the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005, despite the fact he made a not-guilty plea and said the confession was coerced.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2016
Killer of 6-year-old Kobe girl gets death penalty
The Kobe District Court on Friday gave the death sentence to a man who killed a 6-year-old girl in the city in 2014.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2016
Two Iranians indicted over fatal attack on compatriot in Nagoya
Prosecutors on Thursday indicted two Iranian men on charges of killing a compatriot last December in Nagoya, in an attack apparently related to illegal drug trafficking.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2016
Slain Honduran activist's colleague gunned down after row with landowners
A colleague of Berta Caceres, the award-winning Honduran environmental rights activist murdered earlier this month, has also been killed, an indigenous rights group and police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2016
17 slain Venezuelan miners mostly shot in head; gangs suspected
Seventeen miners murdered near a gold deposit were mainly shot in the head, and four suspects have been arrested so far in a case that has shocked Venezuela, the chief state prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016
In rare retrial, court reaffirms 22-year sentence in Mitaka stalking-murder case
The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 22 years in prison for killing his teenage ex-girlfriend in 2013, a term unchanged from its initial ruling, in the retrial of a high-profile stalking-murder case in Mitaka, western Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2016
Murder suspect changes tune, admits killing 25-year-old Tokyo actress
A 37-year-old man suspected of killing a female member of an acting troupe in Tokyo last August has confessed to murdering her, investigative sources have said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2016
Suspect changes story, now admits killing 25-year-old female acting troupe member
A 37-year-old man suspected of killing a female member of an acting troupe in Tokyo last August has confessed to murdering her, investigative sources saidMonday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2016
In arson-murder case, Aichi man admits killing three family members
A 66-year-old jobless man admitted Monday that he killed three members of his family and later set his house on fire in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2016
U.S. police probing November death of former Russian Press Minister Lesin
Police are investigating whether former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin, who was found dead in a Washington hotel in November, was brutally assaulted before returning to the hotel, a U.S. law enforcement source said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2016
Death penalty sought for Kobe man over murder of 6-year-old girl
Prosecutors on Friday sought the death penalty for a man accused of murdering a 6-year-old girl and abandoning her body in Kobe in 2014, saying the case showed a brutal disregard for human life.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2016
Pair held over ambush slaying of Iranian compatriot in Nagoya
Two Iranian men were arrested in late February on suspicion of murdering a compatriot last December in Nagoya, investigators confirmed this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 29, 2016
Suspect in 2005 murder of Tochigi girl pleads innocent after initially confessing
Takuya Katsumata pleads not guilty as his trial opened over the slaying of a girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005 after initially confessing to the murder.
EDITORIALS
Feb 27, 2016
A troubling low autopsy rate
Japan's low rate of conducting autopsies means a large of murders could be going undetected.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2016
Kansas mass shooter got court order over domestic violence just before rampage
The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas lawn-mower factory where he worked was served 90 minutes before his shooting spree with a court order to stay away from a woman who said he had abused her, authorities said on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2016
Hyogo man admits to beating death of 20-year-old woman, is sent to prosecutors
A 21-year-old male part-time worker admits to killing a young woman in December, and is sent to prosecutors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2016
Grudge against patients suspected as motive in Kawasaki nursing home slayings
The former nursing care employee under arrest for allegedly throwing three elderly patients to their deaths at a facility in Kawasaki is opening up to investigators on why he committed the acts, police sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2016
Japanese musician who frequented Caribbean Carnival found strangled in Trinidad
A Japanese woman who regularly visited Trinidad for Carnival and played in a steel band has been found strangled, the coroner's office said Thursday.
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.
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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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