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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2014
Man confesses to grisly Kobe killing, saying he lured young girl to his home
A man arrested on suspicion of killing and dismembering a 6-year-old girl and then dumping her body parts in plastic bags in Kobe has admitted to committing the murder, according to investigative sources.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014
Police baffled by apparently motiveless murder of female college student in Iruma
A week after the fatal stabbing of a female college student in Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, police are struggling to understand what drove the self-confessed knife man, described by acquaintances as a "nice young man," to commit a brutal murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014
Body parts in Thai canal may be those of missing Japanese man
Police found severed body parts in a canal on Wednesday near Bangkok, after a local man being held by police said he had abandoned the body of a missing 79-year-old Japanese man.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2014
Man admits killing Kobe girl, his lawyer says
The man arrested on suspicion of killing a 6-year-old girl in Kobe has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2014
Japanese man shot dead in the Philippines; associates sought
Philippine police are investigating whether two Japanese men may have been involved in the motorcycle slaying of a 32-year-old Japanese businessman over the weekend, a police official said Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2014
Florida man gets life in jail for loud rap music murder
Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 90 years, by a Florida judge on Friday for killing an unarmed black teenager in an argument over loud rap music.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2014
Son of ex-prime minister testifies at Canada dismemberment trial
The son of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the sister of convicted serial killer Karla Homolka testified on Friday at the murder trial of a Canadian man who has admitted to killing and dismembering a Chinese student in 2012.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 17, 2014
Student held in Saitama stabbing 'wanted to kill anyone'
A college student from Saitama Prefecture suspected of fatally stabbing a woman in Iruma reveals that he 'just wanted to kill anyone.'
WORLD
Oct 10, 2014
Airstrikes don't stop Islamic State from taking wide area of Syrian town
Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said Thursday, as U.S.-led airstrikes failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces looked on without intervening.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2014
Dad of alleged schoolgirl murderer dies in apparent suicide in Sasebo
The father of the 16-year-old girl who was arrested in July in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on suspicion of killing and dismembering a female classmate is found hanged Sunday in an apparent suicide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2014
Islamic State beheads second British hostage, issues video
Islamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering swift condemnation by the British and U.S. governments.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2014
Teen admits killing mother, grandmother in response to 'harsh discipline': police
A Hokkaido teenager confesses to killing her mother and grandmother in a bid to escape after they 'harshly disciplined' her, investigators say.
WORLD
Oct 2, 2014
Nazi hunters seek German probe of WWII death squad suspects
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent the German government a list of 80 people it believes murdered Jews while serving in Nazi death squads in World War II and who may be still alive, the head of the Israel office of the organization said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2014
Kobe slaying victim's school to go ahead with sports day
The elementary school in Kobe grieving over the murder of a 6-year-old student will press ahead with its sports day this weekend — at the family's request.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2014
Slain Kobe girl's blood detected at suspect's home
DNA tests on bloodstains at the home of a man suspected of abandoning the dismembered body of 6-year-old Mirei Ikuta have confirmed the blood is that of the elementary school first-grader, police said Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2014
Father of schoolgirl in Nagasaki slaying asked official not to reveal beating
The father of a 16-year-old girl who was arrested in July on suspicion of killing and dismembering a female classmate in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, asked a school official not to reveal that his daughter had beaten him with a metal bat in March, the Nagasaki prefectural board of education said in a...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2014
Kobe murder suspect says he was too drunk to remember his actions
The man arrested in connection with the murder of a 6-year-old girl in Kou00adbe has reportedly told police he can't confirm security camera footage that appears to show him near the girl around the time she disappeared, as he had been drinking.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2014
Man arrested in connection with gruesome killing of Kobe girl
Police arrested a 47-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with the death and dismemberment of a 6-year-old Kobe girl who went missing nearly two weeks ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2014
Neighbors of slain Kobe girl express shock and anger; ID card led police to suspect
Residents here expressed shock and anger at the news that a missing 6-year-old girl had been found dead, her body hacked to pieces.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 15, 2014
Man mistakenly arrested after police get knife measurement wrong
Police arrest a man by mistake after incorrectly measuring the size of a folding knife he had with him during a fight with his father.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
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.
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.
Amid same-sex marriage ban, LGBTQ couples opt for 'photo weddings'
A lesbian couple, consisting of a 35-year-old woman (left) and 40-year-old woman, cover their faces with bouquets as they pose for wedding photos in Yokohama on Nov. 1.
China and Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
The Russian corvette Gromkiy enters the Chinese port of Zhanjiang as part of a joint China-Russia naval exercise on Saturday.
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.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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