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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2018
The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota
With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the middle of the night. She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2018
Taiwan expels Texan running 3D-printed gun company who is accused of paying teen for sex
A Texan running a 3D-printed gun company who had flown to Taiwan after being accused of paying an underage girl for sex was detained in Taipei on Friday and ordered to leave the island after his U.S. passport was annulled, officials said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 15, 2018
Chinese A-list actress Fan Bingbing last seen in June amid culture crackdown
Fan Bingbing, an A-list Chinese movie star who has appeared in the "X-Men" and "Iron Man" film franchises, has more than 62 million followers online in China and fronted campaigns for Montblanc watches and De Beers diamonds, has disappeared.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2018
Japanese police to test AI use for improving investigations of criminal activity
The National Police Agency plans to conduct experiments in fiscal 2019 on using artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of investigations, including for analyzing vehicle types.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 19, 2018
Ex-nurse served third warrant in suspected serial killings at Yokohama hospital
A former Yokohama nurse suspected of being a serial killer has been served a third arrest warrant over several fatal poisonings at the hospital where she worked about two years ago.
EDITORIALS
Aug 18, 2018
Interrogation videos as evidence
Much still needs to be sorted out when it comes to making video recordings of interrogations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2018
Woman killed in hostage standoff at Los Angeles store was shot by police officer
A woman who died in a weekend hostage standoff at a Trader Joe's store in Los Angeles was killed by a bullet fired by a police officer, the city's police chief said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2018
Family of slain Australian woman sues Minneapolis police over shooting
The family of an Australian woman who was shot dead by Minneapolis police last year after calling them to report a suspected crime near her home sued the city and several officers Monday, saying they had violated her civil rights.

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