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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Man arrested after stabbing four officials at Kanazawa City Hall
A 33-year-old man in possession of knives was arrested Wednesday after stabbing four officials at Kanazawa City Hall in Ishikawa Prefecture, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Reports of stalking and revenge porn continued to rise in 2017 after expansion of law: police
Japan continued to see more reported cases of stalking and revenge pornography in 2017, with a revised law expanding the definition of offenses and the increased willingness of victims to come forward leading to the rise, police said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 14, 2018
Duterte to withdraw Philippines from International Criminal Court
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will withdraw from the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Rome Statute, officials said on Wednesday, due to what he said were attacks by U.N. officials and violations of due process by the ICC.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2018
Lost and found cash reported to Tokyo police topped ¥3.7 billion in 2017
People reported a record ¥3.75 billion ($35.3 million) in lost and found cash to the Tokyo police in 2017, up 2.1 percent from the previous year, the Metropolitan Police Department said Friday.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2018
Police suspect a record 65,431 minors were abused in Japan in 2017
The National Police Agency said a 24.9% rise in psychological abuse contributed to the overall increase.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Japan's juvenile crime at postwar record low, but rising marijuana use concerns police agency
The number of teens implicated in cases involving marijuana increased by more than fivefold between 2013 and 2017, the National Police Agency said, raising concern that use of the drug is spreading among juveniles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Duterte says International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to indict him over killings in drug war
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said there is no chance of him going on trial at the International Criminal Court because "not in a million years" would it have jurisdiction to indict him.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2018
Prosecutors seek death penalty for man accused of killing three at Kawasaki nursing home
Prosecuting counsel said Hayato Imai, 25, had committed “cruel and despicable” crimes and that he has made “highly credible confessions” to police, but Imai maintains his innocence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2018
Japanese police log 50 accidents involving go-karters on Tokyo streets over 11-month period
Go-karts have become a common sight on Japan's busy streets, but safety concerns were raised Thursday when police data showed that 50 accidents had occurred in Tokyo over a recent 11-month period.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2018
Four arrested by Tokyo police on suspicion of coercing teen to perform in pornography
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of coercing a woman, then 19 years old, to perform in a pornographic video after enticing her with the prospect of a modeling assignment, police said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2018
Manila says it welcomes U.N. probe into killings in drug war — but not by current special rapporteur
The Philippines will allow an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in its bloody war on drugs, but not if it is conducted by the United Nations' current special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, a senior official has said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2018
Thailand arrests 10 Russians who ran sex training course in Pattaya
Thai police have arrested a group of 10 Russians who were running a sex training class for their compatriots in the seaside town of Pattaya, and have charged them with working in Thailand without permission.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2018
Third man arrested over death of beheaded Sapporo woman
A third man was arrested Monday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Sapporo woman two days after her severed head was found in a mountainous area in Hokkaido.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 24, 2018
Woman in van arrested after striking White House barrier
A Tennessee woman driving a white van on Friday intentionally drove into a White House security barrier but did not breach it, and she was immediately apprehended and put under arrest, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 23, 2018
Two men detained after firing shots at pro-North Korea group's Tokyo headquarters
The right-wing activists shot up the gate of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan at around 3:50 a.m. but no one was injured.
BUSINESS
Feb 22, 2018
NPA cryptocurrency tips point to 669 suspected money-laundering cases from April to December
The police on Thursday disclosed that 669 cases of suspected money laundering had been reported by cryptocurrency exchanges between April and December.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 21, 2018
Philippines 'concerned' as U.S. intelligence tags Duterte a threat to democracy
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is taking seriously the U.S. Intelligence Community's report tagging the firebrand leader a threat to democracy in Southeast Asia, his spokesman said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2018
Fukuoka to offer financial help for gangsters trying to leave crime syndicates
Yakuza who wish to cut ties with crime groups — yet fear a backlash and cannot seek refuge elsewhere — will be entitled to the program.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Aleph raided over alleged lease fraud
Police on Monday raided facilities of the main successor group to doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo in connection with an alleged case of fraud involving a condominium lease, investigators said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 9, 2018
Japanese man arrested for child pornography possession in Thailand
A 43-year-old Japanese man was arrested Thursday in Bangkok on suspicion of possessing child pornography, Thai police said.

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