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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2017
Malaysian communities in denial after major pedophile case, police say
More than six months after Richard Huckle was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing scores of children, most of the families in the Malaysian communities where he lived are declining counseling and other help, police say.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2017
Myanmar faces danger from IS militants, Malaysian police say
Myanmar faces a growing danger of attacks by foreign supporters of the Islamic State group recruited from Southeast Asian networks in support of persecuted Muslim Rohingyas, Malaysia's top counterterrorism official has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2017
Startups using birds of prey, anti-drone guns to take out straying unmanned aerial vehicles
A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of startups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn't, by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Human traffickers in India get life in prison for chopping off laborers' hands
Eight human traffickers found guilty of torturing and chopping off the hands of two laborers have received life prison sentences and hefty fines, a prosecutor said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 21, 2016
Philippine government files criminal charges against Duterte critic for alleged involvement in drug trade
The Philippine government filed a criminal case in court on Wednesday against a staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, accusing her of trying to sabotage a congressional investigation into her alleged involvement in the drug trade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2016
101-year-old child raper becomes Britain's oldest convict
A 101-year-old man became the oldest Briton ever to be convicted of a criminal offense when he was found guilty on Friday of a string of sex crimes against young girls.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2016
Man charged with attempted murder in Osaka train platform push
A 28-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly pushed a woman and a teen female from behind on a train platform in Osaka.
JAPAN
Dec 6, 2016
Missing 2-year-old found safe after spending night outdoors
A 2-year-old girl who went missing Monday in Oita Prefecture was found safe Tuesday in a mountainous area about 2 km from where she disappeared, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2016
Taxi crashes into Fukuoka hospital, leaving three dead, seven injured
A taxi rammed a hospital in the city of Fukuoka on Saturday, killing three people and injuring at least seven, the police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2016
Aska drug arrest highlights rehabilitation shortfalls
Experts have called for the government to offer a comprehensive rehabilitation program that would enable patients to receive sufficient support.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2016
Suspicious package detonated by police bomb squad near U.S. Embassy in Manila
Philippine police detonated a suspicious package they thought could have been a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. Embassy in Manila on Monday, the police chief in the capital said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2016
Kabul cops wage 'debauchery' crackdown, raid water pipe haunts
Afghan police and health officials raided cafes and restaurants in Kabul on Sunday, confiscating shisha water pipes and paraphernalia in a campaign to halt "debauchery and vulgarity.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2016
Nagano farmer finds dead man buried on his land
A body of a man was found buried Sunday on a farm in the village of Nanmoku, Nagano Prefecture, local police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 26, 2016
Hand over the keys: getting Japan's elderly drivers off the road
On Nov. 12, in the city of Tachikawa in western Tokyo, an 83-year-old female driver — while reaching out her car window to insert a parking ticket into the toll gate machine in a hospital parking lot — accidentally pushed down on the accelerator and lost control of her vehicle. It crossed...
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 23, 2016
Philippines charges bankers for ignoring cyberheist
The Philippines has filed charges against five officials of RCBC bank and a former treasurer who "wilfully ignored" suspicious activity that led to tens of millions of dollars vanishing after a heist on Bangladesh's central bank.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2016
U.S. says it won't tolerate pressure from China on fugitive families
The United States will not tolerate any pressure from the Chinese government on family members of fugitives to get them to return from America, but can't guarantee it has not happened, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 18, 2016
Police warned school about extortion of bullied Fukushima boy in 2011
An elementary school in Yokohama ignored a police report that a transfer student from disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture was possibly being bullied and extorted by classmates, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2016
Police raid on rural Wakayama factory nets ¥2 billion in cannabis plants
A police raid on a factory in a small town in Wakayama Prefecture last month has uncovered a massive haul of cannabis with a street value estimated at ¥2 billion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 16, 2016
Acting on father's tip, police find child's body buried by Osaka river
The body of a child was found Tuesday buried in a mountainous area of Osaka Prefecture after police began searching for a missing boy last seen about three years ago.
JAPAN
Nov 15, 2016
Criminal complaint filed over death of doctor in police custody
A specialist in forensic medicine files a criminal complaint against the Nara Prefectural Police over the 2010 death of a doctor while he was in custody, claiming he was assaulted during the investigation.

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