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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 / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2014
Serial arsonist suspected in series of Tama housing fires
A series of arson attacks in construction sites for houses and apartments in Tama, western Tokyo, indicate that someone has a perverse desire to upset the incoming owners, according to an expert on criminal profiling.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2014
Jailed American lived enigmatic life
Matthew Miller, the U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea on espionage charges, spent months in South Korea pretending to be an Englishman named "Preston Somerset," acquaintances who met or worked with him say.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2014
Banker nabbed looking up girl's skirt with mirror in store
A banker was arrested Sunday for allegedly looking up the skirt of a female high school student at a bookstore in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 21, 2014
With crash probe, China turns up heat on ex-security chief Zhou
Little is known about the exact circumstances in which Wang Shuhua was killed. What has been reported, in the Chinese media, is that she died in a road accident sometime in 2000, shortly after she was divorced from her husband. And that at least one vehicle with a military license plate may have been...
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2014
Kanagawa police set up team to fight scams targeting the elderly
Police in Kanagawa Prefecture set up a team on Wednesday to investigate and prevent fraud targeting the elderly.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2014
Cybercrime queries hit record high as police confirm new online banking threat
Police agencies received a record number of queries related to cybercrimes in the January-June period, but arrested fewer online criminals. They also confirmed for the first time the existence of a new form of online banking threat known as the man-in-the-browser attack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2014
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate all night with proper lighting, NPA panel says
Nightclubs should be allowed to operate past midnight so long as they follow lighting standards set by authorities, a report by a National Police Agency panel of experts says.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2014
Fueling drug gangs' impunity, unidentified corpses pile up in Mexico
In Mexico's blood-soaked northern state of Sinaloa, a simple gravestone adorned with pink, blue and yellow plastic flowers marks the tomb of 42-year-old assistant carpenter Carlos Montano.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 6, 2014
Two schoolgirls die in Tokyo condo leap
Two female sixth-graders died Friday after jumping out of a Tokyo condominium in Ota Ward, police said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2014
Stronger measures against stalking
In its budgetary requests for fiscal 2015, Japan's National Police Agency includes expenses to beef up measures against the persistent problem of stalking.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2014
New York City police to test wearable cameras in coming months
New York City's police commissioner unveiled body cameras on Thursday that his department will start testing soon, demonstrating the equipment by playing a short video showing a notably good-natured traffic stop from an officer's perspective.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2014
Cyberthefts hit record ¥1.85 billion in Japan
Cyberthieves continue to raid Japanese banks with ease, stealing ¥1.85 billion in the first half alone and breaking the full-year record set in 2013.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2014
Japanese man found dead in Hudson possibly shot in head
The body of a Japanese man was found floating in the Hudson River last week and may have been shot in the head, according to the New York City Police Department and Consulate General of Japan in New York.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2014
Ferguson police sued for using excess force
Missouri residents sued the city of Ferguson and St. Louis County, claiming police violated their civil rights by using excessive force in response to protests over an officer's killing of an unarmed black teenager.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2014
Police say rumors of foreign looters in Hiroshima unfounded
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police said Wednesday they had no information to substantiate online rumors that foreigners were burglarizing houses in areas of the city hit hardest by last week's deadly mudslides.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2014
Demonstrations resume in Missouri over shooting death of black teen
More than 100 demonstrators marched peacefully in St. Louis on Tuesday, demanding the arrest of a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, almost three weeks ago.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2014
China's state media says teen masterminded slaying of pro-Beijing imam in Xinjiang
Chinese police have concluded that an 18-year-old, who was influenced by religious extremism, was the mastermind behind the murder of a state-backed imam in China's western Xinjiang region, state media said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2014
Trayvon Martin parents join Missouri rally for slain teenager Michael Brown
Hundreds of people gathered in a St. Louis park on Sunday for a rally against police violence that is expected to bring together the family of Michael Brown, killed by an officer in Missouri this month, and the parents of Trayvon Martin, a Florida teenager shot dead in 2012.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2014
Ferguson's lone black councilman keeps low profile amid protests
In many ways Dwayne James is a beacon of hope in Ferguson, which has been torn apart by racially charged riots. The only black councilman in a predominantly black town, James is widely respected even by political opponents and talked of as a candidate for mayor.

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