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JAPAN
Apr 22, 2018
Chiyoda Ward issues false terror alert to 10,000 residents in Tokyo
Before belatedly issuing a correction, Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward Office accidentally issues a terror alert and urges thousands to seek safe haven from an impending attack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2018
Former Bank of Japan employee nabbed after allegedly stealing gold coins
A former Bank of Japan employee was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing gold coins worth a total of ¥200,000 ($1,850) from the central bank's Tokyo head office, police said.
WORLD
Apr 21, 2018
Dozens of neo-Nazis serving in German police and army, report says
German security services have identified dozens of public servants, including in the police and army, as belonging to a far-right movement that denies the existence of the very republic they serve, the weekly Der Spiegel magazine said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2018
Japanese march in Shibuya calls for end to sex crimes against young women
Female college students joined senior government officials and police officers on a march along a bustling street in Tokyo Friday to call for an end to sexual crimes targeting young women.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2018
Security to be boosted at schools on Hiroshima Prefecture island where prison fugitive is believed to be hiding
Some 96 prison officers will be deployed to schools on Hiroshima Prefecture's Mukaishima island where a fugitive who escaped from prison over a week ago is believed to be hiding, the justice minister said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2018
Western Japan city official nabbed for taking out garbage naked
A 49-year-old city hall official was arrested Monday in Kochi after leaving his apartment naked to put out the garbage, local police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2018
Shikoku prison escapee stymies 6,600 police on small island in Seto Inland Sea
Police in Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures have been pursuing the man on Mukaishima Island since he escaped from Matsuyama Prison on April 8.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2018
Filipino held after 10 guns, 200 bullets found in vacated Tokyo dorm room
The man told investigators he was keeping the suitcases containing the weapons for someone else and did not know what was in them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2018
Teenage officer arrested after colleague found shot to death in Shiga police box
A 19-year-old police officer was arrested early Thursday on suspicion of shooting a senior colleague to death at a police box in Shiga Prefecture, investigators said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2018
Japan sees record number of marijuana cases in 2017 as youth involvement rises
The data showed a notable increase in the number of cases involving people aged below 20, raising concern that use of the drug is becoming more widespread among juveniles.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2018
Seven men arrested for alleged scam that cost company president bitcoins worth ¥190 million
Seven men in Hyogo Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of swindling a man out of bitcoins worth around ¥190 million ($1.8 million), police said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2018
Two more bodies found in Kagoshima Prefecture mass murder case
Police found two more bodies Sunday after a man was arrested Saturday following the murders of three people in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2018
Police arrest man after relatives, neighbor found dead in Kagoshima house
A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after three people — including two of the suspect's relatives — are found dead at a home in Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2018
Illegal drone flights double in 2017 as awareness of regulations remains poor
Police said Thursday they recorded 68 illegal drone flight incidents in 2017, almost double the previous year's 36, at a time when delivery services and other businesses are looking to utilize unmanned aircraft.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2018
Venezuela jail riot and fire leave dozens dead
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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2018
Two cops won't be charged in fatal 2016 Baton Rouge shooting of black man they had pinned down
Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man during a struggle outside a convenience store nearly two years after his death caused widespread protests.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2018
Pedestrian first-graders eight times more likely to be killed in traffic accidents than older peers
First-grade students were found to have been eight times more likely to be killed in traffic accidents while walking than sixth-graders in the years from 2013-2017, according to a National Police Agency report issued Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2018
Tokyo police officer quits after allegedly giving yakuza she was dating investigative info
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said a young officer resigned Monday after being suspended and referred to prosecutors for allegedly leaking investigative information to a yakuza she was dating.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 19, 2018
1995 Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway still haunts, leaving questions unanswered
Hitoshi Jin describes his younger brother spending the booming 1980s "cult surfing," exploring what new religions had to offer to fill the gaping spiritual void left by a childhood scarred by an abusive father.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2018
Japan to allow plea bargaining from June amid overhaul of criminal justice system
The government on Friday decided to introduce the right to plea bargain on June 1 by putting into force a revised law on criminal proceedings.

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