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THEFT

BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2018
Digital currency exchanges to join up on standards and security
A group of digital currency exchanges in Japan said Friday they will form a new organization to establish industry-wide standards for security and compliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 6, 2018
North Korean hackers said possibly behind massive Coincheck heist
South Korea's national spy agency told a parliamentary committee it was possible North Korean hackers broke into the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 5, 2018
South Korea says North stole cryptocurrency worth billions of won last year
South Korea said Monday that North Korea last year stole cryptocurrency from the South worth billions of won and that it was still trying to hack into its exchanges.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2018
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck to reimburse customers who lost money in massive theft
Cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck says it will use u00a546.3 billion in capital to reimburse all 260,000 customers who lost money in Friday's NEM coin theft.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2017
Death-row inmate jailed for killing four people in 2002 dies of illness
The Justice Ministry says a death-row inmate convicted of killing four people in 2002 has died from cancer at a Tokyo detention center.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 29, 2017
Chinese woman undergoes plastic surgery in failed bid to evade $3.7 million debt
A 59-year-old woman from the central Chinese city of Wuhan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to avoid 25 million yuan ($3.7 million) of personal debts, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 13, 2017
Thieves in U.S., shunning harder-to-steal new models, keep busy with 1990s Hondas
Car thieves are settling for older models, finding it's easier to get away with a two-decade old Honda than break into better-protected vehicles made in recent years.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 10, 2017
When it comes to restaurants, people steal the darndest things
Since time immemorial, silverware has found a way to walk out of dining rooms. But the golden age of modern restaurant theft occurred in the early 2000s.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 2, 2017
Aichi cop linked to info leak before arrests in Fukuoka gold bar heist
A police officer in Aichi Prefecture is suspected of leaking information on last year's massive gold bar theft in Fukuoka to a suspect before 10 people were recently arrested in connection with the case, investigative sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2017
Six held over 2016 Fukuoka gold bar heist; more arrests expected
Six people are held in connection with last July's brazen gold bar heist by fake police officers in Fukuoka, and more arrests are expected.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2017
Robbers in Fukuoka heist might have fled to Tokyo
The culprits behind the u00a5384 million robbery of a gold buyer in Fukuoka switched cars afterward and headed to Tokyo, sources say.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2017
Hiroshima police flooded with protest calls following ¥85 million theft at main station
The Hiroshima Prefectural Police are getting public blowback over last week's theft of at least ¥85 million from its main police station.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2017
Inside job suspected in ¥85 million cash heist from Hiroshima police safe
The recent theft of more than ¥85 million in cash from a safe at a police station in the city of Hiroshima was likely an inside job, investigators said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 9, 2017
¥85 million in cash stolen from police station safe
More than ¥85 million in cash was stolen from a safe at a police station in the city of Hiroshima, police said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2017
Ehime man gets eight years for online banking scheme but not guilty of using neighbor's Wi-Fi
The Tokyo District Court sentenced a man to eight years in prison Thursday for illegally obtaining the internet banking passwords and account details of other people and using the information to illegally remit money, but was found not guilty of "free riding" his neighbor's Wi-Fi service.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2017
Prison sought for accused car thief arrested using illegally obtained GPS data
Prosecutors on Wednesday sought six years in prison for a man charged with theft even though police gathered evidence against him using global positioning data without a warrant, a practice that was ruled illegal by Japan's top court last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2017
Cybersecurity firm finds evidence linking North Korea to New York Fed bank heist
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year's $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2017
Chinese learning the value of privacy
If China's biggest online players want to chart a bigger role for themselve at home and abroad, they're going to need to start taking privacy much more seriously.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 18, 2017
Runaway held after alleged 900-km joy ride on stolen bicycle from Osaka to Aomori
A Yokohama teenager has been arrested for allegedly stealing a road bike and riding it about 900 km (560 miles) from Osaka to Aomori, police said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Feb 4, 2017
Honesty is the best policy for lost property
Last month, I withdrew some money — ¥100,000 to be precise — from an ATM near Tokyo's Shibuya Station.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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