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Police search Aichi company for falsely labeling bamboo shoots

Crime › Friday 09th January, 05:16 AM JST

NAGOYA — Police on Thursday searched an agricultural product wholesaler in Aichi Prefecture and four other companies that cooperated with it on suspicion they falsely labeled and…

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Brazil appeal court confirms sentence on man held over murder in Japan

Crime › 01:24 AM JST - 9th January

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian court of appeal has rejected a petition to cancel a 34-year prison sentence on a Brazilian man for murdering and robbing a restaurant…

Teenager arrested over fatal stabbing of father in Chiba

Crime › 04:45 PM JST - 8th January

CHIBA — A 17-year-old male high school correspondence course student was arrested for stabbing his father Thursday at their apartment in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, police said. The…

70-yr-old man held for molesting 17-yr-old high school girl in Saitama

Crime › 01:33 PM JST - 8th January

SAITAMA — A 70-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for molesting a 17-year-old high school girl in his car in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. Masahira Arai was…

Ministry of Defense employee arrested for feeling up 17-year-old girl on JR Saikyo line

Crime › 11:25 AM JST - 8th January

SAITAMA — A Ministry of Defense employee was arrested on Wednesday under Tokyo and Saitama public nuisance ordinances, accused of putting his right hand up the skirt…

Interpreters to be trained to support human trafficking victims

Crime › 06:51 AM JST - 8th January

TOKYO — The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will train interpreters with special knowledge to support foreign women victimized by violence from their Japanese spouses or…

Police ask taxi operator groups to take precaution over robberies

Crime › 06:00 AM JST - 8th January

TOKYO — The National Police Agency asked taxi operator organizations on Wednesday to take crime prevention measures for taxis in response to a recent series of armed…

Japanese doctor abducted in Ethiopia freed

Crime › 04:42 AM JST - 8th January

PARIS — A female Japanese doctor and a male Dutch nurse who were abducted by an armed group in Ethiopia last September have been freed, the Paris-based…

Vietnam Airlines co-pilot indicted for transporting stolen goods

Crime › 03:15 AM JST - 8th January

YAMAGUCHI — A Vietnam Airlines co-pilot was indicted Wednesday for attempting to take to Vietnam items stolen by Vietnamese groups operating in Japan, prosecutors said. Dang Xuan…

Hand grenade found in home of yakuza in Kanagawa

Hand grenade found in home of yakuza in Kanagawa

Crime › 11:00 AM JST - 7th January

KANAGAWA — A senior member of the Inagawakai crime syndicate was arrested on Tuesday for possession of a hand grenade in violation of the Explosives Control Law.…