Crime
7 Japanese nationals in Cambodia arrested over alleged fraud
Cambodian authorities said Monday they have arrested seven Japanese nationals who are allegedly members of a fraud group. Japanese police suspect that two of the men are involved in several fraud cases in Japan, Kyodo News reported. They plan on dispatching investigators to Cambodia while procedures are under way to… Read
Family arrested for murder of decapitated man found in Sapporo hotel
A woman and her parents were served fresh arrest warrants on Monday for allegedly murdering a man who was found decapitated in a hotel in Sapporo, northern Japan, last month, according to local police. Runa Tamura, 29, and her father, Osamu, a 59-year-old psychiatrist, were first arrested on July 24… Read
Woman arrested for stealing boyfriend’s 'Kingdom Hearts' video game figure
Hyogo Prefectural Police received a call on Aug 5 from a 31-year-old man living in the city of Himeji. “My figure is gone,” the man told the operator after calling 110, Japan’s number for emergency police responses. Though otaku-oriented figures can have impressive levels of detail, they aren’t capable of wandering off on their own.… Read
Ibaraki police re-arrest 3 men over home break-in, robbery, assault
Ibaraki Prefectural Police said Monday they have re-arrested three unemployed men between the ages of 19 and 20 on suspicion of home burglary and robbery resulting in injury. According to the warrant, the suspects broke into the house of a 72-year-old man and his 68-year-old wife at around 4 a.m.… Read
Man fatally stabbed near train station in Sapporo
A man died of knife wounds after being found collapsed outside a ramen restaurant in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sunday night. According to police, a man called 119 at around 4:20 p.m. and said that a man was bleeding from a wound in his chest outside the restaurant about 1.5 kilometers… Read
Woman charged with murder of infant she left in vacant lot in Tochigi Prefecture
Police in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, have rearrested a 36-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her baby son whom she left in a vacant lot in a residential area last month. Namiko Ito, a temp worker, was initially arrested for corpse abandonment after she left the infant’s body in the lot… Read
Female detainee dies after being found unconscious in cell
A woman in her 30s has died after being found unconscious in her cell at a police station in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, police said Sunday. According to police, the woman was found unconscious at around 6:40 a.m. Saturday by an officer who had come to wake her up, Kyodo News… Read
31-year-old woman arrested over attempted murder of 2-year-old daughter
Police in Saitama City have arrested a 31-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed her two-year-old daughter with a knife at their home on Saturday. According to police, Ayana Hayashi, a company employee, is accused of stabbing her daughter in the chest at their home in… Read
UK court request rules against extraditing suspect in 2015 Tokyo jewelry heist
A British court has ruled that one of three men detained over his alleged involvement in a 2015 jewelry robbery at a luxury store in central Tokyo will not be extradited to Japan, citing concerns over the country's human rights record. Friday's decision not to extradite Joe Chappell, who is… Read
Suspect in hatchet attack at pachinko parlor to to undergo psychiatric tests
Prosecutors in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture say that a 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he used a hatchet to attack a 52-year-old man playing pachinko last month, will undergo psychiatric tests for three months to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial. According to prosecutors,… Read
