Crime
Teenage boy stabbed after being attacked by gang of four in Tokyo
A teenage boy was stabbed after being attacked by four men in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward on Sunday night. An eyewitness called 110 at around 10:20 p.m. and said four men had assaulted a teenager, Kyodo News reported. Police said the teenage boy sustained a knife wound to his left thigh.… Read
Man arrested for filming up woman’s skirt says he was sexually frustrated
Police in Hekinan, Aichi Prefecture, said Sunday they have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of creating a public nuisance after he was caught filming up a woman’s skirt. Police said Shoichi Fujita, a company employee, has admitted using his smartphone to film up the 48-year-old woman’s skirt in a… Read
Woman stabbed outside Osaka apartment
A 31-year-old woman was stabbed outside her apartment in Osaka on Saturday night, police said Sunday. According to police, the victim, who is a Korean national, called 110 at around 7:30 p.m. and said a woman, who was an acquaintance, had stabbed her, Kyodo News reported. Police rushed to the… Read
80-year-old hospital patient arrested over murder of another patient in same room
Police in Kitakyushu have arrested an 80-year-old hospitalized woman on suspicion of killing a 78-year-old woman who was a patient in the same room. According to police, Yoko Eguchi used a towel to strangle Hiroko Hayashi at around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, local media reported. Eguchi and Hayashi were the only… Read
Woman arrested after decaying body of 94-year-old mother found at home
Police in Osaka have arrested a 71-year-old woman on suspicion of corpse abandonment after the decaying body of her 94-year-old mother was found at their home on Friday. According to police, the manager of the municipal housing building in Nishiyodogawa Ward went to the apartment of Mayumi Ishida at around… Read
Man arrested for throwing dog at police officer in Kobe
“Dog bites man” isn’t news, the old saying goes, but “Man bites dog” is. What’s really unusual, though, so unusual that it wasn’t even considered in the adage, is what happened recently in Kobe: Man throws dog. The incident took place on July 25 in the city’s Hyogo Ward. At around… Read
17-year-old sent to family court over ‘sushi terrorism’
The Gifu District Public Prosecutors Office has sent a 17-year-old boy who posted a viral video of an unhygienic prank at the popular conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro, to family court. The teenager, accompanied by friends, filmed himself licking an open soy sauce bottle and touching sushi intended for other diners… Read
10 prefectural police departments begin trial program for treating stalkers
The National Police Agency (NPA) has announced that 10 prefectural police departments have begun a trial program for people who have been issued restraining orders under the Anti-Stalking Act. Previously, such decisions were made on a case-by-case basis. Kyodo News reported that the trial program, which began on Tuesday, will… Read
6-year-old boy wakes up to find his parents dead in the house
A six-year-old boy ran to his neighbor’s house on Monday morning, saying his parents were lying on the floor at home and wouldn’t wake up, in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. Police said the neighbor called 110 at around 6:30 a.m., Kyodo News reported. Police went to the house and found… Read
64-year-old man arrested after calling police to say he forcibly kissed girl in park
Police in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, have arrested a 64-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault after he forcibly kissed a junior high school girl at a park on Sunday and then called police later in the day to reported what he had done. This is the first alleged sexual… Read
