Crime
Man arrested on suspicion of killing his parents in Nagoya
Police in Nagoya have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of killing his parents who were in their 60s at their home. According to police, Keisuke Kita called 110 at around 5 p.m. on Thursday and said: “I killed my parents I live with,” NTV reported. Police went to the… Read
Two men indicted for robbery and assault in Nagano Prefecture
The Matsumoto branch of the Nagano District Public Prosecutors Office Police has indicted two Vietnamese men on charges of breaking and entering, assault and robbery in May. According to the indictment, the two suspects, aged 26 and 23, broke into a house through an unlocked window in the early hours of… Read
Man arrested over murder of 17-year-old girl in Osaka hotel
Police in Osaka have arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing a 17-year-old girl at a hotel last month. According to police, Shunsuke Fukui, of no fixed address, has admitted strangling the girl between 5:20 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. on Sept 28, Sankei Shimbun reported. Fukui was arrested… Read
Hokkaido boat firm president indicted over 2022 fatal sinking
The president of a tourist boat operator was indicted Wednesday for professional negligence over the 2022 sinking of a vessel off Hokkaido that left 20 people dead and six others unaccounted for. Seiichi Katsurada, 61, head of the boat operator Shiretoko Yuransen, allegedly neglected his responsibility as safety manager to… Read
19-year-old arrested for stabbing mother sent to family court
The Sendai District Public Prosecutors' Office has sent a 19-year-old man who was arrested last month for attempting to kill his mother, to a family court. The incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m. on Sept 17, NTV reported. The victim, who is in her 40s, called 110 and said she… Read
1-year-old boy dies from intra-abdominal bleeding in Osaka
Police in Osaka are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy who died of intra-abdominal bleeding. According to police at around 12:05 p.m. on Monday, a woman in her 20s called 119, and said her son was not breathing, Sankei Shimbun reported. The boy, Yuito Nishimura, was rushed to the… Read
Man arrested for making over 1,000 silent calls to police in Tokyo
A 49-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly making more than 1,000 silent calls to the police emergency number in Tokyo, police said Wednesday. "Making silent calls calms my mind," the suspect, Yoshifumi Murakami, said, according to the police. He identified himself as a doctor but police have yet to… Read
Japan prosecutors won't appeal Hakamada death row acquittal
Japanese prosecutors said on Tuesday they will not appeal against last month's acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada. After a long fight for justice led by his sister, a court declared last month that Hakamada, 88, was innocent of the quadruple murder for which he spent… Read
24-year-old man wanted for robbery and assault in Saitama arrested in Niigata
Police in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, have arrested a 24-year-old man wanted in connection with four robberies that occurred one after another in Tokyo and Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, last week. Police said Rikiya Morita, whose address and occupation are unknown, was arrested Monday, Sankei Shimbun reported. He is the fourth… Read
Two bodies found in Yokohama hotel room in apparent murder-suicide
Police in Yokohama are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a Yokohama hotel room on Monday, in what they believe may have been a murder-suicide. According to police, an employee called 110 and said that a couple who had been due to… Read
