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Fukuoka lawyer suspended for burning down detained client's home with candle - Tokyo Reporter
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (282+ words) FUKUOKA (TR) " The Fukuoka Bar Association has slapped a 61-year-old lawyer with a two-month business suspension after he accidentally burned his detained client's house to the ground using a candle, reports TV Asahi (June 1). According to the association, lawyer Seiji…...
Shinjuku street drinkers ignoring "No Littering" warnings - Tokyo Reporter
2+ day, 56+ min ago (432+ words) TOKYO (TR) " The neon-lit streets of Shinjuku Ward's bustling nightlife districts face a mounting crisis of widespread littering. As Fuji News Network (May 31) reports empty booze cans and cigarette butts pile up as brazen street drinkers ignore strict "No Littering…...
Cambodian Honorary Consul accused of hiding "300 million in tax evasion scheme - Tokyo Reporter
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (241+ words) TOKOY (TR) " A 73-year-old Japanese man serving as the Honorary Consul of Cambodia has been flagged by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau for failing to declare at least 300 million yen in income linked to an illicit tax evasion scheme, reports…...
Riko Uchida case: Accomplice in murder of high schooler says defendant "pushed her" off bridge - Tokyo Reporter
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (424+ words) HOKKAIDO (TR) " An accomplice to a woman facing murder charges delivered damning testimony against the female defendant, telling a court here on Wednesday that she deliberately pushed a 17-year-old high school girl off a bridge to her death two years…...
Only hugs and kisses: Chiba chiropractor denies sexual assault of customer - Tokyo Reporter
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (129+ words) CHIBA (TR) " Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 57-year-old chiropractor in Kashiwa City on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female client during a treatment session, reports Nippon News Network (May 28). Tatsuya Yamaguchi is accused of assaulting the victim, a woman…...
Tokyo firefighter accused of groping woman: "I can't say I didn't do it' - Tokyo Reporter
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (179+ words) SAITAMA (TR) " Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a Tokyo Fire Department official for allegedly committing an indecent act against a young woman on a street in Misato City earlier this year, reports Nippon News Network (May 27). Kodai Hashiguchi, who is…...
Man turns himself in after fatally stabbing 72-year-old father in Okinawa - Tokyo Reporter
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (135+ words) OKINAWA (TR) " Police here have arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of murder after his 72-year-old father was found stabbed to death in an Ishigaki City apartment complex, reports TBS News (May 26). Investigators believe the fatal attack occurred sometime…...
Hyogo police encountered murder suspect days before Tatsuno woman, daughter found dead - Tokyo Reporter
1+ week, 1+ day ago (26+ words) Hyogo Prefectural Police are searching for a 42-year-old man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a mother and daughter earlier this month...
Nara cops referred to prosecutors for spraying alcohol on detainee's crotch "as a joke' - Tokyo Reporter
1+ week, 1+ day ago (303+ words) NARA (TR) " Nara Prefectural Police announced last week that two police officers have been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of assaulting and abusing a male detainee in his 20s. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun (May 23), the officers claiming they did it…...
Homeless woman, daughter arrested for dodging "310, 000 hotel bill in Yamanashi - Tokyo Reporter
1+ week, 2+ day ago (23+ words) Police have arrested an unemployed, homeless mother and daughter for allegedly skipping out on a hotel bill exceeding 310, 000 yen last year...