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Man arrested for assaulting police officer while attempting to steal gun at Shibuya koban
Japan Today - Oct 26
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of assault and attempted robbery after he tried to steal a police officer’s gun in a koban (police box) at Shibuya Station.
Father arrested for leaving 4-year-old daughter in car parking lot to discipline her
Japan Today - Oct 26
Police in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of parental neglect after he left his four-year-old daughter unattended in a car parking lot at night.
Death row prisoners launch legal challenge to Japan’s no-notice executions
vaticannews.va - Oct 25
Two prisoners sentenced to death in Japan have appealed against the country's policy of giving only two hours' notice before executions are carried out.
Imperial couple attend opening ceremony of cultural festivals in Okinawa
NHK - Oct 24
Japan's Emperor and Empress have attended the opening ceremony of art and culture festivals in Okinawa Prefecture.
4-year-old boy falls to his death from apartment building
Japan Today - Oct 24
A four-year-old boy fell to his death from an apartment building where he lived in Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward on Saturday.
Japan's Emperor, Empress honor war dead in 1st Okinawa visit since enthronement
NHK - Oct 23
Japan's Emperor and Empress have visited the southern prefecture of Okinawa for the first time since the Emperor's enthronement in 2019. They paid tribute to the war dead there.
Case of US sailor accused of injuring pedestrians sent to prosecutors
NHK - Oct 22
Japanese police have sent papers to prosecutors on a US sailor who injured passers-by when he tackled them from behind in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.
Japanese comedian Kōji Nakamoto dies after being hit by car
fanfest.com - Oct 21
On Tuesday, comedian Koji Nakamoto was hit by a car while crossing a street in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Unfortunately, he passed away from his injuries the following day due to an acute subdural hematoma.
Court discarded all records of Kobe serial murder case
NHK - Oct 20
A family court in the western Japanese city of Kobe has admitted that it discarded all records of a 1997 serial murder case in which a 14-year-old boy was arrested.
Man injures 3 junior high school children with bamboo sword
Japan Today - Oct 20
Police in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assault and trespassing after he entered the grounds of a junior high school and injured three students with a bamboo sword.
Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko turns 88
NHK - Oct 20
Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko turned 88 on Thursday. The Empress Emerita moved in April from a temporary dwelling to her current residence in the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo's Minato Ward, where she lived when she was Crown Princess.
Japan’s oldest toilet damaged by man employed to preserve Japanese culture
standard.co.uk - Oct 19
A Japanese worker whose role is preserving cultural heritage accidentally ploughed his car into the country’s oldest toilet in a centuries-old Buddhist temple.
Watch: Bear attacks climber on mountain in Japan
The Telegraph - Oct 19
A hiker captured the shocking moment he had to fight off a black bear while climbing in the mountains in Japan.
The Dark Side Of "Unification Church" in Japan
Japanese Comedian Meshida - Oct 17
After the assassination, it was revealed many conservative politicians have a connection to the Unification Church and it has become a big problem. So today I'll talk about the Unification Church and the politicians who are related to the Unification Church.
Why Japan's porn industry may go away soon
Nobita from Japan - Oct 14
In 2016 around, media picked up an incident that a woman was tricked into porn which drew people's attention a lot as a serious social issue of Japan.
Man arrested for abandoning body of university student in Sapporo
Japan Today - Oct 14
A 53-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of abandoning the body of a female university student at his home in Sapporo, Hokkaido, over the weekend.
