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- 774,142 criminal offenses reported in 2025, up for 4th consecutive year
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- Man arrested after biting his wife on the back
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15 days ago
- Japan seizes Chinese fishing boat off Nagasaki, arrests skipper
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15 days ago
- People in Japan scammed out of record ¥324 billion in 2025
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15 days ago
- 2 women, one girl found dead in apartment in apparent murder-suicide
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15 days ago
- Man takes four parakeets hostage in attempt to force woman to meet with him
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16 days ago
- Hong Kong charges another Japanese man linked to ¥51 mil heist
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16 days ago
- Nursing home employee arrested for breaking leg of 83-year-old resident
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16 days ago
- Two suspects arrested for stealing wallet from sleeping man on Tokyo train
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17 days ago
- Man arrested after leaving car in coin parking lot for 6 years, racking up ¥3 mil bill
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17 days ago
- Japan to consider penalties for anyone who pays for sex under anti-prostitution law
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17 days ago
- Doctor admits to causing permanent disability to patient
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17 days ago
- Ex-employee at facility for disabled people, 2 others arrested over death of 19-year-old resident
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17 days ago
- Suspect arrested in fatal hit-and-run in Osaka Prefecture
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18 days ago
- Man in his 70s arrested after slashing hospital staff member in Osaka
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19 days ago
- 44-year-old man arrested over death of father
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19 days ago
- Ramen shop manager arrested for punching himself in the face and pretending he was robbed
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19 days ago
- Man pulled from car, beaten in convenience store parking lot
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19 days ago
- Man arrested for stabbing convenience store employee, stealing cigarettes
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20 days ago
- Japan parties split on death penalty abolition: human rights group survey
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20 days ago
- Man arrested for claiming reward money for handing in smartphone he stole
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20 days ago
- Man arrested for coercing mother into sending lewd videos of her young daughters, by offering financial support
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21 days ago
- 337 cases of disciplinary action taken against police personnel in 2025
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21 days ago
- 18-year-old man arrested over attempted murder of man in Sapporo last November
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22 days ago
- Police say 78-year-old woman found dead in bathtub was murdered
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22 days ago
- Woman arrested over death of newborn baby girl
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23 days ago
- Abe assassin appeals life sentence
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23 days ago
- Man calls police, says he killed his wife
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23 days ago
- Japan abolishes advance deportation notifications to foreigners’ lawyers
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23 days ago
- ¥2 million stolen from credit union office in Gunma Prefecture
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24 days ago
- Man breaks into Tokyo apartment, threatening foreign resident with knife
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24 days ago
- Japan top court upholds prison term for U.S. airman over sexual assault
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24 days ago
- Victim in Haneda robbery attempt had ¥95 mil stolen in November
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25 days ago
- Man arrested for blackmailing student who took upskirt video
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25 days ago
- Man arrested for assaulting 4 men, women in front of train station in Ibaraki Prefecture
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25 days ago
- 3-year-old girl fatally stabbed, 8-year-old brother wounded; mother arrested
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25 days ago
- Man gets drunk, falls asleep on Tokyo street, then gets robbed
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26 days ago
- Man arrested over murder of woman, torching her apartment
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26 days ago
- 30-year-old woman arrested for abandoning body of 19-year-old man in hotel room
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26 days ago
- Death row inmate who buried 2 men alive in 2006 found dead in cell
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26 days ago
- Woman found dead in mountainous area in Tsukuba
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26 days ago
- Self-proclaimed psychic arrested for allegedly molesting woman under guise of exorcism
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26 days ago
- Gov't to discuss legal change to punish people who pay for sex
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26 days ago
- 6 arrested over 58 million yen robbery of Japanese men in Hong Kong
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27 days ago
- Tokyo prosecutors drop drug charges against actress Ryoko Yonekura
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28 days ago
- Japan child abuse cases top 220,000 for 2nd year in FY2024
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28 days ago
- Delivery man arrested for stealing canned tuna left outside door in Aomori
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28 days ago
- Delivery worker who claimed he was stabbed on street suspected of stabbing himself
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28 days ago
- Suspects flee with ¥420 mil in robbery in Tokyo's Ueno district
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29 days ago
- Police arrest man holding three knives, one in his mouth
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29 days ago