Crime
Panel says ex-TV host Nakai did sexually assault Fuji TV employee
A third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai has concluded he sexually assaulted a female employee amid a culture of harassment at the major Japanese network, a report showed Monday. Fuji TV has been mired in scandal… Read
Japan envoy in China meets citizen detained for 2 years over espionage
Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi met Monday with a Japanese citizen who has been detained in Beijing for about two years on suspicion of espionage, a Japanese government source said. The Astellas Pharma Inc employee was indicted last August by Chinese prosecutors and went on trial in late November,… Read
19-year-old man arrested for assaulting girlfriend
Police in Sapporo on Monday arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend, a teenage girl who lives with him. According to police, the girl called 110 at around 10 p.m. on Sunday and said her boyfriend was hurting her, Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported. Police said the girl's… Read
81-year-old woman hit, killed by car; driver arrested for negligence
Police in Uchinada, Ishikawa Prefecture, have arrested a 51-year-old woman on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in death after her car hit and killed an 81-year-old woman. The incident occurred just after 7 p.m. on Saturday, NHK reported. Police said Ikuko Kasamatsu was hit by a passenger car while walking… Read
Man arrested for filming up woman's skirt with smartphone at shopping center
Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of using his smartphone to film up a woman’s skirt at a shopping center. According to police, the incident occurred at around 2:40 p.m. Saturday at a shopping center in Taihaku Ward, TBS reported. Police said the man… Read
40-year-old man arrested over death of mother
Police in Shizuoka City have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 72-year-old mother. According to police, Eiki Ozawa is accused of stabbing his mother, Hizuru Kiyoshi, in the back with a kitchen knife at their home at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, TV Asahi reported. Police… Read
Man arrested for slashing 87-year-old woman in train station toilet in Wakayama
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he slashed the neck of an 87-year-old woman with a knife in a toilet at a train station in Wakayama City. The incident occurred at around 3 p.m. Friday in a toilet on the bus rotary side of… Read
16-year-old boy who stabbed classmate sent to family court
The Matsuyama District Public Prosecutors Office in Ehime Prefecture has sent a 16-year-old boy who was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a 16-year-old male classmate at St Catherine Gakuen High School, to family court. The court said the boy will be held in protective custody until a decision is made… Read
Family fights for death-row retrial under Japan's 'snail-paced' system
Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial. Left almost unchanged for a century, Japan's current retrial system is often labelled the "Unopenable Door" because the chances of being granted… Read
Man working at child consultation center arrested for groping girl on escalator
Police in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of groping a female junior high school student on an escalator at JR Nishi-Funabashi Station. The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Friday, TV Asahi reported. Police said Shinya Ito, a staff member at a child consultation… Read
