Crime
Tokyo court orders Fukushima evacuees to leave state housing
Eleven people who left Fukushima Prefecture voluntarily after the 2015 nuclear accident must give up the government housing they were placed in, the Tokyo District Court ruled.
Police Agency Sets Up Joint Task Forces as Data Leaks Pile Up
The National Police Agency and all 47 prefectural forces will investigate cyberattacks together, with a separate team formed for the breach at a GMO Internet cloud service.
Tokyo High Court Upholds Acquittal of Man in Death of 4-Year-Old
The 34-year-old was cleared for a second time over the death of his partner's son in a Yokohama apartment eight years ago.
Two addiction-support groups hit with back taxes over director's personal use of ¥110 million
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau treated the payments to the director as bonuses, triggering withholding tax on the two Kofu nonprofits.
Man arrested over slapping woman on Chiyoda street; police suspect 7 victims, all women
The 39-year-old suspect was arrested after a woman in her 20s was struck in the face without warning on a street in central Tokyo, and police are investigating similar attacks on women around the same time.
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Tokyo court gives economics ministry official suspended sentence for impersonating woman in 147 sexual messages
Defendant in Kitakyushu fire that killed 6 refuses prosecution questions
Man wanted over Sakai police officer assault arrested after Cambodia detention
Fukuoka police arrest family of four over thefts on trips with children
Tokyo prosecutors drop Sunshine City stabbing case after suspect's death
Suspended sentence for man who filmed 3-year-old in bath and shared video with teachers
Parent walks into Nagoya classroom during homeroom, assaults two boys
Man arrested over random attacks on seven women near Jimbocho Station
Man in his 20s referred to prosecutors over online abuse of Ikebukuro crash bereaved family
Head of drug-rehab nonprofit diverted ¥110 million, Tokyo tax bureau finds
