Crime
Ex-teacher who filmed girl at school gets 2½ years
A court in Nagoya ruled that a former Ibaraki junior high teacher who filmed a 13-year-old girl and shared the video with other teachers had damaged public trust in teachers.
Two arrested over pachislot gambling at Yokohama arcade
Kanagawa police say a shop in Naka Ward let customers bet money on outlawed machines, taking in about ¥1 billion over roughly five years.
Dance instructor arrested again over hidden camera in studio toilet
Police say Hiroyuki Sakuma, 65, filmed a girl at a street dance studio in Tokyo; he told investigators he had targeted an adult woman.
Former Osaka prosecutors' chief faces accuser in court as she says she spoke up 'prepared to lose my job'
The woman, a prosecutor under Kentaro Kitagawa at the time, testified through tears that she endured five years of suffering before reporting the assault.
Man arrested after truck hits tourist, then attacker returns with a crowbar
A 53-year-old man was watching the view at a Hokkaido park famous for its sea of clouds when a light truck struck him. Police say the driver then climbed back up the slope and beat him.
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Former Ibaraki teacher jailed for filming 49 students, producing child porn
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Osaka court convicts woman of moving body of 6-year-old encased in concrete
Evidence ruled nonexistent surfaces in Hino retrial case, defense says
Suspect in four-hour Tokai hostage standoff held after alleged drug use, police say
Newborn boy found floating in Hofu harbor died of blood loss, police say
Kumamoto city assembly member fined ¥200,000 over accident he did not report to police
Father walks into Nagoya elementary classroom without permission and assaults two of his child's classmates
Four arrested over theft of 5 kg of gold from Taito offices; police suspect anonymous crime crew
Police to share fraudulent bank account data with 807 institutions nationwide
Ex-Koryo High baseball player sues over online abuse naming him as attacker
Retrial of man who died in prison moves ahead as defense vows to prove alibi
Japan's police chief orders nationwide check after Kanagawa reused expired licences
Audit board says Supreme Court broke accounting law, calls ¥1.4 billion improper
Newborn boy found dead in sea off Hofu; police probe possible abandonment after killing
