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Growing Theft of High-End Bonsai Leaves Growers Fuming
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1175+ words) OSAKA - High-end bonsai are being stolen from gardens across Japan in a growing series of thefts, with some trees later appearing on social media overseas and industry officials saying more than 100 cases are now reported each year. Security camera footage…...
Three Arrested Over Suspected Underground Bank for Chinese Clients
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (691+ words) KYOTO - Three people have been arrested in Kyoto on suspicion of operating an unlicensed underground banking service for Chinese clients, with police believing the group handled transactions worth about 600 million yen in total. The suspects include a 56-year-old company executive,…...
Two 14-Year-Old Cyclists Arrested After Wheelie Ride Ends in Bus Collision
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (665+ words) NAGOYA - Two 14-year-old junior high school students in Aichi Prefecture have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing traffic while performing dangerous bicycle stunts linked to group rides known on social media as Nagoya Ride. The boys, who live in Seto…...
Police Investigate Possible Dispute Behind Deadly Cake Shop Attack
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (819+ words) GIFU - Police are investigating whether a dispute between a 70-year-old man and the female owner of a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, was connected to a murder and arson case that left three people dead and two others injured…...
Man Stabbed in Tokyo After Dispute Over Unpaid Rent
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (688+ words) TOKYO - A man in his 40s who went to collect overdue rent at an apartment in Nishitokyo, Tokyo, was repeatedly stabbed on September 7, with police arresting a 66-year-old resident who was three months behind on rent and was scheduled to vacate…...
Police Detain 39 Toyoko Kids, 40% Report Overdose Experience
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (1023+ words) TOKYO - Tokyo police detained 39 minors during a two-day nighttime operation around the "Toyoko" area of Kabukicho in Shinjuku, with 17 of them, or roughly 40%, found to have previously overdosed on medication. The Metropolitan Police Department conducted the operation around the start…...
Police Probe Deadly Cake Shop Fire
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (1028+ words) GIFU - Three people died and two others were injured in a suspected arson and stabbing at a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, where the 66-year-old female owner had gathered with nine former junior high school classmates on September 5, with…...
Two Dead, Three Hospitalized After Stabbing and Fire at Gifu Cake Shop
1+ week, 1+ day ago (644+ words) GIFU - Police are investigating whether one of 11 people gathered at a cake shop in Motosu, Gifu Prefecture, was involved in a fire that left two people dead and three others injured on the night of September 5, after an emergency caller…...
How Teens Get Pulled Into Dark Jobs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1616+ words) NIIGATA - Young people recruited into illegal "dark part-time jobs" through social media and friends are increasingly becoming involved in fraud and violent robberies across Japan, with interviews at a juvenile training school revealing how the promise of easy money, a…...
Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Stabbing Girlfriend to Death
1+ week, 2+ day ago (680+ words) OSAKA - A 52-year-old restaurant operator was sentenced to 17 years in prison on September 4 for killing his former girlfriend by repeatedly stabbing her in the abdomen and back with two kitchen knives at his home in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. The Osaka…...