Crime & Courts
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Dead Boy’s Stepfather Confessed to Killing, Police Say; Victim’s Body May Have Been Moved Repeatedly
NANTAN, Kyoto — The Kyoto prefectural police on Thursday arrested Yuki Adachi on suspicion of aba...
April 16, 2026
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Stepfather Reportedly Admits to Killing 11-Year-Old Boy Who Went Missing in Kyoto Pref.
KYOTO - The stepfather of an 11-year-old boy who went missing in late March has reportedly told p...
April 16, 2026
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Kyoto Police Arrests Father of 11-Year-Old Boy on Suspicion of Abandoning Son’s Body in Wooded Area
KYOTO – Police arrested the father of an 11-year-old boy whose body was found in a wooded area in...
April 16, 2026
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Father of 11-Year-Old Kyoto Boy Implies Abandoning Boy’s Body during Police Questioning; Police Planning to Seek Arrest Warrant
The father of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead in a forest in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, impl...
April 15, 2026
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Police Search Family Home of 11-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Kyoto Prefecture (UPDATE 1)
KYOTO — The Kyoto prefectural police on Wednesday searched the home of an 11-year-old boy whose b...
April 15, 2026
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Kyoto Pref. Police Search Home of Boy After His Body Found in Wooded Area
Police on Wednesday searched the home of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, whose body was found in a woode...
April 15, 2026
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Body Found in Kyoto Pref. Forest Confirmed to Be Missing 11-Year-Old Boy (UPDATE 1)
KYOTO — A body believed to be that of a child that was found in a wooded area in Nantan, Kyoto Pr...
April 14, 2026
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Body Suspected To Be Missing 11-Year-Old Boy Found in Kyoto Pref. Forest
KYOTO — The Kyoto prefectural police on Monday discovered a body believed to be that of a child i...
April 14, 2026
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Tokyo Police Rearrest GSDF Officer For Alleged Knife Possession While Trespassing at Chinese Embassy
The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday rearrested a GSDF officer, who was arrested on susp...
April 14, 2026
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Body Found in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, During Search for 11-Year-Old Boy in Area (Update 1)
KYOTO — The Kyoto prefectural police discovered a body believed to be of a child in Nantan, Kyoto...
April 13, 2026
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Police in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture Find Bodies of Girl, Woman After Man Calls to Report “I Killed My Daughter and Wife”
A man was arrested at his home in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday morning after the bodies of a...
April 13, 2026
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Abusing 5-Year-Old Girl While Working at Facility for Children with Disabilities
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of sexually abusin...
April 13, 2026
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Body Found in Mountains of Oita Pref.; Man Arrested
OITA — A 58-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of abandoning a corpse in a mountainous...
April 12, 2026
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Police Officer Referred to Prosecutors for Showing Knife at Woman’s Husband, Demanding He Not Divorce Her
FUKUOKA — An officer of the Fukuoka prefectural police was referred to prosecutors on suspicion o...
April 12, 2026
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All Eyes on Tokyo District Court Ruling over ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Spoiler Article
Are online articles that include movie spoilers legally permissible?
An unusual criminal ...
April 10, 2026
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