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Details emerge about corpse found in Shinjuku apartment - TokyoReporter

Police believe the suspects arrested over a man's body found in an apartment in Shinjuku Ward were preparing to move the corpse

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Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for man over alleged murder of hostess - TokyoReporter

Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for man over alleged murder of hostess

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Ex-Softbank Hawks player accused of raping teenage girl in Yokohama - TokyoReporter

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a former professional baseball player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks over the alleged sexual assault of a woman earlier this year

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Lawson to rent parking spaces for car camping - TokyoReporter

As hotel accommodation rates rise, a major convenience store chain will experiment with the renting out of parking lots at some of its outlets for car camping

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Woman uses pepper spray in theft of Hermes bags from Shibuya pawnshop - TokyoReporter

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 33-year-old woman over the alleged theft of three Hermes handbags from a pawnshop in Shibuya Ward

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Corpse of man wanted over attack on parents in Shiga found in Yamanashi forest - TokyoReporter

Shiga olice last week announced that a body found in Yamanashi Prefecture in May is that of a man wanted over the stabbing of his parents in Otsu City earlier this year

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Nagoya teacher ‘used school’s digital camera’ to take underwear shots of girls - TokyoReporter

A Nagoya City elementary school teacher in custody for allegedly taking secret photos of female students has admitted that he "used the school's digital camera"

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Man, 20, sent to prosecutors over alleged fatal stabbing girlfriend in Aichi - TokyoReporter

Aichi police this week sent the boyfriend of a woman found dead with a knife in her throat inside her residence in Toyota City to prosecutors

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Yakuza suspected of extortion in Kabukicho - TokyoReporter

Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a member of a criminal syndicate over the alleged blackmailing of a man in Shinjuku Ward earlier this year

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Nagoya teacher ‘used school’s digital camera’ to take underwear shots of girls - TokyoReporter

A Nagoya City elementary school teacher in custody for allegedly taking secret photos of female students has admitted that he "used the school's digital camera"

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Ex-Sumitomo Life employee suspected of defrauding customers - TokyoReporter

Sumitomo Life Insurance said on Thursday that it has filed criminal charges against a former female employee who is suspected of defrauding customers with false investment offers

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Kagawa men accused of gang-raping woman in Takamatsu parking garage - TokyoReporter

Kagwawa Prefectural Police have arrested five men over the alleged gang-rape of a woman in her 20s in a multi-story car park in Takamatsu City last month

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Man brandishes sword on Tokyo Metro - TokyoReporter

Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested a man in his 40s for brandishing a wooden sword on a Tokyo Metro subway train and pointing it at a station employee

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Nagoya and Yokohama teachers suspected of taking illicit photos of students and sharing online - TokyoReporter

Aichi police have arrested two teachers in Nagoya and Yokohama cities for allegedly taking pictures of female students and sharing the images in a social networking group

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Nepalese man posed as ‘Shohei Ohtani’ online in defrauding Tokyo woman - TokyoReporter

Tokyo police have arrested a Nepalsese man and his father who claimed to be "Shohei Otani" online in defrauding an elderly woman in Minato Ward

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Saitama man admits strangling ‘suicidal’ woman, dismembering her corpse TokyoReporter

Saitama olice have arrested a 31-year-old man over the allegedly strangling of a woman and dismemberment of her corpse at his residence Saitama City seven years ago

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Cambodian women sue Tochigi farmer over alleged sexual abuse - TokyoReporter

On Thursday, a trial began in which three Cambodian women who worked at a farm in Tochigi Prefecture are seeking compensation for repeated sexual abuse by the male owner