Income was concealed through the creation of fake orders placed with a fictitious company
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Executive was freed in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture after wife paid ransom of nearly ¥80 million
Contraband was concealed inside large-scale industrial machinery aboard a freighter from Hong Kong that arrived at the Aomi Container Terminal in January
Suicide of Shinji Ishihara led police to suspect he was behind the fatal strangulation of a former taxi driver in Toshima Ward last year
Sumiyoshi-kai member is believed to have fraudulently started collecting welfare about 10 years ago
Woman telephoned police after locating one of her attackers inside a convenience store
Suspect told police, 'I didn't want my family or acquaintances to find out'
Suspect is believed to have earned about ¥4.3 million through the sale of pornographic images online
Suspect told police, 'I thought that if I couldn't ride [the train] I couldn't get home'
Allied and Japanese forces battled over a 4-day period in 1943, turning the western tip of Tarawa into a charred crisp