Police have accused Shigenobu Kobayashi of stabbing Megumi Futase to death with a knife
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Suspect told police, 'My father got angry and scolded me about a video game'
Suspect told police, 'After we got into an argument over money, I flew into a rage and strangled her'
Kodo-kai and Takayama-gumi members alleged in extortion of ¥580,000 from fuzoku parlors
At opening of his trial, Yasunobu Ikeda admitted killing Tokiko Abe last year but not robbing her
Mobile phone belonging to suspect contained more than 300 names of persons believed to be customers
Tatsumi Hishikawa is wanted on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of a Ninkyo Yamaguchi-gumi bodyguard
Scorched bodies of Norio Matsuba and his wife, Hiroko, were found in their residence on September 4
Suspect allegedly sent adult goods and digital photographs showing a man's genitalia to the 24-year-old woman
Searches are a part of an intensification of security measures in preparation for the Olympic Games in 2020 approaches