Charged exorbitant sums at nightlife locations in Nara and Osaka's Kita Shinchi area
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Murder, fraud, theft — the latest crime stories from Japan.
Osamu Yano has confessed to killing Mamoru Saito, who went missing in 1998
Scouts often solicit women by claiming to be from modeling agencies
Court cited lack of evidence
Total of ¥700,000 in cash stolen from branch in Sakura-Shinmachi
Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi member presented his business card in threatening victim
Body was chopped up and dissolved with sodium hydroxide
Yoshinori Oda to head the Ninkyo Dantai Yamaguchi-gumi
Police treating the case as result of foul play
