Suspects entered the residence by smashing a window and threatened to kill resident Koji Furuta, 63 if he did not move upstairs
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Safe dumped in the back of jewelry store Neo-Standard early Tuesday
Kabu Terauchi told court: 'I am a forest fairy' and 'I'm really an amoeba'
Lampano Jerico Mori has been accused of killing Misato Harada, 21, whose body was found on January 31, 2004
Shinji Sato allegedly fondled the chest of the patient, a minor who was fully nude, while claiming the act was for gynecological purposes
Scorched bodies of Norio Matsuba (76) and his wife Hiroko, who is the same age, were found in a second-floor bedroom of their residence
Hiroyuki Katayama, 54, stabbed himself in the neck and chest with a knife after a police officer raised his pistol
Suspect told clerk at Family Mart outlet, 'If you don't want to be killed, hand over money'
Kazuya Takakura allegedly fondled the chest of a 22-year-old woman on a road in the southern part of the prefecture in January
Satoshi Saito allegedly mailed a letter to the woman claiming that if ¥8 million were not paid the children of her son would be abducted