Wataru Akaishi was found hanging from the bars of his cell on Tuesday night
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Police have accused Koji Yamada of abandoning the body of Natsumi Hirata in a parking lot last week
A Sumiyoshi-kai member threatened to kill the manager of a restaurant should he refuse to pay protection money
Medical personnel used an endoscope to remove the spherical balloons that the 32-year-old suspect had swallowed
A male resident of a home in Itabashi Ward discovered a fully naked man in the bathtub
The suspect hugged an 18-year-old girl inside a karaoke parlor and then removed her underwear
The suspect is believed to have been behind 8 crimes in which the value of stolen property totaled 8.2 million yen
Under revisions to the child pornography prohibition law, police may now view possession of 'Santa Fe' to be illegal
Masayuki Kojima received 900,000 yen in payments from hostess clubs over a 3-month period
The body of Natsumi Hirata was found last week in a parking lot in Takatsuki City