Pedestrian traffic in the area was light after persons were encouraged to take shelter prior to the arrival of Typhoon Trami
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Inagawa-kai member ordered the bar's manager to pay so-called mikajimeryo, or 'protection money'
Gang assisted in collection of funds related to construction work in Osaka City
Department said, 'Treasury is targeting yakuza-controlled companies to expose the underlying ownership of these seemingly legitimate companies'
Suspect experienced problems with the victim that were related to his wife and money, police said
After giving birth in the restroom, the suspect inserted the unclothed infant into a plastic bag that she placed in cupboard under the washbasin
Police are attempting to determine if the head belongs to the torso of a woman found floating at the mouth of a river by a fisherman in Oamishirasato City on September 29
Police suspect that the woman struck the man during her fall from the building as he walked on the street below
Upon his apprehension in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Junya Hida was in possession of a white bicycle, tent, a saucepan and a large number of seasonings
Suspect allegedly used a necktie and his hands to fatally strangle his mother, 85, at the residence they share in Takatsu Ward