A blood-covered knife with a 16-centimeter-long blade was found near the body of the woman in Funabashi City
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Akio Takahashi allegedly used a kitchen knife to repeatedly stab Yasuyuki Handa, 58, in the back and neck in Niiza City
Osaka police: Head likely belongs to 27-year-old woman from Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture who has been missing since February 15
Mizuho Kojima, 33, was found collapsed face-down and bleeding from his chest in a room
Suspect utilized a technique whereby he had a backpack in front of him such that his hands were hidden as he opened the handbag of the victim
Security camera footage shows the missing woman entering a residence but not leaving
Suspects are believed to have obtained ¥190 million in profits in extending loans to a total of around 900 people
Suspect told police, 'I became irritated when he wouldn't write a medical certificate explaining the after effects [of my condition]'
Defendant allegedly conspired with 7 other persons in the shooting death of an upper-level member of the Kodo-kai in the town of Takasucho in Tsu City in July of 2003
Naoko Hashimoto, the 36-year-old manager of a clothing store, was found strangled to death inside her residence in Kanazawa City