Stories from Japan’s capital
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Tokyo cops search for man over ¥1 million swindle of elderly woman
Victim received a telephone call from a person claiming to be a bank official who said that her bank cards had expired […]
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Tokyo: Hokkaido man, 47, sent death threat to actress Non
Suspect posted four messages in the comment section of the blog of the actress in which he suggested that he would kill her […]
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Tokyo cops bust unlicensed Philippine pub in Adachi
Manager of Restaurant and Bar Cebu employed hostesses to entertain male customers without a license under the adult-entertainment law […]
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Tokyo: Man, 26, tailed school girl for 500 meters while molesting her
Suspect told police, ‘I could not control my sexual desire, and I wanted to attack any woman’ […]
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Tokyo: Man, 49, kept corpse of father in residence for 2 months
Suspect told police, ‘I was busy with work, and I didn’t know what to do’ […]
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Tokyo: Yakuza found with guns, illegal drugs
Two revolvers were found in a storage room in Nerima Ward on March 30; marijuana and stimulants later discovered in residence […]
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Tokyo: Prowler stole Gucci, Ray-Ban items from home
Suspect told police, ‘I sold the goods at a shop in Shinjuku’ […]
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Tokyo: Pair ties up man, 60, during robbery at residence
Perpetrators tied up the arms and legs of the man with adhesive tape and stole about ¥4 million yen in cash from a safe […]
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Tokyo: Mitsubishi finance employee, 40, alleged in illicit encounter with school girl
Suspect told police, ‘I like young girls’ […]
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Police nab 12 in ¥200 million bitcoin fraud
Suspects presented counterfeit bills in fraudulently obtaining the cryptocurrency bitcoin […]