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Shiga woman accused of trying to stab female roommate through futon
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect said, 'I didn't mean to kill her'
Chiba hospital puts staff member on standby after controversial social media posts emerge
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
One post read, 'I always cover up incidents because it's a hassle to write about them'
Head of commercial sex scout group suspected of violating employment law
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Group received 7 billion yen in commissions over 5-year period
Japanese fraud suspect arrested after return from Thailand
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Koji Suzuki said, 'I want to consult with a lawyer'

Japan scrambles to convert VHS tapes to digital formats
By Kazutaka Shimanaka
UNESCO declared magnetic tapes obsolete in 2019
Setagaya family murders 24 years on: Expanded DNA usage urged
By Kenji Nakano
Former chief of the local Seijo Police Station, 'Rather than just identifying individuals, we can get closer to the murderer'
Mochi: Trouble with New Year’s food goes beyond choking
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Mochi can cause an intestinal blockage
‘Tokyo Swindlers’ ordered to pay Sekisui House ¥1 billion in damages over land fraud
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Sekisui House was tricked into signing false sales contract with group of fraudsters over land in Gotanda

Posts tagged as “Keihin Tohoku Line”

Saitama cops nab man after he jumps onto tracks in Kawaguchi

Saitama police accused a 35-year-old man of running along the tracks of the Keihin Tohoku Line on Wednesday at Kawaguchi Station

Saitama cops nab man after he jumps onto tracks in Kawaguchi

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 19, 2017

Suspect thought he was being accused of groping

Man accused of groping flees by jumping onto tracks at Shimbashi

A man accused of groping a woman fled Shimbashi Station by jumping from a platform onto railway tracks on Thursday

Man accused of groping flees by jumping onto tracks at Shimbashi

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 11, 2017

Suspect last seen heading towards Hamamastucho Station

How Korean-Japanese law enforcement thwarted pickpocket gangs
By Amy Takahashi
Tokyo police official said, 'We made it clear that there is no escape even if they return to Korea'
Ex-abductee Hitomi Soga on mother who remains in North Korea: ‘I worry every day’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Soga said, 'I've reached an age where I worry every day about whether my mother is doing well'
Man suspected in Osaka slashing incident in 2020 deported from Thailand
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect told police he 'had no intention to kill'
AV actress Miru among 35 nabbed in international prostitution sting
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Price for one sexual encounter was as high as 3 million yen, Hong Kong police said

Chiba hospital puts staff member on standby after controversial social media posts emerge
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
One post read, 'I always cover up incidents because it's a hassle to write about them'
Japan scrambles to convert VHS tapes to digital formats
By Kazutaka Shimanaka
UNESCO declared magnetic tapes obsolete in 2019
Ex-MUFG employee suspected in theft of ¥1 billion in valuables sold gold at second-hand shops
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Ex-employee used cash obtained from sales for investments and other purposes
Nine years after Dentsu employee’s suicide due to overwork, mother writes memoir
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
She asks, 'What is the government lacking in its measures to prevent death from overwork?'