Crime
Wakayama police: Man, 29, staged murder of wife as accidental drowning
Suspect allegedly killed his wife by forcing her head under water to the sandy shoal below during a snorkeling trip […]
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Chiba
Chiba cops: Elderly woman committed suicide by strangling herself
Police previously thought she was murdered […]
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Hiroshima: Police arrest man, 35, over murder of girl in 2004
Father of victim said, ‘I am unable to see my daughter at a time when I want to see her most, and, because of that, this is painful and sad’ […]
Crime
Shiga: Officer found shot in police box later dies; colleague, 19, arrested
Officer told police before his arrest, ‘I shot him because I was abused’ […]
Crime
Niigata: Man, 43, accused of starting fire that killed elderly acquaintance
Police are investigating whether the motive for the incident was sexual assault […]
Crime
Aichi: Filipino male leaps from building in apparent suicide after stabbing wife
Man chased his wife out of their residence and stabbed her before leaping from a building in Gamagori City […]
Crime
Tokyo police: Flophouse murder preceded suicide by yakuza-turned-author
Suicide of Shinji Ishihara led police to suspect he was behind the fatal strangulation of a former taxi driver in Toshima Ward last year […]
Chiba
Chiba police open murder case after woman, 88, strangled to death
Neck of the woman showed signs that she was strangled with a rope […]
Crime
Fukushima: Man arrives at police station with father’s corpse in car
Man told police, ‘Stress built up and I killed him in a field’ […]
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Tokyo: Murder-suicide suspected after 3 corpses found in vehicle and residence
Text ‘exhausted’ written in lipstick on a mirror; corpse of dog also found […]