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Ex-Osaka nurse on trial for alleged rape of 10 girls
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Defendant said, 'I am very sorry for causing so much trouble and mental distress to the victims with my selfish actions'
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

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

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Pair accused of ordering robbery of convicted fraudster

Kide Chion and Tomoya Inoue

Pair accused of ordering robbery of convicted fraudster

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on June 1, 2019

Ichiro Yamamoto was the chairman of Keizai Kakumei Club

Tokyo: Woman, 3 youths accused of robbing convicted swindler

Haruka Sueishi

Tokyo: Woman, 3 youths accused of robbing convicted swindler

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on March 18, 2019

Ichiro Yamamoto was convicted of running a pyramid scheme in 2000

Thai authorities arrest Japanese woman wanted in ¥700 million pyramid scheme

Police in Thailand last month arrested Setsuko Yamabe, 62, who is wanted in Japan over an investment scam

Thai authorities arrest Japanese woman wanted in ¥700 million pyramid scheme

By Roland Shichijo on April 6, 2017

Thai police believe the suspect used fraudulently obtained money to assist boyfriend with his home

Hyogo cops nab woman in ¥11 billion pyramid scheme

Michiko Fujiwara

Hyogo cops nab woman in ¥11 billion pyramid scheme

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on September 10, 2015

Michiko Fujiwara swindled 480 victims in 8 prefectures in an investment scam

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?'