Police in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 77-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 82-year-old husband. According to police, Sumiko Noto has admitted to strangling her husband Yukiyoshi with an extension cord at their home on Oct 20, Fuji TV reported. She was quoted by police as saying she…
A 48-year-old Tokyo man has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning a dismembered body in an apartment in Niigata Prefecture, with investigative sources saying Friday the body was found cut into seven pieces. Sources said Kazuo Sato said "I killed my brother," after he was arrested Thursday in connection with…
Police in Osaka have arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 66-year-old neighbor. According to police, Yoshihiko Oi stabbed Kenichi Inami in the chest in Inami’s apartment at a municipal housing complex in Nishinari Ward at around 6 a.m. on Thursday, Sankei Shimbun reported. Police said Oi lived in…
Police in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old male nursery teacher on suspicion of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an elementary school girl. According to police, Daiki Ogawa, who was arrested on Wednesday, is accused of assaulting the child and filming the incident on his smartphone on Sept 20, Fuji TV…
Police in Okayama city have arrested a 35-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after she threw her newborn daughter into an irrigation canal in the city. According to police, a foreign student called 110 at around 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday to report that a baby was floating face down in…
Police in Oshamambe, Hokkaido, have arrested a 52-year-old fire department employee on suspicion of committing an indecent act with a 13-year-old girl he met on a social networking site. According to police, Kunio Aoyagi, who was arrested on Tuesday, has been arrested for allegedly violating Hokkaido Prefecture’s Juvenile Protection law,…
Police in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, on Wednesday said they believe a decapitated body found in an apartment on Monday. The body, which was inside a suitcase, had decayed to the extent that its gender could not be determined when found. However, an autopsy revealed Tuesday that the remains were…