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19-year-old mother charged with murder of newborn son

Gunma Prefectural Police have added another charge against a 19-year-old mother, already under arrest for abandoning the body of her newborn son, on suspicion of killing the infant. According to police, the suspect, who cannot be named because she is a minor, works at a restaurant and lives in Maebashi, Sankei…

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77-year-old man arrested over wife’s murder

Police in Sakado, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 77-year-old man on suspicion of killing his ailing 78-year-old wife at their home. According to police, Masao Kobata was arrested after a caregiver visited his home at around 2 p.m. on Tuesday and discovered his wife, Hisae, dead on the bed, Sankei… 


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Bodies of 2 adults and 2 children found in parked car in Yokohama

The bodies of a man and a woman and two children were found in a car in a convenience store parking lot in Yokohama early Thursday, in what police believe was a murder-suicide. The car was spotted by a police patrol at around 1 a.m., Fuji TV reported. According to…


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28-year-old man arrested over murder of father in Sapporo

Police in Sapporo, Hokkaido, have arrested a 28-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 65-year-old father at their home. According to police, Kenji Sekine is accused of stabbing his father stabbed his father Koichi at around 5:30 p.m. on April 7, Sankei Shimbun reported. After stabbing his father in…

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52-year-old man arrested over older brother’s murder

Police in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, have arrested a 52-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 62-year-old brother. According to police, Koichi Hiraoka stabbed his brother Yoshikazu, a company employee, at his home at around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sankei Shimbun reported. The victim’s wife found him collapsed on the floor… 


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69-year-old woman arrested after leaving sister’s body in apartment

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 69-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her older sister at their apartment in Yokohama. Police said Mariko Hatano told them she kept the body of her 78-year-old sister, Hiromi, inside a room at their apartment after she died on April 15,… 


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Man sought over murder of 63-year-old brother

Police in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, are looking for a 57-year-old man suspected of killing his 63-year-old brother at their home on Sunday night. According to police, an 86-year-old woman rushed to the nearby home of a female relative and said her two sons had fought and that the younger one…

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Mother given suspended sentence for burying baby’s body outside home

A 37-year-old woman has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of burying the body of her 11-month-old daughter in the ground outside their residence in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, in 2019. The Asahikawa District Court on Monday sentenced Marino Kyoda to 2 1/2 years in prison, suspended for… 

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Man arrested over wife’s murder in Kitakyushu City

Fukuoka prefectural police on Monday arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 32-year-old wife at their home in Kitakyushu City. According to police, Kasumi Okamura, a company employee, stabbed his wife Shizuka in the neck several times with a knife on Monday morning, Fuji TV reported...


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42-year-old man arrested over mother’s murder

Police in Kumagaya, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 69-year-old mother at their home on Saturday. According to police, Kazuyoshi Okuwaki, a part-time worker, has admitted to the charge, Fuji TV reported. Police said Okuwaki stabbed his mother, Kinue, several times in the chest…