thejapantimes, 8 days ago to Japan

The details of what happened to a Tokyo couple whose bodies were burned in Tochigi Prefecture are starting to become more clear following the arrest on Monday of their daughter’s common-law husband, the suspected mastermind. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-burned-couple-explainer/ #japan #crimelegal #nasu #tochigi #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to Japan

Now that the yakuza have gone into hiding, Japan's police face a new enemy in the form of the "tokuryu" — quasi-gangsters who thrive on anonymity and a lack of structure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/06/japan/crime-legal/tokuryu-explainer/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nasu #tochigi #organizedcrime #fraud #yakuza #fukuoka

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

Tokyo and Tochigi prefectural police have arrested two more men in connection with the disposal of bodies found on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/01/japan/crime-legal/two-more-men-arrested-over-burned-bodies-in-nasu/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nasu #tochigi

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in Okinawa in relation to a case in which the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple were found near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, two weeks ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/29/japan/crime-legal/man-arrested-in-okinawa-over-bodies-found-in-tochigi/ #japan #crimelegal #nasu #tochigi #tokyo #japanesepolice #okinawa

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

The man arrested over the discovery of the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple in Tochigi Prefecture has suggested that he received more than ¥10 million from a person who told him to dispose of the bodies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/27/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-bodies-10-million/ #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #nasu #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 24 days ago to Japan

Police have said that two burned bodies found near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, last week have been confirmed to be those of a couple from Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/24/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-burned-bodies-couple/ #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #nasu #crime

thejapantimes, 26 days ago to Japan

The man who was arrested in connection with the charred corpses of a man and a woman found on a riverbed in Tochigi Prefecture last week has told police that he did not know who the victims were. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-charred-bodies-case/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #tochigi #nasu

thejapantimes, 27 days ago to Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly disposing of corpses in connection with last Tuesday’s discovery of two charred bodies on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/21/japan/crime-legal/a-man-arrested-in-connection-with-charred-bodies-in-tochigi/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tochigi #nasu

thejapantimes, 1 month ago to Japan

Two charred bodies, with their faces bound with adhesive tape, were discovered Tuesday on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/japan/crime-legal/burned-bodies-found-on-riverbed/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tochigi #nasu

thejapantimes, 10 months ago to news

A court on Wednesday ordered the Tochigi Prefectural Government and a high school athletic federation to pay ¥290 million in damages to the families of five people killed in an avalanche in 2017. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/28/national/crime-legal/avalanche-damages-tochigi/?utm_content=buffer7fde3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #japan #tochigi #highschools #utsunomiya #mountains #nasu #japanesecourts