Middle-aged man dies after being overpowered for molesting woman on train
December 20, 2005OSAKA -- A middle-aged man died after being overpowered by train passengers at a station here for molesting a woman on a train on Tuesday morning, police said.
Officers face prosecution for failing to report accident involving police car
December 20, 2005MITO -- An assistant police inspector and an officer who failed to report a traffic accident in which three unlicensed girls on a motorcycle crashed into a police car have been reported to prosecutors, law enforcers said.
Killing prompts gov't to consider helping reformed juveniles find work
December 20, 2005In a bid to prevent youths who emerge from reformatories from returning to crime, Justice Minister Seiken Sugiura on Tuesday announced the government would consider boosting employment measures for such youths.
Kiyohara, Nakamura likely to join Orix Buffaloes
December 20, 2005Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara and infielder Norihiro Nakamura, who played for a U.S.
Life sentence upheld for man convicted of ordering Saitama killing
December 20, 2005A former firefighter convicted of ordering the daylight killing of 21-year-old university student Shiori Ino in 1999 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday, after the Tokyo High Court rejected his appeal against a lower court decision.
Actor Atsuro Watabe, Rikako Murakami divorce
December 20, 2005Actor Atsuro Watabe and celebrity Rikako Murakami have divorced, the couple announced Tuesday.
TSE told investment firm massive botched order was 'normal trading'
December 20, 2005A botched trading order on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) that cost Mizuho Securities Co.
Man charged with murdering Osaka sisters says he couldn't forget killing his mom
December 20, 2005OSAKA -- A jobless man, charged on Monday over the fatal stabbing of two Osaka sisters, has told investigators that he committed the crimes because he could not forget the feeling of killing his mother, police said.