M'bishi Fuso subsidiary raided over cheating on auto inspections
December 22, 2005Police investigators raided five plants and offices of auto body maker Pabco Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp, on Thursday for allegedly systemically cheating on vehicle inspections by padding trucks' maximum loading...
Overall number of crimes declines
December 22, 2005The number of crimes recognized by the nationwide police network came to 2,103,648 in the January-November period this year, down 11 percent, or some 260,000, from a year earlier, a survey by the National Police Agency showed Thursday. The ratio o...
Man sentenced to death for killing 2 elderly women in Ibaraki
December 22, 2005The Mito District Court on Thursday sentenced a 44-year-old man to death for killing and robbing two elderly female acquaintances in Ibaraki Prefecture in January so that he could eat and drink in a hostess bar where a woman he liked was working. ...
Itoham fined over pork tariff evasion
December 22, 2005The Tokyo District Court ordered major meat processor Itoham Foods Inc. on Thursday to pay 30 million yen over its involvement in a meat importer's evasion of customs duties on imported pork, imposing a fine three times the amount that prosecutors ha...
Life term upheld for stalker who murdered school girl in Shizuoka
December 22, 2005The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court sentence of life in prison on a man who murdered a 17-year-old high-school girl in April 2000 in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, whom he had stalked because she refused to date him again. Accordin...
DNA database identifies suspects in 32 criminal cases
December 22, 2005A DNA database that stores biological evidence left at crime scenes or collected from suspects has helped identify suspects in 32 criminal cases in the past year that took place in different prefectures, the National Police Agency said Thursday. "...