Man convicted of threatening to blow up hospital if not given shot
December 27, 2005A 70-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for threatening to blow up a hospital in Wakayama Prefecture with dynamite sticks if he did not receive a shot for a stomachache. Miichiro Yam...
Top court to rule on serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki on Jan 17
December 27, 2005The Supreme Court will hand down its ruling Jan 17 on Tsutomu Miyazaki, a 43-year-old man appealing a death sentence for the murder of four girls in 1988 and 1989 in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture, sources familiar with the case said Tuesday. The ca...
Media groups seek disclosure of victims' real names in crimes
December 27, 2005Japan's two major media groups on Tuesday opposed a government decision the same day that allows police to decide whether to disclose the names of crime victims, saying that anonymity would make news-gathering activities about victims very difficult...
Man arrested after bowling 11 hours without paying
December 27, 2005Police arrested a 60-year-old unemployed man from Sayama, Saitama Prefecture on Tuesday for bowling 48 games for over 11 hours at a bowling alley and not paying for them. Tadashi Nakatsu played from around 11:40 a.m. until around 10:50 p.m. and was c...