Ex-cram school teacher indicted for killing girl
December 28, 2005A former part-time cram school teacher was indicted Wednesday for killing a 12-year-old student at the school in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, earlier this month. Yu Hagino, 23, a Doshisha University student, is accused of stabbing Sayano Horimoto, a six...
Lawyers for Peruvian murder suspect to file damages suit over refused meeting
December 28, 2005Defense lawyers for a Peruvian man indicted for killing a 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima said Wednesday they are planning to file a damages suit against the state and others as they were refused the opportunity to meet with their client. The lawyers...
Ex-Sogo chairman's appeal denied
December 28, 2005The Tokyo High Court turned down Wednesday an appeal from former Sogo Co Chairman Hiroo Mizushima against a lower court decision that found him guilty of hiding 150 million yen in personal assets to obstruct a court-ordered seizure by creditors. T...
Ex-MSDF member gets 6 years over fatal abuse of daughter
December 28, 2005The Naha District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force to six years in prison for fatally beating his infant daughter because she wouldn't obey him. Kazuya Kinjo was convicted of assault resul...
Pork importer execs jailed for evading tariffs
December 28, 2005The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced the president and a former executive of pork importer Seiko to 10 months in prison each for evading a total of 940 million yen in pork tariffs in 2002 and 2003. Judge Yoshinobu Iida also ordered Masa...
Lawmaker Nishimura indicted on extra charge
December 28, 2005Prosecutors indicted lawmaker Shingo Nishimura on Wednesday on an additional charge of receiving remuneration by illegally allowing an unqualified employee to provide attorney services in his name. Nishimura, 57, is the first Diet member to be indict...
Israeli police recommend indicting sailors in fatal collision
December 28, 2005Israeli police have recommended indicting two sailors of the 41,507-ton Zim Asia that collided with the 19-ton Shinsei Maru No. 3 off Nemuro on Sept 28. The families of seven Japanese fishermen who died in the collision alleged that the Israeli ship...