JAPAN NPA REPORTS DROP IN NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN 2020

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• Japan NPA reports drop in number of traffic deaths in 2020.
• The data showed a drop to a record low of 2,839 in 2020.
• In 2020, a total of 309,000 traffic deaths were confirmed.
• Tokyo reported the highest number ...

SHINJUKU POLICE STATION MAY TEMPORARILY CLOSE CELLS OVER RISING COVID-19 CASES

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• Shinjuku Police Station may temporarily close cells over rising COVID-19 cases.
• 12 detainees at the police station contracted the novel coronavirus.
• The total number of infections at the facility has increased to 17 this ...

CHILDREN'S DAYCARE WORKER ARRESTED FOR ABONDONING MISSING WOMAN’S BODY

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• Children's daycare worker arrested for abandoning missing woman’s body.
• One 29-year-old named Yoshito Sato was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
• One 35-year-old woman was missing since September, wh...

A VISUALLY IMPAIRED MAN DIES AFTER FALLING OFF A SUBWAY PLATFORM IN JAPAN

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• A visually impaired man dies after falling off a subway platform in Japan.
• The man was run over by a train on Nov. 29.
• The accident occurred on a platform at Toyocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Co.’s Tozai line.
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CASE OF WOMAN HIT AT TOKYO BUS STOP SENT TO METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMANT

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• Case of woman hit at Tokyo bus stop sent to the Metropolitan Police Department.
• The woman lost her life to a blow to the head while at a bus stop.
• Suspect Kazuhito Yoshida, 46 is accused of killing the victim on Nov.16.

TOKYO METRO PASSENGER PEPPER-SPRAYED IN FACE OVER WEARING MASK

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• Tokyo Metro passenger pepper-sprayed in face over wearing mask.
• The victim was said to be in his 40s and sustained minor injuries.
• The suspect and the victim did not know each other and gotten into a verbal argument.

JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT BACKED SMALL LOAN SYSTEM SEES SERIES OF APPLICATTION CANCELLATIONS

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• Japan's government-backed small loan system sees a series of application cancellations.
• In September two foreign men were arrested on suspicion of defrauding the same.
• The two accused men were from Nepal.
• T...

WOMAN IN TOKYO’S KATSUSHIKA WARD GROPED BY THE SAME MAN AGAIN

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• Woman in Tokyo’s Katsushika ward groped by the same man again.
• The victim had complained of the same issue on Sept.16.
• The Metropolitan Police Department is trying to track down the man.
• The National Pol...

DC POLICE RELEASE BODY CAM FOOTAGE RELATED TO SHOOTING OF DEON KAY

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• Deon Kay, 18, was shot in the chest by a DC police officer on Wednesday

• Kay was immediately rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead

• Dozens of protesters had gathered outside a police station in the city on Wednesday ni...