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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. ...
TOKYO POLICE ARRESTS 2 MEN OVER FRAUDULENT USE OF ‘PAYPAY’ MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE
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- Tokyo police arrest 2 men over fraudulent use of ‘PayPay’ mobile payment service.
- The suspects fraudulently charged about $4,300 after stealing money from another person’s bank account.
- The two suspects ...
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...
Greenpeace prohibited from holding environmental demonstrations on oil rigs
Greenpeace was prohibited from holding environmental demonstrations on oil rigs in the North Sea after a Scottish court order was obtained by the oil giant Shell.
A judge in Edinburgh granted a temporary interdiction to Shell, equivalent to an order, banning Greenpeace from occupying fo...