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Kenji Oyama in 2017 (left) and from security camera footage earlier this month, as featured in a police wanted poster.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2026
Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of Hyogo mother-daughter murder
Kenji Oyama, 42, emerged as a suspect based on forensic analysis and security camera footage from around the scene.
A mother and her daughter were found dead at their home in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2026
Mother and daughter found dead in Hyogo Prefecture home in apparent stabbing
The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths, suspecting that the two may have been caught up in a crime as no weapons have been found.
Suspect Kunihiko Katsuta leaves Tatsuno Police Station in Hyogo Prefecture as he is sent to prosecutors on Friday. The waist strap and handcuffs are blurred for privacy reasons.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 8, 2024
Man arrested over 2006 Hyogo stabbing did not know victim, police say
Kunihiko Katsuta has confessed to stabbing the 9-year-old girl with a knife, but he has denied any intent to kill her, police say.
Hyogo Prefectural Police investigators call on people at a station in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 16 to provide information related to the 2007 murder of a girl in the city.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2024
Inmate hints at involvement in murder of another girl in western Japan
Hyogo Prefectural Police plan to arrest the man soon on suspicion of attempted murder in another case.
How Japan¡¯s new ¡¯blue tickets¡¯ are putting cycling parents on edge
A father carries a child on a <i>mamachari</i> bicycle in September 2018. Parents say the new ¡°blue ticket¡± system has made them more mindful of the rules, but has also heightened concerns about child-seat use and children starting to cycle on their own.
In first for Japanese, Tao Okamoto shares Best Actress award at Cannes
Japan&#039;s Tao Okamoto and Belgium&#039;s Virginie Efira, co-winners of the best actress award for their roles in the film "All of a Sudden," celebrate during the closing ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Saturday.
China squeezes Japan over rare earths in repeat of 2010 showdown
Since ?December, Chinese ?exports of rare earth minerals like dysprosium, terbium and yttrium oxide, as ?well as specialty metal gallium, to Japan have stopped except for a few tiny shipments of yttrium, Chinese customs data shows.
Survey begins to determine remote island¡¯s suitability for nuclear disposal site
Minamitorishima has no resident population and is off-limits to the general public.
At Kawasaki¡¯s ¡®penis festival,¡¯ phalluses are vessels of compassion
For one April Sunday each year, the otherwise working class city of Kawasaki becomes host to one of Japan&#039;s most unusual-looking festivals.
Philippine leader¡¯s state visit to Japan to focus on shoring up defense ties
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes part in a news conference during an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Cebu, central Philippines, on May 8.
At Kawasaki¡¯s ¡®penis festival,¡¯ phalluses are vessels of compassion
For one April Sunday each year, the otherwise working class city of Kawasaki becomes host to one of Japan&#039;s most unusual-looking festivals.
Tochigi murder-robbery case reflects ¡®³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨±¡¯ adapting to crackdowns
A teenager (center, wearing sandals) arrested for his involvement in a murder-robbery case is sent to prosecutors on May 16 in the city of Shimotsuke, in Tochigi Prefecture.
What will the LDP¡¯s new National Power Research Group become?
Katsunobu Kato, chairman of the National Power Research Group, addresses the group&#039;s inaugural meeting held at the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Thursday.
How Japan¡¯s new ¡¯blue tickets¡¯ are putting cycling parents on edge
A father carries a child on a <i>mamachari</i> bicycle in September 2018. Parents say the new ¡°blue ticket¡± system has made them more mindful of the rules, but has also heightened concerns about child-seat use and children starting to cycle on their own.

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