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"Roads Belong To Humans": Japan Taxi Driver Runs Over Pigeon, Arrested
Atsushi Ozawa, 50, "used his car to kill a common pigeon, which is not a game animal", in the Japanese capital last month, and was arrested on Sunday for violating wildlife protection laws, a Tokyo police spokesman told AFP.
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Car Crashes Into Barrier Near Israeli Embassy In Japan, 1 Arrested: Report
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after a car crashed through a barrier near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, local media reported.
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Blast, Fire At Tokyo Building, 4 Injured
Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city's fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business.
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Ex-Tokyo Olympics Official Held On Alleged Bid-Rigging: Local Media
Tokyo prosecutors declined to comment on the reports, but local media published photos of police raiding the home of Yasuo Mori, who ran test events for the pandemic-postponed Summer Games held in 2021.
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Olympic Silver Medallist Mirabai Chanu Is Now Additional Superintendent of Police in Manipur
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has shared an image of herself on Twitter, proudly wearing the police uniform. She was offered the job last year in honour of her triumph at the Olympics.
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Japan Train Attack Suspect, Batman's 'Joker' Fan, "Planned For Months": Police
A drifter who admired the Joker from Batman and dressed as him to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train "wanted to kill lots of people" and planned his moves over months, buying a knife to use in the internet, police and media said on Tuesday
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Two Injured In Acid Attack At Station In Tokyo
Two people suffered burns in an acid attack at a Tokyo subway station with the perpetrator still at large, police and local media said Wednesday.
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Georgia Paralympian Arrested Over Alleged Guard Assault
A Paralympic judoka from Georgia was arrested Monday on suspicion of seriously injuring a security guard at a Tokyo hotel while in quarantine, police and local media said.
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After Olympics Win, Hockey Player From Madhya Pradesh Gets Job In Police
India's men's hockey midfielder from Bhopal, Vivek Sagar Prasad, who is one of the key players in the national team that won a bronze in the Tokyo Olympics, was greeted with a big celebration by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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Knife Attacker On Tokyo Train Wanted To Kill "Happy Women": Report
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
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Caste Slur At Hockey Player Vandana Katariya's Family, 1 Arrested: Report
A man was arrested from Uttarakhand's Haridwar for allegedly passing casteist remarks against the family of Vandana Katariya who was part of India's women's hockey team which lost to Argentina in a semifinal match at the Tokyo Olympics, police said.
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Manipur To Appoint Saikhom Mirabai Chanu As Additional Superintendent Of Police
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday announced that weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who won Silver at the Tokyo Olympics, will be appointed as the Additional Superintendent of Police in the state police department.
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Japan To Set Up Police Unit To Patrol Disputed Islands In East China Sea
Japan will launch a special police unit equipped with submachine guns and helicopters to patrol disputed isles in the East China Sea -- a source of tension between Tokyo and Beijing, according to police and media.
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Japanese Man Arrested For Stabbing, Stealing Gun Of Police Officer
Japanese police today arrested a man on charges of stabbing a police officer and grabbing a loaded handgun in a western city near Osaka, which hosts a summit of the G20 grouping next week, police said.
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Former Japanese Bureaucrat Stabs 44-Year-Old Son to Death
Tokyo metropolitan police arrested Hideaki Kumazawa, 76, on Saturday for attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his son with a knife. The stabbing followed an argument in which he scolded his son for getting angry at the noise generated by a sports event at a nearby school, media said.
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"Roads Belong To Humans": Japan Taxi Driver Runs Over Pigeon, Arrested
Atsushi Ozawa, 50, "used his car to kill a common pigeon, which is not a game animal", in the Japanese capital last month, and was arrested on Sunday for violating wildlife protection laws, a Tokyo police spokesman told AFP.
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Car Crashes Into Barrier Near Israeli Embassy In Japan, 1 Arrested: Report
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after a car crashed through a barrier near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, local media reported.
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Blast, Fire At Tokyo Building, 4 Injured
Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city's fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business.
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Ex-Tokyo Olympics Official Held On Alleged Bid-Rigging: Local Media
Tokyo prosecutors declined to comment on the reports, but local media published photos of police raiding the home of Yasuo Mori, who ran test events for the pandemic-postponed Summer Games held in 2021.
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Olympic Silver Medallist Mirabai Chanu Is Now Additional Superintendent of Police in Manipur
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has shared an image of herself on Twitter, proudly wearing the police uniform. She was offered the job last year in honour of her triumph at the Olympics.
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Japan Train Attack Suspect, Batman's 'Joker' Fan, "Planned For Months": Police
A drifter who admired the Joker from Batman and dressed as him to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train "wanted to kill lots of people" and planned his moves over months, buying a knife to use in the internet, police and media said on Tuesday
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Two Injured In Acid Attack At Station In Tokyo
Two people suffered burns in an acid attack at a Tokyo subway station with the perpetrator still at large, police and local media said Wednesday.
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Georgia Paralympian Arrested Over Alleged Guard Assault
A Paralympic judoka from Georgia was arrested Monday on suspicion of seriously injuring a security guard at a Tokyo hotel while in quarantine, police and local media said.
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After Olympics Win, Hockey Player From Madhya Pradesh Gets Job In Police
India's men's hockey midfielder from Bhopal, Vivek Sagar Prasad, who is one of the key players in the national team that won a bronze in the Tokyo Olympics, was greeted with a big celebration by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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Knife Attacker On Tokyo Train Wanted To Kill "Happy Women": Report
The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who "looked happy" and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
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Caste Slur At Hockey Player Vandana Katariya's Family, 1 Arrested: Report
A man was arrested from Uttarakhand's Haridwar for allegedly passing casteist remarks against the family of Vandana Katariya who was part of India's women's hockey team which lost to Argentina in a semifinal match at the Tokyo Olympics, police said.
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Manipur To Appoint Saikhom Mirabai Chanu As Additional Superintendent Of Police
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday announced that weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who won Silver at the Tokyo Olympics, will be appointed as the Additional Superintendent of Police in the state police department.
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Japan To Set Up Police Unit To Patrol Disputed Islands In East China Sea
Japan will launch a special police unit equipped with submachine guns and helicopters to patrol disputed isles in the East China Sea -- a source of tension between Tokyo and Beijing, according to police and media.
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Japanese Man Arrested For Stabbing, Stealing Gun Of Police Officer
Japanese police today arrested a man on charges of stabbing a police officer and grabbing a loaded handgun in a western city near Osaka, which hosts a summit of the G20 grouping next week, police said.
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Former Japanese Bureaucrat Stabs 44-Year-Old Son to Death
Tokyo metropolitan police arrested Hideaki Kumazawa, 76, on Saturday for attempted murder for allegedly stabbing his son with a knife. The stabbing followed an argument in which he scolded his son for getting angry at the noise generated by a sports event at a nearby school, media said.
