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by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 22, 2024 0

Gunma Support Facility Operator for Children with Disabilities has Designation Revoked Over Fraudulent Claims

In Kiryu City, a business operator that operates a support facility for children with disabilities fraudulently lost over 2.5 million yen in benefits from the city and other organizations by pretending that the manager was working full-time. The prefecture’s designation was revoked as a result of an administrative penalty for receiving the benefits.

The prefecture will cancel the designation of this business operator on April 1st, meaning that the business operator will not be able to provide support for children with disabilities for five years thereafter.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 21, 2024 1

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Disabled woman forced to sell body sentenced for killing client

A mentally disabled woman who was forced into prostitution was given a six-year prison term for fatally stabbing an elderly client she was trying to steal from at a Tokyo love hotel.

The Tokyo District Court on Feb. 20 convicted Haruka Fujii, 26, of injury resulting in the death of the 82-year-old customer in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district in 2022.

Prosecutors had sought a nine-year prison sentence, but the court took into account Fujii’s mental condition that made her vulnerable to exploitation and prone to involuntary criminal activity.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 14, 2024 0

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Parents arrested in Tokyo over fatal drugging of 4-yr-old daughter, use of antipsychotic drug suspected

Parents of a 4-year-old girl were arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing her with a toxic substance and antipsychotic drug at their home in Tokyo in March last year, police said.

Kenichi Hosoya, 43, and his wife, Shiho, 37, were arrested after their daughter, Yoshiki, died from poisoning on March 13, with ethylene glycol and large amounts of olanzapine, a medicine prescribed for mental disorders, detected in her body, an investigative source said.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 26, 2024 0

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Police Question Man Believed to Be 1970s Bomber in Japan

According to the sources, a man hospitalized in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, claimed that he is Satoshi Kirishima, 70, who has been wanted in the serial bombing case for about half a century. The man is said to be suffering from terminal cancer.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 26, 2024 0

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KyoAni Case Appealed to High Court after Death Sentence

The defense for the arsonist in the July 2019 attack on Kyoto Animation Co. filed an appeal with Osaka High Court on Friday to challenge the death sentence its client was given.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 6, 2024 0

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Man with “mental disorder” arrested for pushing woman off JR station platform in Tokyo

The man from Osaka Prefecture has admitted to the charge of attempted murder, saying he wanted to spend the rest of his life behind bars, said the police who withheld his name citing a mental disorder.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 4, 2024 0

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4 People Injured in Knife Attack on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line

Four male passengers were injured in a knife attack on East Japan Railway Co.’s Yamanote Line in Tokyo Wednesday night, the Tokyo Fire Department said.
A knife-wielding woman, apparently in her 20s, was arrested at JR Akihabara Station by Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of attempted murder.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt December 1, 2023 1

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Nine referred to prosecutors over detainee with chronic illnesses death at Japan police station

The allegations the nine face include professional negligence resulting in the death of the 43-year-old man who was being held in a cell at the Okazaki police station in Aichi Prefecture. The man was battling schizophrenia and diabetes and died of kidney failure but is suspected of not receiving adequate medical care.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 27, 2023 0

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Court Starts Hearings to Decide Sentence for KyoAni Attack Suspect

A Japanese court started on Monday hearings to determine a sentence for a man accused of the July 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio, which killed more than 30 people.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 19, 2023 0

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Disability News Japan Podcast: Kyoto Police Officer Confesses to Stealing Cash from People with Dementia

The police are investigating whether there are any additional crimes, but in an interview with an investigator, it was learned that he had explained to the investigator that he had visited the home of an elderly dementia patient in the name of providing crime prevention guidance, and had stolen cash.