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A court in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, overturns the death sentence of Yakuza Kudo-kai leader Satoru Nomura and sentences him to life in prison. Nomura had originally been sentenced to death for a 1998 murder.
2024-03-12

Four people are killed and three others are feared dead in an apartment fire in Kobe, Japan.
2023-01-22

A senior member of the yakuza, Satoru Nomura, is sentenced to death by a court in Fukuoka, Japan, for ordering four assaults, one of which was deadly. Nomura has denied participating in the crimes. It is the first time that a senior member of the crime group has been sentenced to death.
2021-08-24

An earthquake estimated at a magnitude of 6.0 hits Kobe, Japan, injuring at least 22 people.
2013-04-13

Japanese police raid the headquarters of the Central Nippon Expressway Company, which operates the Sasago Tunnel that had collapsed over the weekend.
2012-12-4

Japanese police launch an investigation after four people die of food poisoning after eating raw meat at a Yakiniku restaurant chain in Ishikawa Prefecture.
2011-05-6

Japanese police search for the bodies of victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant for the first time due to declining radiation levels.
2011-04-14

Japanese police arrest a leading mob figure, Tadashi Irie, third-in-command of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
2010-12-1

Japanese police investigate the leak of classified anti-terrorism documents.
2010-11-4