One of the arrested suspects in a burglary case in a Tokyo suburb has told police that he was afraid he would be ''purged'' if he talked to investigators.

NHK has learned that police in Tokyo have arrested seven individuals linked to the theft last year of cash worth more than 270,000 dollars.

Police in Japan believe a criminal group that has been carrying out a series of violent burglaries in the Tokyo area may be linked to crimes in other parts of the country. They suspect the criminals are using social media to recruit members.

Tokyo police have launched a robbery and murder investigation after a 90-year-old woman was found dead at her home. A spate of similar robberies have occurred in the Kanto region this month.

Police in Fukuoka Prefecture investigating a fatal stabbing near a railway station say a man likely stabbed a woman multiple times.

Japanese Defense officials say a destroyer ship has been involved in an incident off the country's southwestern coast. The Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel may have hit rocks underwater and is unable to navigate.

The Japanese government's Transport Safety Board has issued a report on the cause of the fatal sightseeing boat accident off the northern main island of Hokkaido in April. It says that the boat sank because it was flooded with seawater that had entered from a hatch which had not been closed completely.

Japan's top government spokesperson says the government will act swiftly on the child abuse cases revealed at a nursery.

Tsutomu Sugimori, former chairman of ENEOS Holdings, the largest oil wholesaler, suddenly resigned on the 12th of last month due to personal reasons.

They said the order was unconstitutional.

But, the person herself said that it was done at home.

Japan still stands its ground: the matter has been settled completely and finally by the 1965 treaty.