A former president of a Japanese advertising agency has admitted bribing a former executive of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee.
A Tokyo Olympics executive has been arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Anti-Monopoly Act. Sources say former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee Mori Yasuo has admitted to involvement in rigging bids for test events.
The Philippine government is planning to deport the two remaining fraud suspects to Japan on Wednesday. The men are also suspected of being involved in a series of robberies in Japan.
Tokyo police have found that perpetrators who broke into a home in Komae City and killed a 90-year-old resident made off with three watches and a ring.
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.
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.
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.
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