Tokyo police said they have arrested a gang of touts who pretended to be working for a well-known “izakaya” pub chain to lure customers to unrelated eateries that charged exorbitant prices.
A man claiming to be a former extremist tied to a series of bombings in the 1970s died on Jan. 29 as police were trying to unravel the mystery of the half-century-old case.
The statute of limitations expired for at least 103 deadly hit-and-run accidents from 2013 through 2022, drawing anger and frustration from the victims’ families.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on forced surgeries was regarded as epoch-making for transgender people, but the plaintiff in the case was disappointed with the decision.