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A 43-year-old man accused of murder and other charges has pleaded not guilty to killing three members of a family at a house in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, in December 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/crime-legal/saitama-family-murder-first-trial-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Fifteen years after the Fukushima disaster, evacuees still face a painful choice: Keep ties to hometowns they can’t return to, or transfer residency to rebuild their lives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/japan-fukushima-evacuees-residency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The precise French cuisine executed by the young and talented chef Masashi Motooka is reason enough for you to head to Saitama for a gourmet jaunt — and get away from the crowds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/01/30/food-drink/french-restaurant-kam-saitama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A sinkhole up to about 30 meters wide remains open in the city of Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, which has marked one year after the hole formed and a truck fell into it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/saitama-sinkhole-one-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A wooden relief depicting the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, long displayed at an art gallery, has returned to the junior high school where it was created about 50 years ago after alumni restored it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/society/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-relief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan is one of the world’s safest countries. So why do so many people feel uneasy? This week, @AlexktMartin takes a look at crime, perception and the growing gap between data and fear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/japan-safety-security-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Several municipalities in Japan are giving Osaka a run for its money in the race toward winning the designation as the country’s secondary capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/politics/back-up-capital-cities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The mother of a 10-year-old killed in a hit-and-run incident in Saitama Prefecture in 2009 submitted a petition to the Justice Ministry calling for the statute of limitations for the offense to be abolished. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/crime-legal/hit-and-run-limitations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A Saitama court handed down a suspended prison sentence to a 43-year-old Chinese man who hit a group of elementary school children with his car and fled the scene to avoid being caught for drunken driving. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/china-hit-and-run-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The Tokyo District Court ordered the government to pay ¥1.5 million in damages after finding medical care provided to an inmate at a juvenile detention facility in Saitama had been “grossly unsatisfactory.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/crime-legal/state-damages-detainee-cancer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A man suspected of killing two women last week at a nursing care facility in Saitama Prefecture where he previously worked has revealed that he “entered the facility with the intent to kill.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/crime-legal/saitama-elderly-murder-followup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A former care worker is believed to have used an unchanged passcode to gain entry into his old workplace in Saitama Prefecture where a double murder took place. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/crime-legal/saitama-murder-password/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Police have apprehended a former employee of a care facility near Tokyo following the deaths of two residents who were found bleeding and unconscious on their beds in the early hours of Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/crime-legal/saitama-care-facility-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Three unknown storyboards apparently by Osamu Tezuka, dubbed the "god of manga," have been discovered at the original artwork repository of Tezuka Productions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/manga-artist-osamu-tezuka-works-discovered/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The father of a woman murdered after being stalked in 1999 says he is "shocked" by the April stalking and murder case in Kawasaki, and he called on police "to care for victims with a determination to rescue them." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-stalking-case-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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A man was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for driving in the wrong direction under the influence of alcohol, which led to a fatal collision with another vehicle in eastern Japan last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/19/japan/crime-legal/saitama-ruling-dui-fatality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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An expert panel has concluded that a sinkhole that swallowed a truck in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, in January was created due to corrosion of a sewer pipe by hydrogen sulfide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/saitama-sinkhole-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan marked its hottest day on record on Tuesday as temperatures rose as high as 41.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of 41.2 C set just last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/society/japan-records-hottest-day/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Four male workers were confirmed dead after falling into a manhole in Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday morning, fire authorities said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/saitama-manhole-four-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Japan saw 10,804 heatstroke sufferers taken to hospital by ambulance in the week through Sunday, a new weekly record this year, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/society/record-heatstroke-sufferers-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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"The Hiroshima Panels," depicting the nightmare victims experienced in the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, continue to draw in viewers ahead of next month's 80th anniversary of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/hiroshima-panels-gallery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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The Public Security Intelligence Agency has identified the second son of Shoko Asahara — the founder of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo cult — as the de facto head of Aleph, the group regarded as Aum’s successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/aum-shinrikyo-son/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon