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Jan 30, 2013 Local News
Slashing Incidents in Fukuoka
Police revealed on Tuesday that two separate stabbing incidents occurred in Fukuoka City within a space of three days. The most recent attack occurred on Monday night, Jan. 28 at a...
Jan 14, 2013 Local News
German Arrested For Smuggling Stimulants
A 53 year old German woman was arrested at Hakata Port after arriving from Busan, Korea on Jan 11, for narcotic importation. Authorities found two packs containing a total of two k...
Oct 20, 2012 Local News
Five Stabbed at Hakata Station
At approximately 1am on Oct. 20 at JR Hakata Station five male passersby were stabbed by a man. All five were taken to a hospital. They are all conscious and there’s no danger of l...
Aug 28, 2012 Local News
Drunk Drivers Still Stain Fukuoka
The 25th of the month is marked as a memorial day for the tragic drinking and driving accident which claimed the lives of three children in Fukuoka City in 2006. The City has initi...
Aug 22, 2012 Local News
Syndicated Crime Headquarter Bombed in Kurume
On Aug. 21, at two in the morning an explosive was thrown into the headquarters of the organized crime syndicate Dozin-kai located in Kurume, Fukuoka. The building door’s glass was...
Aug 15, 2012 Local News
Reporter Fired for Leaking Cop Bribe Info
The Yomiuri Shimbun said Tuesday it has fired a reporter in its Fukuoka bureau for inadvertently releasing sensitive information he had gathered about a police officer who allegedl...
Aug 15, 2012 Local News
New Police Commissioner Promises Crackdown
Kyushu Area’s new police commissioner, Michitoshi Ishida, has promised to come down hard on organized crime gangs during his press conference Aug 14. He hopes to gain public confid...
Jun 12, 2012 Local News
Fukuoka Police Participate in Aum Manhunt
30 Fukuoka Police officers handed out 5000 flyers in Tenjin on Sunday, encouraging the public to keep a lookout for Katsuya Takahashi, a former Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult member w...
Apr 5, 2012 Local News
Dial 110 for Hand Grenade Alerts
The Fukuoka police became the first police department in the country to institute a hot line for tips on hand grenades. The police will pay 100,000 yen for each hand grenades found...
