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The Tokyo resident has admitted to the charges and says he knew the girl was 15 years old at the time.

A 16-year-old-boy is suspected of breaking into the home of 69-year-old company executive Eiko Tomiyama Thursday morning and killing her while searching for valuables.

The new tickets incur fines of up to ¥12,000 for traffic rule violations, with the aim of improving cycling safety and preventing accidents.

The girl, a middle schooler, was found suffering from hypothermia and bedsores on her back when she was rescued in January, and required about a week of treatment.

The suspect, who lives in Tokyo's Ota Ward, has admitted to the allegation, according to investigators.

Tsuyoshi Oyama is suspected of stealing a total of ¥135 million from ATMs in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.

The suspect told police during voluntary questioning before his arrest on Wednesday that he strangled his 11-year-old adopted son following an argument on the drive to school.

As Yūki Adachi, the adoptive father of the boy, participated in the search for his son, he also may have tried to delay the discovery of the body, sources said.

Experienced thieves can remove a meter in under a minute, according to a water bureau official.

Police believe Yūki Adachi may have murdered his son in a public restroom about 2 kilometers from the family's home.

In recent years, the number of children under 10 reported missing in Japan has hovered between 1,000 and 1,200 annually.

According to Hokkaido police, the mother admitted to killing her son before later denying the allegations.

The suspect allegedly struck two students with a hammer in the Tokyo city of Fussa on Wednesday before spraying officers who arrived at the scene with an unknown substance.

Tatsuya Suzuki, a 33-year-old employee of the Asahikawa Municipal Government, made statements suggesting he also killed his wife.

The suspect, Teruyuki Takabayashi, is alleged to have struck two students who were loitering around his home with a hammer on Wednesday.

Very few women in Japan speak out about sexual assault, but the prosecutor came forward in 2024 to accuse Osaka's then-top prosecutor of raping her six years earlier.

Of the 99 people, 25 are junior high school and high school students involved in cases including sharing explicit images of classmates with friends.

The suspect, Nobuaki Takahashi, had left for Malaysia the day after the 2018 murder.

Police are investigating whether the woman, 30, was involved in another daughter's death.