Chiba
(2000 est. pop. 5.9 million). Chiba Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu. A residential and industrial satellite of Tokyo, Chiba occupies an area of 5,...
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An auto mechanic school in Shiroi, Chiba Prefecture, has used at
least 540,000 yen from a slush fund to buy tickets for fundraising
parties from the offices of three lawmakers including Hideo...
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The father of a 22-year-old British woman who was found murdered
in Chiba Prefecture expressed his deep sorrow Wednesday at the death
of his daughter and anger at the suspect who escaped, cal...
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Police said Saturday they have not detected any pesticide in
Chinese frozen ''gyoza'' dumplings made the same day by the same
producer as those that caused two families in Chiba Prefecture an...
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Police confiscated about 80,000 tablets of the drug MDMA, also
known as ecstasy, at Narita airport from a Japanese woman and her
daughter in March, and arrested them after catching them red-h...
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Four men have been arrested for allegedly opening bank accounts
used for money laundering by a overseas crime group or groups, police
said Thursday.
Gangster Manabu Fukuda, 38, two other J...
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Diet to enact law restricting issuance of 'koseki' documents
TOKYO - The Diet will enact a law Friday to restrict the
issuance of copies of family registry, known as ''koseki'' i...
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Japanese police have decided to offer a maximum of 1 million yen
in reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the
death of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture in March, Nat...
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Chiba
Chiba auto mechanic school used slush fund for Usui, other lawmakers
