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"Blow up the Immigration Office!" Kurdish Man Being Deported Shouts as He Boards the Plane, but Ends up in Tears: "I've Been on Abema Too Much" - "Immigrants" and the Japanese

A Kurdish man (34) from Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, who had been illegally residing in Japan for about 20 years and had applied for refugee status six times before being deported to Turkey, left Japan on a commercial flight from Narita Airport on the 8th. According to an immigration official, the man "received a new passport and returned to Japan via a neighboring country..."Read Article

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10-Year Prison Sentence Sought for Kurdish Man Who Committed a Repeat Sex Offense: Defense Lawyer Says "He Was a Foreigner and Thoughtless" over Alibi Fabrication: "Immigrants" and Japanese

A sentencing hearing for the defendant, Hasgül Abbas (22), an unemployed Turkish Kurdish man, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a junior high school girl in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, and was on suspended sentence, was held on charges of non-consensual sexual intercourse for allegedly sexually assaulting another girl. The hearing began on the 4th at the Saitama District Court (Judge Masahito Murohashi, presiding).Read Article

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Tanjiro Emerges in the Fields as Gyoda Unveils 2025 Rice Paddy Art

Every summer, the city of Gyoda in Saitama Prefecture turns rice paddies into giant canvases, planting colorful rice varieties to form massive works of art. Known as tanbo art, these living murals stretch across nearly three hectares and can only be fully appreciated from above. Gyoda's rice paddy aRead Article

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The Life of Hatakeyama Shigetada, the Man Admired by Kamakura Samurai - His Tragic End Framed by Tokimasa and Maki No Kata

There are people in this world who are flawless, capable of anything and have good personalities. In the setting of the historical drama "The 13 Lords of the Kamakura" (1912-1926), Shigetada Hatakeyama is exactly this type of person. Even though he boasts of his bravery, he is not a muscle-brained man, and he is able to understand people's feelings and behave with kindness. That is why he was valued by Minamoto no Yoritomo, who was his enemy at …Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

Man arrested after skull of missing woman found in his home

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Police In Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, on Monday rearrested a 31-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing a woman in January 2018, after a skull was found at his residence. Police said a DNA test confirmed that the skull was that of Kaho Miyamoto, 21, who lived in Ibaraki Prefecture,…Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureSee the Story

Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Dissolution of the Unification Church Case 2: The Confinement of Dr. Koide

A doctor is abducted and held captive for "leaving" the Unification Church. Patricia Duval 2nd of 7 articles (Read the first article) Isshin Hospital, where Koide was working at the time of his abduction (Source: X) Following the case in the first article, another habeas corpus petition was filed in which Hirohisa Koide (then 30 years old, a doctor) who was a member of the Unification Church was abducted and held captive for about two years. On …Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

‘Unacceptable’: Japan group under fire for holding combat drills for students

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The activities at the ‘junior survival school’ involved primary and secondary schoolchildren being taught how to handle toy guns.Asia · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

Kurdish Man Kawaguchi, Repeat Sex Offender, Denies All Charges in Court: "I Never Forced Anyone to Do Anything"; Even Fabricating an Alibi with His Wife; "Immigrants" and Japanese

The fifth hearing of the defendant Hasgül Abbas (22), an unemployed Kurdish man of Turkish nationality who is accused of sexually assaulting a junior high school girl in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, and sexually assaulting another girl while on suspended sentence, was held on the 9th at the Saitama District Court (Judge Masahito Murohashi presiding), and the victim...Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

50% of Kawaguchi City Residents Feel that Public Safety Is Poor - 20% Increase From Last Year, 70% of Women in Their 20s - City Opinion Survey: "Immigrants" and Japanese People

A city survey of Kawaguchi City residents in Saitama Prefecture found that about half of them felt that the city was "unsafe," and this figure increased sharply last year. Over the past 10 years, it was in the 20-30% range, but in fiscal 2024, it jumped to 49%. The city has the highest number of foreign residents of any city or town in Japan, and as of the 1st of this month, they made up 8.3% of the population...Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

＜Exclusive＞ Kurds Cause Commotion Inside Kawaguchi Police Station, Chasing Cars of Prefectural Assembly Members and Shouting at Them, Police Also Dispatched to City Hall, "Immigrants" and Japanese

On the 2nd of this month, a commotion occurred on the grounds of the Prefectural Police's Takenami Police Station in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, when four or five Kurdish people from Turkey's minority group surrounded a car carrying prefectural and city assembly members and shouted at them. While the assembly members were inspecting the area around a demolition material storage site in the city from a public road, they were chased by a K…Kurds · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

Man Indicted on Charges of Distributing Obscene Materials After Printing Obscene Images Onto Pillowcases Using AI Generator

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] On the 4th, the Metropolitan Police Department sent documents to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office against a self-employed man (46) from Niiza City, Saitama Prefecture, on suspicion of distributing obscene materials for illegally reselling body pillow covers printed with obscene images created by image generation AI (artificial intelligence).Saitama Prefecture · Saitama PrefectureRead Article

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