米朝首脳会談の合意は具体性に乏しい【US-North Korea summit agreement lacks details】
Critics say the first-ever summit between sitting US and North Korean leaders in Singapore on Tuesday lacks details on the North’s nuclear development as their joint statement did not include the words “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization.”
新幹線内の無差別攻撃で1人が死亡し、2人が負傷【Random assault aboard bullet train kills 1, injures 2】
A 22-year-old man stabbed one man to death and injured two other passengers in a random assault aboard a bullet train bound for Osaka on Saturday night. After the train made an emergency stop, police stormed the car and arrested the suspect.
警察が不動産王の不可解な死を捜査中【Police investigating mystery death of real estate mogul】
Police have launched a murder probe after a real estate mogul was found
dead at his home in western Japan on May 24 with a large amount of stimulants in his body. The 77-year-old man had dubbed himself “Don Juan” and married a 22-year-old woman earlier this year.
日本が企業犯罪に司法取引を導入【Japan introduces plea bargains for corporate crimes】
Japan introduced its first plea bargaining system on Friday that allows prosecutors to promise leniency to suspects or defendants in exchange for information on corporate crimes. Unlike in the U.S., they cannot plead guilty to their own charges for a shorter sentence.
アメフト：二人の前指導者が除名に【American football: Two ex-coaches to be expelled】
The association of college American football in the capital and the surrounding area on Tuesday decided to expel the former head coach and assistant coach of a university team in Tokyo. The body determined that the two ordered the defensive player to crush the opposing quarterback in a dangerous foul play earlier this month.
大阪の学校法人の前理事長が10ヶ月後に保釈【Ex-head of Osaka school operator released after 10 months】
The former head of an Osaka-based school operator and his wife were released on bail on Friday, about 10 months after they were arrested on fraud and other charges. He told reporters that their detention was politically motivated.
指が1本の登山家が8度目のエベレスト挑戦で死亡【One-fingered Japanese climber dies on eighth Everest attempt】
An accomplished Japanese climber, who lost nine fingers to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during his eighth attempt to scale Mount Everest. The 35-year-old alpinist was found dead in a tent by Sherpas, a Nepalese government official said.
