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  2. List of major crimes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Shinjuku bus attack: 6: Shinjuku, Tokyo: A mentally disturbed man throws a bucket of petrol and a lit newspaper into a bus. The ensuing fire killed 6 and injured 14. He kills himself in 1997. 1982: Japan Airlines Flight 350: 24: Tokyo Bay: Mentally disturbed Captain Seiji Katagiri forces the Japan Airlines Flight 350 to crash. 24 passengers are ...

  3. Shinjuku - Wikipedia

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    Shinjuku (Japanese: 新宿区, Hepburn: Shinjuku-ku, IPA: [ɕiɲdʑɯkɯ] ⓘ), officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan.It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administrative center of the Tokyo Metropolitan ...

  4. List of massacres in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Shinjuku: Unknown 44 Perpetrator never caught. 20 June 2003: Fukuoka family murder case: Higashi-ku, Fukuoka Wei Wei, Yang Ning and Wang Liang 4 Businessman Shinjiro Matsumoto, his wife Chika and two children aged 11 and 8 are murdered in a robbery by three Chinese students who broke into their home and dumped their bodies in Hakata Bay.

  5. Myojo 56 building fire - Wikipedia

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    The Myojo 56 building fire (明星56ビル火災, Myōjō Gojū-Roku Biru Kasai) was a structural fire that began at about 01:00 local time on September 1, 2001 in the Myojo 56 building, located in the Kabukichō section of Shinjuku, Tokyo,

  6. Shinjuku Golden Gai - Wikipedia

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    An alley in Golden Gai. Golden Gai is a few minutes' walk from the East Exit of Shinjuku Station, between the Shinjuku City Office and the Hanazono Shrine. [6] Its architectural importance is that it provides a view into the relatively recent past of Tokyo, when large parts of the city resembled present-day Golden Gai, particularly in terms of the extremely narrow lanes and the tiny two-story ...

  7. Triad (organized crime) - Wikipedia

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    A triad (traditional Chinese: 三合會; simplified Chinese: 三合会; Jyutping: saam1 hap6 wui6; Cantonese Yale: sāam hahp wúi; pinyin: sān hé huì) is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant overseas Chinese populations.

  8. Kabukichō - Wikipedia

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    Kabukichō (Japanese: 歌舞伎町, Kabuki-chō, pronounced [kabɯki̥ tɕoː]) is an entertainment district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.Kabukichō is considered a red-light district [1] with a high concentration of host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the "Sleepless Town" (眠らない街, Nemuranai Machi, pronounced [nemɯɾanai matɕiꜜ]).

  9. Shibuya incident - Wikipedia

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    In Shinjuku, Tokyo, ... sentences were either hard labor or deportation. The trial put a spotlight on the Chinese population in Japan; the Chinese used their ...