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CultureNHK World14d ago

Tokyo Suginami: House completely burns down, one body found in the wreckage

On the afternoon of the 8th, a house in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, completely burned down. One body was found in the wreckage. Contact has been lost with a woman in her 90s who lived in the house, and the Metropolitan Police Department is confirming whether the deceased is this woman while investigating the cause of the fire.

World25d ago

Suspect arrested on suspicion of fraud, identified through bank's suspicious withdrawal monitoring

A 25-year-old Vietnamese national has been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of defrauding approximately 8 million yen by posing as a woman on a dating app, according to investigative sources. The suspect is believed to have played a role in withdrawing the laundered proceeds of the fraud, moving money between various accounts. The identification of the suspect was reportedly made possible by a bank's independent monitoring efforts for suspicious withdrawals.