Gang leader shot in Iwakuni
A 52 year old leader of a designated organized crime group affiliated with with the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi was shot in Iwakuni last night.
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Crime
Kintai Bridge biker arrested
An Iwakuni man in his 40s has been arrested for violation of cultural property protection law after riding his motorbike over Iwakuni’s iconic Kintai Bridge.
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Rogue biker marks iconic Kintai Bridge
Local news has been reporting an act of vandalism on a motorbike which left tire marks on 322 of the 522 slats that cover Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni.
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Graffitists hit Astram Line cars
Graffitists tagged Astram Line cars while they sat helpless in a yard in Asaminami-ku in the early hours of March
Read moreSpate of phone scams by people pretending to be police officers
Telephone scams have been all the rage over the past few years, but local police have reported a spate of
Read moreSpate of attacks on Hiroshima sex industry continues
Two men armed with bats burst into a place in Kokutai-ji in Naka-ku which the Chugoku Shinbun describes as being
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