68-year-old man arrested for Shimanami hold up
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for holding up a LAWSON convenience store along the Shimanami Kaido bike route in the early hours of March 18.
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Hiroshima Crime Report
Masked man robs Shimanami konbini at knifepoint
A masked man made off with ¥82,000 after robbing a Shimanami konbini at knifepoint.
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Iwakuni gang shooting arrest
A man is in custody connected with the shooting of a gang leader in Iwakuni on the night of Sunday, August 15.
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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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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 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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