Toyoji Sudo, mayor of a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, was found dead in a drainage ditch, with police believing the death to be a suicide.
Ibaraki Prefectural Police believe, based on surrounding circumstances, that Toyoji Sudo killed himself.
The report emerged on June 15, 2026. Details include the mayor's name and the location of the drainage ditch.
According to the police statement, the circumstances led directly to the conclusion of suicide.
Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 88-year-old father.
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Police in Kyoto Prefecture have arrested the father of 11-year-old elementary school student Yuki Adachi on suspicion of abandoning his son's body. The father admitted during questioning, 'There's no doubt that I did it.' Adachi had been missing since March 23.
Japanese police have issued an arrest warrant for the potential mastermind in the murder of a 69-year-old woman in Tochigi. The man fled to China after the break-in at her home.
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Yūki Adachi, the adoptive father of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, joined the search for his missing son in Kyoto while possibly trying to delay discovery of the body, sources said.
Researchers from Kindai University and the Aichi Prefectural Police Department published a study on detecting cyanide poisoning in a toxicology journal in May.
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A 28-year-old man accused in a Tochigi robbery-murder case was taken into custody at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the early hours of Sunday, shortly before his planned flight to Seoul.