Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Man arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 14, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the key sites related to the murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo: (1) the girl's house (2) the suspect's house (3) the elementary school the girl attended (4) the scene where her body was found. Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, the head of a parents' association, was arrested the same day in connection with the murder case.

E

Dolls sent off on seaborne journey in Girls' Day event

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Three tiny boats full of "hina" dolls set out for a seaborne journey in a Girl's Day ritual to wish girls healthy growth and happiness at Awashima Shrine on the coast of Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2014.

E

Making spring's Kaguyabina doll decorations in full swing

KOBE, Japan - Production of Kaguyabina, pairs of Japanese paper dolls representing husband and wife placed inside a bamboo case for display, in full swing in the town of Kamigori, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2014, ahead of Girl's Day on March 3.

E

Man arrested for forcing schoolgirl into bag

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Taxi driver Hisayuki Hoshiyama opens the trunk of his taxi, where a 12-year-old elementary schoolgirl in a large traveling bag was found, in the city of Hiroshima on Sept. 5, 2012. Tomohiro Kodama, a 20-year-old university sophomore in Tokyo, hailed Hoshiyama's taxi and put the bag in the trunk the previous day, but was arrested after the driver heard the girl's voice coming from the bag and asked a passerby to call the police while stopping at a red light. The girl, who had been forced into the bag after being threatened by Kodama with a knife, sustained no injuries.

E

Man arrested for forcing schoolgirl into bag

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Police unveil to reporters at Hiroshima Central Police Station in the city of Hiroshima on Sept. 5, 2012, a large traveling bag that a 12-year-old elementary schoolgirl was forced into by a 20-year-old man after being threatened with a knife the previous day. Tomohiro Kodama, a university sophomore in Tokyo, hailed a taxi and put the bag in the trunk, but was arrested after the taxi driver heard the girl's voice coming from the bag and asked a passerby to call the police while stopping at a red light. The girl sustained no injuries.

E

Multiple murder case in Japan

A police officer cordons off a path leading to the house in Takachiho, southwestern Japan, where six bodies including a 7-year-old girl's were discovered the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo