Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
SAIPAN (Kyodo) The court on Saipan on Thursday again rejected the bail request by Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been in custody since his arrest on murder and conspiracy charges in February. While his lawyers will appeal the decision to the top court of Saipan, his detention will be prolonged further. Read the full story
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A judge has tentatively ruled that a Japanese man does not have to be in a Los Angeles court for his attorney to argue for dismissal of charges that he had his wife murdered in the 1980s. Sixty-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura is in custody in Saipan, a U.S....
News & Information (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
(Kyodo) _ A Los Angeles court on Wednesday began hearing Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura’s demand that an arrest warrant issued on suspicion of murdering his wife be quashed. The……Read more
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) Richard Jackson, the lead detective in the Kazuyoshi Miura case of the Los Angeles Police Department, is an experienced officer in the cold case section. Read more ...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors argued Tuesday that a bid to throw out the arrest warrant for a Japanese businessman in the 1980s murder of his wife is premature and can't be pursued until he is extradited from Saipan.Attorney Mark Geragos claimed that a new trial for Kazuyoshi Miura would be double jeopardy because he was already tried in Japan and said the warrant for his arrest was defective.In a reply...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) Retired Los Angeles detectives Jimmy Sakoda and Louis Ito — who led the probe into the 1981 shooting of the wife of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura — have returned as... Read more ...
Crime and Consequences (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Japanese media are abuzz with the case of Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese businessman accused of killing his wife and then claiming they had been mugged during a visit to Los Angeles in 1981. But the Los Angeles District Attorney has...
Japundit (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Japan Talk #102 is now available on the Japan Talk website and at FeedBurner. * Japan Talk, country style! * Why are we “award-winning”? Listener Mail * Nick Ramsay - Japan Soc pronounced as Japan “sock” * Mike Hutson - Congratulations on #100 * Mark Meyers - Japanese food overseas * Jessica - Greetings from new listener * Kaori Umeda - [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
A defense attorney filed a motion Friday seeking the dismissal of a Los Angeles arrest warrant for a Japanese businessman accused in the 1981 killing of his wife.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
SAIPAN (Kyodo) Gov. Benigno Fitial of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands signed documents Wednesday ordering the transfer to California of Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been held on Saipan... Read more ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
SAIPAN (Kyodo) A defense team representing Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who is in custody on Saipan over the 1981 fatal shooting of his wife, said Monday the warrant that led to their... Read more ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Differences between the Japanese and U.S. criminal justice systems made it possible for the Los Angeles Police Department to arrest Kazuyoshi Miura for the 1981 fatal shooting of his wife in... Read more ...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Ryo Sakamoto, a former editor of the major tabloid newspaper Tokyo-Sports, remembers the media frenzy in the 1980s over the case of Kazuyoshi Miura. Read more ...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Miura's Lawyer Working To Prevent Transfer To CaliforniaSAIPAN (Kyodo)--Chief lawyer of Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been detained in Saipan over the 1981 shooting of his wife in Los Angeles, said Sunday he will take possible measures early this week to prevent Miura's transfer to California.
News & Information (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
(Kyodo) _ Chief lawyer of Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been detained in Saipan over the 1981 shooting of his wife in Los Angeles, said Sunday he will take possible measures early this week to…Read more
