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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The presumed mastermind of a spate of burglaries that occurred across Japan since last year may be in the Philippines, an investigati

Police arrested two more suspected members of a violent gang that burglarized a house in Tokyo in December and may be connected to a deadly home invasion also in the capital this month.

A spate of robberies across Japan suspected to be linked to a certain criminal group was apparently performed by people hired for

Police investigating the murder of a 90-year-old woman at her house in Komae, Tokyo, last week, said that information on mobile phones confiscated from suspects in two robberies in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, and Chiba Prefecture, listed the Komae house as a target for a &quot&...

Police believe the crimes committed in six prefectures in eastern Japan may be linked to three other cases, including one in Hiroshima.

Members of a group suspected of staging robberies across east Japan are believed to have been involved in similar crimes in two western prefectures as well, investigative sources say.

A group behind a violent burglary in the capital was likely involved in similar cases in Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures, as well as planning for a deadly robbery in Tokyo’s Komae city, investigative sources said.

Authorities have noted similarities in a series of break-ins since November — including one that resulted in the death of a 90-year-old woman.

The address of a Tokyo murder victim was found in a message of a cellphone seized in connection with a separate incident in the capital, reinforcing a belief among police that criminal gangs are operating in a coordinated manner, investigative sources said.