Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was on bail and awaiting trial in Japan, fled the country on December 29. He reportedly left his apartment hidden in a box used for a musical instrument and flew on a private plane to Lebanon via Turkey.

The operator of the Keikyu Line resumed services on Saturday two days after a collision in Yokohama, near Tokyo. In the accident, an express train slammed into a truck stranded on a crossing, leaving one person dead and 35 others injured.

Several pro-democracy leaders were arrested in Hong Kong ahead of the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government demonstrations. Angered protesters clashed with police on Saturday, throwing firebombs and hard objects.

Police arrested a man in Osaka on Sunday for forcibly stopping a car and punching the driver on an expressway earlier this month. The suspect, 43, had been placed on a nationwide wanted list since the road-rage incident.

Thursday’s arson attack on an animation studio in Kyoto, renowned for its high-quality works, sent shock waves across the world. The 41-year-old suspect, who is being treated in hospital for severe burns, told police that his novel was stolen.

Five elderly patients at a central Japan hospital died amid a heatwave after the air conditioners in their rooms broke down on August 20th. The hospital failed to report the possibility that heatstroke caused their death, according to the police.

A grand jury report released last week showed over 300 “predator priests” are accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 children in Pennsylvania. Bishops and other leaders of the Catholic Church covered up the horrendous acts over seven decades, according to the report.

Police in Osaka have placed a 30-year-old rape suspect on a nationwide wanted list, mobilizing about 3,000 officers for a week. He escaped from a police station on August 12th by breaking an acrylic partition shortly after he met with his lawyer there.