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Police vehicles, including one carrying Y¨±ki Adachi, are seen on April 28 in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, during an on-site investigation over the death of the 37-year-old man's adopted son.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 8, 2026
¡®You¡¯re not my real dad!¡¯: Argument in car allegedly provoked murder in Kyoto case
The suspect told police during voluntary questioning before his arrest on Wednesday that he strangled his 11-year-old adopted son following an argument on the drive to school.
A public bathroom where suspect Y¨±ki Adachi allegedly murdered his adoptive son in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2026
Father may have left Kyoto boy¡¯s body near home after killing him, sources say
As Y¨±ki Adachi, the adoptive father of the boy, participated in the search for his son, he also may have tried to delay the discovery of the body, sources said.
A police vehicle carrying Y¨±ki Adachi is parked on April 28 near a public bathroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, where the body of his son is believed to have been temporarily placed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2026
Police rearrest Kyoto father over murder charge
Police believe Y¨±ki Adachi may have murdered his son in a public restroom about 2 kilometers from the family¡¯s home.
Authorities are concerned that the spread of baseless information in the case of Yuki Adachi, whose father was arrested after the boy's body was found this month, could impede police investigations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
Kyoto police warn of misinformation in case of arrested father and dead boy
Authorities are concerned that such baseless information circulating on social media could impede their investigation.
Police investigate a public bathroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Saturday where they suspect 11-year-old Yuki Adachi's body might have been temporarily placed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2026
Kyoto suspect told others son was missing before school called home, police say
The suspect was arrested last week after admitting to killing his son in the high-profile investigation.
A vehicle believed to be used by the father suspected of killing his son is transported to a police station in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2026
Arrested father of Kyoto boy allegedly searched for ways to abandon body
Police are investigating 37-year-old Y¨±ki Adachi, believing that he attempted to delay the discovery of his son¡¯s body.
Police investigators on Saturday inspect a public restroom in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, in connection with the death of 11-year-old boy Yuki Adachi.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 19, 2026
Kyoto police inspect public restroom tied to boy¡¯s death
The father is believed to have relocated the body several times around the city.
A vehicle that is believed to be that of a father suspected of killing his son is transported to a police station in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Father of Kyoto boy admits to choking him to death, investigators say
While an autopsy carried out on the body has failed to determine the cause of the boy¡¯s death, the victim is estimated to have died in late March.
A vehicle carrying suspect Y¨±ki Adachi enters the Nantan Police Station of the Kyoto Prefectural Police in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Thursday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 17, 2026
Investigators in Kyoto murder case say suspect¡¯s dashcam footage was deleted
The Kyoto Prefectural Police believe the 37-year-old suspect, Y¨±ki Adachi, may have deleted the footage to conceal his movements.
A vehicle carrying Y¨±ki Adachi leaves the Kyoto Prefectural Police¡¯s Nantan Station as the suspect is transferred to prosecutors on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 16, 2026
Father admits to murder of son found dead in Kyoto Prefecture
The man had been arrested earlier on suspicion of abandoning his son¡¯s body in the mountains.
Investigators are seen at the family home of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, a boy who was missing for three weeks before his body was found in the mountains near his school, in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2026
Police raid family home of boy found dead in Kyoto Prefecture
The body of elementary school student Yuki Adachi, who had been missing since March 23, was found on Monday in the mountains of Kyoto Prefecture, with the cause of death unknown.
Police officers are seen on Tuesday at the site where a body identified as that of a missing 11-year-old boy was found a day earlier, in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Body found in Kyoto mountains identified as that of missing boy
The body was found in the mountains about 2 kilometers southwest of the school in the rural city of Nantan that 11-year-old Yuki Adachi attended.
Polic cordon off the area around where the body of a child was found on Monday in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
Police find body in search for missing Kyoto boy
Yuki Adachi, 11, a student at a local public elementary school, has been missing since March 23.
The Kyoto prefectural police found a pair of black sneakers of the same brand as those worn by 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, who went missing in late March in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2026
Shoes possibly worn by missing boy found in Kyoto mountains
The sixth-grade student in an elementary school in Nantan went missing after his father dropped him off near the school at around 8 a.m. on March 23.
Police officers search for 11-year-old Yuki Adachi in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 30.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2026
Police are left with few clues as search for missing boy in Kyoto continues
Yuki Adachi, 11, went missing on the morning of March 23 after his father dropped him off at his elementary school in the rural city of Nantan.
Areas near the home of a missing 11-year-old boy in the city of Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, are sealed off on Tuesday as police continue their search for him.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2026
Police scour Kyoto mountains in ongoing search for missing 11-year-old boy
The elementary school sixth grader went missing on the morning of March 23, according to prefectural police.
LIFE / Japan Showcase / GREAT TAMBA AREA
Jan 31, 2014
Sightseeing off the beaten track in rural Kyoto
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