Japanese woman held for 1999 murder says she lived in constant fear of arrest

A 69-year-old woman arrested for a 1999 murder in Nagoya, central Japan, told investigators that she had long feared being caught and felt depressed each year as the anniversary of the killing approached, police said on Monday. Kumiko Yasufuku was arrested on Friday on suspicion of killing Namiko Takaba, then a 32-year-old housewife, at the victim’s flat 26 years ago. The suspect was identified by the victim’s husband as his former high school classmate. “I felt uneasy, and my heart sank...