thejapantimes, 1 day ago to Japan

Tokyo police have arrested the head of the Tsubasa no To political group along with two others for allegedly disrupting the speeches of opponents during a by-election in the capital in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/crime-legal/tsubasa-no-to-head-and-two-others-arrested/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tsubasanoto #tokyo

thejapantimes, 1 day ago to Japan

Japan's parliament has passed legislation to introduce a "blue ticket" fine system under which bicycle riders pay penalties for minor traffic violations to escape criminal punishment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/crime-legal/bill-passed-to-introduce-fines-for-cyclists/ #japan #crimelegal #cycling #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #upperhouse

thejapantimes, 2 days ago to Japan

Police in Tochigi have arrested two men for attempted theft, with investigators on high alert for similar crimes in nearby prefectures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/crime-legal/serial-robbers-arrested/ #japan #crimelegal #gunma #nagano #tochigi #fukushima #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 2 days ago to Japan

Japanese billionaire and influencer Yusaku Maezawa said that he sued Facebook's Japan branch and its American parent company Meta, for their negligence in regulating the use of his name and image in investment scams on their social media platforms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/crime-legal/maezawa-sues-meta/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud #investments #socialmedia #yusakumaezawa

thejapantimes, 2 days ago to Japan

Tokyo police on Thursday sent papers to prosecutors over an 18-year-old man's alleged use of smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University entrance exams in February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/16/japan/crime-legal/waseda-exam-cheating/ #japan #crimelegal #wasedauniversity #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 3 days ago to Japan

A 59-year-old former employee of Bandai Namco Entertainment has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling ¥54 million ($345,300) in company assets meant for game development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/crime-legal/bandai-namco-entertainment-employee-arrested-over-embezzlement/ #japan #crimelegal #bandainamcoentertainment #japanesepolice #videogames

thejapantimes, 3 days ago to Japan

Police are hunting for a group of men who robbed a woman at her home in a remote mountainous area in Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday, and probing connections to a spate of similar incidents that occurred recently in neighboring prefectures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/15/japan/crime-legal/police-search-for-men-who-allegedly-robbed-a-house/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukushima

thejapantimes, 4 days ago to Japan

A total of 21,716 people in Japan died alone at home from January through March, nearly 80% of whom were 65 or older, the National Police Agency said in releasing an official tally on solitary deaths for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/14/japan/society/japan-solitary-deaths/ #japan #society #aging #depopulation #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 6 days ago to Japan

Of the 122 fraud cases in which more than ¥10 million each was stolen last year, money transfers via online banking services accounted for 32 cases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/12/japan/crime-legal/money-stolen-via-online-transfers-up-five-fold/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud #internet

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to Japan

The details of what happened to a Tokyo couple whose bodies were burned in Tochigi Prefecture are starting to become more clear following the arrest on Monday of their daughter’s common-law husband, the suspected mastermind. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-burned-couple-explainer/ #japan #crimelegal #nasu #tochigi #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 8 days ago to Japan

A 51-year-old man arrested on suspicion of stabbing a young woman to death in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward earlier this week had allegedly lent ¥18 million to the victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/10/japan/crime-legal/shinjuku-murder-case-details/ #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #shinjuku #japanesepolice #stabbings

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to Japan

Deceitful contractors in Japan are coaxing homeowners into undertaking costly and unnecessary repairs by falsely claiming their roofs need fixing, sometimes inflicting the damage themselves. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/crime-legal/japan-roof-scams/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #fraud

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan

Police arrested a 51-year-old man early Wednesday on suspicion of fatally stabbing a woman in her 20s in an apartment in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/08/japan/crime-legal/shinjuku-woman-fatal-stabbing/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #shinjuku #tokyo #stabbings

thejapantimes, 11 days ago to Japan

The police have arrested two more individuals in connection with the murder of a Tokyo couple whose burned bodies were discovered in Tochigi Prefecture last month, one of them their daughter's common-law husband. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-burned-bodies-more-arrests/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tochigi

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to Japan

Now that the yakuza have gone into hiding, Japan's police face a new enemy in the form of the "tokuryu" — quasi-gangsters who thrive on anonymity and a lack of structure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/06/japan/crime-legal/tokuryu-explainer/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nasu #tochigi #organizedcrime #fraud #yakuza #fukuoka

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to Japan

More scammers are heading onto social media, creating a sharp rise in cases of people in Fukushima Prefecture losing significant amounts of money. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/06/japan/crime-legal/fukushima-fraud-cases-up/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukushima #fraud #socialmedia #investmentscam

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

Tokyo and Tochigi prefectural police have arrested two more men in connection with the disposal of bodies found on a riverbed in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/01/japan/crime-legal/two-more-men-arrested-over-burned-bodies-in-nasu/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nasu #tochigi

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

A 28-year-old man who is suspected of ordering the disposal of the bodies of a Tokyo couple has said that he himself was given instructions by another person, according to investigative sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-burned-bodies-suspect/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tochigi #okinawa #fukuoka

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

Police have arrested a 28-year-old man in Okinawa in relation to a case in which the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple were found near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, two weeks ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/29/japan/crime-legal/man-arrested-in-okinawa-over-bodies-found-in-tochigi/ #japan #crimelegal #nasu #tochigi #tokyo #japanesepolice #okinawa

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

The man arrested over the discovery of the burned bodies of a Tokyo couple in Tochigi Prefecture has suggested that he received more than ¥10 million from a person who told him to dispose of the bodies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/27/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-bodies-10-million/ #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #nasu #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 22 days ago to Japan

Police have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly smuggling stimulant drugs worth about ¥957 million from Britain in September 2021, using his Japanese romance scam victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/26/japan/crime-legal/drug-smuggling-romance-scam/ #japan #crimelegal #drugs #smuggling #japanesepolice #fraud

thejapantimes, 23 days ago to Japan

Four scam victims in Japan sued Facebook on Thursday after allegedly being tricked by fraudulent online investment ads that used images of celebrities without their consent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/25/japan/crime-legal/meta-sued-in-japan-for-celebrity-scams/ #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #meta #facebook #yusakumaezawa

thejapantimes, 23 days ago to Japan

The National Police Agency disclosed a plan Thursday to raise the minimum amount of state benefits paid to bereaved families of crime victims from ¥3.2 million to ¥10.6 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/25/japan/japan-crime-victim-family-benefits/ #japan #npa #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 25 days ago to Japan

Tokyo police on Tuesday turned over to prosecutors a 41-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a staff member of Lower House by-election candidate Hirotada Ototake during a campaign speech. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/23/japan/crime-legal/japan-by-election-staffer-assaulted/ #japan #crimelegal #hirotadaototake #2024lowerhousebyelection #mpd #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 26 days ago to Japan

The man who was arrested in connection with the charred corpses of a man and a woman found on a riverbed in Tochigi Prefecture last week has told police that he did not know who the victims were. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-charred-bodies-case/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #tochigi #nasu