thejapantimes, 4 days ago to Japan

Japanese police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly stealing IDs and passwords of people attempting to buy his fictitious online game account by guiding them to a fraudulent website. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/04/japan/crime-legal/teen-steal-fake-ids/ #japan #crimelegal #theft #japanesepolice #cybersecurity

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to Japan

Police have arrested a 68-year-old man over the shooting of a taxi driver in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/japan/crime-legal/taxi-driver-attack/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama #kawaguchi #guns

thejapantimes, 9 days ago to Japan

A bear entered a home in Gunma Prefecture early Friday morning and seriously injured an elderly couple. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/japan/gunma-bear-attack/ #japan #bears #gunma #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan

Japan's National Police Agency is looking to halve the speed limit on narrow roads in residential areas from the current 60 kilometer per hour to 30 kph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/japan/japan-speed-limit-revision/ #japan #japanesepolice #npa #trafficaccidents

thejapantimes, 10 days ago to Japan

Saitama police are on the hunt for a man who shot and injured a taxi driver late Wednesday night near Kawaguchi Station in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-taxi-driver-shot/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama #guns

thejapantimes, 12 days ago to Japan

Tokyo police have arrested a 25-year-old man from Kawasaki for allegedly creating malware using generative artificial intelligence tools available for free online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/28/japan/crime-legal/man-arrested-malware-generative-ai/ #japan #crimelegal #ai #japanesepolice #computerviruses

thejapantimes, 13 days ago to Japan

Police have arrested five people over an incident in which a man was found dead last December in a suitcase in Tama River. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/27/japan/crime-legal/five-arrests-tama-river/ #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #tokyo #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to Japan

A police officer in Kyoto Prefecture has received a traffic violation ticket for riding an electric scooter while drunk, prefectural police officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/24/japan/crime-legal/police-scooter-drunk/ #japan #crimelegal #electricscooters #japanesepolice #kyoto #drinking

thejapantimes, 16 days ago to Japan

Four people were confirmed dead after a fire at a house in the Togoshi district of Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Thursday. According to local police and other sources, the four were found lying on the floor of a bedroom with stab wounds on their bodies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/24/japan/crime-legal/woman-and-three-children-found-dead-in-tokyo/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #shinagawa #stabbings

thejapantimes, 17 days ago to Japan

Tokyo police on Wednesday arrested Terumi Ogura, 78, a former star of the all-female musical theater troupe the Takarazuka Revue, on suspicion of defrauding a fan out of ¥10 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/23/japan/crime-legal/japan-takarazuka-star-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #takarazuka #fraud

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

Iwao Hakamata, who in a rare example is being retried over a 1966 murder case, will be given a verdict on Sept. 26 that could see him finally acquitted more than five decades after he was sentenced to death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling-date/ #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

The Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing to death a 19-year-old college student, who is believed to have been his girlfriend, in her apartment in the city of Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/crime-legal/man-arrested-osaka-student-killing/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stabbings #osaka

thejapantimes, 18 days ago to Japan

A 2-year-old girl died on Tuesday after her neck was caught in a car window in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward, a tragedy that underscores concerns about child safety in vehicles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/crime-legal/young-girl-chokes-car-window/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #children #cars

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

The Tokyo District Court dismissed a lawsuit by a foreign woman who claimed to have been subject to discriminatory treatment by police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-discrimination-ruling/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #discrimination

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

Police on Tuesday issued fresh warrants for the arrests of two men over the alleged murder of a couple whose burned bodies were found in Tochigi Prefecture, days after two others were arrested on the same charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-murder-fresh-arrests/ #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #tokyo #japanesepolice #nasu

thejapantimes, 19 days ago to Japan

A surge in thefts targeting luxury sport utility vehicles in Japan has prompted authorities to urge owners to take preventative measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-luxury-car-thefts/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #theft #cars #suvs #toyotalandcruiser

thejapantimes, 21 days ago to Japan

Police on Sunday served a fresh arrest warrant on charges of murder to Hikaru Sasaki, one of six people held over the case of a Tokyo businessman and his wife whose charred remains were discovered in Tochigi Prefecture in April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/19/japan/crime-legal/japan-double-murder-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 23 days 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, 23 days 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, 23 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, 24 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, 24 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, 25 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, 25 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, 26 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