A Chinese court sentenced a Japanese citizen to a prison term for espionage, in a verdict that threatens to damage ties between Asia’s two largest economies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/china-court-jails-japanese-executive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chinajapanrelations #china #astellaspharma #espionage

A group chat that teachers allegedly used to share illicit images of elementary school girls has reignited the question: Is Japan facing a systemic failure to protect children from predatory educators? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/teachers-students-sexual-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #schools #students #children #sexcrimes #mext #teachers #sexualharassment #childporn

Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack

Public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for a senior member of the Philippines-based "Luffy" Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/crime-legal/luffy-sentence-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #japanesecourts #fraud #gangs #socialmedia

The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, an area in Laos meant for gambling and resort life, has become a center for money laundering and trafficking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/las-vegas-laos-city-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cybercrime #goldentriangle #laos #southeastasia #cybersecurity #hacking #organizedcrime #smuggling #moneylaundering #fraud #china

U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/crime-legal/ice-deport-migrants-six-hours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ice #immigration #migrants #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans

A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenage boy has drawn new condemnation of the Roman Catholic Church for its record on sex abuse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/crime-legal/sex-abuse-priest-promotion-catholic/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #france #catholicchurch #childabuse #sexabuse

The Osaka Prefectural Police department is cracking down on a crime ring for allegedly forcing about 130 underage girls into prostitution around the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/crime-legal/osaka-police-underage-prostitution-crack-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #sexcrimes #prostitution #gangs

A Yokohama court has sentenced two men to jail over their roles in a high-profile case involving the killing of a 46-year-old man whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in the Tama River. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/suitcase-murder-case-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tamariver #tokyo #suitcases

A court in Osaka detained a man for three weeks under the law on human protection after he failed to have his son appear at a hearing in a legal dispute with his wife over the child. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/osaka-man-detention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #constitution

A district court in Beijing will hand down a ruling on Wednesday for a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma, who has been charged with espionage in China, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/china-court-astellas-pharma-ruling-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #astellaspharma #espionage #china #chinajapanrelations

A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/crime-legal/ukrainian-spy-colonel-shot-kyiv/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #espionage #russia #russiaukrainewar

A federal judge again barred U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from denying citizenship to some babies born in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/crime-legal/judge-block-trump-citizenship-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #supremecourt #donaldtrump #immigration #nationality #humanrights

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 34-year-old male Jiji Press employee on suspicion of theft, sources said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/jiji-employee-theft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #theft #media #jijipress #tokyo

Japan’s National Police Agency on Thursday revealed a draft of new, tougher traffic rules for foreign nationals who wish to convert their drivers license into Japanese ones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/npa-drivers-license-conversion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #expats #tourism #cars #driving

Police in China have detained dozens of young women authors in a genre of gay erotica widely known in Asia as "boys' love" during a nationwide crackdown on online pornography. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-female-erotica-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #lgbtq #china #sex #pornography

Police in Japan have nearly doubled their personnel who handle cases of lone wolves since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead by one in July 2022. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/japanese-police-lone-offender-countermeasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #npa #mpd #shinzoabe #2025upperhouseelection

Inappropriate interrogation practices by police and prosecutors continue to be reported in Japan, with cases involving verbal abuse and the use of leading or coercive methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/inappropriate-interrogation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #falseconvictions

A trial challenging Japan's lengthy and grueling detention of criminal suspects has opened in Tokyo, with plaintiffs decrying "subhuman" treatment they say ignores the presumption of innocence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/japan-hostage-justice-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #japanesepolice