Naha District Court on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old U.S. Marine to seven years in prison for nonconsensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury to a woman in Okinawa Prefecture in May last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/crime-legal/sexual-assault-okinawa-seven-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department on Monday arrested an employee of Fuji Television Network for alleged habitual gambling on an online casino site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/crime-legal/fuji-tv-worker-online-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fujitv #onlinecasinos #gambling
Saitama police have arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of luring and abducting a high school girl, who was found dead in Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/crime-legal/gifu-man-arrest-girl-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #yamanashi #saitama #gifu #aokigaharajukai