Actor Hiroya Shimizu pleaded guilty to violating the narcotics control law, at the first hearing of his trial at Tokyo District Court on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-actor-drug-pleads-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #drugs #marijuana #hiroyashimizu #film #celebrities
An infant's severed head, arms and legs were found in the refrigerator of an out-call service provider for sex workers in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/crime-legal/infant-head-found-in-fridge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #children
The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday lashed out at U.S. sanctions, arguing they effectively put top court officials on a par with "terrorists and drug traffickers." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/crime-legal/icc-deputy-prosecutor-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #icc #donaldtrump #us #warcrimes
Japanese police have arrested four men suspected of masterminding a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area as part of an anonymous and transient criminal group that operated via social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/japan/crime-legal/suspected-masterminds-robberies-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #theft #gangs
A U.S. appeals court will allow President Donald Trump to keep thousands of national guard troops in Washington for now, temporarily halting a district judge’s ruling declaring the deployment unlawful. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/crime-legal/appeals-allows-trump-deployment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #nationalguard #courts
A 17-year-old high school student in Osaka has been arrested for allegedly carrying out a cyberattack on the operator of an internet cafe chain with a program he created using ChatGPT. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/japan/crime-legal/police-arrest-cyberattack-net-cafe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cybersecurity #hacking #internet #cafes #osaka #ai
Marriage equality campaigners urged Japan's top court on Wednesday to rule the country's failure to recognize same-sex unions "unconstitutional," following a recent setback at the Tokyo High Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq #humanrights
Police are currently searching for a man after he allegedly brandished a large knife at a hotel in the Tokyo DisneySea theme park on Monday evening. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/crime-legal/japan-disney-resort-knife-man-flee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #disneysea #themeparks
Malaysian customs authorities have charged three Japanese men with attempting to smuggle large quantities of marijuana into the Southeast Asian nation, with the men planning to deny the charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/crime-legal/marijuana-smuggling-malaysia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #malaysia #marijuana #airports #kualalumpur #customs
In a hearing, Luigi Mangione’s lawyers argued that the police violated his legal rights by searching the backpack without a warrant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/crime-legal/luigi-mangione-gun-manifesto-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #luigimangione #us #murder #unitedhealth
Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding "substandard" netting on buildings failed to halt flames from spreading. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-suspects-fire-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china
A Japanese high court branch on Friday rejected injunctions by local residents seeking to halt the operations of aging nuclear power reactors run by Kansai Electric Power in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/court-rejection-injunctions-mihama-takahama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kepco #japanesecourts #fukui #mihama #takahama #nuclearenergy #earthquakes
Takashi Tachibana, leader of the NHK Party, has been indicted by the Kobe District Public Prosecutors Office for allegedly defaming a former Hyogo prefectural assembly member who apparently committed suicide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/tachibana-indictment-defamation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #takashitachibana #motohikosaito #hyogo #japanesepolice #suicide #nhkparty
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-ruling-tokyo-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq
The National Police Agency has determined that improper DNA analyses conducted by a former member of the Saga Prefectural Police have had no adverse impact on investigations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/crime-legal/police-dna-saga-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saga #sagaprefecturalpolice #japanesepolice #npa
A pair of national guardsmen who were shot just blocks from the White House are in critical condition, while a lone gunman has been taken into custody, officials said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/world/crime-legal/us-national-guardsmen-dc-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #washington #massshootings #us
A ranking gang member has pleaded not guilty to the charge of fatally shooting the head of the Gyoza no Osho restaurant chain in Kyoto in 2013. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/yakuza-shooting-plea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #guns
A man standing trial for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Nara District Court that the attack was triggered by “despair and a sense of crisis.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-abe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #nara #japanesecourts
The Hiroshima High Court ruled on Tuesday that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in an unconstitutional state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-court-upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025upperhouseelection #japanesecourts #votedisparity
French authorities Tuesday have arrested four more people in a probe into October’s spectacular daylight theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/world/crime-legal/france-arrests-louvre-heist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #france #louvre