Japan's Justice Ministry decided there is no need to further toughen punishment for the crime of insults or to newly impose penalties for libel conducted via direct messages on social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/crime-legal/insults-penalties-no-need/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #socialmedia
Japan is considering revising the anti-prostitution law to possibly include buyers who solicit sex for money as violators, closing a loophole that has been widely criticized. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/crime-legal/anti-prostitution-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesepolice #sexcrimes #prostitution #hostclubs
Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused on Monday to answer questions from a congressional panel but said she was prepared to speak if granted clemency by President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/world/crime-legal/epstein-maxwell-trump-testimony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #ghislainemaxwell #donaldtrump #us #childabuse #humantrafficking
Criminals in Southeast Asia are using inexpensive artificial intelligence tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, senior officials at Interpol say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/crime-legal/ai-scam-centers-asia-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ai #fraud #southeastasia #myanmar #cambodia #organizedcrime #asia
A Hong Kong court sentenced former media mogul Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, giving the pro-democracy advocate the heaviest penalty ever meted out under a Beijing-imposed national security law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-20-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #china #appledaily #democracy
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced in the financial hub's most high-profile national security case. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-sentencing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #jimmylai #hongkong #appledaily #china
An 18-month-old girl detained for weeks by U.S. immigration authorities was returned to custody and denied medication after being hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness, a lawsuit filed in Texas claims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/crime-legal/toddler-ice-custody-medication-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #republicans #ice #immigration #children
A look inside an abandoned scam compound in Cambodia reveals the brutality and banality of fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/crime-legal/inside-abandoned-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #gangs #fraud #romancescams
Tokyo police have referred two lawyers and a clerical worker at a law firm to prosecutors on suspicion of receiving illegal referrals from an agency that helps people quit their jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/crime-legal/momuri-attorneys-law-suspect-violation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #jobs #mpd #momuri #corporategovernance
Prosecutors have sought a life sentence for Toshiya Fujita, a senior member of a crime ring called "Luffy" that is behind a series of robbery and fraud cases across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/crime-legal/life-sentence-request-luffy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fraud #theft #philippines #luffy #gangs
A total of 337 police officers and personnel were disciplined across Japan in 2025, according to a National Police Agency tally released Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/crime-legal/npa-member-discipline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #npa #powerharassment #fraud
Tokyo police arrested a 40-year-old nursery school teacher on Wednesday on suspicion of indecent assault on an elementary school boy during an accommodation event hosted by an after-school child care center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/crime-legal/nursery-teacher-sexual-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexcrimes #daycare #tokyo #japanesepolice
Thai and Japanese police authorities have met in Bangkok to discuss cooperation against human trafficking after a Thai girl was discovered to have been forced to provide sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/crime-legal/japan-thai-police-human-trafficking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #thailandjapanrelations #thailand #japanesepolice #humantrafficking
The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to appeal his life imprisonment ruling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination
The head of a company that helps people quit their jobs has been arrested along with his wife on allegations of illegally referring clients to lawyers in return for payment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/japan-resignation-agency-president-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #jobs #mpd #momuri
Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-rejection-airman-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #japanesecourts #okinawa #usmilitary #sexcrimes #usbases #usjapanrelations #women039sissues #childabuse #supremecourt
A government panel’s subcommittee has approved the outline of a review of Japan’s retrial system that would continue to allow prosecutors to file appeals against a court’s decision to start a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-prosecutors-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #falseconvictions #justiceministry
The release by U.S. authorities of a new cache of files on late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has caused international fallout involving high profile figures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/world/crime-legal/epstein-fallout-royal-resignations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #norway #uk #slovakia #belgium #losangeles #france #us
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigation squad has arrested a former Mita Securities executive and four other individuals on suspicion of insider trading linked to a tender offer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/japan/crime-legal/japan-brokerage-insider-trading-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mitasecurities #brokerages #nidec #stocks #tse
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to their home in a Minneapolis suburb after being detained by U.S. immigration officers and held at a detention facility in Texas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/02/world/crime-legal/five-year-old-boy-ice-minnesota/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ice #immigration #us #donaldtrump #republicans