The Tokyo District Court ordered the government to pay ¥1.5 million in damages after finding medical care provided to an inmate at a juvenile detention facility in Saitama had been “grossly unsatisfactory.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/japan/crime-legal/state-damages-detainee-cancer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #saitama #japaneseprisons
More than a week after thieves stole over $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre in Paris, details of the burglary and security lapses are coming to light. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/crime-legal/louvre-heist-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #theft #louvre #paris #france #museums
The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a man to 2 years and 6 months in prison for burning his girlfriend’s body and dumping it in the sea on Izu Oshima, an island south of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/izu-oshima-ruling-girlfriend/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #izuoshima #tokyo
Lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared at the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a witness Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-trial-witness-testimony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #keisato #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/crime-legal/upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #upperhouse #japanesecourt #votedisparity
India plans to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam center in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-repatriation-myanmar-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #myanmar #thailand #anutincharnvirakul
A series of court rulings in Japan has found key legal provisions on gender dysphoria unconstitutional, but the decisions have brought little relief to those seeking to change their gender identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/crime-legal/gender-identity-law-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #familyregistry #transgender
Court hearings are expected to end in November over an order to dissolve the Unification Church, which allegedly inspired the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #unificationchurch #japanesecourts
Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/crime-legal/rio-neighborhood-drug-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #drugs #gangs
Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-foreigners-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #thailand #southeastasia #fraud #forcedlabor #kidnapping
Tetsuya Yamagami — the man accused of the 2022 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — has pleaded guilty to the crime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-first-trial-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shinzoabe #nara #tetsuyayamagami
The government’s plan to tighten background checks on prospective teachers for records of sexual offenses leaves major loopholes, as certain crimes such as stalking will remain outside the system’s scope. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/crime-legal/dbs-flaws/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #teachers #childabuse #sexcrimes #fukuoka
More than three years after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the trial of the man accused of the crime is set to begin following a lengthy psychiatric evaluation and pretrial proceedings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #unificationchurch #japanesecourts #nara
French authorities have detained two of the suspected robbers believed to have stolen precious crown jewels from the Louvre in a museum heist that stunned the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/crime-legal/louvre-jewel-heist-suspects-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #louvre #paris #france #theft
Serial child sexual abuse cases in Australian day care centers have spurred a rush to close security gaps that let predators through the door. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/crime-legal/predators-australian-child-care/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #australia #children #sexcrimes #childabuse
The man armed with knives who was arrested near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Friday for alleged obstruction of official duties also carried a foldable saw and scissors in his backpack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/crime-legal/us-embassy-man-more-weapons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice
A man carrying a knife was arrested near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Friday after allegedly injuring a police officer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/crime-legal/man-knife-us-embassy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice
U.S. military police will conduct a patrol in Naha in the early hours of Nov. 1, in an effort to prevent a recurrence of sexual assault cases involving U.S. military personnel in the prefecture, it has been learned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/crime-legal/us-military-police-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #naha #okinawa #usjapanrelations #sexcrimes
Rather than hurting Latin America's drug trade, U.S. strikes on vessels Washington claims are ferrying drugs to American soil might be benefiting drug lords by causing a supply crunch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/crime-legal/us-drug-strikes-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #colombia #drugs #gangs #trade
More than 600 people have fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official has said, after a military raid on the compound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-raid-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #forcedlabor #kidnapping #fraud #southeastasia
