Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, on trial in connection with the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told a court she wants to keep her faith in the Unification Church, a controversial religious group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/yamagami-trial-mother/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabeassassination #guns
The constantly shifting nature of how human trafficking is conducted and whom it targets make it increasingly difficult for Japanese authorities to wipe it out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/human-trafficking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #childabuse #thailandjapanrelations #thailand #sexcrimes #children #humantrafficking
A woman in her 70s thought to have been killed by a bear in Akita Prefecture actually died of hypothermia, authorities say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/akita-kazuno-autopsy-bear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #akita #kazuno #bears #death #japanesepolice
A student suspected of carrying out a bombing at his school mosque in Jakarta wrote in his diary of feeling isolated and drew inspiration from a Telegram group glorifying white supremacist attacks, police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/asia-pacific/crime-legal/teen-jakarta-mosque-blasts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #indonesia #terrorism #socialmedia
Police investigating the stabbing of a woman in Tokyo’s Akasaka district on Sunday say security camera footage shows the suspect leaving the building roughly 30 seconds after following the victim inside. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/japan/crime-legal/akasaka-stabbing-details/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #tokyo #akasaka
A survey of researchers on Japan's retrial system has found that all 19 respondents support a proposed ban on prosecutors' ability to appeal a court's decision to initiate a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #surveys #justiceministry
Indian authorities said that a deadly car blast in New Delhi earlier this week was an attack carried out by a "suicide bomber," announcing the arrest of an accomplice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-accomplice-delhi-bomber/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #terrorism #kashmir
Police in Tokyo are hunting for a male suspect after receiving a report Sunday morning that a woman was stabbed in the capital’s Minato Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/crime-legal/akasaka-woman-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #akasaka #japanesepolice #stabbings
Ohkawara Kakohki, once falsely accused of illegal exports, is seeking three investigators' personal liabilities for part of the damages awarded to the machinery-maker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/crime-legal/ohkawara-kakohki-resident-audit-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ohkawarakakohki #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #tokyo
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, who is charged with the 2022 murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Nara, apologized for the crime committed by her second son as she appeared in court as a defense witness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/crime-legal/mother-abe-shooter-apology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nara #shinzoabe #shinzoabeassassination #tetsuyayamagami #guns #japanesecourts
The U.S. Justice Department announced the creation of a “Scam Center Strike Force” to combat a surge in cryptocurrency‑investment fraud by transnational criminal organizations operating out of Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/asia-pacific/crime-legal/scam-center-strike-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #us #southeastasia #fraud
Police in Kyoto have arrested a former officer and a woman on suspicion of defrauding an elderly dementia patient. The former officer is a board member of a group that works with police to assist dementia patients. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-arrested-elderly-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #dementia #fraud #elderly
Determined to stay strong for their only son after his wife of four years was murdered at their home in broad daylight, Satoru Takaba vowed to “never yield to the killer.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/nagoya-killing-husband/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #aichi
A Saitama court handed down a suspended prison sentence to a 43-year-old Chinese man who hit a group of elementary school children with his car and fled the scene to avoid being caught for drunken driving. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/china-hit-and-run-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #china #misato #children #trafficaccidents #driving #japanesecourts
An Chinese alleged racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar, who spent over a decade on the run from Chinese authorities, has been extradited from Thailand to China, according to Thai police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/asia-pacific/crime-legal/chinese-scam-kingpin-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #fraud
A 43-year-old inspector at Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaking investigative information to a group believed to have illegally brokered women it scouted on the street. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/police-officer-arrest-scout-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #hostessbars #apps
The president of a Hokkaido tour boat operator pleaded not guilty to professional negligence resulting in a fatal sinking in the first hearing of his criminal trial on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-boat-operator-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #shari #japanesecourts #marineaccidents #shiretokoyuransen
A Chinese woman who orchestrated a multibillion dollar investment fraud to buy Bitcoin was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in jail by a London judge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/crime-legal/chinese-bitcoin-uk-crypto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #china #uk #cryptocurrencies
A declared military crackdown has left some destruction at a major scam compound in Myanmar, satellite images show, but most buildings are still standing in pictures taken up to Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-centers-standing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #organizedcrime #gangs #fraud