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Kazutaka Yonekura, 48, the founder and former president of Japanese artificial intelligence developer Alt, has been arrested with three others on suspicion of padding the firm's sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/crime-legal/ai-developer-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #ai

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · yesterday

U.S. federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/crime-legal/man-charged-la-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #wildfires #california

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@Federation_Bot · 2 days ago

The National Police Agency on Tuesday held the first meeting of an expert panel on measures against illegal drone flights, in light of the growing threat of drones being used for terrorism and other purposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/crime-legal/police-drone-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #drones

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

A growing number of women are being drawn by international criminal networks into Albania from impoverished countries on the promise of lucrative sex work and a potential gateway to Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/crime-legal/women-albania-sex-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #sexcrimes #prostitution #pornography #albania #organizedcrime #humantrafficking

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'I found hell': the women ensnared in Albania's global sex trade

Empowered by the global reach of cybercrime, criminal networks are using Albania as a transit point to exploit women from other nations around the world.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Police arrested a couple in Osaka Prefecture on Monday on suspicion of attempting to fraudulently import rice, disguising the shipment as mung beans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/crime-legal/osaka-couple-arrest-rice/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #osaka #rice #vietnam

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Osaka couple arrested for attempting to import rice illegally

The suspects are alleged to have tried to import some 45 tons of rice from Vietnam, claiming it as mung beans.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a former employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to nine years in prison for stealing cash and valuables from customers’ safe-deposit boxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/crime-legal/mufg-deposit-box-theft-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mufg #japanesecourts #theft

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Tokyo police have arrested Keita Richard Kusama, a 29-year-old member of boy band "Ae! Group" on a public indecency charge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/crime-legal/boy-band-member-arrested-shinjuku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #shinjuku #aegroup #startoentertainment #idols

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Member of boy band Ae! Group arrested on public indecency charge

Keita Richard Kusama is suspected of exposing his lower body around the entrance of a building in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

Hong Kong is planning to install tens of thousands of surveillance cameras that will make use of AI-powered facial recognition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-ai-surveillance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #ai #surveillance

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras, four sources said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/world/crime-legal/fbi-comey-perp-walk-refusal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #fbi #jamescomey #donaldtrump

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FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say

James Comey was charged on Sept. 25 with making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

British police said on Friday they may have accidentally shot two victims, including one who died, in their attempts to bring under control an attack on a Manchester synagogue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/crime-legal/manchester-synagogue-attack-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #manchester #uk #religion #judaism #terrorism #stabbings #discrimination

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U.K. police may have accidentally shot dead victim in synagogue attack

The attacker, whom armed officers shot dead at the scene, was not carrying a firearm, though one of those killed suffered a gunshot wound.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

The Yokohama District Court on Friday sentenced Mai Nishitaka, 33, to 17 years in prison for killing her ex-partner, whose body was found in a suitcase by the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/woman-sentenced-murder-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #kawasaki #kanagawa #japanesecourts

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Woman sentenced to 17 years for killing ex-boyfriend

Mai Nishitaka and four others strangled her ex-partner and abandoned the body in a suitcase by the Tama River in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

A minivehicle fell over in the city of Nabari in Mie Prefecture in the small hours of Friday, killing five of the six people riding in it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/minivehicle-five-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mie #tsu #driving #hospitals #japanesepolice

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Minivehicle rolls over in Mie Prefecture, killing five aboard

With six people having been in the car, the minivehicle may have exceeded its seating capacity of five when it crashed, according to the police.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will know his fate in January 2026, when the Nara District Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the case against him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/abe-shooter-ruling-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #japanesecourts

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Nara court likely to deliver verdict on Abe shooter in January 2026

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, is charged with the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The parents of a man arrested for allegedly killing an elderly woman in Machida, Tokyo, have expressed wishes for their son to atone for his crime. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/machida-attacker-parents-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #machida #tokyo #stabbings

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Parents want son to atone for alleged killing of Tokyo woman

Kota Kuwano is suspected of stabbing a 76-year-old woman at her apartment in Machida, Tokyo, on Tuesday.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The first settlements have been reached in petitions filed by former followers of the Unification Church demanding refunds of donations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-first-donation-refund-settlements/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #unificationchurch #japanesecourts

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Unification Church reaches first settlements on donation refunds

Three women in Hokkaido are believed to have lost about ¥70 million in total through purchases of seals and pots in addition to donations.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Two men were killed when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard in an attack at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/crime-legal/uk-synagogue-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #uk #terrorism #stabbings

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Two dead in attack at U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur, with suspect shot dead

The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Police have arrested a 38-year-old man in Aichi Prefecture on suspicion of swindling a food delivery service firm by making false claims that ordered food had not arrived to obtain refunds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/crime-legal/nagoya-food-order-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #aichi #nagoya #food #apps

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Nagoya man suspected of placing 1,095 fraudulent food delivery orders

The 38-year-old is alleged to have signed up and then canceled membership for the Demae-can service repeatedly, making false claims to avoid payments totaling about ¥3.7 million.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The suspect held over the stabbing of a 76-year-old woman in Machida, western Tokyo, said he was driven to kill someone out of frustration after his mail failed to arrive and garbage was left outside his home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/crime-legal/machida-stabbing-frustration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #machida #tokyo #japanesepolice #stabbings

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Suspect in Machida stabbing was ‘overwhelmed with despair’ over daily inconveniences

Kota Kuwano, 40, told investigators that frustrations over matters such as his mail not arriving and garbage being left outside his home drove him to kill someone.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

An elementary school teacher pleaded guilty to charges of sharing child pornography via social media, in the first hearing on his case at the Nagoya District Court on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/crime-legal/teacher-child-pornography-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nagoya #yokohama #teachers #childporn #socialmedia

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Elementary school teacher pleads guilty to sharing child sex abuse images

The charges are 'correct, and I'm very sorry,' said Fumiya Kosemura, a teacher at a public elementary school in Yokohama.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Japanese police on Wednesday launched special teams to reinforce their fight against tokuryū ad hoc crime groups made up of anonymous members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/crime-legal/new-police-team-combat-tokuryu-crime-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud #socialmedia