Prosecutors have questioned the leader of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, over her alleged involvement in bribing the wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as part of a criminal probe into the couple. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/asia-pacific/crime-legal/unification-church-south-korea-first-lady/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #unificationchurch #hanhakja #yoonsukyeol #southkorea
A 33-year-old woman accused of murdering her former boyfriend, whose body was found in a suitcase in the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023, has admitted to the allegation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/crime-legal/woman-admit-murder-suitcase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #japanesecourts
Russia says forced labor, introduced in 2011, is a humane form of punishment that reduces re-offending and lets criminals to contribute to the economy and society. Convicts say its a return to the days of the gulag. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/crime-legal/arctic-russia-convict-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #prisons #arctic #forcedlabor
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport on suspicions that he had stolen some ¥1.5 million from 70 to 80 passengers undergoing baggage inspection since around August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/crime-legal/haneda-airport-worker-arrested-over-theft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #hanedaairport #airports #theft
North Korean hackers have used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake identification document for use in a phishing target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/north-korean-hackers-chatgpt-deepfake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #northkorea #hacking #ai #chatgpt #deepfakes #southkorea
The Utah student suspected of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk faces formal charges this week, in an act of violence widely seen as an inflection point in U.S. politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #republicans #democrats #guns #donaldtrump #us #murder
Officials have not yet identified a precise motive for the assassination of conservative U.S. influencer Charlie Kirk. But here is a look at what we know about the alleged killer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #guns #us #murder #donaldtrump
U.S. authorities said Friday they had captured the man accused of killing prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk after a family member helped to turn him in, ending a frantic manhunt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-suspect-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #guns #us #murder #donaldtrump
A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/crime-legal/kirk-suspect-in-custody/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #fbi #guns #charliekirk #donaldtrump
A new fraud tactic has emerged in Osaka Prefecture, in which scammers send elderly people smartphones before swindling them using the devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/scam-smartphone-elderly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #phones #japanesepolice #elderly #osaka #socialmedia #fraud
A U.S. Air Force serviceman has appealed to the Supreme Court against a high court ruling upholding a five-year sentence for abducting and sexually assaulting a young girl in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-assault-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #supremecourt #japanesecourts #sexcrimes
Police have served third arrest warrants on two elementary school teachers linked to an online chat group sharing secretly taken images and videos of girls. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/third-arrest-girls-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #children #elementaryschools #childporn #sexcrimes #yokohama
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months' imprisonment after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/crime-legal/brazil-bolsonaro-guilty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #jairbolsonaro #luizinacioluladasilva #donaldtrump
Around 1 in 5 cyclists in Japan wear helmets when cycling, according to a survey by the National Police Agency in June, which shows a slight improvement from a year earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-helmets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice#trafficaccidents #cycling #npa
Police in Fukuoka Prefecture transported six members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring from the Philippines to Japan and arrested them for their alleged involvement in special fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-crime-ring-members-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #organizedcrime
The former FBI acting director and two other senior officials who were recently fired without cause have sued the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, alleging they were removed for insufficient loyalty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/crime-legal/trump-fbi-insufficient-loyalty-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #fbi #donaldtrump #us#kashpatel
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling for a 54-year-old man sentencing him to an indefinite prison term over a robbery resulting in death in Komae, Tokyo, in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/crime-legal/robbery-indefinite-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #luffy #japanesecourts
Many of the nearly 500 arrested at a Hyundai facility in Georgia appeared to be working legally, a U.S. immigration lawyer representing more than a dozen workers picked up said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hyundai-immigrants-us-lawyer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ussouthkorearelations #immigration #us #southkorea #jobs #hyundai
U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday at an event at a Utah university. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/crime-legal/charlie-kirk-shot-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #charliekirk #guns #murder #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Former lawmaker Yasutada Ono pleaded not guilty Wednesday over a high-profile political funds scandal involving factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/crime-legal/ldp-funds-scandal-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #politicalfunds #ldp