Tokyo police have arrested a 35-year-old Chinese national on attempted murder charges following the stabbing of a woman in the Takadanobaba district of the capital’s Shinjuku Ward on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-takadanobaba-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #takadanobaba #shinjuku #japanesepolice
A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach “acted alone” and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, police have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/crime-legal/bondi-beach-shooting-act-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #australia #terrorism #massshootings #guns
Despite many clues left at the scene, police are still desperately searching for whoever is behind the brutal murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #setagaya #japanesepolice #stabbings
A woman was stabbed in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Monday, with police searching for the suspect, according to investigative sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/crime-legal/woman-stabbed-shinjuku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #shinjuku #stabbings
South Korean prosecutors Monday accused the country’s former first lady of having accepted lavish bribes totaling over $200,000, including fine art, jewellery and a handbag, as well as meddling in state affairs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-former-first-lady/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #kimkeonhee #yoonsukyeol #unificationchurch
Families of Bondi Beach shooting victims have urged Australia’s prime minister to launch a royal commission — an independent public inquiry — into the “rapid rise of antisemitism” in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/crime-legal/bondi-families-antisemitism-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #australia #bondibeach #massshootings #massmurder #guns #anthonyalbanese
South Korea's special prosecutor requested a 10-year prison sentence on Friday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including attempted obstruction of his arrest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/asia-pacific/crime-legal/yoon-suk-yeol-prosecutors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #yoonsukyeol #southkorea
Fourteen people were injured in a stabbing spree at a tire factory in Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday, during which an unspecified liquid was also sprayed, an emergency services official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/shizuoka-stabbing-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #yokohamarubber #stabbings
A 27-year-old man found dead in an apartment in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward on Monday is believed to have been in a relationship with a woman who died in an apparent murder-suicide three days earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-murder-suicide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #nishitokyo #suicide
Otsu District Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of Osaka and Shiga prefectures to shut down three Kansai Electric Power nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/court-dismissal-fukui-nuclear-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #otsu #osaka #fukui #nuclearenergy #japanesecourts #kepco
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak faces judgment on Friday for his alleged involvement in the country’s 1MDB mega-graft scandal, with a guilty verdict likely to add years to a sentence already being served. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/asia-pacific/crime-legal/malaysia-former-prime-minister-scandal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #malaysia #corruption #najibrazak
Tokyo police searched locations linked to a luxury sauna facility operator on Thursday on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in the deaths of two customers earlier this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/japan/crime-legal/luxury-sauna-operator-raided/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #akasaka #sauna
Tokyo-based advertising company called Solarie and its president, Reika Kuroki, also known as influencer Reika Miyazaki, are suspected of evading ¥157 million in corporate and other taxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/japan/crime-legal/japanese-influencer-tax-evasion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #socialmedia #reikakuroki #taxes
The U.S. Justice Department’s long-awaited rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files has been a chaotic spectacle that has largely turned the spotlight back to Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and other known associates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/crime-legal/epstein-files-delays-worsen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #congress #republicans #democrats #sexcrimes #humantrafficking
The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday that it had discovered more than 1 million more documents potentially related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/crime-legal/epstein-documents-found/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein
Hyogo police executives have been punished over gifts and other favors from a company commissioned to provide services to the police, it was learned Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/crime-legal/hyogo-police-gifts-contractor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hyogo #japanesepolice
A Thai girl who had been forced to perform sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo is expected to soon be returned to her home country, where she is to live in a local support facility, according to media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/crime-legal/thai-girl-massage-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #thailand #taiwan #japanesepolice #sexcrimes #children #humantrafficking #childabuse #thailandjapanrelations #tokyo
Two men were found guilty of plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State group-inspired gun rampage against the Jewish community in England, which investigators say shows the resurgent risk posed by the militant group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/world/crime-legal/two-guilty-uk-plot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #uk #terrorism #islamicstate
The government has adopted a new cybersecurity strategy, stipulating a new system enabling the police, the Defense Ministry and the SDF to work together in neutralizing critical attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/new-cybersecurity-strategy-police-sdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #sdf #china #russia #northkorea #defense #defenseministry #cybersecurity #ai
A total of 281 teachers and staff at kindergartens, public elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan were disciplined for sexual offenses in fiscal 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/crime-legal/sexual-misconduct-educators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mext #elementaryschools #juniorhighschools #highschools #children #sexcrimes #kindergartens #teachers #surveys