The Metropolitan Police Department is deploying up to 18,000 officers to beef up security in central Tokyo for a three-day visit by U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/japan-trump-visit-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #donaldtrump #usjapanrelations #japanesepolice #japanesepolice
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
Police searched locations linked to a now-closed zoo in Sapporo over allegations of unauthorized land development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/police-raid-closed-hokkaido-zoo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #animals #hokkaido #japanesepolice
Osaka police have arrested a man after a 14-hour standoff in which he held a woman he was living with at knifepoint. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/crime-legal/osaka-hostage-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #japanesepolice #theft
Tokyo police have raided the operator of Momuri, a company that helps people quit their jobs, on suspicion of violating the attorneys law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-raid-quitting-help-firm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #jobs #momuri
Even with granular rules in place, driver’s license conversion is anything but straightforward — and Japan Times readers had plenty to say about it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/22/issues/drivers-license-conversion-horror-stories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #cars #driving #nationalpoliceagency #npa #japanesepolice
A woman in Tokyo has been arrested for pepper-spraying two men on the Yamanote Line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/crime-legal/yamanote-line-train-pepper-spray-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yamanoteline #rail #jr #japanesepolice
For three decades, Mako Nishimura was one of Japan's few female yakuza. These days, she helps other retired gangsters reintegrate into society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/society/yakuza-woman-redemption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yakuza #gangs #japanesepolice #gifu #drugs
A man suspected of killing two women last week at a nursing care facility in Saitama Prefecture where he previously worked has revealed that he “entered the facility with the intent to kill.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/japan/crime-legal/saitama-elderly-murder-followup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #japanesepolice #nursingcare #elderly
Tokyo police have served two people with additional arrest warrants, including a person believed to be the leader of a group accused of committing phone scam cases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/phone-scam-leader-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #china #phones #fraud
The Aichi Prefectural Police has arrested seven key figures of an organization that allegedly took over bank accounts to sell them to criminal groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/bank-account-brokers-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #aichi #fraud #phones #banks
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has been ordered by a court to pay damages to a South Asian woman over a police response in a park dispute that led to a man posting abusive social media posts against her. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/crime-legal/foreign-lawsuit-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #tokyo #discrimination
A 60-year-old hot-spring facility worker has gone missing in Iwate Prefecture in a possible bear attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/japan/onsen-worker-missing-bear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #iwate #onsen #japanesepolice
this is the first time that a bear has been killed under the revised wildlife protection and management law, which took effect in September. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/sendai-bear-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sendai #miyagi #japanesepolice #bears #environmentministry #hunting
Tokyo police arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion he created fake sexual images of female celebrities using generative artificial intelligence technology, then displayed them online. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/crime-legal/ai-celebrities-image-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #akita #ai #japanesepolice #celebrities #deepfake
A former care worker is believed to have used an unchanged passcode to gain entry into his old workplace in Saitama Prefecture where a double murder took place. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/crime-legal/saitama-murder-password/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #nursingcare #japanesepolice #tsurugashima
Police have apprehended a former employee of a care facility near Tokyo following the deaths of two residents who were found bleeding and unconscious on their beds in the early hours of Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/japan/crime-legal/saitama-care-facility-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama #tsurugashima #nursingcare
A bear appears to have killed a man picking mushrooms in a forest in Iwate Prefecture, local police said Friday, the latest in a spate of suspected confrontations that could set a record if confirmed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/apparent-bear-attack-kills-man-in-iwate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #bears #animals #japanesepolice #iwate
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