Fraud cases in Japan soared to a record high in 2025, according to a report by the National Police Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/crime-legal/japan-2025-crime-figures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #npa #organizedcrime #fraud #investments
Tokyo police are planning to refer members of a powerhouse high school baseball team to prosecutors on charges including making a female student send obscene images. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/crime-legal/japan-high-school-ballplayers-child-pornography/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #prosecutors #schools #students #baseball #childporn
Japan is considering revising the anti-prostitution law to possibly include buyers who solicit sex for money as violators, closing a loophole that has been widely criticized. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/crime-legal/anti-prostitution-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesepolice #sexcrimes #prostitution #hostclubs
Tokyo police have referred two lawyers and a clerical worker at a law firm to prosecutors on suspicion of receiving illegal referrals from an agency that helps people quit their jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/crime-legal/momuri-attorneys-law-suspect-violation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #jobs #mpd #momuri #corporategovernance
A total of 337 police officers and personnel were disciplined across Japan in 2025, according to a National Police Agency tally released Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/crime-legal/npa-member-discipline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #npa #powerharassment #fraud
Tokyo police arrested a 40-year-old nursery school teacher on Wednesday on suspicion of indecent assault on an elementary school boy during an accommodation event hosted by an after-school child care center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/crime-legal/nursery-teacher-sexual-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexcrimes #daycare #tokyo #japanesepolice
Thai and Japanese police authorities have met in Bangkok to discuss cooperation against human trafficking after a Thai girl was discovered to have been forced to provide sexual services at a massage parlor in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/crime-legal/japan-thai-police-human-trafficking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #thailandjapanrelations #thailand #japanesepolice #humantrafficking
The head of a company that helps people quit their jobs has been arrested along with his wife on allegations of illegally referring clients to lawyers in return for payment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/japan-resignation-agency-president-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #jobs #mpd #momuri
An Australian woman has died after her backpack got caught on a ski lift on a Japanese mountain, which left her suspended in midair after she attempted to disembark. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/australia-ski-lift-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #australia #japanesepolice #wintersports #nagano #hospitals
Victims of an attempted robbery case that happened at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday had about ¥95 million in foreign currency stolen in a different incident in the past. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/japan/crime-legal/haneda-attempted-robbery-hong-kong-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #theft #hanedaairport #hongkong #japanesepolice
Police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a host club in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-host-arrest-dating-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #dating #apps #hostbars #shinjuku #kabukicho
The number of cases of child abuse in Japan was still high in fiscal 2024, an official of the Children and Family Agency has said, despite a slight decline from a record high the previous year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/society/child-abuse-case-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #childabuse #japanesepolice
A group of five people carrying cash in suitcases was attacked with pepper spray on a street in Tokyo’s Ueno district on Thursday evening, with the group claiming around ¥423 million had been stolen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/ueno-robbery-haneda-airport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #theft #ueno #japanesepolice
Tokyo police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly registering a fake address to rent an internet server and on suspicions of involvement in a blog that alludes to child prostitution in Laos. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/laos-child-prostitution-blog/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #laos #children #osaka #internet #prostitution #blogs
Japanese police had conducted 13 undercover investigations into "dark" part-time jobs through last month, National Police Agency sources said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-undercover-probes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #npa #organizedcrime
An infielder of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp professional baseball team has been arrested for allegedly using etomidate, a designated drug also known as the "zombie cigarette." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/29/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-carp-zombie-cigarette/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hiroshimatoyocarp #drugs #japanesepolice #hiroshima #baseball
Police referred a private lodging operator in Tokyo and two Chinese nationals, including its leader, to public prosecutors on suspicion of offering its services on weekdays in violation of a local regulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/crime-legal/japan-minpaku-private-lodging-illegal-operations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tourism #minpaku
Tokyo police have arrested the head of what they say is Japan’s largest sex worker scouting ring after a yearlong manhunt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/crime-legal/scout-leader-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #natural #prostitution #tokyo #women039sissues #yakuza #japanesepolice
Tokyo police arrested a 62-year-old professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Medicine on suspicion of accepting bribes related to a joint research project. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/25/japan/crime-legal/university-of-tokyo-professor-arrest-for-bribery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #universityoftokyo #japanesepolice
One person died and eight were injured in an auto accident in Tokyo on Thursday evening involving an official vehicle of the Cabinet Office and five other cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/23/japan/crime-legal/cabinet-office-car-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #trafficaccidents #tokyo #japanesepolice #cabinetoffice