The chief of Shiga Prefectural Police department has apologized to a former assistant nurse who was acquitted of murdering a patient in a retrial after serving her prison term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-apology-false-conviction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #shiga #mikanishiyama #nurses
The Tokyo police admitted Thursday that it made a "serious mistake" in accusing executives of a spray dryer firm of illegally exporting equipment that could be converted into weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-illegal-investigation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #ohkawarakakohki
Fraud cases in which offenders pretend to be police officers and swindle targeted people out of money under the pretext of investigation are increasing sharply in Japan, data has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/crime-legal/fake-police-fraud-cases-surge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #npa
The ratio of car accidents in Japan resulting in death or serious injury that were caused by foreign drivers hit a record high of 2.1% in January-June, according to National Police Agency data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/crime-legal/foreign-drivers-accident-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #driving #tourism#trafficaccidents #japanesepolice
The National Police Agency's annual white paper noted that the spread of social media has made it easier for loosely organized crime groups comprising anonymous members to contact ordinary citizens and commit crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/police-report-social-media/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #socialmedia #japanesepolice #fraud
Police arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after six passersby were injured in a stabbing and beating spree on streets in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-stabbing-spree/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #japanesepolice #ibaraki
A 24-year-old Vietnamese man working in Japan as a technical intern has been arrested over the murder of a Japanese language teacher at her home in the city of Imari, Saga Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/crime-legal/vietnamese-technical-intern-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #vietnam #foreigntrainees #saga
Tokyo police have arrested a 56-year-old sushi restaurant worker for allegedly murdering a coworker at their restaurant in the capital's Toshima Ward on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/26/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-sushi-killing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #murder #tokyo #japanesepolice
The National Police Agency has set up a website for crime victims that offers links to supportive services and provides accurate information to related organizations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/crime-legal/crime-victim-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice
A Justice Ministry expert panel has called for establishing a new forum to discuss an update to the criminal procedure law, including expanding the scope of cases subject to video and audio recordings of interrogations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/crime-legal/interrogation-recordings-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #japanesepolice #japanesecourts
Police confirmed a total of 889 menacing online posts, including those threatening attacks on sites of campaign speeches, in the run-up to Sunday's election for the House of Councilors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/crime-legal/election-threatening-posts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #2025upperhouseelection #socialmedia #npa
Japan's National Police Agency will start a trial run of wearable cameras worn across officers’ chests or on headgear starting in late August to be used in situations such as stop-and-search procedures or crowd control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/crime-legal/police-wearable-cameras/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cameras
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department is allowing officers to wear neck coolers to help with the summer heat while also testing ventilated vests and cooling sprays. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/police-embrace-cooling-gear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #heatwaves #heatstroke
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has identified the second son of Shoko Asahara — the founder of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo cult — as the de facto head of Aleph, the group regarded as Aum’s successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/aum-shinrikyo-son/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack
A district court ordered the Shiga Prefectural Government to pay about ¥31 million in damages to a former assistant nurse who served a 12-year prison sentence before being acquitted of murdering a patient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/18/japan/crime-legal/shiga-nurse-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shiga #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #falseconvictions #hospitals #nurses
Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack
From demonstrating how police create suspect sketches based off of witness testimony to showing how 110 calls are handled, the Metropolitan Police Department hopes its recruitment event will draw in more applicants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/tokyo-police-recruitment-event/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #jobs #students
Police arrested a man on Saturday, alleging he murdered his former girlfriend, whose body was found at his house in the city of Kawasaki in late April. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/kawasaki-murder-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #kawasaki #kanagawa #stalking
A Yokohama court has sentenced two men to jail over their roles in a high-profile case involving the killing of a 46-year-old man whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in the Tama River. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crime-legal/suitcase-murder-case-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tamariver #tokyo #suitcases
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 34-year-old male Jiji Press employee on suspicion of theft, sources said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/japan/crime-legal/jiji-employee-theft/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #theft #media #jijipress #tokyo