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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

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

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Tokyo police deploy 18,000 officers for Trump’s visit

The Metropolitan Police Department is prioritizing countermeasures against lone offenders and drawing on recent cases in Japan, including those against former prime ministers.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Police raid closed Hokkaido zoo for unauthorized land development

As of Oct. 4, 312 animals, including tigers and lions, still remain at the zoo.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Man arrested after 14-hour police standoff in Osaka

Toru Suetsugu, 48, allegedly held a woman he was living with at knifepoint after police showed up at his apartment to investigate a theft.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Tokyo police raid resignation assistance firm for violating attorney law

The operator is suspected of introducing clients to lawyers and charging a commission fee even though the company has no legal qualifications to do so.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Driving in Japan isn’t hard. Getting the license is.

From the desperate and defeated to the blissful and breezy, readers share their experiences of getting a driver’s license in Japan.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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Woman arrested for pepper spray assault on Yamanote Line

The alleged assault injured two men and resulted in train delays of up to 15 minutes.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Former care home worker entered Saitama facility with 'intent to kill'

Investigators believe he broke into his former workplace after forming an intent to kill despite holding no grudge against the two residents he allegedly killed.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Tokyo police arrest phone scam group leader

The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the group was behind at least some 500 phone scam cases committed in half a year through January.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Seven key members of major bank account brokerage ring arrested

The organization is believed to be one of the biggest of its kind in Japan, handling over 1,000 accounts annually for the purpose of money laundering
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Tokyo ordered to pay damages to South Asian woman over police response

A park dispute led police officers to provide the woman’s personal details to a man who went on to make abusive social media posts against her.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Onsen worker missing in possible bear attack in Iwate

Police officers found blood on a rock near the entrance of an outdoor hot-spring area and under nearby fences.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Bear shot in city of Sendai under revised law

The bear appeared near a residential area in Kagitori, Taihaku Ward, in the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture,
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Man held in Japan on suspicion of creating female celeb deepfakes made with AI

It is the first time for police in Japan to crack down on sexual deepfake images of celebrities created using generative artificial intelligence.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Suspect in murders at Saitama facility allegedly snuck in using old passcode

Police suspect Toya Kimura, 22, a former worker at the care facility, used prior knowledge of the building's security system to gain entry.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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