Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
A woman in her 70s thought to have been killed by a bear in Akita Prefecture actually died of hypothermia, authorities say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/akita-kazuno-autopsy-bear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #akita #kazuno #bears #death #japanesepolice
Police in Tokyo are hunting for a male suspect after receiving a report Sunday morning that a woman was stabbed in the capital’s Minato Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/crime-legal/akasaka-woman-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #akasaka #japanesepolice #stabbings
Ohkawara Kakohki, once falsely accused of illegal exports, is seeking three investigators' personal liabilities for part of the damages awarded to the machinery-maker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/crime-legal/ohkawara-kakohki-resident-audit-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ohkawarakakohki #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #tokyo
With few people typically owning guns in Japan, special teams of police officers have been dispatched with rifles for the first time ever to locations that have seen rising numbers of bear incidents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/explainer/who-culls-bears-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #explainer #animals #selfdefenseforces #japanesepolice
Police in Kyoto have arrested a former officer and a woman on suspicion of defrauding an elderly dementia patient. The former officer is a board member of a group that works with police to assist dementia patients. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-arrested-elderly-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #dementia #fraud #elderly
Determined to stay strong for their only son after his wife of four years was murdered at their home in broad daylight, Satoru Takaba vowed to “never yield to the killer.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/nagoya-killing-husband/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #aichi
A 43-year-old inspector at Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaking investigative information to a group believed to have illegally brokered women it scouted on the street. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/crime-legal/police-officer-arrest-scout-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #hostessbars #apps
Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating the child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic massage parlor, investigative sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/arrest-warrant-thai-mother/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #thailand #childabuse #sexcrimes #thailandjapanrelations
The government adopted Tuesday a draft antistalking law amendment that prohibits the act of collecting location information by abusing loss prevention tags. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/japan/crime-legal/antistalking-law-location-information/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stalking #domesticviolence #phones
Tokyo police were set to rearrest a woman and her partner after the pair allegedly starved the woman’s daughter, causing her to become severely malnourished. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/japan/crime-legal/japan-child-abuse-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #childabuse #japanesepolice
The mother of a Thai girl believed to have been forced into sex work at a massage parlor in Tokyo has been detained in Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/crime-legal/mother-thai-girl-sex-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #thailand #childabuse #taiwan #sexcrimes #prostitution
Police arrested Takashi Tachibana, head of a political group that criticizes NHK, in a libel case that involved the suicide of a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/politics/anti-nhk-political-group-head-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takashitachibana #nhk #hyogo #japanesepolice #misinformation
Police have arrested an elementary school teacher in Okayama Prefecture, marking the seventh and final arrest in a group of teachers who allegedly shared voyeuristic videos of school girls on social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/crime-legal/final-suspect-teacher-sexual-images/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #socialmedia #elementaryschools #children #pornography #okayama #aichi
Tokyo police have arrested the head of a fraud group believed to be linked to hundreds of fraud cases in Japan, along with six related people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-police-fraud-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #gangs #japanesepolice
Tokyo police have arrested the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/thailand-girl-trafficking-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #thailand #sexcrimes #children #humantrafficking
The National Police Agency on Thursday began allowing riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/society/japan-riot-police-cull-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #bears #animals #akita #japanesepolice
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department plans to create a system to document consultations using generative artificial intelligence so police can swiftly respond to stalking cases that may escalate into serious crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/police-ai-stalking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #ai #drones #domesticviolence #stalking #disasterpreparedness
The Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a U.S. Marine Corps warrant officer on suspicion he assaulted a restaurant worker in the prefectural capital of Naha. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/crime-legal/us-marine-arrest-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #japanesepolice #usmilitary
Police in Aichi believe a woman arrested last week over the 1999 killing of a 32-year-old housewife had attacked her immediately after she opened the front door, suggesting the crime was premeditated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/crime-legal/1999-nagoya-killing-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagoya #aichi