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
Iwao Hakamata, a former death row inmate who was acquitted in a retrial for the 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka Prefecture, filed a damages lawsuit against the central and prefectural governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/japan/hakamata-files-suit-against-government/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #iwaohakamata #japanesecourts #deathpenalty
The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a former employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to nine years in prison for stealing cash and valuables from customers’ safe-deposit boxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/crime-legal/mufg-deposit-box-theft-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mufg #japanesecourts #theft
The Yokohama District Court on Friday sentenced Mai Nishitaka, 33, to 17 years in prison for killing her ex-partner, whose body was found in a suitcase by the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/woman-sentenced-murder-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #kawasaki #kanagawa #japanesecourts
Former lawmaker Yoshitami Kameoka pleaded not guilty Friday over his alleged distribution of cash to voters just before the official campaign period for the October 2024 House of Representatives election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/politics/lawmaker-kameoka-cash-distribution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshitamikameoka #corruption #lowerhouse #japanesecourts #fukushima
Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will know his fate in January 2026, when the Nara District Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on the case against him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/abe-shooter-ruling-date/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tetsuyayamagami #shinzoabe #japanesecourts
The first settlements have been reached in petitions filed by former followers of the Unification Church demanding refunds of donations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-first-donation-refund-settlements/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #unificationchurch #japanesecourts
An elementary school teacher pleaded guilty to charges of sharing child pornography via social media, in the first hearing on his case at the Nagoya District Court on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/crime-legal/teacher-child-pornography-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #nagoya #yokohama #teachers #childporn #socialmedia
Japan has decided to allow same-sex couples to be treated as being in de facto marriages under a total of nine more laws and ordinances, including the disaster condolence grant law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/same-sex-partners-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #samesexmarriage #japanesecourts #lgbtq
The Osaka High Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a man who threw an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a campaign event in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/crime-legal/10-year-sentence-upheld-for-kishida-attacker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #wakayama #fumiokishida
The Nagoya High Court ruled that the government is not obligated to recognize a Syrian man as a refugee after the collapse of the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/japan/court-rules-government-not-obliged-refugee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #refugees #japanesecourts #syria
A court has ruled that a provision under a law on gender dysphoria requiring a change in the appearance of people's genital organs to change their legal gender as unconstitutional and invalid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/japan/crime-legal/sex-change-requirement-unconstitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #sex #transgender #sapporo
A 33-year-old woman accused of murdering her former boyfriend, whose body was found in a suitcase in the Tama River near Tokyo in December 2023, has admitted to the allegation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/crime-legal/woman-admit-murder-suitcase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tamariver #japanesecourts
A U.S. Air Force serviceman has appealed to the Supreme Court against a high court ruling upholding a five-year sentence for abducting and sexually assaulting a young girl in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-assault-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #supremecourt #japanesecourts #sexcrimes
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling for a 54-year-old man sentencing him to an indefinite prison term over a robbery resulting in death in Komae, Tokyo, in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/crime-legal/robbery-indefinite-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #luffy #japanesecourts
Former lawmaker Yasutada Ono pleaded not guilty Wednesday over a high-profile political funds scandal involving factions of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/crime-legal/ldp-funds-scandal-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #politicalfunds #ldp
The government officially decided Friday to start a new system to provide comprehensive support for victims of serious crimes or bereaved families of such victims on Jan. 13, 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/crime-legal/japan-comprehensive-support-for-crime-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #cabinet #japanesecourts
The Pentagon’s inspector general has begun a review of how U.S. military personnel in Japan complied with policies on preventing and addressing violent crimes after reports of sexual assaults in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/pentagon-review-crime-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #okinawa
A man charged with the 2023 murder of four people in Nagano Prefecture has indicated his intention to keep silent during the first court hearing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/defendant-nagano-murder-silent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nagano #japanesecourts
The bereaved family of a pregnant woman who died after being struck by a vehicle in central Japan has urged prosecutors to recognize her daughter, born after the accident with a severe disability, as a victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/crime-legal/fetus-victim-prosecutors-urge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nagoya #japanesecourts #pregnancy #driving #disability