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Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 19, 2022
Italian detainee dies in apparent suicide at Tokyo immigration
The Italian man is the 18th person to have died in Japanese immigration facilities since 2007. Six of them, including this latest case, were apparent suicides.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 5, 2020
Osaka detention officer in his 40s tests positive for coronavirus
An officer at the Osaka Detention House has tested positive for COVID-19, the Justice Ministry announced Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 27, 2020
Former crime syndicate boss on Japan's death row dies in apparent suicide
A former boss of a Japanese crime syndicate on death row was found dead at the Tokyo Detention House on Sunday, Justice Ministry officials have said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2020
Australian father gets suspended term for trespassing at in-law's Tokyo home
A Tokyo-based Australian journalist and father was given a suspended prison term of six months by the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday for illegally trespassing into a building complex where his in-laws live in Tokyo's Suginami Ward in October, in what the journalist said was an attempt to check on his children after a powerful typhoon.
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2019
Japanese professor detained in China's Hunan province since July for possible espionage
A Japanese man in his 50s has been detained in the Chinese province of Hunan since July, possibly for alleged spying, a Japanese government source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2019
Kurdish refugee released on bail after 17 months in detention reunites with family in Tokyo
The tears of joy were impossible to contain Monday for the 8-year-old son of Kurdish asylum-seeker Mehmet Colak, who was released on the day after being detained for 17 months at Tokyo Regional Detention House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2019
Tokyo Detention House, in spotlight after Carlos Ghosn's extended stay, rejects criticisms
The case against Nissan Motor Co.'s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn has recently put Japan's controversial criminal justice and detention system in the spotlight, provoking calls for an overhaul of procedures that keep suspects in detention longer if they continue to deny allegations made against them.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2019
Chinese court sentences Japanese man to 6 years in prison for spying
A court in Beijing on Tuesday sentenced a Japanese man convicted of spying to six years in prison, according to sources familiar with Sino-Japanese relations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2019
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Carlos Ghosn's lawyers over latest detention
The Supreme Court rejects an appeal filed by lawyers representing former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn against his detention following his latest arrest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Dec 1, 2018
23 days later: Getting arrested in Japan
Freedom is easy to take for granted — at least until it is taken away from you without warning.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2018
Hundreds of scholars condemn China for Xinjiang camps
Countries must hit China with sanctions over the mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in its western Xinjiang region, hundreds of scholars said on Monday, warning that a failure to act would signal acceptance of "psychological torture of innocent civilians."
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 26, 2018
Austere Japan detention quarters contrast starkly with Carlos Ghosn's globe-trotting lifestyle
Prosecutors have confirmed that Nissan's arrested chairman, Carlos Ghosn, is being held in the spartan Tokyo Detention House in Katsushika Ward — its many rules and restrictions making for a stark contrast with his comfortable, globe-trotting lifestyle.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2018
Surveillance cameras removed from shower area at Ibaraki immigration center
Support groups for detainees had complained that the cameras, set up after cases of vandalism, violated the privacy of those held there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2018
Executed Aum founder Shoko Asahara cremated in Tokyo: sources
A battle kicks off over who will take possession of his remains.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 4, 2018
Teens taken at U.S. border tell of crammed 'icebox' and 'kennel' cages
A 15-year-old girl who was forcibly separated from her mother after fleeing to the U.S. from El Salvador described to a Washington state investigator how she was crammed into a windowless room with 60 other girls and deprived of proper sleep or food for three days.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2018
Group of Japanese detained in China return home
All 21 members of what is thought to be a Christian group from Japan detained in China since May have now returned home, according to a Foreign Ministry source.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 25, 2018
China detained 21 Japanese in May, reportedly over religious activities: sources
Chinese authorities detained 21 Japanese nationals in the southwestern city of Chongqing and elsewhere this month, a source close to Japanese-Chinese relations said Friday.
JAPAN
May 21, 2018
9% rise in overstayers detained over six months puts spotlight on 'provisional release' program
The rise seems to correlate with a Justice Ministry crackdown on “provisional releases,” which detainees allegedly abuse to earn money before deportation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 16, 2018
Indian man dies in Japanese immigration detention center in apparent suicide
An Indian man died Friday at a Japanese immigration detention center in an apparent suicide, the latest death in a system widely criticized over medical standards, monitoring of detainees and mental health care.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 27, 2017
China releases Japanese men arrested over 'illegal activities,' two still detained
Four of six Japanese nationals detained in China in March for their suspected involvement in unspecified "illegal activities" are now back in Japan after having been released, Japan's top government spokesman said Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
North Korean animators may be involved in Japan anime production, report says
North Korean animators may be involved in the production of some Japanese and U.S. animated shows, according to a report by a website providing analysis on North Korea.
BOJ to hold rates with focus on hawkish signals to buoy yen
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda hasn’t ruled out responding to exchange rates with a policy move if the impact on prices is seen to be "non-negligible.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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