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JAPANESE POLICE

Police officers examine a poster, marked with a large “X,” at a building where a woman was stabbed in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 18, 2025
Akasaka stabbing suspect carried out attack in under 30 seconds, police say
Footage captured near the commercial building’s entrance shows a man, believed to be the attacker, entering directly after the woman, then leaving about 30 seconds later.
Metropolitan Police Department investigators examine a poster put up at a building where a woman was stabbed, in the capital’s Minato Ward on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025
Suspect on run after stabbing woman in Tokyo’s Akasaka area
The victim, a woman in her 40s, was stabbed in her side and her left hand while in the basement of a building in the busy Akasaka area, according to police.
Hirohide Mori (left), head of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office's public security division, and Tetsuro Kamata, deputy superintendent-general of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, bow toward former Ohkawara Kakohki executive Junji Shimada (second from right) and company President Masaaki Okawara in June in Yokohama.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 16, 2025
Ohkawara Kakohki seeks audit on Tokyo investigator liability
The audit will be conducted within 60 days. If the company disagrees with the outcome, it may file a resident lawsuit.
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
JAPAN / Explainer
Nov 13, 2025
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
In Japan, few people typically own guns, and the process to qualify for a license to hunt the animals takes time and effort.
A former police officer and another suspect allegedly took a bank card and passbook from a 96-year-old woman, saying that they would manage her money.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2025
Former Kyoto police officer arrested for defrauding elderly dementia patient
The former officer is a board member of a group based in the city that works with police to provide daily assistance to elderly dementia patients.
Namiko Takaba, her son Kohei Takaba, and husband Satoru Takaba
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2025
Husband of victim in 1999 Nagoya killing reflects on late wife’s life
Namiko Takaba was attacked while at home with her 2-year-old son, Kohei.
A 43-year-old Tokyo Metropolitan Police inspector was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaking investigative information to a group suspected of illegally brokering women to sex parlors and hostess bars across Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2025
Police officer arrested for leaking information to illegal scout group
Daisuke Jinbo is suspected of providing the group with images showing the areas covered by cameras installed by the police.
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, sources have said.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2025
Tokyo police obtain arrest warrant for mother of Thai girl
The MPD has held talks with a visiting senior Thai police official on how to handle the case.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. Police have rearrested a Tokyo couple on child abuse allegations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2025
Mother and partner rearrested over alleged child abuse
The pair allegedly starved the woman’s daughter, causing her to become severely malnourished, police have said.
Loss prevention tags can be used to track individuals without their consent.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2025
Japan adopts bill banning tracker tag use for stalking
The draft revision prohibits nonconsensual acquisitions of location information as well as the planting of a device without consent.
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2025
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
A Japanese man has been arrested for putting the 12-year-old to work at his Tokyo massage shop in a suspected human trafficking case.
Takashi Tachibana, head of the anti-NHK party
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 9, 2025
Anti-NHK group's head arrested in libel case
Takashi Tachibana's arrest came after the police determined that he could run or destroy evidence.
Police have arrested an elementary school teacher in Okayama Prefecture, the seventh and final suspect related to a group of teachers who allegedly shared voyeuristic videos of school girls on social media.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 7, 2025
Final suspect held in case of teachers accused of sharing child sexual abuse images
It was the seventh arrest related to a group of teachers who allegedly shared voyeuristic videos of school girls on social media.
Tokyo police have arrested seven people suspected of being involved in at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures between February 2023 and this month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025
Tokyo police arrest fraud group head and six others
The seven men are believed to be linked to at least 500 fraud cases in Tokyo and three prefectures since February 2023.
Police have arrested Masayuki Hosono, 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.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025
Massage parlor operator arrested for forcing 12-year-old Thai girl into sex work
Police are investigating the case as human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a child.
A bear seen in a residential area in the city of Akita on Oct. 30. The National Police Agency will allow riot police officers to cull wild bears with rifles amid a series of attacks on people across Japan.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 6, 2025
Japan riot police allowed to cull bears with rifles
Police are set to cull bears in Akita and Iwate, which have seen an increase in attacks on local residents, with operations scheduled to begin on Nov. 13.
Tokyo police plan to introduce a system that uses generative artificial intelligence to automatically transcribe consultation audio and generate summaries so they can more swiftly respond to stalking cases that may escalate into serious crimes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025
Tokyo police to use AI to strengthen anti-stalking measures
The police will introduce a system that uses generative AI to automatically transcribe consultation audio and generate summaries to help improve operational efficiency.
Members of U.S. military police patrol entertainment districts of Naha on Nov. 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2025
U.S. Marine held on suspicion of assaulting restaurant worker in Okinawa
The warrant officer is suspected of pressing his hand against the neck of a restaurant employee and causing abrasions on a Naha street at around 4 a.m. on Monday.
Aichi Prefectural Police officials hold a news conference about the arrest of a suspect in the 1999 murder case last Friday in the city of Nagoya.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025
Police say 1999 killing of Nagoya housewife most likely premeditated
Police in Aichi believe a woman arrested last week over the killing of a 32-year-old housewife had attacked her immediately after she opened her front door.
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2025
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
Police arrested the woman on Friday evening. She admitted the allegations against her, saying, they are "correct."
A beloved Tokyo penguin’s end presages Suica’s shift to payments giant
JR East is retiring the beloved Suica penguin as part of a rebrand to transform the contactless payment platform, used for both transit and retail, into a mobile fintech powerhouse.
More Japanese firms relax rules in tussle for workers
Hinako Mori, 22, arranges products at a Don Quijote outlet in Tokyo in October. The Japanese retailer, which relaxed its rules concerning hair and nail polish three years ago, says nearly a quarter of its employees sport brightly colored hair.
Japan sends senior official to China to cool boiling tensions
A Chinese tour group in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo on Sunday. China has advised its citizens to avoid traveling to Japan, following a diplomatic feud sparked by remarks from Tokyo's new prime minister about a hypothetical attack on Taiwan.
What you need to know about the shift to My Number health insurance cards
With the government's integration of health insurance with My Number cards, conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at clinics and hospitals across Japan from Dec. 2.
Japan seeks to placate China as strained relations move beyond political realm
Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau Masaaki Kanai (left) and Chinese Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong depart after a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Tuesday.
How Band-Maid brought anime energy into the hard-rock sound of ‘Scooooop’
Members of Band-Maid combine heavy riffs and maid-inspired visuals in their latest project, "Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty."
Japan uses series against South Korea to prep for World Baseball Classic title defense
Japan's Ryuhei Sotani pitches against South Korea at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night.
Who is cricket’s Shohei Ohtani?
South African cricket legend Jacques Kallis plays a shot during the final day of a cricket test match against India in Johannesburg in December 2013.
Good fortune, wrapped in fried tofu
Golden "age-fukuburo," a culinary take on Japan's new year "lucky bags," can be served on their own.
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo
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