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JAPANESE POLICE

A special inspection is expected to cover the Saga Prefecture police department's criminal division, particularly the crime lab, and the administration division including the education and training unit.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2025
Saga police to face special probe over faulty DNA analyses
The former employee in question was referred to prosecutors last month for allegedly fabricating DNA analyses and falsifying analysis dates in 130 cases over roughly seven years.
A 38-year-old man in Aichi Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly fraudulently receiving refunds from a food delivery service by falsely claiming his orders never arrived.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025
Nagoya man suspected of placing 1,095 fraudulent food delivery orders
The 38-year-old is alleged to have signed up and then canceled membership for the Demae-can service repeatedly, making false claims to avoid payments totaling about ¥3.7 million.
An exterior staircase at the apartment building where Chizuko Akie was fatally stabbed, in the city of Machida, Tokyo, on Wednesday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2025
Suspect in Machida stabbing was ‘overwhelmed with despair’ over daily inconveniences
Kota Kuwano, 40, told investigators that frustrations over matters such as his mail not arriving and garbage being left outside his home drove him to kill someone.
National Police Agency Commissioner-General Yoshinobu Kusunoki (right) hands a letter of appointment to Akira Uno, head of the agency's newly created information analysis office, at the agency in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2025
Police in Japan launch teams to combat tokuryū crime groups
Members of the groups are connected through social media for illegal activities such as fraud and robbery.
Tokyo police officers conduct investigations in Machida, Tokyo, where an elderly woman was fatally stabbed, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2025
Elderly woman stabbed to death in Tokyo's Machida
The suspect, whose occupation is unknown, told police, "I'm tired of my current life. I thought I'd kill anyone."
Takeshi Niinami speaks at a news conference in early September after police investigated him over the shipment of supplements to his home.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2025
Niinami resigning as head of Keizai Doyukai
The business lobby's senior vice chairperson, Mutsuo Iwai, will become acting chairperson until a new leader is chosen.
Parents of Shiori Ino, who was murdered by a stalker in 1999, talk about their feelings over a similar recent case, during an interview at their home in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 12.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2025
Father of 1999 stalking murder victim saddened by recent fatal case
The father continues to lecture on stalking and its harmful effects at prefectural police departments and police academies throughout the nation.
A new draft proposal is aimed at clarifying the charge of dangerous driving resulting in death or injury.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2025
Justice Ministry proposes criteria for dangerous driving offenses
The proposal is aimed at clarifying the charge of dangerous driving resulting in death or injury.
An empty street is seen in the abandoned town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture, during a temporary return visit by evacuees in February 2012.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 27, 2025
Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream
The arrest is the latest in a string of incidents involving fame-seeking foreign nationals behaving badly in the country.
Investigators believe the man had been repeatedly coerced into drinking by the four suspects, as well as giving them money, leaving him too afraid to resist.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025
Four people arrested for getting disabled man drunk and stealing his phone
Some of the suspects told investigators that they committed the act because “it was funny to see him so drunk.”
Police have arrested a 75-year-old woman after she allegedly confessed to keeping her adult daughter's body in a freezer for 20 years.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2025
Woman in Japan arrested for keeping daughter's body in freezer for 20 years
Keiko Mori, 75, told police the body was that of her daughter who was born in 1975. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death.
Actor Kenshin Endo has denied allegations of possessing dried cannabis.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2025
Actor Kenshin Endo arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession
Tokyo police allege Endo had 0.4 grams of dried cannabis in his possession earlier this month at the home of fellow actor Hiroya Shimizu, who has been indicted.
In results based on a survey by the National Police Agency (NPA) earlier this year, approximately 3.37 million people in Japan — of whom nearly 60% were in their 20s and 30s — are estimated to have gambled via online casinos.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 24, 2025
Japan's revised gambling addiction law takes aim at source of scourge
The revised law, which takes effect on Thursday, bans the launch of new online casinos and the posting of online ads for such sites, including on social media.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Sept. 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2025
Tokyo police rearrest South Korean man suspected of murdering ex-girlfriend on stalking charges
Police allege that the suspect, Park Yong-jun, repeatedly stalked the victim, Bang Ji-won, and trespassed into her home in the days leading to her killing.
A street in Naha in August. In entertainment districts in southern Okinawa, a drug known as "laughing gas vape" is being abused at nightclubs and bar. Now, some establishments have put up warning notices.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 22, 2025
Abuse of 'zombie cigarettes' among Okinawa youths raises alarm
"Laughing gas vape," inhaled using devices resembling e-cigarettes, can cause its users to lose control.
Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, former commissioner-general of Japan's National Police Agency, speaks during an interview on Aug. 12 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2025
Ex-police chief pins hopes on new 'tokuryū' measures
Conventional methods do not work against such groups because they recruit using encrypted social media apps, making it difficult to identify the ringleaders.
A security officer stands guard at an entrance gate to the Ministry of Justice in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 20, 2025
Japan requires prison officers to display ID numbers on uniforms
Officers are required to display their numbers above the rank badges on the right chest of their uniforms so that inmates can identify them.
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 15, 2025
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
The 21-year-old security inspector allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
A novel type of fraud has been reported in Osaka Prefecture in which scammers send smartphones to elderly individuals before swindling them via the devices.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Novel smartphone scam targeting elderly emerges in Osaka
Scammers would send elderly people smartphones before swindling them using the devices, according to the Osaka Prefectural Police.
Police issued third arrest warrants on Thursday for two elementary school teachers involved in an online chat group that shared secretly taken images and videos of girls.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2025
Teachers arrested for allegedly sharing images of girls face more charges
The total number of children victimized by the group has risen to at least 25, according to the police.
Sanae Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first female prime minister
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (center) looks on ahead of an extraordinary session of the Lower House on Tuesday in Tokyo, where she was elected Japan's first female prime minister.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Path clears for Takaichi to become PM as LDP and JIP agree to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi (right) reaches out to shake hands with Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura after signing a coalition deal Monday evening in Tokyo.
EV battery race heats up among Japanese automakers
Japanese EV production is focusing on batteries as automakers compete for the lightest, most durable models and the longest driving range.
Takaichi government will likely spend less than expected
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet Building in Tokyo on Monday
Japan leads in in-depth AI awareness, new global study finds
In Japan, 55% were “equally concerned and excited” about the rise of AI in daily life, while 28% were “more concerned than excited.”
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.

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