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JAPANESE POLICE

Tachikawa Municipal 3rd Elementary School, where two men broke in on Thursday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 8, 2025
Two men arrested after storming Tokyo elementary school and injuring staff
A school staff member called emergency services after the intruders entered the school building and began smashing windows.
Police outside Todaimae Station on the Namboku Line on Wednesday evening after a knife attack at the station 　
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Man held after two injured in Tokyo Metro knife attack
The suspect remained silent during interrogation after being arrested at the scene, investigative sources have said.
Deceptive contractors prey on elderly homeowners and pressure them into signing contracts by making claims such as, "If you leave it unchanged, your house will tilt."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 8, 2025
Japan struggles to crack down on home renovation scams
A senior police official said the rise in fraudulent renovation work is largely due to a legal loophole over small-scale construction work.
A 31-year-old man was taken into custody on Monday on suspicion of drunken driving after he caused a multivehicle crash in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2025
Driver arrested at scene of Yokosuka crash that injured eight
A breathalyzer test showed the 31-year-old man's blood alcohol level was approximately three times the legal limit.
Staff members from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Community Guidance Division call for cooperation with officers conducting door to door visits, on April 15 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Officers make a point of clearly identifying themselves and their assigned police box during each visit.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2025
Tokyo police promote home-visit program amid growing security challenges
Some residents, wary of scam artists pretending to be police officers, refuse to engage at all when one visits their home.
Ahead of Children’s Day, a survey of kids entering elementary school in Japan found their top dream job was cake shop and bakery worker, followed by police officer and athlete.
JAPAN / Society
May 4, 2025
Cake shop workers and police officers high on dream job list in Japan
Cake shop and bakery worker topped the overall rankings covering both boys and girls, chosen by 11.7% of the respondents.
Osaka police arrested Yuki Yazawa for attempted murder after he allegedly plowed his car into elementary school children in Osaka on Thursday. department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect,
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2025
Suspect who hit Osaka children with SUV said he disliked people living without hardship
The Osaka Prefectural Police Department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect, Yuki Yazawa, committed the assault.
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2025
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
The victim, a 20-year-old ex-girlfriend of the suspect, had made multiple reports to the Kanagawa police department last year.
Hiroshi Matsumoto, a professor at the University of Osaka who has performed autopsies on bodies suspected to have been involved in criminal cases, believes it's of the utmost importance to nurture people who can do such work.
JAPAN
May 2, 2025
Osaka institute nurtures forensic pathologists amid a low autopsy rate
Even though the number of forensic pathologists is on the rise, there were only 173 such people nationwide as of April last year, with nine prefectures having just one each.
Osaka Prefectural Police officers check the vehicle of a 28-year-old man who allegedly rammed into schoolchildren on a street in the city of Osaka on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2025
Man arrested in Osaka after suspected car attack on children
Yuki Yazawa, an unemployed resident of Tokyo who was driving the vehicle, was arrested by the Osaka Prefectural Police on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police and firefighters prepare to enter a sewage pipe at the site of a sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
May 1, 2025
Authorities find what appear to be human remains in Saitama sinkhole
Investigators had hoped to find the 74-year-old driver of a truck that fell into the sinkhole in January.
Tetsuya Yamaguchi at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on April 8
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2025
How a Japanese fraud group ran scams from Southeast Asia
Police suspect that Tetsuya Yamaguchi, who was arrested on April 8 after being deported from Thailand, was involved in fraud totaling at least ¥3 billion ($21.1 million).
Hiroyuki Taniuchi in the city of Saitama while being sent to prosecutors on April 16
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2025
Suspect in girl's killing claims history of abuse and low social status
Blood stains on a knife found at the crime scene and on the suspects pants were identified through DNA analysis as belonging to him and the victim, sources have said.
Climbers gather on the first day of the climbing season on the Yoshida Trail at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025
Man rescued from Mount Fuji twice in one week, local media reports
Police could not immediately confirm reports saying the man had returned on Friday to retrieve his phone.
The Keihin industrial area in Kawasaki
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2025
One dead after floor collapses in Kawasaki building under demolition
One man died, while a worker in his 70s sustained a severe head injury and three other men, all under 30, had minor injuries.
The Tohoku Expressway
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 28, 2025
Three killed in two multiple-car accidents on Tohoku Expressway
A section of the expressway between the Nasu and Kuroiso-Itamuro interchanges was closed for about eight hours due to the accidents.
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2025
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Until now, police have usually responded to cycling violations by issuing verbal warnings or handing out red tickets that can lead to prosecution.
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2025
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe he may have also been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest.
Okinawa Prefectural Police Headquarters in the city of Naha. Police have sent prosecutors papers on two U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in the prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 24, 2025
U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in Okinawa
One of the two is suspected of sexually assaulting an acquaintance in January, and the other of sexually assaulting a woman and injuring another at a military base in March.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a government meeting on crime prevention measures at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2025
In fight against fraud, Japan seeks new weapon: undercover bank accounts
The government is looking to allow the police to set up bank accounts under false names to track the movement of funds obtained by fraudsters.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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