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JAPANESE POLICE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 21, 2021
In first, Chiba man arrested for defamation over obscene video of female athlete
It was the first time Japanese police have applied the charge of defamation to the sharing online of sexualized photos and videos taken of athletes nonconsensually.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2021
Man arrested after 32-hour hostage standoff at Saitama internet cafe
A female staffer in her 20s was freed with no visible injuries when police stormed a room after the 40-year-old hostage-taker had fallen asleep.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2021
Female worker being held hostage at internet cafe near Tokyo
The worker, who is believed to be unharmed, has been held hostage since Thursday afternoon at an establishment in Saitama.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 15, 2021
Road deaths in Japan fell to record low in 2020 amid COVID-19 stay home requests
The figure for the year was the lowest since comparable data became available in 1948, according to a white paper approved by the Cabinet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 24, 2021
Nagoya immigration center gets threat over Sri Lankan woman's death
The Justice Ministry has yet to determine the cause of 33-year-old Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali's death on March 6.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2021
Widow of Japanese 'Don Juan' indicted for his murder
In Japan, suspects can be held for up to 23 days before being formally prosecuted or released, and Wednesday marked the 23rd day of Saki Sudo's detention.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2021
Time running out for Japanese prosecutors in 'Don Juan' murder case
While police say they have circumstantial evidence against Saki Sudo, no witnesses have come forward and there is an apparent lack of clear evidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 11, 2021
Japan porn site operator arrested after posting female athletes' images on website
Widespread sharing of photos and videos taken of female athletes, often without their knowledge and in a sexualized context, has been garnering attention as a social problem.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional voices: Chubu
May 10, 2021
Fraudulent signatures in recall petition rattle Aichi's political world
The names were gathered in an effort to have Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura resign over his handling of a 2019 exhibition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Regional voices: Chubu
May 10, 2021
Aichi assemblyman admits to falsely verifying petition signatures
Takeshi Yamada, 52, was a key executive of a group spearheading a recall petition against Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura in relation to a 2019 exhibition.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2021
Widow of Japanese 'Don Juan' allegedly planned to sell pricey paintings after his death
Saki Sudo, 25, is suspected of causing Kosuke Nozaki, 77, to ingest a lethal amount of an illegal stimulant drug with the intent to kill him at their home in Wakayama Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2021
Former SDF member sentenced to life in prison over fatal Toyama attack
Keita Shimazu killed an officer in a police box in 2018 before using the officer's gun to shoot dead a security guard at a nearby school.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2021
Domestic violence consultations in Japan hit record high in 2020
The number reached 82,643, the highest since a law against spousal violence took effect in 2001, police data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2021
Father suspected of killing his three children in southwestern Japan
Police in Kyushu said Saturday that a 41-year-old man is suspected of killing his three children and that he may have originally been planning to take his own life.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 22, 2021
Osaka firm accused of helping Vietnamese work illegally
An Osaka-based company and its owner have been accused of hiring Vietnamese who overstayed their visas because they were unable to return to their home due to the coronavirus pandemic, investigative sources said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 6, 2021
Marijuana law reform in Japan contingent on the message
Japanese authorities have demonstrated a strong resistance to trends in other countries to decriminalize and even commercialize the drug's medicinal and recreational consumption.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2021
Crime in Japan dropped to lowest postwar level in 2020
The number of crimes recorded in Japan in 2020 hit the lowest level in the postwar era for the sixth straight year, with a sharp decline in street crime as people stayed home during the coronavirus pandemic, police data showed Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2021
Discovery of Tokyo woman's body in freezer leads to daughter's arrest
Police arrested a 48-year-old woman on Friday for allegedly abandoning the body of someone believed to be her mother that was discovered two days earlier in a freezer at their former Tokyo apartment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2021
Couple arrested over death of 3-month-old baby for alleged negligence
As an autopsy showed the baby's ribs and other bones were broken, the police are investigating the parents for physically abusing the child.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2021
Ex-SDF member's lawyers contest charge in Toyama police box killing
Keita Shimazu, 24, faces charges relating to the deaths of a police officer and a security guard.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
From the outside, the light-brown complex that is Fuchu Prison in western Tokyo could easily be mistaken for a city hall.
Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
Art OnO, which took place from April 19 to 21 in Seoul, featured a modest number of 36 participating galleries from 15 countries.
Want to be a voice actor? Stay 'true to the character'
SungWon Cho is a veteran with more than 10 years of experience portraying characters in anime, cartoons and video games.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”

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