National / Crime & Legal Apr 6, 2017
Police warnings on stalking, domestic violence broke records in 2016
The police set new records for issuing stalking and domestic violence warnings last year as more people came forward.
National / Crime & Legal Feb 20, 2017
Tokyo man pleads guilty to stabbing pop singer in Koganei last May
A man obsessed with a female pop idol admits in court to stabbing her last May in Tokyo after she rejected gifts from him.
National / Crime & Legal Feb 8, 2017
A 22-year prison term is finalized for man in 2013 Mitaka stalking-murder case
A 22-year prison sentence for a man convicted of killing his former teenage girlfriend in 2013 was finalized Wednesday, after both the man and prosecutors opted not to appeal the high court ruling. The parents of the victim expressed disappointed over the sentence for the ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 24, 2017
Tokyo High Court upholds 22-year prison term for man in 2013 stalking-murder case
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a 22-year prison sentence for a man convicted of killing his former teenage girlfriend in 2013 in a high-profile stalking-murder case in Mitaka, western Tokyo. Rejecting both prosecutors' demands for a tougher sentence and the defendant's call for ...
National / Crime & Legal Jan 3, 2017
Revised anti-stalking law centered on social media harassment takes effect
Revisions to the anti-stalking law come into force to crack down on stalking via social networking services.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 26, 2016
Man admits slaying ex-girlfriend after promising police to stop stalking her
A 50-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on initial suspicion of discarding the dismembered corpse of his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend, who vanished last month after telling police she was being stalked, the police said. Keitaro Saga, unemployed and of no fixed address, is suspected of dumping the ...
National / Social Issues Sep 10, 2016
Is Japan waking up to the menace of stalking?
by Tomoko Otake
Health professionals are trying to be more proactive in rehabilitating stalkers before their actions escalate to something more sinister.
National / Crime & Legal Sep 5, 2016
Official from Japanese Embassy in Indonesia nabbed at Narita for March stalking in Okayama
A staff member at the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia has been arrested for allegedly stalking his former girlfriend while on vacation in Japan. The police suspect Hirokazu Suzuki, a 46-year-old first secretary and consul based in Jakarta, entered the woman's apartment building in Okayama Prefecture ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 8, 2016
Female singer who was stabbed by stalker regains consciousness
A young female singer songwriter has regained consciousness after being stabbed last month in a frenzied attack by a stalker, investigative sources said Tuesday. She is in intensive care with multiple knife wounds at a hospital in Tokyo. Tomohiro Iwazaki, 27, stabbed Mayu Tomita, a ...
National / Crime & Legal Jun 8, 2016
Former judge convicted in stalking case gets legal license restored
The Judge Impeachment Court set at the Diet said Wednesday it has decided to restore the legal license of a former judge who was dismissed in 2008 after being convicted of stalking a female subordinate and sending her threatening emails. In the decision dated May ...
National / Crime & Legal May 27, 2016
Police failed to record previous stalking case linked to idol-stabbing suspect
Police failed to record an earlier stalking incident of another woman by the 27-year-old man arrested last week for attacking an idol singer with a knife in Tokyo. Tomohiro Iwazaki was arrested Saturday for viciously stabbing Mayu Tomita, 20, during an event in Koganei, Tokyo, ...
National / Crime & Legal May 24, 2016
Man held in idol singer's stabbing sent her over 300 Twitter messages this year: reports
The man arrested Saturday after stabbing a 20-year-old idol singer in western Tokyo had sent more than 300 messages to her via Twitter since January, according to media reports. Mayu Tomita, who remains in critical condition after suffering more than 20 stab wounds at a ...