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JAPANESE POLICE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2023
Police probe link between murder and apparent suicide at Nagoya train station
A woman was found lying with a knife in her chest in the platform waiting room at Moto-Kasadera Station, soon after a man died after being hit by a train at the same station.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2023
Japan launches new intel division for economic security
Japan's office for economic security was upgraded to a division in the agency's organizational reform for fiscal 2023, which began this month, according to sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2023
Abe's suspected shooter hopes for relief for Unification Church victims
Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, has been indicted on murder and other charges and is currently being held at the Osaka Detention House.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2023
Arrest warrants obtained for 19 Japanese men in Cambodia over alleged scam calls
After the men, believed to be members of a fraud ring, are handed over to Japanese authorities, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department plans to transfer them to Japan and arrest them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2023
Buddhist statue stolen from Nagano temple returned after police hunt
Police arrested Shintaro Morimoto, a 34-year-old man from Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, for allegedly stealing the holy statue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2023
Japan panel calls for unified cybercrime reporting service
An expert panel said Japanese authorities should unify their cybercrime reporting services as many cases are believed to go unreported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 3, 2023
Japan probed China Communist Party member over leaking farm tech data
The former employee of an electronics parts maker in Japan, who also had ties with the People's Liberation Army, is believed to have possibly obtained the data for the Chinese government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 30, 2023
Abe shooting suspect slapped with additional charges
The Nara District Public Prosecutor's Office in western Japan indicted Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, for manufacturing guns without a permit and damaging a building.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2023
Twin toddlers die after falling from seventh-floor apartment in Nagoya
Toya and Yuya Mabe, who lived on the seventh floor of an apartment building in Naka Ward, were discovered in a parking lot next to the building.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Mar 24, 2023
Iwao Hakamata: The former pro-boxer fighting for exoneration, with help from his sister
The day of his arrest forever changed the course of Hakamata's life, but it was also the beginning of a long, drawn out fight for exoneration.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 24, 2023
Japan logs record cases of trade secret theft in 2022
The year saw 29 recorded cases of trade secret theft, an increase of six from the previous year and nearly six times the number of cases recorded in 2013, the year comparable records began.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2023
Japan orders YouTuber and former lawmaker GaaSyy to surrender his passport
Tokyo police plan to put the 51-year-old, whose real name is Yoshikazu Higashitani, on an international wanted list through the International Criminal Police Organization, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2023
Yakuza-related police investigations hit three-decade low
Japanese police investigated 9,903 members and associate members of yakuza crime syndicates in 2022, down 1,832 from the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2023
Japanese model Jessica Michibata arrested for MDMA possession
A customs officer found the drug hidden in a package that had arrived in Japan from overseas.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2023
Osaka court nixes 12-year prison term given to man who stabbed policeman
The accused was diagnosed with schizophrenia before and after his indictment, and whether he should be held accountable for his conduct was the main focus of the trial.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2023
Tokyo prosecutors decide not to appeal Iwao Hakamata retrial decision
The case will now be sent to the Shizuoka District Court, with a high possibility that Hakamata will be exonerated over murders in 1966.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2023
Man nabbed for alleged arson after fire kills three at his family home in Nagano
The man, whose identity was withheld by police, and his brother both escaped the fire without major injuries.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2023
Teenage girl arrested after saying she strangled man in central Japan
The 17-year-old has admitted to killing 21-year-old Kazuki Izumoto, saying she 'strangled' him to death, according to the police.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2023
Tokyo government ordered to pay damages for death of arrested Nepalese man
A Tokyo court determined that the authorities' failure to provide the man with proper treatment was illegal, and that his death was caused by him being inappropriately restrained.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2023
Three ex-SDF members reportedly charged over sexual abuse
Former soldier Rina Gonoi, 23, went public about the alleged assaults last year, after an investigation into her claims was dropped on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

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