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POLICE

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 16, 2023
Don’t allow the attack on Kishida to become a trend
Two assaults on Japanese political leaders in one year suggests a trend. We need to avoid amplifying the message of their perpetrators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2023
Police probe explosives attack as Kishida returns to election rallies
A suspect is in custody after a cylindrical object landed 1 meter from the prime minister, who was evacuated before the device exploded.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 15, 2023
Questions mount as Kishida attack brings sense of deja vu
While the incident occurred without the same tragic consequences of the assassination of Shinzo Abe last year, the shocking event leaves many unanswered questions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2023
Lower House approves bill to use GPS monitoring for people on bail
The bill was sent to the House of Councilors and is expected to be enacted during the ongoing ordinary session of parliament.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2023
Five teen girls arrested for burning junior high student with cigarettes
After admitting to the act, the girls said they were angry with the victim because she was dating their friend’s boyfriend.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Longform
Apr 10, 2023
Are rising crime rates in Japan cause for alarm?
After tumbling for two decades, the number of criminal offenses in the nation jumped last year. Should we be worried?
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
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 / 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 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.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

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