Crime & Courts
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Japan’s Own DBS Aims to Cast Wide Net for Sex Offenders, but Barriers Remain for Adoption
The government’s new system to protect children from sex crimes is expected to regulate up to 230...
September 14, 2025
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Tohoku Expressway Pileup Leads to Arrest of Turkish National over Driving without License
KANUMA, Tochigi — A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition and two other people were injured fol...
September 14, 2025
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Family Seeks Answers in 1996 Murder of University Student
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Twenty-nine years after the murder of a female student at Tokyo’s Sophia Uni...
September 10, 2025
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In Kawasaki Stalking Case, Police ‘Underestimated Urgency’ Although Victim Contacted Them 9 Times
The police “underestimated the danger and urgency” of the case in which Asahi Okazaki, 20, was al...
September 4, 2025
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‘Tokyo Revengers’ Actor Hiroya Shimizu Arrested for Marijuana Possession
Actor Hiroya Shimizu and a woman living with him were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessi...
September 3, 2025
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4 Arrested for Live-Streaming Lewd Acts from Tokyo Studio for Stripchat Pornographic Website
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested on Monday and Tuesday the president of a Chuo Ward, T...
September 3, 2025
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Man Arrested for Unlicensed Driving, Colliding with 9-Year-Old Cyclist in Osaka Pref.
A 51-year-old self-employed man from Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of hittin...
August 30, 2025
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Stalkers Could Be Issued Warnings Even Without Complaints Being Filed; Police Seek to Act Quickly to Prevent Severe Stalking Harm
In a move aimed at swiftly deterring illegal stalking activity, the National Police Agency is con...
August 30, 2025
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Japan’s Police to Use AI to Identify Leaders of Tokuryu Crime Groups, Work with Foreign Authorities to Find Bases
The National Policy Agency has decided to use generative AI to analyze information from investiga...
August 29, 2025
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Suspect in Kobe Stabbing Case Says Victim Was ‘My Type’
KOBE — A suspect arrested for stabbing a woman to death in her apartment building in Kobe stated ...
August 29, 2025
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Japan Lawmaker’s Office Raided over Accusations of Fraud; No Record of State-Paid ‘Secretary’ Actually Working
Investigators raided the Tokyo office of House of Councillors member Akira Ishii of the Japan Inn...
August 27, 2025
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MPD Launches Task Force for Manila Shooting Deaths of Japanese, with Involvement of Japanese National in Japan Suspected
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department established a task force on Monday to investigate a case...
August 26, 2025
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Kobe Woman Murder: Suspect Stayed at Hotel near Victim’s Workplace for 3 Days Before Incident, Says ‘I Didn’t Know Her’
KOBE - A 35-year-old suspect arrested in the alleged murder of a Kobe woman had been staying at a...
August 25, 2025
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Fake Police Uniforms Found at Cambodian Special Fraud Facility; 29 Japanese Nationals Arrested, Evidence Seized
Fake police uniforms were found at a facility in Poipet in northwestern Cambodia that were allege...
August 23, 2025
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Suspect Arrested over Alleged Murder of Kobe Woman, Saying He ‘Stabbed Her in the Stomach Once or Twice with a Knife’
KOBE — A 35-year-old suspect arrested over the alleged murder of a Kobe woman said he “stabbed he...
August 23, 2025
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