Crime & Courts
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Actress Ryoko Hirosue Referred to Prosecutors; Believed to Have Traveled at Over 180 Kph on Expressway
SHIZUOKA — Actress Ryoko Hirosue was referred to prosecutors on Thursday on suspicion of rear-end...
November 13, 2025
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Hokkaido Boat Operator Head Pleads Not Guilty over Fatal Sinking
KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that...
November 12, 2025
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Tokyo Court Rules ‘Appearance Requirement’ for Legal Change in Gender Status Could be Unconditional
A provision requiring people with gender identity disorder to alter the appearance of their genit...
November 11, 2025
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Underage Online Gambling a Growing Problem in Japan, Some Minors Turning To Fraud to Finance Their Habit
An increasing number of minors, including junior and high school students, are gambling in online...
November 10, 2025
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Mother of Thai Girl Forced into Sex Work in Tokyo Detained in Taiwan
Taipei/Bangkok, Nov. 9 (Jiji Press) — The mother of a Thai girl believed to have been forced into...
November 10, 2025
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NHK Party Leader Tachibana Arrested On Defamation Charge; Allegedly Slandered Hyogo Prefectural Assembly Member
NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana has been arrested and sent to prosecutors on suspicion of slan...
November 10, 2025
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Mother ‘Told Thai Girl to Hand Over Money from Sexual Services’ at Tokyo Massage Parlor
A 12-year-old Thai girl who was brought to a massage parlor in Tokyo said to police that she had ...
November 9, 2025
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NHK Party Leader Tachibana Arrested Over Slander Against Late Prefectural Assembly Member
NHK Party leader Takashi Tachibana was arrested Sunday on suspicion of slandering a former member...
November 9, 2025
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Mother of Thai Girl Forced into Sex Work in Tokyo Detained in Taiwan; Handover to Thailand Likely
BANGKOK — The mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl who was forced to provide sexual services to men ...
November 9, 2025
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Stand-ins Found Taking Japanese Language Tests for Foreigners Seeking ‘Specified Skilled Worker’ Status
The Osaka prefectural police have uncovered a series of proxy test-taking cases in connection wit...
November 9, 2025
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Man Found Bleeding with Stab Wound in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture; Police Investigating Possible Murder
CHIBA — A man was found lying and bleeding on a street near JR Kita-Matsudo Station in Matsudo, C...
November 8, 2025
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Massage Parlor Owner Held in Suspected Human Trafficking of 12-Year-Old Thai Girl
Police arrested a man in Tokyo on suspicion of making a 12-year-old Thai girl work at his massage...
November 6, 2025
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1999 Nagoya Murder Suspect Initially Refused DNA Test
NAGOYA (Jiji Press) — The suspect in the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya had initially refus...
November 1, 2025
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Man Held Over Stabbing Murder of 3 Family Members in Sapporo
SAPPORO — A man was arrested on Friday after he turned himself in at a police station in Sapporo,...
November 1, 2025
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Abe Shooting Witness Expresses Anger, Sorrow; Sato Recounts Seeing Murder at Second Hearing for Suspect Yamagami
NARA — House of Councillors lawmaker Kei Sato expressed his deep anger and sorrow over the 2022 f...
October 30, 2025
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