Crime & Courts
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2 Men Spray Passersby with Tear Gas in Tokyo Residential Area, Injuring 3
Two masked men sprayed tear gas in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, around 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, according...
September 24, 2025
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Bag of Handgun Cartridges Found near Blue Cave in Okinawa Pref.
NAHA — A tourist discovered a bag containing what is believed to be 99 handgun cartridges under t...
September 20, 2025
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Tight Surveillance of Yakuza Group Yamaguchi-Gumi Continues Despite Decrease in No. of Incidents
Ten years have passed since the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest yakuza group in Japan, split into sma...
September 19, 2025
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Suspect in Seattle Home Invasions of Macklemore and Celebrity Athletes Pleads Not Guilty
SEATTLE — A man accused of breaking into the homes of Seattle-area celebrities, including basebal...
September 16, 2025
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Haneda Airport Security Screening Agent Arrested for Alleged Stealing Money from Passengers at Security Checkpoint
A security screening agent at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of steal...
September 16, 2025
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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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