Police have arrested an 80-year-old man after he allegedly told a security guard at the Osaka Expo that he had explosives in his backpack, which led to the evacuation of about 200 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/crime-legal/expo-bomb-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #2025osakaexpo #japanesepolice #osaka
Saitama police have detained a man in his 20s on suspicion of murder after a 15-year-old high school girl was fatally stabbed as she was returning home in the prefecture's capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/crime-legal/japan-high-school-girl-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #saitama #japanesepolice
Police have arrested four people for selling obscene images created using generative AI in the first crackdown of its kind, local media reports said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/japan/crime-legal/ai-posters-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #ai #pornography
Young Bangladeshi men desperate for work are allegedly being tricked into fighting for Russia against Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/bangladesh-families-sons-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #bangladesh #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
Police arrested a man in Tokyo on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman believed to be his wife. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-supermarket-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stabbings #tokyo #supermarkets
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner was recently awarded $1.4 million in compensation following his acquittal last year in a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/crime-legal/death-penalty-scrutiny/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #deathpenalty
A Brazilian man will face a jury trial for the August 2022 murder of his wife and daughter in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, a Brazilian federal court has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/japan/crime-legal/brazilian-trial-murder-wife-child-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #brazil #braziljapanrelations #japanesepolice #murder
Luigi Mangione's lawyers asked a judge to prevent the U.S. government from seeking the death penalty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/world/crime-legal/mangione-death-penalty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #luigimangione #courts #deathpenalty
U.S. immigration judge ruled that Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, allowing President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with its effort to remove the Columbia University student. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/12/world/crime-legal/us-palestinian-student-deportation-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #immigration #donaldtrump #israelhamaswar #palestinians #mahmoudkhalil
An election team for Shinji Ishimaru, who unsuccessfully ran in last year’s Tokyo gubernatorial election, has been accused of paying a company to livestream a campaign event in violation of election law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/11/japan/crime-legal/shinji-ishimaru-live-streaming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinjiishimaru #2024tokyogubernatorialelection #tokyo #socialmedia #yurikokoike
Taiwanese prosecutors have for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island following a rise in sea cable malfunctions amid tensions with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/taiwan-charges-china-ship-captain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #taiwan #china #oceans
Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a Japan Post employee on Thursday on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business after he allegedly mailed a condom containing semen to a post office. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/11/japan/crime-legal/condom-japan-post-employee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #osaka #japanpost
The woman's body found in a home's freezer in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, last week has been identified as the wife of one of the suspects arrested in connection with the case, Shiga Prefectural Police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/japan/crime-legal/body-freezer-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #shiga #osaka #nagahama
Japan’s scout rings may look messy from the outside, but court records show a rigid, violent system built to control and punish, with roots eerily similar to old-school yakuza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/10/japan/crime-legal/scout-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #prostitution #kabukicho #sexcrimes #japanesepolice
Police on Wednesday sent public prosecutors papers on a former president of transportation company Maruhari over a truck accident near Tokyo in 2024 that left six dead or injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/crime-legal/truck-accident-prosecutors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #trucks #driving #trafficaccidents #tokyo
Police arrested a former member of a high-profile quasi-gang group called "Kanto Rengo" for his alleged involvement in a Cambodia-based phone scam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/crime-legal/former-quasi-gang-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cambodia #saitama #japanesepolice #gangs
A U.S. judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the Associated Press over the news agency’s decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/crime-legal/us-associated-press-court-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #media #censorship #us #donaldtrump #associatedpress
Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested for allegedly injuring a medical staff member at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture after being in a car accident, her agency has announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/crime-legal/ryoko-hirosue-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ryokohirosue #japanesepolice #shizuoka #celebrities #japanesefilm
Tokyo police suspect two Japanese men helped an apparent information technology worker from North Korea pretend to be a Japanese citizen and create an account for a job-matching service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/crime-legal/north-korea-help-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #northkorea #it #socialmedia
The Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group has submitted a letter to the police pledging an end to turf battles, a move that has raised concern over how a rival syndicate might react. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-yamaguchi-gumi-end-yakuza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yamaguchigumi #yakuza #organizedcrime #japanesepolice
