Crime & Courts
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Tokyo Police Rearrest GSDF Officer For Alleged Knife Possession While Trespassing at Chinese Embassy
The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday rearrested a GSDF officer, who was arrested on susp...
April 14, 2026
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Body Found in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, During Search for 11-Year-Old Boy in Area (Update 1)
KYOTO — The Kyoto prefectural police discovered a body believed to be of a child in Nantan, Kyoto...
April 13, 2026
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Police in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture Find Bodies of Girl, Woman After Man Calls to Report “I Killed My Daughter and Wife”
A man was arrested at his home in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday morning after the bodies of a...
April 13, 2026
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually Abusing 5-Year-Old Girl While Working at Facility for Children with Disabilities
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of sexually abusin...
April 13, 2026
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Body Found in Mountains of Oita Pref.; Man Arrested
OITA — A 58-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of abandoning a corpse in a mountainous...
April 12, 2026
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Police Officer Referred to Prosecutors for Showing Knife at Woman’s Husband, Demanding He Not Divorce Her
FUKUOKA — An officer of the Fukuoka prefectural police was referred to prosecutors on suspicion o...
April 12, 2026
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All Eyes on Tokyo District Court Ruling over ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Spoiler Article
Are online articles that include movie spoilers legally permissible?
An unusual criminal ...
April 10, 2026
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Truck Driver Arrested over Fatal Japan Tunnel Crash Says She Was Looking at Smartphone
The truck driver who was arrested following a fatal multi-vehicle collision in a tunnel on the Sh...
April 9, 2026
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Woman in 80s in Ehime Pref. Defrauded of ¥1.2 Billion After Perpetrators Impersonating Police, Other Authorities Contact Victim
A woman in her 80s in Ehime Prefecture was defrauded of about ¥1.2 billion in a special fraud cas...
April 7, 2026
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Record 6,832 People Involved in Cannabis-Related Cases in Japan in 2025
The number of people involved in cannabis-related cases — including use and possession of the dru...
April 3, 2026
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Pokémon Center Stabbing Suspect Repeatedly Stabbed Victim, Himself up Until Losing Consciousness, Source Says
The suspect in a stabbing at a Pokémon Center in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district continued to stab his...
March 30, 2026
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Infant’s Body Abandoned in Nagoya Net Cafe, Suspect Arrested
NAGOYA — The Aichi prefectural police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of aban...
March 29, 2026
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Woman Stabbed to Death at Tokyo Pokemon Center; Suspect Dead After Slashing Own Neck
A female clerk in her 20s was stabbed in the neck and other parts of her body by a man wielding a...
March 27, 2026
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GSDF Officer Arrested for Trespassing at Chinese Embassy, Beijing Calls for Thorough Investigation
A Ground Self-Defense Force officer allegedly trespassed on the premises of the Chinese Embassy i...
March 25, 2026
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Sergeant in Kyoto Police Referred to Prosecutors for Gambling Via Online Casinos
KYOTO — A sergeant of the Kyoto prefectural police was referred to prosecutors on Thursday for re...
March 20, 2026
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