One worker has died and four others were injured after the second floor of a six-story warehouse being demolished collapsed in Kawasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/kawasaki-building-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kanagawa #kawasaki #japanesepolice
Three people have been killed and 10 more injured in two multiple-car accidents that occurred on the southbound section of the Tohoku Expressway in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/crime-legal/tohoku-expressway-accidents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #trafficaccidents #tochigi #tohokuexpressway #japanesepolice
The government is planning to revise the road traffic ordinance to make cyclists subject to fines on the spot for traffic violations, such as riding while looking at their smartphones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/crime-legal/bicycles-fines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #driving #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #cycling
A naked man was arrested inside a cram school in Saitama Prefecture after a wild 90-minute spree that has been linked to a fatal hit-and-run, assaults, theft and a carjacking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/crime-legal/naked-man-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama
Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent prosecutors papers on two U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/24/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-marines-sexual-assaults/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #us #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
https://www.alojapan.com/1255611/u-s-marines-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-women-in-okinawa-3/ U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in Okinawa #JapanesePolice #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #SexCrimes #u.s. #沖縄 Naha, Okinawa Pref. – Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent prosecutors papers on two U.S. Marines suspected of sexually assaulting women in the prefecture, police sources said Wednesday. The cases of the Marines, each in his 20s, were referred to prosecutors April 7. The police reported the matter to the Okinawa gove…
Amid a growing scourge of online fraud, Japan is looking to allow the police to set up bank accounts under false names to track the movement of funds obtained by fraudsters and apprehend them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-investigation-fake-bank-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #banks #fraud #socialmedia #shigeruishiba
Tokyo police have arrested three individuals on suspicion of fraud, who are also believed to have been involved in laundering money for a burglary group orchestrated by a figure who goes by the name “Luffy.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/crime-legal/three-arrest-money-laundering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud #organizedcrime
https://www.alojapan.com/1253913/tokyo-police-arrest-three-believed-to-have-been-laundering-money-for-luffy/ Tokyo police arrest three believed to have been laundering money for ‘Luffy’ #fraud #JapanesePolice #news #OrganizedCrime #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 Tokyo police have arrested three individuals on suspicion of fraud, who are also believed to have been involved in laundering money for a burglary group orchestrated by a figure who goes by the name “Luffy.” One of the three arrested is Takuya Higuchi, 37, a resident of Toyonaka, Osak…
Police served a fresh arrest warrant to a 21-year-old man on Monday on the charge of killing a high school girl from Tokyo whose body was found in a closet at the suspect's home in Aichi Prefecture late last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-body-in-closet-rearrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #japanesepolice #stabbings
A body was discovered on Friday inside a metal drum at a recycling company in the city of Yoshikawa, Saitama Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/20/japan/crime-legal/drum-body-saitama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #japanesepolice #recycling
The Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal on Thursday that could require telecom companies to retain users’ communication histories in an effort to combat a sharp rise in fraud through social media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/japan/crime-legal/communication-log-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ldp #socialmedia #japanesepolice #fraud
https://www.alojapan.com/1250605/hokkaido-boat-operator-in-2022-fatal-sinking-had-little-knowledge-of-ships/ Hokkaido boat operator in 2022 fatal sinking had little knowledge of ships #CorporateGovernance #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #JapanesePolice #KAZUI #MarineAccidents #ShiretokoPeninsula #北海道 The head of a tour boat operator who was arrested Wednesday over the high-profile sinking of a vessel off Hokkaido in 2022 that left 20 aboard dead and six others missing had described himself as an “amateur” who didn’t “know much about ships.” Seiichi Katsur…
Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning a body found on Wednesday night in a car left on a street in the city of Ichinomiya that may be that of a missing teen. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/crime-legal/japan-body-in-car/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #japanesepolice
A wave of unauthorized trading has hit online brokerage accounts in Japan, raising concerns that criminal groups may be using the hijacked accounts to manipulate stock prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/crime-legal/hacking-brokerage-accounts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #brokerages #nomura #sbi #rakuten #japanesepolice
A high school girl fatally stabbed in an attack in the city of Saitama on Monday may have been a random target, according to investigative sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/japan/crime-legal/saitama-stabbing-random/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #saitama #japanesepolice #stabbings #schools
Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue, who had been taken into police custody on suspicion of injuring a medical worker, has been released, her agency announced on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/crime-legal/ryoko-hirosue-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ryokohirosue #celebrities #japanesepolice #shizuoka #japanesefilm
Five people in Fukuoka Prefecture have filed a lawsuit seeking roughly ¥22.5 million in damages against top leaders of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the country’s largest yakuza syndicate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/crime-legal/yamaguchi-gumi-lawsuit-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #yamaguchigumi #kudokai #japanesepolice #gangs #fukuoka
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
