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A Mie Prefectural Police patrol car in the city of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2026
Post-quake crime and scams compound misery for Kumamoto residents
Suspicious activity around damaged homes and evacuation shelters has prompted police forces around the country to send hundreds of officers to patrol affected areas.
Police suspect the possibility of murder and abandonment of a corpse in connection with the death of an elderly woman in Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2026
Vietnamese man hints at murdering elderly woman in Saitama
Acting on the man¡¯s statement, the Saitama Prefectural Police searched a forested area in Hanno on Saturday night and found the woman¡¯s body.
An FBI agent allegedly used the bureau's systems to access the keys needed to transfer funds from cryptocurrency accounts associated with an "adversarial nation¡± to himself.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
FBI agent allegedly turns himself in for $1 million crypto theft
The agent allegedly used FBI systems to access the keys needed to transfer funds from cryptocurrency accounts associated with an ¡°adversarial nation¡± to himself.
Among Japan's police forces, Osaka Prefectural Police had the largest number of members slapped with disciplinary action between January and June, at 27.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 23, 2026
155 police officers and personnel disciplined in Japan over six months
The most common reason for discipline was acts related to relationships with the opposite sex.
A Phu Nhuan Jewelry JSC shop in Hanoi, Vietnam
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Vietnam jeweler rocked as ex-official linked to gem smuggling
Police detained the former head of Phu Nhuan Jewelry¡¯s gem certification subsidiary over his alleged links to a transnational diamond-smuggling ring.
Tokyo police have arrested four people over an attempted theft at a multistory parking lot at Haneda Airport in the capital's Ota Ward in January.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2026
Four arrested over attempted theft before Haneda Airport cash ambush
The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that the four mistook the victim, a man in his 20s, for their intended target.
The man who was arrested in connection to a break-in and robbery in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, in December told investigators he recruited the offenders and gave instructions.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 5, 2026
Man arrested over ?15 million December burglary in western Tokyo
The man admitted to allegations of being involved in burglary in December, telling investigators he recruited the offenders and gave instructions.
Tokyo police have arrested three more men in connection with a robbery in the capital's Ueno district in January in which a group of men lost suitcases full of cash amounting to ?423 million.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 3, 2026
Three more arrested over January¡¯s suitcase robbery in Tokyo
The three men are believed to have close ties with major crime syndicates.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly entering the grounds of a house in the city of Koganei in western Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2026
Man suspected of ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨± affiliation arrested for trespassing
The house in the city of Koganei, western Tokyo, had?been invaded several times in May, according to investigative sources.
Kaito Takemae (center front), a suspect in a robbery-murder case in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, is sent to prosecutors from a police station in Sakura, Tochigi Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 18, 2026
Couple thought to be masterminds behind Tochigi murder-robbery arrested
Police believe ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨± quasi-gangsters were involved in Thursday¡¯s murder-robbery in Tochigi Prefecture, and they suspect there are other masterminds beyond the couple.
A vehicle believed to be used in a robbery-murder incident targeting an elderly woman in Tochigi Prefecture is towed in Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2026
Police arrest alleged mastermind behind Tochigi robbery-murder case
Police believe that the 28-year-old man had instructed four boys to carry out the crime.
Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly broke into a home in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on Thursday and killed a woman.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2026
Police arrest teenage suspect after woman killed in Tochigi home invasion
A 16-year-old-boy is suspected of breaking into the home of 69-year-old company executive Eiko Tomiyama Thursday morning and killing her while searching for valuables.
The house in Tokyo¡¯s Setagaya Ward where a family of four was murdered in December 2000, a high-profile case that remains unsolved a quarter of a century later.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2026
Two arrested for allegedly entering site of high-profile Setagaya family murder
Police believe the pair broke into the house with the intention of stealing valuables, in the period from around mid-September 2023 to around mid-December 2025.
Tokyo police on Monday arrested 57-year-old Tsuyoshi Oyama, a former employee of an Alsok unit, for allegedly stealing cash from ATMs he managed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 12, 2026
Ex-security firm employee arrested over alleged thefts from ATMs
Tsuyoshi Oyama is suspected of stealing a total of ?135 million from ATMs in Tokyo¡¯s Chuo Ward.
With copper prices rising in recent years, a single water meter is believed to fetch roughly ?1,800 ($11.50) to ?2,000 when resold.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 7, 2026
Water meter thefts spread across Japan as copper prices rise
Experienced thieves can remove a meter in under a minute, according to a water bureau official.
Kanagawa police have arrested two men ¡ª Ken Murakami, 45, and Yukio Kaji, 41 ¡ª on suspicion of robbery causing injury following an incident in Yokohama in which a woman was attacked in her apartment on April 1.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2026
Two ex-convicts arrested over Yokohama home invasion robbery
Police are also investigating their possible involvement in nearly 10 other similar incidents, including some involving sexual assault.
Five members of the Philippines-based JP Dragon crime ring were arrested for allegedly posing as police in 2022 to defraud an elderly woman in Gifu Prefecture of ?1.4 million.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2026
Police arrest five more alleged members of Philippines-based Japan crime ring
The latest arrests have brought the total number of apprehended members and people with ties to the group to 14.
Seven individuals were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of stealing three suitcases containing a total of ?423 million in cash from a group of people in Tokyo in January.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2026
Seven arrested over robbery of ?423 million in Tokyo
Senior members of groups linked to the Yamaguchi-gumi and Sumiyoshi-kai crime syndicates were among those arrested.
Three Brazilian nationals were arrested for allegedly stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser 300 SUV in the city of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, last December.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2026
Three Brazilian nationals arrested after luxury Toyota car theft case
Authorities believe the trio has stolen a total of about 50 vehicles in Tokyo and seven other prefectures, targeting high-end vehicles.
According to a ruling, Toshiya Fujita was involved in a total of seven robbery cases in Tokyo and three other prefectures between October 2022 and January 2023, including one in which a 90-year-old woman was killed in Komae, Tokyo.
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2026
¡®Luffy¡¯ crime ring member sentenced to life in prison
Of the four arrested and indicted senior members of the crime ring, Toshiya Fujita, 41, was the second to receive a sentence.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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