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Akiteru Nogawa, head of the Kagoshima Prefectural Police Department, speaks at a Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly committee in the city of Kagoshima on June 11.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Kagoshima police whistleblower charged with confidentiality breach
Kagoshima police department has been hit by a series of scandals this year, including three cases in which police officers have been arrested.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Japanese Lawmaker Akimoto released on bail amid bribery charges
The lawmaker was arrested on September 7 last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Tokyo man arrested over murder of ex-wife and three children
The 46-year-old man said that his ex-wife constantly berated him and had been pressuring him to leave the house after their divorce.
According to police, the 52-year-old woman also had minor head injuries consistent with being struck.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2024
Tokyo woman arrested for allegedly killing husband with golf club
The 52-year-old woman said she only retaliated because her 53-year-old husband had struck her first, and that she didn't mean to kill him.
A fake online ad that solicits investments using the name and picture of economic analyst Takuro Morinaga without permission. Morinaga said he is not involved in the ad in any way and does not have social media accounts.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2024
Fake celebrity ad victims in Japan increase tenfold
Victims lost an average of ￥6.87 million, with the largest single loss hitting ￥170 million.
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2024
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
By Karin Kaneko
Michael Taylor, who served part of his sentence at the facility, said he felt the depiction had missed key elements of the "Fuchu experience."
The Fukuoka District Court held the first hearing against Susumu Terauchi for a 2023 stalking and murder case on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2024
Fukuoka stalking murder suspect partially denies charges
The Fukuoka District Court held the first hearing against Susumu Terauchi for a 2023 stalking and murder case.
The Metropolitan Police Department said that among 23 men arrested, two were supervisors, three were store managers and the remaining 18, their employees.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2024
Tokyo police arrest 23 men over brokering of prostitution
The group allegedly ran four outlets in the capital that dispatched sex workers to clients at the location of their choosing.
Toshiaki Otake
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2024
Former secretary to Koichi Hagiuda arrested over drunken driving
Toshiaki Otake is suspected of driving a car from his home in Hachioji to a convenience store in the city while drunk.
Police officer Suzunosuke Kose (right) helps an elderly resident buy a phone equipped with fraud prevention features at an electronic store in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2024
Attacked police officer uses experience to help victims
Kose was stabbed multiple times by a knife-wielding man in the left chest and both thighs in front of a police box.

Over 200 million tons of rare metals found near remote Tokyo island
Professor Yasuhiro Kato of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (center right) and Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation (left), hold manganese nodules, a seafloor resource found in the waters surrounding Minamitorishima, Tokyo, on Friday.
Japan imperial couple's U.K. visit highlights history of exchanges
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to wellwishers on the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in February.
Japan and Thailand top list of travel destinations for Chinese tourists
A group of Chinese tourists walks through the Ginza district in Tokyo.
The campaigners that Tokyo hopeful Renho doesn't want you to know about
Renho announces her campaign pledges for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, in the capital on Tuesday.
Dollar winning streak extends into fifth week as yen slumps
The dollar’s reign has wreaked havoc across currency markets, especially in Japan where ultralow interest rates have sent the yen spiraling down more than 11% against the greenback this year.
The campaigners that Tokyo hopeful Renho doesn't want you to know about
Renho announces her campaign pledges for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, in the capital on Tuesday.
New Kim-Putin pact sparks unease ? and talk of more aid for Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on Wednesday following summit talks.
Action drives VR, but Japan prizes anonymity and plot
While MyDearestVR's games are understably digital, employees also joke that sometimes they known coworkers only by their avatars used during meetings.
Germany laser-focused on Indo-Pacific despite hurdles, top envoy to Japan says
German and Japanese fighter jets take part in an exercise over Japan. Germany's air force plans to send three of the fighters to Japan next month for the first-ever joint aerial exercise between the Luftwaffe and Air Self-Defense Force.
Japan study downplays complex grammar in improving English writing skills
While the education ministry recently introduced a new subject called “logic and expression” in its new curriculum guidelines, experts say that many teachers, in practice, are still focusing on grammar acquisition.

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