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The number of arrests made over a break-in resulting in murder in Tochigi Prefecture rose to six after a couple thought to be the masterminds behind the crime were arrested, in addition to four high school boys. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/18/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-robbery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice #theft #stabbings #kaminokawa #gangs #teens #kanagawa

Two American nationals were arrested in Japan after a stunt in which one entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became an internet sensation this year, police have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/18/japan/crime-legal/monkey-punch-zoo-americans-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chiba #ichikawa #animals #monkeys #japanesepolice #socialmedia

Japanese police arrested two more 16-year-old boys in connection with a robbery-murder incident targeting an elderly woman in Tochigi Prefecture, sources said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/16/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-home-invasion-two-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice #theft #stabbings

Japanese police arrested two more 16-year-old boys in connection with a robbery-murder incident targeting an elderly woman in Tochigi Prefecture, sources said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/16/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-home-invasion-two-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice #theft #stabbings

Japanese police arrested two more 16-year-old boys in connection with a robbery-murder incident targeting an elderly woman in Tochigi Prefecture, sources said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/16/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-home-invasion-two-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice #theft #stabbings

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man for allegedly luring a junior high school girl into prostitution last year in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/man-arrest-girl-prostitution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #sexcrimes #juniorhighschools #prostitution #children #toyokokids #teens

Japan's Cabinet approved a revised bill that allows prosecutors to appeal a court's retrial order only in exceptional cases, paving the way for the retrial system to be revised for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/retrial-cabinet-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #ldp

Japan's Cabinet approved a revised bill that allows prosecutors to appeal a court's retrial order only in exceptional cases, paving the way for the retrial system to be revised for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/retrial-cabinet-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #ldp

Japan's Cabinet approved a revised bill that allows prosecutors to appeal a court's retrial order only in exceptional cases, paving the way for the retrial system to be revised for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/retrial-cabinet-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #ldp

Japan's Cabinet approved a revised bill that allows prosecutors to appeal a court's retrial order only in exceptional cases, paving the way for the retrial system to be revised for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/retrial-cabinet-approval/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #justiceministry #diet #falseconvictions #shoshimaekawa #ldp

Tochigi Prefectural Police on Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of robbery-murder in connection with a deadly home invasion that killed a woman in the town of Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/crime-legal/tochigi-murder-robbery-boy-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tochigi #japanesepolice #theft #stabbings

Police have arrested two Vietnamese construction workers for allegedly entering and trying to burgle a house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward where a high-profile family murder occurred around 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-site-enter-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #vietnam #japanesepolice #setagayaward #theft

Police have arrested two Vietnamese construction workers for allegedly entering and trying to burgle a house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward where a high-profile family murder occurred around 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-site-enter-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #vietnam #japanesepolice #setagayaward #theft

Police have arrested two Vietnamese construction workers for allegedly entering and trying to burgle a house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward where a high-profile family murder occurred around 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-site-enter-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #vietnam #japanesepolice #setagayaward #theft

Police have arrested two Vietnamese construction workers for allegedly entering and trying to burgle a house in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward where a high-profile family murder occurred around 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-site-enter-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #vietnam #japanesepolice #setagayaward #theft

Cyclists have been fined under the recently introduced "blue ticket" system in around 2,100 cases during the first months of its implementation, the National Police Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-violation-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cycling #phones #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #livinginjapan

Cyclists have been fined under the recently introduced "blue ticket" system in around 2,100 cases during the first months of its implementation, the National Police Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-violation-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cycling #phones #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #livinginjapan

Cyclists have been fined under the recently introduced "blue ticket" system in around 2,100 cases during the first months of its implementation, the National Police Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-violation-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cycling #phones #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #livinginjapan

Cyclists have been fined under the recently introduced "blue ticket" system in around 2,100 cases during the first months of its implementation, the National Police Agency has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-violation-numbers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cycling #phones #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #livinginjapan

Reporters were granted rare access inside the detention center in The Hague, where former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial on crimes against humanity charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/duterte-icc-detention-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #icc #philippines #rodrigoduterte

Reporters were granted rare access inside the detention center in The Hague, where former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial on crimes against humanity charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/duterte-icc-detention-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #icc #philippines #rodrigoduterte

Reporters were granted rare access inside the detention center in The Hague, where former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial on crimes against humanity charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/duterte-icc-detention-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #icc #philippines #rodrigoduterte

Reporters were granted rare access inside the detention center in The Hague, where former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte is awaiting trial on crimes against humanity charges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/duterte-icc-detention-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #icc #philippines #rodrigoduterte

Japan's Supreme Court has requested a related parliamentary commission file a petition with the Judge Impeachment Court to seek the dismissal of a judge indicted for alleged habitual gambling via an online casino site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/judge-dismissal-online-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #casinos #gambling #japanesecourts #supremecourt #akita #niigata

Japan's Supreme Court has requested a related parliamentary commission file a petition with the Judge Impeachment Court to seek the dismissal of a judge indicted for alleged habitual gambling via an online casino site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/judge-dismissal-online-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #casinos #gambling #japanesecourts #supremecourt #akita #niigata

Japan's Supreme Court has requested a related parliamentary commission file a petition with the Judge Impeachment Court to seek the dismissal of a judge indicted for alleged habitual gambling via an online casino site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/judge-dismissal-online-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #casinos #gambling #japanesecourts #supremecourt #akita #niigata

Japan's Supreme Court has requested a related parliamentary commission file a petition with the Judge Impeachment Court to seek the dismissal of a judge indicted for alleged habitual gambling via an online casino site. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/japan/crime-legal/judge-dismissal-online-gambling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #casinos #gambling #japanesecourts #supremecourt #akita #niigata

Jeffery Epstein has been dead for almost seven years, but a strange new drama is now playing out on what was once his private island — Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/epstein-island-owner-voyeurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #sexcrimes #caribbean

Jeffery Epstein has been dead for almost seven years, but a strange new drama is now playing out on what was once his private island — Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/epstein-island-owner-voyeurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #sexcrimes #caribbean

Jeffery Epstein has been dead for almost seven years, but a strange new drama is now playing out on what was once his private island — Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/epstein-island-owner-voyeurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #sexcrimes #caribbean

Jeffery Epstein has been dead for almost seven years, but a strange new drama is now playing out on what was once his private island — Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/epstein-island-owner-voyeurs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #jeffreyepstein #sexcrimes #caribbean

A man in New York was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent while running a "police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown at the direction of the Chinese government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/china-police-outpost-ny-convicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #newyork #us #china #espioinage

A man in New York was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent while running a "police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown at the direction of the Chinese government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/china-police-outpost-ny-convicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #newyork #us #china #espioinage

A man in New York was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent while running a "police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown at the direction of the Chinese government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/china-police-outpost-ny-convicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #newyork #us #china #espioinage

A man in New York was found guilty of acting as an unregistered foreign agent while running a "police station" in Manhattan's Chinatown at the direction of the Chinese government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/14/world/crime-legal/china-police-outpost-ny-convicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #newyork #us #china #espioinage

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Tokyo police have arrested a couple and their son on suspicion of confining and abusing their daughter in a locked closet at their home in January, in a case believed to have involved prolonged abuse and neglect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/daughter-abuse-confinement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #childabuse #juniorhighschools #children #health

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy Tuesday for allegedly spraying a liquid that caused a strange odor on a train running in Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/train-odor-incident-boy-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jreast #rail #japanesepolice #kanagawa

In the case of a person seeking to be legally registered as nonbinary, the Osaka High Court has said that the family register system, which only allows for male and female designations, infringes on the Constitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/family-register-nonbinary-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #lgbtq #familyregistry #constitution

In the case of a person seeking to be legally registered as nonbinary, the Osaka High Court has said that the family register system, which only allows for male and female designations, infringes on the Constitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/family-register-nonbinary-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #lgbtq #familyregistry #constitution

In the case of a person seeking to be legally registered as nonbinary, the Osaka High Court has said that the family register system, which only allows for male and female designations, infringes on the Constitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/family-register-nonbinary-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #lgbtq #familyregistry #constitution

In the case of a person seeking to be legally registered as nonbinary, the Osaka High Court has said that the family register system, which only allows for male and female designations, infringes on the Constitution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/crime-legal/family-register-nonbinary-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #lgbtq #familyregistry #constitution