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Public prosecutors have indicted without arrest four people linked to rice cracker manufacturer Sanko Seika in Niigata Prefecture over a plant fire in 2022 that killed six of the company's workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/08/japan/crime-legal/japan-fatal-plant-fire-four-indicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #firefighters #niigata

A former female prosecutor in Osaka has launched an advocacy group to push for better institutional understanding of PTSD caused by sexual violence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/06/japan/crime-legal/japan-ex-prosecutor-sexual-violence-ptsd-group/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexcrimes #japanesecourts #osakadistrictpublicprosecutorsoffice #mentalhealth

The Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture has sentenced a 29-year-old man to 20 years in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend in December 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/30/japan/crime-legal/mito-murder-ruling-nail-artist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #mito #stabbings #stalking

The Tokyo District Court has dismissed a demand from Kenjiro Tsuda, a high-profile anime voice actor, that TikTok remove videos he says feature an artificial intelligence clone of his voice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/30/japan/crime-legal/voice-actor-lawsuit-ai-tiktok/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tiktok #ai #voiceacting #intellectualproperty #kenjirotsuda #voiceacting #anime #tech

While calling voice a protected right, court dismisses voice actor’s AI case

The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday dismissed a demand from a high-profile anime voice actor that TikTok remove…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/99157/

Ex-boyfriend sentenced to 20 years in prison over murder of nail artist

The Mito District Court on Wednesday sentenced a 29-year-old man to 20 years in prison for killing his…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Japanese #Japanesecourts #Mito #stabbings #stalking
https://www.europesays.com/japan/99105/

A high-profile Japanese anime voice actor has sued TikTok over videos he says feature an AI clone of his "lustrous" baritone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/27/japan/crime-legal/japan-voice-actor-court-fight-tiktok-ai-voice-cloning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #intellectualproperty #kenjirotsuda #ai #tiktok

Public prosecutors are seeking a 21-year prison for a man accused of murdering his former girlfriend, a pregnant manicurist, in the city of Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, late last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/mito-manicurist-murder-prosecutors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mito #ibaraki #japanesecourts #stalking #stabbings

21 years sought for man accused of murdering manicurist

Mito, Ibaraki Pref. – Public prosecutors sought a 21-year prison term Thursday for a man accused of murdering…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/96775/

A transgender man in Japan is seeking legal recognition as the father of his biological child, who was conceived using an egg retrieved from him while he was still legally registered as female. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/transgender-lawsuit-father/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #transgender #marriage #parenthood #humanrights #lgbtq #children

21 years sought for man accused of murdering manicurist https://www.byteseu.com/2395987/ #Ibaraki #Japan #JapaneseCourts #Mito #stabbings #Stalking

A 29-year-old man has admitted to stalking a nail artist and killing her in her apartment unit in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, late last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/14/japan/crime-legal/ibaraki-stalking-murder-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #stabbings #mito #ibaraki #stalking

Man admits to stalking and killing ex-girlfriend in Ibaraki

A 29-year-old man on Monday admitted to stalking his ex-girlfriend and killing her in her apartment unit in…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Ibaraki #Japanesecourts #Mito #Nihon #stabbings #stalking
https://www.europesays.com/japan/91143/

Swimmer Tomoru Honda, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has been sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for dangerous driving resulting in injury. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/09/japan/crime-legal/swimmer-dangerous-driving-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesecourts #driving #olympics

Tokyo Olympic swimmer gets suspended term for dangerous driving

The Tachikawa branch of Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced Tomoru Honda, a Japanese swimmer who won a…
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https://www.europesays.com/japan/88947/

A man who survived an attempted murder in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, in 2002 and his wife are advocating for Japan's statute of limitations to be removed on such crimes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/08/japan/crime-legal/attempted-murder-statute-limitations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aichi #nagoya #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi said he will ask an advisory panel to consider a law revision that would bar the use of evidence submitted in civil trials for purposes not directly related to court proceedings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/04/japan/crime-legal/justice-ministry-civil-trials/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hiroshihiraguchi #justiceministry #japanesecourts

A Japanese court has ruled ballots in a 2025 election that referred to a candidate by his family's business can't be clearly connected enough to him to count, highlighting the challenges of requiring written ballots. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/04/japan/politics/manju-shop-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ibaraki #votedisparity #japanesecourts

A court on Thursday sentenced former taxi driver Kiyotaka Zanami, 79, to three years in prison, suspended for five years, for his role in a hit-and-run in Tokyo that resulted in the death of a corporate worker in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/03/japan/crime-legal/elderly-taxi-driver-sentenced/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #trafficaccidents #elderly #japanesecourts

Five Japanese oil distributors admitted to forming a price cartel for gas oil sold to transport and other companies in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/03/japan/oil-distributors-price-cartel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #oil #gas #japanesecourts

Elderly taxi driver found guilty over fatal hit-and-run

A court on Thursday sentenced former taxi driver Kiyotaka Zanami, 79, to three years in prison, suspended for…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #elderly #Japanese #Japanesecourts #trafficaccidents
https://www.europesays.com/japan/85253/

Five Japanese oil distributors admit to forming price cartel

Five Japanese oil distributors admitted to forming a price cartel for gas oil sold to transport and other…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #gas #Japanesecourts #Nihon #oil
https://www.europesays.com/japan/85239/

Manga artist Masami Kurumada said that a former executive of three companies Kurumada heads, along with other individuals, allegedly embezzled about ¥4.6 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/02/japan/crime-legal/manga-kurumada-embezzled/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #masamikurumada #japanesecourts

Manga artist Kurumada says ex-manager, others embezzled ¥4.6 billion

Manga artist Masami Kurumada said Wednesday that a former executive of three companies Kurumada heads, along with other…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Japanesecourts #MasamiKurumada
https://www.europesays.com/japan/84555/

An ex-prosecutor who publicly accused her boss of rape said that her former office needs reform, adding that victims' allegations are not properly investigated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/01/japan/crime-legal/ex-prosecutor-rape-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #sexualharassment #rape #japanesepolice #sexcrimes #japanesecourts

Japan's Supreme Court plans to examine in the next fiscal year whether generative artificial intelligence can be used in civil trials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/01/japan/japan-supreme-court-ai-use/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #supremecourt #japanesecourts #ai #budgets

Japan’s top court to test use of AI in civil trials

The Supreme Court plans to examine in the next fiscal year whether generative artificial intelligence (AI) can be…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #AI #budgets #Japanese #Japanesecourts #supremecourt
https://www.europesays.com/japan/83654/

A total of 176 people who fled Fukushima Prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster have reached a settlement with Tepco in a damages lawsuit filed against the firm and the government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/26/japan/crime-legal/tepco-fukushima-settlement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tepco #earthquakes #fukushima #fukushimano1 #311 #nuclearenergy #japanesecourts #hokkaido

Police seized data in February believed to be a fake university diploma from a computer belonging to Maki Takubo, former mayor of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, people familiar with the matter have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/26/japan/crime-legal/ito-mayor-computer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #makitakubo #shizuoka #localgovernment #ito #japanesecourts #japanesepolice #universities

Evacuees from Fukushima nuclear meltdown reach settlement with Tepco

SAPPORO – A total of 176 people who fled Fukushima Prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear disaster have…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #3/11 #earthquakes #Fukushima #FUKUSHIMANO.1 #Hokkaido #Japanesecourts #Nihon #NuclearEnergy #tepco
https://www.europesays.com/japan/80332/

https://www.alojapan.com/1528348/japan-executes-man-convicted-of-killing-five-in-2009-osaka-pachinko-parlor-arson/ Japan executes man convicted of killing five in 2009 Osaka pachinko parlor arson #death #DEATHPENALTY #HiroshiHiraguchi #JapaneseCourts #JusticeMinistry #news #Osaka #OsakaNews #大阪 #大阪府 A 58-year-old man on death row convicted for killing five people after he set a pachinko parlor on fire in 2009 in the city of Osaka, has been executed Friday morning, media reports said. Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi will hold a news conference at 11 a.m

Japan has executed a 58-year-old man on death row convicted for killing five people after he set a pachinko parlor on fire in 2009 in the city of Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/21/japan/crime-legal/death-penalty-execution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #death #justiceministry #deathpenalty #japanesecourts #hiroshihiraguchi

A Japanese court has sentenced a 19-year-old man to life imprisonment over his leading role in a fatal group assault and robbery of a university student in the city of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, in 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/crime-legal/teenager-sentenced-life-imprisonment-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hokkaido #ebetsu #japanesecourts

Teen sentenced to life in prison over leading role in fatal 2024 Hokkaido group assault

A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old man to life imprisonment over a fatal group assault and robbery of a university student in the city of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, in a case prosecutors said he played a leading…
#Japan #JP #Hokkaido #Ebetsu #HokkaidoNews #Japanesecourts #news #北海道
https://www.alojapan.com/1521136/teen-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-over-leading-role-in-fatal-2024-hokkaido-group-assault/

https://www.alojapan.com/1521136/teen-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-over-leading-role-in-fatal-2024-hokkaido-group-assault/ Teen sentenced to life in prison over leading role in fatal 2024 Hokkaido group assault #Ebetsu #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #JapaneseCourts #news #北海道 A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old man to life imprisonment over a fatal group assault and robbery of a university student in the city of Ebetsu, Hokkaido, in a case prosecutors said he played a leading role in carrying out. The Sapporo District Court handed down the life sentence,

Prosecutors have sought a six-year prison sentence and a fine of ¥2 million for the former operator of a Tokyo massage parlor accused of having a Thai girl, then 12, provide sexual services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/crime-legal/thai-girl-massage-operator/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #sexcrimes #thailand #prostitution #thailandjapanrelations #childabuse #tokyo #humantrafficking

The Chiba District Court has sentenced Masahide Kanayama, a 63-year-old doctor, to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for damaging historic buildings in Chiba Prefecture in 2015. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/07/japan/crime-legal/doctor-historic-buildings-damage-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #chiba #japanesecourts #temples #shrines #shinto

Six years sought for former massage parlor operator over Thai girl case

Prosecutors have sought a six-year prison sentence and a fine of ¥2 million for the former operator of a Tokyo massage parlor accused of having a Thai girl, then 12, provide sexua…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1521025/six-years-sought-for-former-massage-parlor-operator-over-thai-girl-case/

https://www.alojapan.com/1521025/six-years-sought-for-former-massage-parlor-operator-over-thai-girl-case/ Six years sought for former massage parlor operator over Thai girl case #ChildAbuse #HumanTrafficking #Japan #JapanNews #JapaneseCourts #news #prostitution #SexCrimes #Thailand #THAILANDJAPANRELATIONS #Tokyo Prosecutors have sought a six-year prison sentence and a fine of ¥2 million for the former operator of a Tokyo massage parlor accused of having a Thai girl, then 12, provide sexual services. The defense said Masayuki Hosono, 52, was innoc

A third-party panel at Shogakukan found that the publisher encouraged human rights violations by hiring a male manga artist who had committed sexual misconduct as an author for a new series under a different pseudonym. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/04/japan/society/shogakukan-human-rights-violations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #shogakukan #manga #sexcrimes #japanesecourts #childporn #humanrights

A former justice minister has called for an independent investigation into Japan's public prosecutor's offices following a succession of recent scandals that has cast doubt on the service's ability to investigate itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/japan/crime-legal/prosecutors-harassment-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #sexualharassment #justiceministry #japanesecourts

Judicial and prosecutorial authorities have dismissed 48-year-old prosecutor Masahito Nishida for having an inappropriate relationship with a woman he had investigated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/30/japan/crime-legal/prosecutor-dismissal-improper-relationship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #tokyo

The Fukuoka High Court has ordered the Kumamoto Prefectural Government to jointly pay damages with the Japanese government over a wrongful conviction in a 1985 murder case in Kumamoto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/28/japan/crime-legal/kumamoto-government-damages-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #fukuoka #kumamoto #falseconvictions #japanesepolice

An Ainu tribe in Hokkaido filed a lawsuit against the central government seeking the return of ancestral remains that had been taken from their graves, as the Indigenous group continues fighting for cultural recognition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/20/japan/hokkaido-ainu-remains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #ainu #japanesecourts #humanrights #indigenouspeople

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a bill to revise the retrial system for the first time since the Code of Criminal Procedure was established in 1948. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/17/japan/politics/retrial-system-revision-bill-enacted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #japanesecourts #falseconvictions

The top leader has changed for Kudokai, a legally designated yakuza crime syndicate based in Fukuoka Prefecture, the Fukuoka Prefectural Public Safety Commission announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/crime-legal/kudokai-yakuza-leader-change/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #kudokai #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #fukuoka