Lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeared at the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a witness Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-pm-abe-shooting-trial-witness-testimony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #keisato #shinzoabe #tetsuyayamagami #japanesecourts #nara
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Amid a tourism boom and an increase in foreign residents, Japan is seeking to spread awareness of the local rules of the road. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/japan/crime-legal/foreign-drivers-traffic-laws/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #immigration #expats #tourism #driving #cars #drinking #alcohol #trafficaccidents
The Immigration Services Agency of Japan is looking to cooperate more closely with related ministries as part of its countermeasures against illegal foreign labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/japan/crime-legal/japan-illegal-foreign-labor-countermeasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #foreignworkers #immigrationservicesagency #immigration #justiceministry #mlit
Cambodia showed off a shuttered scam compound this week ahead of a global conference intended to burnish its antifraud credentials, amid international pressure on Phnom Penh do more to tackle the scam industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-scams-crackdown-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #fraud #organizedcrime #southeastasia
FBI data allegedly stolen by a hacking group carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials' job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russian intelligence, drug cartels, and more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/24/world/crime-legal/hacked-fbi-data-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #fbi #hacking
Cambodian authorities will target licensed casinos that are actually fronts for illicit cybercrime, an industry that's stolen billions of dollars from victims globally, according to a senior minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/24/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-casinos-anti-scam-sweep/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southeastasia #fraud #cambodia #fraud #organizedcrime #china
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
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
A Ukrainian man has been arrested for killing a priest and wounding four others with a knife at a Catholic abbey in Poland in an attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has branded "evil" and "horrific." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/world/crime-legal/poland-priest-stabbing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #ukraine #poland #volodymyrzelenskyy #stabbings #donaldtusk
An expert panel under the National Police Agency called for giving police the option as swiftly as possible of remotely analyzing smartphones used by members of loosely organized anonymous criminal groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/tokury-smartphones-remote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud #tokuryu #phones
A string of rape cases in India has reignited debate over women's safety and raised questions about why sweeping legal reforms and tougher punishments have failed to curb sexual violence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-women-safety/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #rape #murder
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
South African police said they were hunting down gunmen who killed 27 people in two separate shootings within hours of each other. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/27/world/crime-legal/south-africa-shooting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #murder #southafrica #massshootings
Under a new system, Japanese police officers will make fake accounts to respond to online solicitations from "tokuryū" criminal groups in order to trace flows of illicit funds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-bank-accounts-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #moneylaundering #organizedcrime
Cambodia is gathering evidence against suspected "masterminds" of massive cyber fraud operations, amid criticism that the government's crackdown has failed to reach those ultimately responsible. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-scam-masterminds-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #china #cambodia #moneylaundering #organizedcrime #fraud #southeastasia
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife's 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim's 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of Ota on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/crime-legal/gunma-arrest-ex-wife-mother-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #gunma #stabbings