Naha, Okinawa Pref. – Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki condemned Friday the alleged sexual assault of a woman in the prefecture by a U.S. Marine, who was referred to prosecutors on …
A series of incidents involving cyclists groping women in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward and surrounding areas has sparked a police investigation, the Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday. There has been an …
Police in Tokyo have arrested three people over a fraud case in which they allegedly chased a truck with a supercar and obtained the driver’s personal information to create a …
Yokohama – Two people died in Yokohama on Saturday evening when one person landed on the other after falling from a building. Around 6 p.m. Saturday, police received an emergency …
Kyoto police announced Tuesday that a 69-year-old man has been scammed out of gold bars worth approximately ¥100 million ($688,000). The self-employed man, residing in the Kamigyo Ward of Kyoto, …
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has expanded a team for initial cybercrime investigations, such as identifying bank accounts involved in online fraud and senders of information on child pornography …
The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward reported a new case of vandalism Monday, with staff discovering graffiti on a stone pillar and calling police at around 3:50 a.m. Tokyo …
Kagoshima – The Kagoshima District Court on Monday handed a suspended sentence to a former Kagoshima Prefectural Police officer for breaching confidentiality by leaking investigation information to a journalist. Judge …
Tokyo police have arrested two men for allegedly receiving kickbacks for arranging for a woman, who had significant debt at a host club in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, to work at …
Tokyo police have arrested a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of deceiving a man she met on a dating app into paying approximately ¥300,000 for sexually transmitted infection tests. The suspect, …