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# TokyoReporter

Crime, scandal, intrigue from Japan

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## Posts

- [Yakuza accused of kidnapping man, demanding he choose 'tuna boat, crab boat or death'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-accused-of-kidnapping-man-demanding-he-choose-tuna-boat-crab-boat-or-death/) - Tokyo police have arrested four men, including a member of a yakuza syndicate, for allegedly kidnapping a 51-year-old man and threatening him with forced labor
- [Tokyo family accused of locking disabled teen girl in closet, restraining her in tarp](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-family-accused-of-locking-disabled-teen-girl-in-closet-restraining-her-in-tarp/) - Tokyo police have arrested a teenage boy for allegedly confining his intellectually disabled sister in a closet, implicating the victim's entire family in a pattern of severe domestic abuse
- [40 women, including 16-year-old, arrested in Kabukicho prostitution crackdown](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/40-women-including-16-year-old-arrested-in-kabukicho-prostitution-crackdown/) - Tokyo police arrested 40 women, including a 16-year-old high school student, for prostitution in the Kabukicho red-light district over the first half of this year
- [Kyoto worker plunges to death from 11-meter 'Birdman Rally' platform at Lake Biwa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kyoto-worker-plunges-to-death-from-11-meter-birdman-rally-platform-at-lake-biwa/) - Police are investigating the death of a 59-year-old construction worker who plunged 11 meters from a platform being built for the annual "Birdman Rally" over Lake Biwa on Monday morning
- [Ibaraki woman shows 'help me' sign at convenience store after roommate sews lips shut](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ibaraki-woman-shows-help-me-sign-at-convenience-store-after-roommate-sews-lips-shut/) - Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman after she allegedly sewed her female roommate's lips shut with a needle and thread
- [Gunma man admits to strangling 6-year-old daughter, 3-year-old son with neckties](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunma-man-admits-to-strangling-6-year-old-daughter-3-year-old-son-with-neckties/) - Gunma Prefectural Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who turned himself in and confessed to strangling his two young children to death inside their Isesaki City home
- [Repeat offender arrested over 'sushi terrorism' video at Saitama restaurant](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/repeat-offender-arrested-over-sushi-terrorism-video-at-saitama-restaurant/) - Saitama police have arrested a 43-year-old man after he posted a video on social media showing him touching the spout of a soy sauce bottle at a major conveyor-belt sushi chain
- [Juvenile suspect flees police by diving into Osaka river, escaping in getaway car](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/juvenile-suspect-flees-police-by-diving-into-osaka-river-escaping-in-getaway-car/) - A juvenile suspect made a dramatic escape on Thursday afternoon, plunging into a river to evade arresting officers near the Osaka Detention House in Osaka City
- [Shizuoka police probe link after Indonesian woman fatally stabbed, suspect killed by train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-police-probe-link-after-indonesian-woman-fatally-stabbed-suspect-killed-by-train/) - Police in Hamamatsu City are investigating a fatal stabbing and a subsequent train casualty that occurred in close proximity, suspecting a connection between the two incidents
- [Corruption Scandals That Have Plagued Japan's Casino Legalization Process](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/casino/corruption-scandals-that-have-plagued-japans-casino-legalization-process/) - Explore Japan’s casino legalization scandals, from the 500.com bribery case to Akimoto’s conviction and the impact on integrated resorts.
- [AV actress Miori Yurikawa says sexual harassment by hospital director, school bullying led to adult debut](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/av-actress-miori-yurikawa-says-sexual-harassment-at-hospital-director-school-bullying-led-to-adult-debut/) - Actress Miori Yurikawa has revealed that severe workplace sexual harassment and a childhood marred by bullying drove her into the adult video industry
- [Saitama boy, 15, used ChatGPT to hack Bandai anime streaming site, force 46,000 unsubscriptions](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-boy-15-used-chatgpt-to-hack-bandai-anime-streaming-site-force-46000-unsubscriptions/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 15-year-old high school student accused of using the generative AI tool ChatGPT to launch a cyberattack against the popular anime streaming service Bandai Channel
- [Foul play suspected after woman, son found dead in Aichi apartment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/foul-play-suspected-after-woman-son-found-dead-in-aichi-apartment/) - Police in Toyokawa City launched an investigation after an elderly woman and a man were found dead inside an apartment following reports of a foul odor on Sunday
- [Toyonaka City worker accused of filming upskirt video with smartphone wedged in shoe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/toyonaka-city-worker-accused-of-filming-upskirt-video-with-smartphone-wedged-in-shoe/) - Police here have arrested a 61-year-old self-proclaimed municipal worker for allegedly using a smartphone hidden in his shoe to film up a woman's skirt on a moving train
- [Teenage motorcyclist flees scene after female passenger falls, gets run over by trailing car](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/teenage-motorcyclist-flees-scene-after-female-passenger-falls-gets-run-over-by-trailing-car/) - A 16-year-old high school boy has been arrested for fleeing the scene without rendering aid after a girl fell from the motorcycle he was operating in Chuo Ward
- [Wakayama man handed 19-year term over snorkeling murder of insured wife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/wakayama-man-handed-19-year-term-over-snorkeling-murder-of-insured-wife/) - The Supreme Court has finalized a 19-year prison sentence for a 35-year-old man convicted of drowning his wife during a snorkeling trip in Wakayama Prefecture to collect on her life insurance
- [Ex-SKE48 idol turned gravure cafe owner cashes in on margin trading](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-ske48-idol-turned-gravure-cafe-owner-cashes-in-on-margin-trading/) - Machiko Tezuka is a former pop idol who is proving she has a sharp mind for business and the stock market
- [Man suspected in Osaka slashing incident in 2020 deported from Thailand](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/man-suspected-in-osaka-slashing-incident-in-2020-deported-from-thailand/) - A 36-year-old man wanted for slashing another man's face with a cutter knife in Osaka City four years ago is in custody after being deported to Japan from Thailand last week
- [Wakayama police: Man, 29, staged murder of wife as accidental drowning](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/wakayama-police-man-29-staged-murder-of-wife-as-accidental-drowning/) - Suspect allegedly killed his wife by forcing her head under water to the sandy shoal below during a snorkeling trip
- [Two Fukuoka assemblymen say they paid 27.5 million yen in cash to LDP bosses for top posts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-fukuoka-assemblymen-say-they-paid-27-5-million-yen-in-cash-to-ldp-bosses-for-top-posts/) - Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly has been rocked by fresh allegations that two lawmakers handed over cash to Liberal Democratic Party executives
- [「断れば家族も同じ目に」焼死体で発見の上野飲食店夫妻殺害、実行犯2人に懲役30年](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/事件のニュース/「断れば家族も同じ目に」焼死体で発見の上野飲/) - 「断れば家族も同じ目に」焼死体で発見の上野飲食店夫妻殺害、実行犯2人に懲役30年
- [ダンプ2トンの土で生き埋め！幼なじみ抹殺の鬼畜男　背後に放火殺人と8000万円ギャンブル地獄](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/事件のニュース/ダンプ2トンの土で生き埋め！幼なじみ抹殺の鬼畜/) - ダンプ2トンの土で生き埋め！幼なじみ抹殺の鬼畜男 背後に放火殺人と8000万円ギャンブル地獄
- [先代死去の当日に金庫から5000万円強奪！住吉会会長を逮捕、内部に「打倒」匿名文書飛び交う](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/事件のニュース/先代死去の当日に金庫から5000万円強奪！住吉会会/) - 先代死去の当日に金庫から5000万円強奪！住吉会会長を逮捕、内部に「打倒」匿名文書飛び交う
- [Hiroshima man used dump truck to bury childhood friend alive to silence him over arson-murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-man-used-dump-truck-to-bury-childhood-friend-alive-to-silence-him-over-arson-murder/) - Hiroshima police have sent a 29-year-old man to prosecutors for allegedly burying his childhood friend alive beneath a truckload of dirt in a desperate bid to silence him over a prior arson-murder
- [Ex-AV star Nanami Matsumoto reveals secret double life as accountant](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/ex-av-star-nanami-matsumoto-reveals-secret-double-life-as-accountant/) - Nanami Matsumoto pulls back the curtain on her recent shift to the independent adult industry --- and a surprising decade-long side hustle.
- [Mutiny brewing in Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza after boss steals ¥50 million on day of predecessor's death](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/mutiny-brewing-in-sumiyoshi-kai-yakuza-after-boss-steals-¥50-million-on-day-of-predecessors-death/) - The Sumiyoshi-kai is facing unprecedented internal turmoil after its top boss was arrested for allegedly looting 50 million yen from his predecessor’s safe
- [Sumiyoshi-kai chairman among suspects in robbery at home of ex-chairman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/sumiyoshi-kai-chairman-among-suspects-in-robbery-at-home-of-ex-chairman/) - Chiba Prefectural Police on Saturday arrested Osamu Ogawa, the chairman of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate, for breaking into the home of the former chairman three years ago
- [Cocaine use hits record high in Japan as estimated 350,000 admit to trying drug](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cocaine-use-hits-record-high-in-japan-as-estimated-350000-admit-to-trying-drug/) - An estimated 350,000 people in Japan have used cocaine, marking the highest figure on record since modern tracking began in 2007
- [Tokyo teacher's personal laundry blamed for school fire that injured 11](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teachers-personal-laundry-blamed-for-school-fire-that-injured-11/) - A female music teacher doing her personal laundry on school grounds is believed to be the cause of a fire at a Tokyo elementary school last month that left 11 people injured
- [Yokohama woman accused of swindling 70-something widower in dating app romance scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yokohama-woman-accused-of-swindling-70-something-widower-in-dating-app-romance-scam/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 22-year-old female office worker on suspicion of fraud after she allegedly duped a man in his 70s out of roughly 420,000 yen through a dating app romance scam
- [76-year-old Yokohama assemblyman referred to prosecutors over forced kiss on female colleague](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/yokohama/76-year-old-yokohama-assemblyman-referred-to-prosecutors-over-forced-kiss-on-female-colleague/) - A 76-year-old member of the Yokohama City Assembly has been referred to prosecutors after a female colleague accused him of forcefully kissing her during a business trip
- [Two men handed 30-year terms over gruesome murder of wealthy Ueno couple](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-men-handed-30-year-terms-over-gruesome-murder-of-wealthy-ueno-couple/) - The Tokyo District Court has handed down 30-year prison sentences to two men for their roles in the gruesome murder of a wealthy restaurant-owning couple
- [Despite being 'happy' family on YouTube, Wakayama couple admit to starving 2-year-old daughter to death](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/wakayama-couple-admit-to-starving-2-year-old-daughter-to-death/) - A couple who frequently posted videos of their "happy" family on YouTube admitted in court to abusing and starving their 2-year-old daughter to death
- [Cleaners unearth skeletonized cats during 16-ton trash removal at Amagasaki 'garbage house'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cleaners-unearth-skeletonized-cats-during-16-ton-trash-removal-at-amagasaki-garbage-house/) - A major house clearance in Amagasaki City took a morbid turn when workers unearthed the skeletonized remains of multiple cats buried beneath 16 tons of accumulated hoarding debris
- [How to Gain an Information Advantage in Multiplayer Games](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/how-to-gain-an-information-advantage-in-multiplayer-games/) - How to Gain an Information Advantage in Multiplayer Games
- [Man, 4 youths accused of beating, attempting to rob stranger over 'otsukare' greeting](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-4-youths-accused-of-beating-attempting-to-rob-stranger-over-otsukare-greeting/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old man and four teenagers on suspicion of assaulting and attempting to rob a man who casually greeted them outside a convenience store
- [Mie man, 70s, scammed after being offered ¥30 million to impregnate woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mie-man-70s-scammed-after-being-offered-¥30-million-to-impregnate-woman/) - Police here are investigating a bizarre fraud case in which a man in his 70s was swindled out of nearly 2.9 million yen after being told his "excellent genes" were needed to impregnate a woman
- [A 41-year-old single father earns $15,000 a month in passive income through MoneySimpler AI-automated trading](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/investment/a-41-year-old-single-father-earns-15000-a-month-in-passive-income-through-moneysimpler-ai-automated-trading/) - In 2026, global financial markets experienced some of the most intense volatility seen in recent years
- [Chinese national, 6 others busted for laundering fraud funds from U.S.](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-national-6-others-busted-for-laundering-fraud-funds-from-u-s/) - Tokyo police have arrested a group of seven men and women, including a Chinese national, on suspicion of laundering illicit profits obtained from fraud victims in the United States
- [Man pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of livestreamer in Shinjuku over unpaid ¥2.55 million debt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-stabbing-of-livestreamer-in-shinjuku-over-unpaid-¥2-55-million-debt/) - Man pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of livestreamer in Shinjuku over unpaid ¥2.55 million debt
- [Crowbar-wielding man arrested for stealing ¥190,000 from Sapporo coin laundry](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/crowbar-wielding-man-arrested-for-stealing-¥190000-from-sapporo-coin-laundry/) - Police have arrested a 34-year-old unemployed man for allegedly using a crowbar to pry open a change machine at a Sapporo City coin-operated laundry outlet
- [Nagano man suspected of killing ex-wife, daughter before gulping poison](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagano-man-suspected-of-killing-ex-wife-daughter-before-gulping-poison/) - A 46-year-old man was arrested over the alleged attempted murder of his teenage son had apparently tried to take his life before the discovery of the bodies of his ex-wife and daughter
- [Two men arrested for stalking, sexually assaulting female commuter from train to parking lot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-men-arrested-for-stalking-sexually-assaulting-female-commuter-from-train-to-parking-lot/) - Police here have arrested two men for allegedly teaming up to stalk and sexually assault a female commuter across multiple train lines and into a bicycle parking lot
- [Tokyo trio arrested in ¥80 million lottery fortunetelling scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-trio-arrested-in-¥80-million-lottery-fortunetelling-scam/) - Tokyo police have arrested three men for allegedly swindling victims by claiming they could predict winning lottery numbers through fortunetelling
- [Four arrested for live-streaming indecent acts on Stripchat from Shinjuku hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-arrested-for-live-streaming-indecent-acts-on-stripchat-from-shinjuku-hotel/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two women and re-arrested two men for allegedly broadcasting indecent acts from a hotel in Shinjuku Ward
- [Osaka man arrested for recruiting for Cambodian fraud ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/osaka-man-arrested-for-recruiting-for-cambodian-fraud-ring/) - Police in Nagoya have arrested a 30-year-old Osaka man for allegedly recruiting a Japanese national to work for a transnational fraud syndicate based in Cambodia
- [Owner, 6 others busted for illegal sex acts at Chiba 'men's esthetic' parlor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/owner-6-others-busted-for-illegal-sex-acts-at-chiba-mens-esthetic-parlor/) - Police in Funabashi City have arrested seven people, including the alleged owner of a "men's esthetic" massage parlor on suspicion of illegally providing sexual services to male customers
- [Fukuoka man accused of abandoning father's skeletonized corpse for 2 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-man-accused-of-abandoning-fathers-skeletonized-corpse-for-2-years/) - Police in Kitakyushu City have arrested a 59-year-old unemployed man after the skeletonized remains of his father were discovered covered by a futon in their shared home
- [Tochigi man arrested after skeletonized remains found in Nikko home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tochigi-man-arrested-after-skeletonized-remains-found-in-nikko-home/) - Police in Nikko City have arrested a 56-year-old man after the skeletonized remains of a body were discovered inside his home
- [Obsessed regular kills popular Kobe sex worker in locked-room murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/obsessed-regular-kills-popular-kobe-sex-worker-in-locked-room-murder-suicide/) - Police in Kobe City launched a murder investigation after a sex worker and a male customer were found dead in a locked room at a commercial sex establishment on June 28
- [Hiroshima man suspected of killing friend to erase debt lost ¥80 million gambling](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-man-suspected-of-killing-friend-to-erase-debt-lost-¥80-million-gambling/) - A 29-year-old man arrested for the robbery-murder of his friend in Mihara City had accumulated massive gambling losses totaling 80 million yen
- [Inagawa-kai boss slapped with order over protection money demands at Shizuoka hostess club](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/inagawa-kai-boss-slapped-with-order-over-protection-money-demands-at-shizuoka-hostess-club/) - Police here have issued a cessation order to a senior member of the Inagawa-kai yakuza syndicate for demanding protection money from a local nightlife establishment
- [Body of man weighed down with stones found floating in Kanmon Strait](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/body-of-man-weighed-down-with-stones-found-floating-in-kanmon-strait/) - Police here launched an investigation after the body of a man weighed down with stones was discovered floating in the Kanmon Strait on Wednesday morning
- [Staff member at facility for disabled children accused of sexually abusing girl, filming act](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/staff-member-at-facility-for-disabled-children-accused-of-sexually-abusing-girl-filming-act/) - Tokyo police have arrested a male childcare worker at a facility for children with disabilities for allegedly committing indecent acts against a girl and secretly filming the crime
- [Morioka firefighter busted for drunk driving after chuhai binge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/morioka-firefighter-busted-for-drunk-driving-after-chuhai-binge/) - Police here have cited a 22-year-old firefighter in Morioka City for driving under the influence after he failed a breathalyzer test at a checkpoint
- [Woman pleads for tips 25 years after daughter stabbed to death in Kitakyushu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-pleads-for-tips-25-years-after-daughter-stabbed-to-death-in-kitakyushu/) - Exactly 25 years after a 34-year-old woman was fatally stabbed inside her Kitakyushu City home, her grieving mother is pleading for information that could finally bring the killer to justice
- [Akita police probe murder after ailing woman found strangled in burned-out home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/akita-police-probe-murder-after-ailing-woman-found-strangled-in-burned-out-home/) - Police here have launched a murder investigation after discovering an elderly woman was strangled to death days before a residential fire that also claimed the life of her husband
- [Ex-employee of rental space giant TKP, husband indicted over insider trading](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-employee-of-rental-space-giant-tkp-husband-indicted-over-insider-trading/) - Prosecutors here have indicted a former employee of rental conference room operator TKP and her husband without arrest for an insider trading scheme
- [Knife-wielding robber flees Ibaraki convenience store after clerk fights back](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/knife-wielding-robber-flees-ibaraki-convenience-store-after-clerk-fights-back/) - Police in the town of Yachiyo are hunting for an armed man who attempted to rob a convenience store before fleeing empty-handed when the clerk bravely fought back
- [Health ministry official handed suspended term for stalking subordinate, stealing underwear](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/health-ministry-official-handed-suspended-term-for-stalking-subordinate-stealing-underwear/) - The Tokyo District Court has handed a suspended sentence to a 39-year-old section chief at the health ministry for stalking a female subordinate and using a duplicated key to break into her apartment to steal her underwear
- [Woman accused of stabbing husband's mistress at Shinjuku hotel says her 'mind went blank'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-accused-of-stabbing-husbands-mistress-at-shinjuku-hotel-says-her-mind-went-blank/) - A 58-year-old housewife accused of stabbing her husband's long-time mistress told a court here earlier this month that her mind "went blank" after her husband callously announced he was leaving with the other woman
- [Four teens arrested for ambushing, robbing fellow train spotter over SNS feud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-teens-arrested-for-ambushing-robbing-fellow-train-spotter-over-sns-feud/) - Tokyo police have arrested four teenage boys on suspicion of assaulting and robbing a junior high school student after luring him to a park under the guise of photographing trains
- [Chiba man arrested for scalping WBC tickets at up to 40 times face value](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-arrested-for-scalping-wbc-tickets-at-up-to-40-times-face-value/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 61-year-old company employee from Chiba Prefecture for allegedly scalping premium baseball tickets
- [Hackers breach Aflac database, exposing personal details of 4.38 million customers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hackers-breach-aflac-database-exposing-personal-details-of-4-38-million-customers/) - Aflac Life Insurance has revealed that a massive cyberattack on its systems has compromised the personal data of roughly 4.38 million current and former policyholders
- [Survey reveals Japan's best prisons: Fuchu boasts best bread, overall comfort](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/survey-reveals-japans-best-prisons-fuchu-boasts-best-bread-overall-comfort/) - Where can a convict find the best food, the most comfortable cells, and top-tier nursing care?
- [Married McKinsey exec sued for ¥3 million over dating app "bachelor fraud"](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/married-mckinsey-exec-sued-for-¥3-million-over-dating-app-bachelor-fraud/) - A woman has filed a lawsuit against a highly paid executive at firm McKinsey & Company, demanding 3 million yen in damages after he allegedly posed as a bachelor
- [Man who faked being single confesses to pregnant girlfriend at city hall: 'If I submit this, I'll be arrested'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-who-faked-being-single-confesses-to-pregnant-girlfriend-at-city-hall-if-i-submit-this-ill-be-arrested/) - A woman's dream of starting a family was shattered at a city hall counter when her partner of over five years made a shocking confession: "If I submit this, I'll be arrested."
- [Tokyo court orders married man to pay ¥4.6 million for feigning bachelorhood, impregnating girlfriend](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-court-orders-married-man-to-pay-¥4-6-million-for-feigning-bachelorhood-impregnating-girlfriend/) - The Tokyo District Court has ordered a married man to pay over 4.6 million yen in damages for deceiving a woman into a relationship by claiming he was single
- [Hiroshima man accused of burying accomplice alive to silence him over prior murder-arson](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-man-accused-of-burying-accomplice-alive-to-silence-him-over-prior-murder-arson/) - Police here have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder after he allegedly buried his friend alive to erase a massive debt and cover up their involvement in a previous homicide
- [Tokyo man accused of filming sexual assault of middle school girl he met on Instagram](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/tokyo-man-accused-of-filming-sexual-assault-of-middle-school-girl-he-met-on-instagram/) - Tokyo police have served a fresh arrest warrant on a 27-year-old company employee for allegedly sexually assaulting and filming a middle school girl he met on social media
- [Scammers dupe online shoppers with hijacked flea market listings, QR code payments](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/scammers-dupe-online-shoppers-with-hijacked-flea-market-listings-qr-code-payments/) - The National Consumer Affairs Center is sounding the alarm over a massive surge in malicious e-commerce websites duping customers out of their cash using hijacked images and QR code payment schemes
- [Vietnamese man suspected in 150 burglaries used blowtorch to melt window glass](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-man-suspected-in-150-burglaries-used-blowtorch-to-melt-window-glass/) - Kanagawa police have arrested a 33-year-old Vietnamese national, suspecting him of being the culprit behind a massive string of residential break-ins and thefts across the region
- [How Inflation Reports Influence Currency Market Volatility](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/forex/how-inflation-reports-influence-currency-market-volatility/) - A stronger dollar moves every US dollar currency pair, and by now you will know: all major forex currency pairs include USD
- [The Growing Importance of Online Anonymity in a Data-Driven World](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/data-collection/the-growing-importance-of-online-anonymity-in-a-data-driven-world/) - With so much information and data being available online, a lot of people are scared that their own personal info might be leaked and used by third parties
- [How Customized Graduation Documents Became Popular Online?](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/how-customized-graduation-documents-became-popular-online/) - People always like highlighting their achievements and showing off what they were able to do
- [How to Present Financial Proof Correctly?](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/investment/how-to-present-financial-proof-correctly/) - Having financial proof is crucial to showcase your financial status, but also stability
- [Hiroshima man killed accomplice in fatal arson attack to escape ¥7 million debt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-man-killed-accomplice-in-fatal-arson-attack-to-escape-¥7-million-debt/) - Hiroshima police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly murdering his accomplice in a fatal arson attack to silence him and wipe out a massive debt
- [Yoichi Hatta: Police release new photos of wanted fugitive in fatal Beppu hit-and-run](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yoichi-hatta-police-release-new-photos-of-wanted-fugitive-in-fatal-beppu-hit-and-run/) - Police here have released a new wanted poster featuring previously unseen photographs of 29-year-old fugitive Yoichi Hatta
- [Prosecution seeks life term for yakuza boss over killing of 'Gyoza King'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/prosecution-seeks-life-term-for-yakuza-boss-over-killing-of-gyoza-king-president/) - Prosecutors here have demanded a life sentence for a high-ranking yakuza boss accused of gunning down the "Gyoza King" in 2013
- [Trial reveals details of fatal group assault of Hokkaido university student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trial-reveals-details-of-fatal-group-assault-of-hokkaido-university-student/) - The Sapporo District Court last week handed down lengthy prison sentences to three youths over the brutal robbery and fatal beating of a university student in Ebetsu City two years ago
- [Suspects in fatal assault of Hokkaido university student also stole his bank card](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/suspects-in-fatal-assault-of-hokkaido-university-student-also-stole-his-bank-card/) - Suspects in fatal assault of Hokkaido university student also stole his bank card
- [Woman handed 30-year term over fatal group assault, robbery of Hokkaido student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-handed-30-year-term-over-fatal-group-assault-robbery-of-hokkaido-student/) - Woman handed 30-year term over fatal group assault, robbery of Hokkaido student
- [Kobe sex worker, customer fatally stabbed at Fukuhara parlor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kobe-sex-worker-customer-fatally-stabbed-at-fukuhara-parlor/) - Police in Kobe City have launched a homicide investigation after a male customer and a female employee were found bleeding to death inside a sex parlor on Sunday night
- [Osaka woman handed suspended term for chopping off boyfriend's nipple, skips out of court flashing peace sign](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-woman-handed-suspended-term-for-chopping-off-boyfriends-nipple-skips-out-of-court-flashing-peace-sign/) - The Osaka District Court last week handed a suspended sentence to a 23-year-old woman accused of subjecting her boyfriend to gruesome abuse
- [Russian man arrested for masterminding massive bridge nameplate theft ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/russian-man-arrested-for-masterminding-massive-bridge-nameplate-theft-ring/) - Police here have arrested a 52-year-old Russian national accused of orchestrating a theft ring that stripped nearly 100 heavy bronze nameplates from bridges across the Kyushu region
- [Matsuba-kai yakuza boss busted for meth sales, prompts police raid on Ibaraki HQ](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/matsuba-kai-yakuza-boss-busted-for-meth-sales-prompts-police-raid-on-ibaraki-hq/) - Ibaraki police last week raided the headquarters of the designated yakuza syndicate Matsuba-kai following the arrest of an affiliated gang boss for possessing methamphetamine for the purpose of sale
- ['Voice phishing' scammers siphon ¥1.3 billion from over 30 companies nationwide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/voice-phishing-scammers-siphon-¥1-3-billion-from-over-30-companies-nationwide/) - Tokyo police are investigating a massive fraud ring that has siphoned approximately 1.3 billion yen from corporate bank accounts since last month using an automated phone scam known as 'voice phishing'
- [Man runs up massive hostess club tab in Kanazawa with just ¥197 in his pocket](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-runs-up-massive-hostess-club-tab-in-kanazawa-with-just-¥197-in-his-pocket/) - Police in Kanazawa City have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of fraud after he racked up an enormous bill at a hostess club despite having less than 200 yen to his name
- [Shizuoka man, 68, arrested for stalking woman in her 90s](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-man-68-arrested-for-stalking-woman-in-her-90s/) - Police in Fuji City have arrested a 68-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of relentlessly stalking a female acquaintance in her 90s
- [Three family members found with slashed necks in suspected Chiba murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/three-family-members-found-with-slashed-necks-in-suspected-chiba-murder-suicide/) - Police in Ichihara City are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after three family members were found dead with severe knife wounds to their necks inside a residence on Friday
- [Ex-teacher accused of demanding menstrual reports from female student: 'I thought it was legitimate'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-teacher-accused-of-demanding-menstrual-reports-from-female-student-i-thought-it-was-legitimate/) - Kanagawa police here have arrested a former middle school teacher in Odawara City for allegedly sending nearly 200 inappropriate emails to a female student demanding updates on her menstrual cycle
- [Shimane man accused of burying bloodied bodies of father and brother in yard denies charges](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shimane-man-accused-burying-bloodied-bodies-of-father-and-brother-in-yard-denies-charges/) - Shimane police have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning corpses after two bodies were discovered buried on a residential property in Izumo City
- [Ex-high school baseball chief's sudden resignation sparked by secret affair](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ex-high-school-baseball-chiefs-sudden-resignation-sparked-by-secret-affair/) - The sudden resignation of the president of the Japan High School Baseball Federation (JHBF) earlier this year was shrouded in mystery, but new revelations show his departure was triggered by a secret affair
- [Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza boss, 3 others arrested over Osaka ax attack](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/sumiyoshi-kai-yakuza-boss-3-others-arrested-over-osaka-ax-attack/) - Police here have arrested a senior member of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate and three others for allegedly attempting to murder a hired driver with an ax on a street in Osaka City earlier this year
- [Osaka city official took home appliances as bribes for 55 no-bid contracts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-city-official-took-home-appliances-as-bribes-for-55-no-bid-contracts/) - Police here have arrested a 48-year-old municipal official in Daito City for accepting bribes in exchange for funneling dozens of no-bid public contracts to a local company
- [Vietnamese drug suspect caught with 4 loaded handguns, 80 rounds of ammo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-drug-suspect-caught-with-4-loaded-handguns-80-rounds-of-ammo/) - Police here have discovered a weapons cache including four handguns and over 80 rounds of live ammunition inside a minivan used by a 51-year-old Vietnamese national
- [Chinese exec nabbed over high-speed crash in Porsche that injured three](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-exec-nabbed-over-high-speed-crash-in-porsche-that-injured-three/) - Police have arrested a 23-year-old Chinese national who caused a multi-car collision while speeding in a borrowed Porsche, injuring three persons
- [Nobody Watches the Watchers, and the Lottery Found Out](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/nobody-watches-the-watchers-and-the-lottery-found-out/) - Shocking thousands of viewers, the Pennsylvania Lottery's nightly televised draw was fixed live on air in a scheme that became known as the Triple Six Fix
- [Prosecution seeks 6-year term for woman who lured victim to fatal Yakuza torture session](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/prosecution-seeks-6-year-term-for-woman-who-lured-victim-to-fatal-yakuza-torture-session/) - Prosecutors here have demanded a six-year prison sentence for a 24-year-old woman accused of luring a man to a fatal torture session at the hands of gang members
- [Nijiro Murakami accused of assaulting girlfriend in Shinjuku](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nijiro-murakami-accused-of-assaulting-girlfriend-in-shinjuku/) - Nijiro Murakami has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly severely injuring a woman he was dating at the time at his home in the capital
- [Four men arrested over 12-million-yen Pokémon card heist in Nagoya](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/four-men-arrested-over-12-million-yen-pokemon-card-heist-in-nagoya/) - Aichi police have arrested four men for allegedly breaking into a Nagoya apartment and making off with Pokémon cards and other items valued at 12 million yen
- [Trio accused of stealing ¥26 million worth of copper wire to fund meth habit](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-accused-of-stealing-¥26-million-worth-of-copper-wire-to-fund-meth-habit/) - Police here have referred three men to prosecutors for allegedly stealing massive amounts of copper wire from abandoned schools and parks in Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures
- [Riko Uchida case: Man arrested after storming courtroom to protest 'lenient' 27-year term](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/riko-uchida-case-man-arrested-after-storming-courtroom-to-protest-lenient-27-year-term/) - Police here have arrested a 48-year-old man who burst into a courtroom at the Asahikawa District Court immediately following the sentencing of Riko Uchida for murder
- [Ex-AV starlet Sasa Handa 'cried' over forced retirement, reveals high school teacher took her virginity](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ex-av-starlet-sasa-handa-cried-over-forced-retirement-reveals-high-school-teacher-took-her-virginity/) - Former adult video (AV) actress and gravure idol Sasa Handa, 41, has revealed that her 2010 retirement from adult films was entirely against her will
- [Man accused of ¥1 million extortion attempt of voyeur photographer arrested for own illicit shooting](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-¥1-million-extortion-attempt-of-voyeur-photographer-arrested-for-own-illicit-shooting/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to extort 1 million yen from a man he caught taking illicit photos
- [Taiwanese woman arrested in ¥100 million investment scam using AI deepfake video](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/taiwanese-woman-arrested-in-¥100-million-investment-scam-using-ai-deepfake-video/) - Police have arrested a Taiwanese woman accused of acting as a cash mule for an international fraud ring in the swindle of an elderly woman out of nearly 100 million yen
- [Man on bail over fatal high-speed crash arrested for stealing sneakers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-on-bail-over-fatal-high-speed-crash-arrested-for-stealing-sneakers/) - Police here have arrested two men for burglary, including a 23-year-old suspect who was out on bail awaiting trial for a fatal high-speed crash
- [International relations: South Korean man faked marriage to visit mistress in Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/international-relations-south-korean-man-faked-marriage-to-visit-mistress-in-japan/) - Tokyo police have arrested three individuals over a sham marriage scheme designed to secure Japanese residency for a South Korean man so he could visit his mistress
- [Four persons, including Peruvian recruiter, arrested over planned Fukuoka home invasion](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-persons-including-peruvian-recruiter-arrested-over-planned-fukuoka-home-invasion/) - Police here have arrested four individuals, including a Peruvian national acting as a recruiter, for allegedly plotting a home invasion robbery
- [Osaka man accused of slashing train conductor also threatened to 'massacre everyone' at restaurant](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-man-accused-of-slashing-train-conductor-also-threatened-to-massacre-everyone-at-restaurant/) - A 63-year-old man currently on trial for slashing a train conductor with a knife was revealed to have threatened to "massacre" restaurant staff earlier that same day
- [Suspected drunk driver found sleeping at Wakayama intersection tells police his address is 'secret'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/suspected-drunk-driver-found-sleeping-at-wakayama-intersection-tells-police-his-address-is-secret/) - Police in Wakayama City have arrested a 25-year-old man who allegedly parked his car in the middle of a national highway intersection and fell asleep
- [American English teacher accused of groping, robbing woman in Toyohashi elevator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/american-english-teacher-accused-of-groping-robbing-woman-in-toyohashi-elevator/) - Police in Toyohashi City have arrested a 36-year-old American English teacher for allegedly robbing and sexually assaulting a woman in a building elevator
- ['Cool Japan' failure: Government fund faces axe over massive ¥54 billion deficit](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cool-japan-failure-government-fund-faces-axe-over-massive-¥54-billion-deficit/) - The Japanese government is preparing to abolish or merge the controversial "Cool Japan Fund" after its accumulated losses swelled to a staggering 54 billion yen
- [Nagoya nurse, 62, accused of robbing taxi driver with scissors after warning over manners](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-nurse-62-accused-of-robbing-taxi-driver-with-scissors-after-warning-over-manners/) - Police in Nagoya have arrested a 62-year-old female nurse who allegedly threatened a taxi driver with a pair of scissors and robbed him after he cautioned her about her passenger etiquette
- [Tokyo man arrested over sex with under-16 girl after posing as student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-arrested-over-sex-with-under-16-girl-after-posing-as-student/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 29-year-old company employee for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16 after posing as a teenage college student on social media
- [Sapporo teens arrested for extorting ¥400,000 from man after hotel visit with underage girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sapporo-teens-arrested-for-extorting-¥400000-from-man-after-hotel-visit-with-underage-girl/) - Police in Sapporo City have arrested three 18-year-old boys on suspicion of extortion after they allegedly shook down a man who had taken an underage girl to a hotel earlier this year
- [Man suspected of fatally stabbing woman in Gunma dies in crash while fleeing in her car](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-of-fatally-stabbing-woman-in-gunma-dies-in-crash-while-fleeing-in-her-car/) - Police in Takasaki City are investigating a fatal stabbing after a woman in her 20s was found dead in a parking lot early Wednesday
- [Yoshiwara soapland operator arrested after netting ¥5.5 billion from prostitution](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yoshiwara-soapland-operator-arrested-after-netting-¥5-5-billion-from-prostitution/) - Tokyo police have arrested the manager of a soapland adult entertainment parlor in the Yoshiwara red-light district and four employees for allegedly providing a venue for prostitution
- [Niigata man caught with 16-centimeter knife in car claims he was 'just peeling an apple'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/niigata-man-caught-with-16-centimeter-knife-in-car-claims-he-was-just-peeling-an-apple/) - Police in Nagaoka City have arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man after he was found with a large kitchen knife in his vehicle
- [Supreme Court official accused of illicit photography in Yokohama railway station restroom](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/supreme-court-official-accused-of-illicit-photography-in-yokohama-railway-station-restroom/) - Police in Yokohama City have arrested a 42-year-old official of the Supreme Court for allegedly trespassing into a women’s restroom at a train station in an attempt to secretly film women
- [Iranian man accused of smuggling ¥2.1 billion meth haul in commercial bread maker](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/iranian-man-accused-of-smuggling-¥2-1-billion-meth-haul-in-commercial-bread-maker/) - Authorities here have arrested a 55-year-old Iranian national on suspicion of smuggling approximately 40 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan
- [Fired AKB48 idol Mei Hanada claims management coerced her to shave head over rendezvous with fan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fired-akb48-idol-mei-hanada-claims-management-coerced-her-to-shave-head-over-rendezvous-with-fan/) - Mei Hanada, a former member of AKB48, has released a shocking video claiming management coerced her into shaving her head after she was caught meeting a fan.
- [Hiroshima prosecutors seek 13-year term for ex-teacher who molested 34 schoolgirls](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-prosecutors-seeks-13-year-term-for-ex-teacher-who-molested-34-schoolgirls/) - Prosecutors here have demanded a 13-year prison sentence for a 39-year-old former elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting and filming dozens of female students
- [Chiba man arrested for fatally stabbing acquaintance during alcohol-fueled dispute](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-arrested-for-fatally-stabbing-acquaintance-during-alcohol-fueled-dispute/) - Police in Funabashi City have arrested a 63-year-old man for allegedly stabbing an acquaintance to death at his apartment following a drunken altercation
- [Morning Musume's Maria Makino flaunts black bikini in final photo book before exodus](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/morning-musumes-maria-makino-flaunts-black-bikini-in-final-photo-book-before-exodus/) - Morning Musume member Maria Makino, 25, appeared at Roppongi Tsutaya Books on Tuesday to promote her final photo book ahead of her sudden departure from the idol group
- [Duo arrested over ¥2 million Shinjuku gift card scam targeting the debt-ridden](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/duo-arrested-over-¥2-million-shinjuku-gift-card-scam-targeting-the-debt-ridden/) - Tokyo police have arrested two men for allegedly defrauding ticket shops in Shinjuku Ward of approximately 2 million yen in gift cards using credit cards obtained from people struggling with debt
- [Woman arrested after dismembered corpse of husband found in Kobe freezer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-arrested-after-dismembered-corpse-of-husband-found-in-kobe-freezer/) - Police in Kobe City have arrested a 50-year-old woman after the dismembered corpse of her ex-husband was discovered stuffed inside a large freezer inside an apartment
- [Tokyo fire fighters not indicted over alleged rape of school girl at hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-fire-fighters-not-indicted-over-alleged-rape-of-school-girl-at-hotel/) - Prosecutors have decided not to indict two firefighters who were arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a hotel in the capital last month
- [Four family members found dead in locked Oita home in suspected suicide pact](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-family-members-found-dead-in-locked-oita-home-in-suspected-suicide-pact/) - Police are investigating a possible suicide pact after the bodies of four adults were discovered inside a residence in Yufu City on Tuesday
- [Skeletal remains spill out of closet at Osaka apartment during cleaning](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/skeletal-remains-spill-out-of-closet-at-locked-osaka-apartment-during-cleaning/) - Police in Ibaraki City have launched an investigation after a cleaner discovered a partially skeletonized body hidden inside the closet of an apartment on Tuesday morning
- [Kumiko Takeda, 57, to release first photo book in 23 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kumiko-takeda-57-to-release-first-photo-book-in-23-years/) - Kumiko Takeda, 57, to release first photo book in 23 years
- [Tokyo trio accused of seizing bank accounts in ¥500 million loan sharking scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-trio-accused-of-seizing-bank-accounts-in-¥500-million-loan-sharking-scheme/) - Tokyo trio accused of seizing bank accounts in ¥500 million loan sharking scheme
- [Suspected executive of Cambodian crime syndicate arrested in Osaka over residency fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/suspected-executive-of-cambodian-crime-syndicate-arrested-in-osaka-over-residency-fraud/) - Police here have arrested a suspected top executive of a notorious Cambodian criminal conglomerate as he attempted to secure permanent residency in Japan
- [Nine Japanese nationals detained in Laos over fraud ring utilizing fake Tokyo police badges](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/nine-japanese-nationals-detained-in-laos-over-fraud-ring-utilizing-fake-tokyo-police-badges/) - Authorities here have dismantled an international fraud syndicate, detaining nine Japanese nationals suspected of targeting victims in Japan
- [Yakuza hitman arrested after 7 years on the run over fatal shooting of rival](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-hitman-arrested-after-7-years-on-the-run-over-fatal-shooting-of-rival/) - Police have arrested a 50-year-old member of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate who had been on the run in connection with the brazen daytime assassination of a rival
- [Tokyo trio accused of letting pedestrians grope woman's breasts in 'What's in the box?' stunt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-trio-accused-of-letting-pedestrians-grope-womans-breasts-in-whats-in-the-box-stunt/) - Tokyo police have referred a woman and two men to prosecutors for allegedly allowing pedestrians in the capital to grope her breasts hidden inside a cardboard box
- [Man accused of directing botched Tokyo home invasion from shadows arrested](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-directing-botched-tokyo-home-invasion-from-shadows-arrested/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of recruiting accomplices and pulling the strings during an attempted home invasion and robbery in Koto Ward earlier this year
- [Man who smashed teen's head with hammer re-arrested over ¥3.4-million luxury bag heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-who-smashed-teens-head-with-hammer-re-arrested-over-¥3-4-million-luxury-bag-heist/) - Tokyo police have re-arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly stealing luxury bags worth 3.4 million yen from a recycle shop
- [Hooded burglar targets 4 Saitama shops within 150 meters, nets ¥1.5 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hooded-burglar-targets-4-saitama-shops-within-150-meters-nets-¥1-5-million/) - Police in Wako City are hunting a serial burglar responsible for a string of break-ins at four businesses within a mere 150-meter radius
- [Riko Uchida: Spectator storms court demanding death penalty as 27-year verdict handed down](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/riko-uchida-spectator-storms-court-demanding-death-penalty-as-27-year-verdict-handed-down/) - The Asahikawa District Court has sentenced a 23-year-old woman to 27 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl two years ago
- [Dismembered corpse found in Kobe apartment freezer identified as man dead since 2011](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dismembered-corpse-found-in-kobe-apartment-freezer-identified-as-man-dead-since-2011/) - Hyogo police believe that the dismembered remains of a man discovered inside a large freezer in a Kobe City apartment belonged to a former resident
- [Ring busted after ¥1 billion of gold found hidden inside sex doll skeletons](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ring-busted-after-¥1-billion-of-gold-found-hidden-inside-sex-doll-skeletons/) - Tokyo police have arrested a Chinese company executive and five others for allegedly attempting to smuggle over 1 billion yen worth of gold into Japan in metal skeletons of adult sex dolls
- [Dutch tourist arrested for 'drifting' rental car at Tochigi heritage site](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dutch-tourist-arrested-for-drifting-rental-car-at-tochigi-heritage-site/) - Tochigi police have arrested a 32-year-old Dutch national for allegedly defacing a parking lot at a popular historical site by doing "drifting" stunts in a rental car earlier this month
- [SlotCatalog's Slam-Dunk Slots: Ranking the Best Basketball-Themed Games Using Real Casino Data](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/slotcatalogs-slam-dunk-slots-ranking-the-best-basketball-themed-games-using-real-casino-data/) - Basketball-themed slots represent a small category within the global online casino market
- [Getting Started with Forex Trading in Japan: Why Forex Historical Data Matters](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/forex/getting-started-with-forex-trading-in-japan-why-forex-historical-data-matters/) - Japan has long been one of the most active retail forex markets in the world
- [Can You Trust Online Clinic Ratings? Why Algorithmic Transparency Matters in Healthcare](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/health/can-you-trust-online-clinic-ratings-why-algorithmic-transparency-matters-in-healthcare/) - When it comes to online clinic ratings, many people mistakenly assume they function like restaurant stars
- [Ex-Toshiba subsidiary manager handed 4-year term over ¥115 million fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/ex-toshiba-subsidiary-manager-handed-4-year-term-over-¥115-million-fraud/) - The Osaka District Court has sentenced a former sales manager of a Toshiba subsidiary to four years in prison for defrauding his company of approximately 115 million yen
- [Train photographer in Miyagi arrested for smashing rival's rental car windshield](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/train-photographer-in-miyagi-arrested-for-smashing-rivals-rental-car-windshield/) - Miyagi police have arrested a 23-year-old man from Tokyo after he allegedly vandalized a rental car parked by a fellow train photographer in Shiroishi City
- [Female teacher in Oita stripped of license over sexual violence against student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/female-teacher-in-oita-stripped-of-license-over-sexual-violence-against-student/) - The board of education has revoked the teaching license of a female former high school teacher in her 20s following allegations of sexual violence against a minor
- [Kagawa woman accused of hiding assets after posing as single mother to scam dating site users](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/kagawa-woman-accused-of-hiding-assets-after-posing-as-single-mother-to-scam-dating-site-users/) - A 44-year-old woman here has been charged with bankruptcy fraud after allegedly posing as a single mother and veterinarian on a dating site to defraud multiple middle-aged men
- [Bloodstained man visits police station, Nepali wife found dead in Saitama apartment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/bloodstained-man-visits-police-station-nepali-wife-found-dead-in-saitama-apartment/) - Police in Konosu City have launched an investigation after a Nepali woman was found bleeding from the head at an apartment complex on Sunday
- [Married man accused of 'bachelor fraud' after tricking Tokyo woman into pregnancy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/married-man-accused-of-bachelor-fraud-after-tricking-tokyo-woman-into-pregnancy/) - A woman in her 30s is awaiting a court verdict after suing a married man who posed as a divorcee, dated her for two years and impregnated her
- [Prosecution seeks 13 years for Saitama man who killed 2 suicidal women, kept one victim's skull on display](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/prosecution-seeks-13-years-for-saitama-man-who-killed-2-suicidal-women-kept-one-victims-skull-on-display/) - Prosecutors here have demanded a 13-year prison sentence for a Saitama man accused of murdering two suicidal women to satisfy his daily "murderous impulses"
- [Woman, toddler found dead in sealed car in Aichi in apparent murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-toddler-found-dead-in-sealed-car-in-aichi-in-apparent-murder-suicide/) - Aichi Prefectural Police early on Sunday discovered the bodies of a woman and a young girl inside a sealed vehicle in what appears to be a tragic murder-suicide
- [Yokohama man stabbed from behind while stretching in park](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yokohama-man-stabbed-from-behind-while-stretching-in-park/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police are hunting for an assailant who stabbed a 31-year-old man from behind while he was exercising in a park in Yokohama City on Saturday
- [Riko Uchida case: Prosecution seeks 27-year term for murder of teenage girl in forced fall from bridge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/riko-uchida-case-prosecution-seeks-27-year-term-for-murder-of-teenage-girl-in-forced-fall-from-bridge/) - Prosecutors here have demanded a 27-year prison sentence for a 23-year-old woman accused of forcing a 17-year-old girl off a bridge to her death two years ago
- [Man arrested for teaching Tokyo IT exec how to dismember colleague's corpse with chainsaw](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-for-teaching-tokyo-it-exec-how-to-dismember-colleagues-corpse-with-chainsaw/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly advising an IT company executive on how to dispose of a murdered colleague's body using a chainsaw
- [Tokyo teen raided mailboxes for ¥400,000 in inflation relief points](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teen-raided-mailboxes-for-¥400000-in-inflation-relief-points/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly stealing 400,000 yen worth of digital currency points distributed by Minato Ward to help residents cope with rising prices
- [Fukuoka court hands man 15-year term for injecting teen with meth, sexual assault](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-court-hands-man-15-year-term-for-injecting-teen-with-meth-sexual-assault/) - A 49-year-old man last week was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old high school girl he lured off the street
- ['Black-masked bumping grandpa' arrested for tackling schoolgirls in Kanagawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/black-masked-bumping-grandpa-arrested-for-tackling-schoolgirls-in-kanagawa/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 64-year-old man accused of intentionally targeting and tackling young girls on their way to school in Yamato City
- ['Foul smell' leads to discovery of dismembered male corpse in Kobe apartment freezer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/foul-smell-leads-to-discovery-of-dismembered-male-corpse-in-kobe-apartment-freezer/) - Hyogo police in Kobe City made a gruesome discovery on Saturday afternoon, finding the dismembered remains of a man stuffed inside a freezer at an apartment in Kobe City
- [Sendai schoolgirl with foreign roots told to 'go back to your country'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sendai-schoolgirl-with-foreign-roots-told-to-go-back-to-your-country/) - An elementary school girl with foreign roots in Sendai City was subjected to relentless xenophobic bullying, including having a nail driven into her school backpack
- [Man battered, robbed of ¥5 million during fake SNS car deal in Osaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/man-battered-robbed-of-¥5-million-during-fake-sns-car-deal-in-osaka/) - Osaka police are hunting for two suspects who ambushed a man with a baton-like weapon and robbed him of 5 million yen in cash during a bogus car deal orchestrated on social media
- [19-year-old arrested over strangulation death of teen ex-girlfriend in Sagamihara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/19-year-old-arrested-over-strangulation-death-of-teen-ex-girlfriend-in-sagamihara/) - Kanagawa police have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of murder after the body of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend was discovered dumped on a riverbed in Sagamihara City
- [The Digital Entertainment Shift in Queensland](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/the-digital-entertainment-shift-in-queensland/) - Mobile penetration in Brisbane is among the highest in Australia
- [Yakuza mastermind arrested over Chiba burglary orchestrated through teenage girlfriend](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-mastermind-arrested-over-chiba-burglary-orchestrated-through-teenage-girlfriend/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 25-year-old yakuza member for allegedly masterminding a lucrative home invasion over three years ago
- [Tokyo police deploy psychologists to confront stalkers as arrests hit record high](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-police-deploy-psychologists-to-confront-stalkers-as-arrests-hit-record-high/) - In a desperate bid to curb a soaring number of stalking crimes, Tokyo police have begun deploying psychological experts directly to police stations to confront accused stalkers
- [14-year-old boy arrested over ¥8,000 dine-and-dash feast in Takamatsu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/14-year-old-boy-arrested-over-¥8000-dine-and-dash-feast-in-takamatsu/) - Kagawa police have arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of gorging himself on an 8,000-yen meal at a local restaurant before fleeing without paying the bill
- [Saitama man arrested for paying high school boy for sex, filming act at Nagasaki hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-arrested-for-paying-high-school-boy-for-sex-filming-act-at-nagasaki-hotel/) - Nagasaki Prefectural Police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Saitama Prefecture for allegedly paying a high school boy for sex and recording the encounter
- [Ex-convenience store manager in Kawasaki accused of extorting shoplifting coed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-convenience-store-manager-in-kawasaki-accused-of-extorting-shoplifting-coed/) - Kanagawa police have arrested a former convenience store manager in Kawasaki City for allegedly extorting 100,000 yen from a female university student after catching her shoplifting
- [Mixed martial arts fighter accused of attempting to rob Shibuya commuter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mixed-martial-arts-fighter-accused-of-attempting-to-rob-shibuya-commuter/) - Tokyo police have arrested two 21-year-old men, including a mixed martial arts fighter, for an attempted street robbery in Shibuya Ward earlier this year
- [Online debate emerges after 4 arrested for extorting man over leaked teen sex tape](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/online-debate-emerges-after-4-arrested-for-extorting-man-over-leaked-teen-sex-tape/) - Tokyo police have arrested four individuals for allegedly extorting cash from a man who secretly filmed and distributed a sex video involving one of the suspects
- [Illegal scouts in Shinjuku used Line app to dodge undercover cops](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/illegal-scouts-arrested-in-shinjuku-for-using-line-app-to-dodge-undercover-cops/) - Tokyo police have arrested two men in Shinjuku Ward for allegedly illegally recruiting women to work in the nightlife industry by using the messaging app Line
- [Ibaraki mayor’s canal death ruled suicide, sparking viral 'cartel execution' rumors](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ibaraki-mayors-canal-death-ruled-suicide-sparking-viral-cartel-execution-rumors/) - Early on June 15, Toyoji Sudo, the 67-year-old mayor of Shimotsuma City, was found dead in an agricultural drainage canal in the neighboring town of Yachiyo
- [Shimotsuma mayor found dead in drainage canal in suspected suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shimotsuma-mayor-found-dead-in-drainage-canal-in-suspected-suicide/) - Police are investigating the death of the mayor of Shimotsuma City as a suspected suicide after his body was discovered dumped in a drainage canal early on Monday
- [Tokyo man on e-scooter arrested for groping woman: 'I succumbed to temptation'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-on-e-scooter-arrested-for-groping-woman-i-succumbed-to-temptation/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 23-year-old company employee after he allegedly groped a stranger while riding an electric scooter earlier this year
- [Fukuoka man accused of violently robbing ex-wife claims he 'just wanted to talk'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-man-accused-of-violently-robbing-ex-wife-claims-he-just-wanted-to-talk/) - Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a 41-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted his ex-wife and stole her belongings earlier this week
- [Crime by hanko: Ex-credit union worker accused of bilking customer out of ¥2.5 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/crime-by-hanko-ex-credit-union-worker-accused-of-bilking-customer-out-of-¥2-5-million/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 36-year-old former credit union employee on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly swindled an elderly customer out of 2.5 million yen
- [Fukuoka woman arrested for fatally stabbing friend: 'I stabbed her many times'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-woman-arrested-for-fatally-stabbing-friend-i-stabbed-her-many-times/) - Police in Fukuoka City arrested a 36-year-old woman on Thursday for allegedly stabbing a female friend to death inside an apartment
- [Prosecution seeks life term for ex-nurse accused of killing 2 elderly patients with air injections](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/prosecution-seeks-life-term-for-ex-nurse-accused-of-killing-2-elderly-patients-with-air-injections/) - Prosecution seeks life term for ex-nurse accused of killing 2 elderly patients with air injections
- [Man accused of leaving bodily fluid on schoolgirl's uniform on Tokyo subway](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-leaving-bodily-fluid-on-schoolgirls-uniform-on-tokyo-subway/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 41-year-old company employee for allegedly leaving his bodily fluid on the school uniform of a female high school student aboard a subway train
- [Osaka woman handed 5-year term for fatally stabbing ex-husband who asked 'Is dinner ready?'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-woman-handed-5-year-term-for-fatally-stabbing-ex-husband-who-asked-is-dinner-ready/) - The Osaka District Court has sentenced a 66-year-old woman to five years in prison for the fatal stabbing of her ex-husband after he complained about a delayed meal
- [Hyogo woman sues state after daughter, 16, falsely accused of assault starves to death after police detention](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-woman-sues-state-after-daughter-16-falsely-accused-of-assault-starves-to-death-after-police-detention/) - The mother of a 16-year-old girl who starved to death weighing just 20 kilograms after being wrongfully detained by police has filed a 100-million-yen lawsuit against the state and Hyogo Prefecture
- [Shinjuku acupuncturist accused of groping female client kept diary of indecent acts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shinjuku-acupuncturist-accused-of-groping-female-client-kept-diary-of-indecent-acts/) - Tokyo police have arrested the 55-year-old director of an acupuncture clinic in Shinjuku Ward for allegedly committing indecent acts against a female client during a treatment
- [Woman accused of swindling ¥2 million by posing as wounded U.S. military veteran](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-accused-of-swindling-¥2-million-by-posing-as-wounded-u-s-military-veteran/) - Tokyo police have arrested a woman who allegedly operated as a cash collector for a fraud ring that swindled nearly 2 million yen from victims by impersonating an American military veteran
- [Sapporo man accused of swindling ¥220,000 in fake PayPay refund scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sapporo-man-accused-of-swindling-¥220000-in-fake-paypay-refund-scheme/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 33-year-old unemployed man from Hokkaido Prefecture for allegedly swindling a woman by tricking her into sending money via the mobile payment app PayPay
- [Tokyo couple accused of securing fake visa for Chinese babysitter serving wealthy expats](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-couple-accused-of-securing-fake-visa-for-chinese-babysitter-serving-wealthy-expats/) - Tokyo police have arrested a company executive and his wife for allegedly falsifying documents to secure a work visa for a foreign babysitter serving wealthy Chinese expats
- [Top aide of illegal sex-industry scout ring Natural arrested at Osaka pachinko parlor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/top-aide-of-illegal-sex-industry-scout-ring-natural-arrested-at-osaka-pachinko-parlor/) - Law enforcement has arrested a 35-year-old executive of Natural, a massive illegal scout syndicate, after tracking him down in Osaka Prefecture following an extended manhunt
- [Mastermind of Cambodian fraud ring arrested over ¥31 million scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/mastermind-of-cambodian-fraud-ring-arrested-over-¥31-million-scam/) - Law enforcement on Monday arrested the mastermind behind a Cambodian fraud ring upon his transfer from Thailand, where he had been in hiding
- [Chinese duo accused of running 'underground bank' to launder fraud money](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-duo-accused-of-running-underground-bank-to-launder-fraud-money/) - Tokyo police have arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly operating an illegal underground bank out of a Shinjuku Ward high-rise
- [Ex-lawyer who championed sex crime victims arrested for embezzling settlement cash](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-lawyer-who-championed-sex-crime-victims-arrested-for-embezzling-settlement-cash/) - Tokyo police have arrested a former lawyer who publicly marketed himself as a fierce advocate for sex crime victims on suspicion of pocketing settlement money intended for a female client
- [Man accused of burying dismembered torso of acquaintance in Gunma riverbed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-burying-dismembered-torso-of-acquaintance-in-gunma-riverbed/) - Police have arrested a man on suspicion of dumping the dismembered remains of a 59-year-old acquaintance on a riverbed in Isesaki City earlier this year
- [Saitama teachers dismissed over sex with student, secretly filming naked boys](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-teachers-dismissed-over-sex-with-student-secretly-filming-naked-boys/) - Saitama board of education on Tuesday announced the disciplinary dismissal of two male high school teachers over separate incidents
- [Kindergarten principal accused of evading ¥37 million in taxes to fund investments](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kindergarten-principal-accused-of-evading-¥37-million-in-taxes-to-fund-investments/) - A 77-year-old kindergarten principal here has been referred to prosecutors after allegedly evading approximately 37 million yen in income taxes
- [Crime ring leader, teens arrested over Shinjuku matchmaking app rip-off scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/crime-ring-leader-teens-arrested-over-shinjuku-matchmaking-app-rip-off-scam/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested four individuals on suspicion of extorting over 500,000 yen from a man lured through a dating app
- [The Balance Between Excitement and Responsibility in PHBingo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/gambling/the-balance-between-excitement-and-responsibility-in-phbingo/) - Bingo in the Philippines has become a cultural staple that thrives on its seamless blend of simplicity, excitement, and social interaction
- [Hokkaido man arrested after breaking into apartment, slamming resident into wall](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-man-arrested-after-breaking-into-apartment-slamming-resident-into-wall/) - Police here have arrested a 57-year-old company employee after he allegedly broke into an apartment and attacked a young man he had never met
- [Fujitsu chairman steps down over 'inappropriate conduct' involving woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fujitsu-chairman-steps-down-over-inappropriate-conduct-involving-woman/) - Tech giant Fujitsu announced the abrupt resignation of chairman Hidenori Furuta today, citing his involvement in "inappropriate conduct" with a woman
- [Tokyo Fire Department issues warning after surge in attacks on paramedics](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-fire-department-issues-warning-after-surge-in-attacks-on-paramedics/) - The Tokyo Fire Department has issued a stern warning following a surge in violent attacks against emergency medical crews
- [Shibuya police vow to use 'every available means' to arrest train gropers, voyeurs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shibuya-police-vow-to-use-every-available-means-to-arrest-train-gropers-voyeurs/) - Police in the bustling Shibuya Ward have launched a renewed crackdown on train gropers and voyeurs, enlisting the help of a popular model to sound the alarm
- [Duo at large after robbing woman of ¥8 million yen in Ikebukuro pepper-spray attack](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/duo-at-large-after-robbing-woman-of-¥8-million-yen-in-ikebukuro-pepper-spray-attack/) - Police are hunting for two men who assaulted a 60-year-old Chinese woman and robbed her of approximately 8 million yen in cash on a street in the Ikebukuro district
- [Man accused of kidnapping 19-year-old at knifepoint, demanding ¥3 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-kidnapping-19-year-old-at-knifepoint-demanding-¥3-million/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 20-year-old man and two youths on suspicion of robbing and confining a 19-year-old at knifepoint following a dispute between rival groups
- [Fukushima man arrested for abandoning mother's corpse for 2 weeks](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/fukushima-man-arrested-for-abandoning-mothers-corpse-for-2-weeks/) - Police here have arrested a 61-year-old unemployed man for leaving his mother's remains unattended in their shared home for approximately two weeks
- [Tokushima man arrested for spying on elderly neighbors with drone](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokushima-man-arrested-for-spying-on-elderly-neighbors-with-drone/) - Police here have arrested a 69-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of repeatedly flying a camera-equipped drone to spy on a neighboring couple
- [Man arrested after pepper spray attack at Nagoya arcade leaves 23 injured](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/man-arrested-after-pepper-spray-attack-at-nagoya-arcade-leaves-23-injured/) - Police have arrested a 27-year-old office worker accused of unleashing pepper spray inside a Nagoya video arcade earlier this month
- [Over ¥6 million missing after Saitama sports official vanishes with bank passbook](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/over-¥6-million-missing-after-saitama-sports-official-vanishes-with-bank-passbook/) - An employee of the Saitama City Sports Association has gone on the run after absconding with a bank passbook, leaving more than 6 million yen in organizational funds unaccounted for
- [Yoichi Hatta: Police release new photos of fugitive wanted in fatal Beppu hit-and-run](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yoichi-hatta-police-release-new-photos-of-fugitive-wanted-in-fatal-beppu-hit-and-run/) - Police here have released a new wanted poster for a fugitive accused of intentionally running down two university students in Beppu City
- [Nagoya man admits to murdering two women after sex business failed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-man-admits-to-murdering-two-women-after-sex-business-failed/) - A 28-year-old unemployed man this week admitted to the gruesome murders of two women in Nagoya
- [Tokyo prosecutors drop human trafficking case against club operators for prostituting Thai girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-prosecutors-drop-human-trafficking-case-against-club-operators-for-prostituting-thai-girl/) - Tokyo prosecutors have decided against pursuing human trafficking charges against a sex club operator and an employee accused of prostituting a 12-year-old Thai girl
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- [Man rams minivan into LDP lawmaker's office in Kyoto](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-rams-minivan-into-ldp-lawmakers-office-in-kyoto/) - Police have arrested a 65-year-old man after he crashed a minivan into the local office of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker and fled the scene,
- [Temporary seizure of ¥27 billion gold haul at Narita exposes massive smuggling loophole](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/temporary-seizure-of-27-billion-gold-haul-at-narita-exposes-massive-smuggling-loophole/) - Trade statistics released in late May show that through April alone, gold exports outpaced imports by nearly 40 times
- [Neighbor faces robbery-murder charge over fatal stabbing of elderly Osaka man](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/neighbor-faces-robbery-murder-charge-over-fatal-stabbing-of-elderly-osaka-man/) - Police have solidified their intention to arrest a 47-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of his elderly neighbor in Osaka City earlier this year
- [Police seize tens of millions of yen in raid on home of Aum guru Asahara's family](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-seize-tens-of-millions-of-yen-in-raid-on-home-of-aum-guru-asaharas-family/) - Law enforcement discovered tens of millions of yen in cash during a raid on the home of the wife and second son of executed Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara earlier this year
- [Bobby Ologun denies sexual assault allegations](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/bobby-ologun-denies-sexual-assault-allegations/) - Police here have arrested 60-year-old television personality Bobby Ologun on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance at a residence in Chiba Prefecture earlier this year
- [Toyama woman finds missing husband dead in shallow irrigation ditch](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/toyama-woman-finds-missing-husband-dead-in-shallow-irrigation-ditch/) - Police in Toyama City are investigating the mysterious death of a male office worker whose body was discovered in a shallow irrigation ditch early on Saturday by his own wife
- [Ex-Japan Post worker re-arrested for taking luxury watch in contract bribery scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-japan-post-worker-re-arrested-for-taking-luxury-watch-in-contract-bribery-scheme/) - A former Japan Post employee has been re-arrested on suspicion of receiving a luxury watch worth 1.2 million yen as a bribe
- [TV talent Bobby Ologun accused of sexual assault in Chiba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tv-talent-bobby-ologun-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-chiba/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested television personality Bobby Ologun on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse
- [Shiga prosecutors demand life term for ex-sex worker accused of killing client over host club debts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shiga-prosecutors-demand-life-term-for-ex-sex-worker-accused-of-killing-client-over-host-club-debts/) - Prosecutors here have demanded life imprisonment for a 29-year-old former sex industry worker accused of strangling a client and dumping his body in Lake Biwa
- [Tokyo OL earns ¥1 million yen a month selling sex in public toilets](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/tokyo-ol-earns-1-million-yen-a-month-selling-sex-in-public-toilets/) - A young female corporate worker in Tokyo is quietly running a highly lucrative --- and illicit --- business out of multi-purpose toilets at commercial facilities
- [Recruiter arrested for luring man to Cambodian fraud ring with fake job offer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/recruiter-arrested-for-luring-man-to-cambodian-fraud-ring-with-fake-job-offer/) - Police here on June 10 arrested a man suspected of operating as a recruiter for an international fraud syndicate after he allegedly trafficked a man to a base in Cambodia
- [Aide to Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara admits to sneaking woman into hotel room during biz trips](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aide-to-chief-cabinet-secretary-minoru-kihara-admits-to-sneaking-woman-into-hotel-room-during-biz-trips/) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has revealed that his secretary sneaked a female acquaintance who is not his wife into his hotel room during taxpayer-funded business trips
- [Married 'pilot' re-arrested for swindling woman out of wedding funds](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/married-pilot-re-arrested-for-swindling-woman-out-of-wedding-funds/) - Tokyo police have arrested a married man who is accused of swindling a woman out of more than 1 million yen by posing as an airline pilot on a dating app and promising marriage
- [AV actress Yua Fukuda deported from New Zealand after 6-hour interrogation](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/av-actress-yua-fukuda-deported-from-new-zealand-after-6-hour-interrogation/) - Adult video actress Yua Fukuda revealed she was deported from New Zealand after immigration officials refused to believe she was in the country for a vacation
- [Trio arrested for live-streaming sex acts from Shinjuku hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-arrested-for-live-streaming-sex-acts-from-shinjuku-hotel/) - Tokyo police have arrested two men and one woman on suspicion of public indecency for allegedly broadcasting live sexual acts from a hotel in Shinjuku Ward
- [Yakuza boss ignores ¥100 million court orders, forcing victims to auction seized land](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yakuza-boss-ignores-¥100-million-court-orders-forcing-victims-to-auction-seized-land/) - Satoru Nomura, the top boss of the notorious Kudo-kai crime syndicate, is ignoring court orders to pay millions of yen in compensation to his victims
- [U.S. college student caught with ¥800 million of meth at Narita says he 'didn't know'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/u-s-college-student-caught-with-800-million-of-meth-at-narita-says-he-didnt-know/) - An American university student has been indicted for attempting to smuggle approximately 800 million yen worth of stimulant drugs into Japan via Narita airport
- [Buying Instagram Followers Safely in 2026](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/technology/buying-instagram-followers-safely-in-2026/) - The idea of instantly boosting your Instagram follower count is tempting
- [Russian, Ukrainian nationals nabbed in ¥60 billion crypto laundering ring for ransomware hackers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/russian-ukrainian-nationals-nabbed-in-¥60-billion-crypto-laundering-ring-for-ransomware-hackers/) - The National Police Agency has announced the arrests of a Russian and a Ukrainian national accused of running a massive cryptocurrency money-laundering operation
- [Hokkaido prosecutors: Woman ate ramen after participating in group lynching of Hokkaido student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-prosecutors-woman-ate-ramen-after-participating-in-group-lynching-of-hokkaido-student/) - Prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for a 21-year-old woman accused of participating in the gruesome group assault and robbery of a university student
- [Kanagawa woman, two sons found dead in sealed car in suspected murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-woman-two-sons-found-dead-in-sealed-car-in-suspected-murder-suicide/) - Police in Sagamihara City have launched an investigation into a suspected murder-suicide after a woman and her two young sons were discovered dead inside a sealed car
- [41 arrested in Osaka over fake SNS school promising huge profits](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/41-arrested-in-osaka-over-fake-sns-school-promising-huge-profits/) - Osaka police have arrested of 41 men and women accused of swindling victims through a bogus online school that promised to teach them how to make money on social media
- [Corporate badminton player accused of indecent acts on woman after Tokyo match](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/corporate-badminton-player-accused-of-indecent-acts-on-woman-after-tokyo-match/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 25-year-old corporate badminton player on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a young woman on a street in the capital
- [Fukushima man arrested for attempting to suffocate elderly wife with wet towel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukushima-man-arrested-for-attempting-to-suffocate-elderly-wife-with-wet-towel/) - Fukuoka Prefectural Police have arrested a 64-year-old man for attempting to murder his wife by suffocating her with a wet towel inside a vehicle
- [Man steals bag from 95-year-old woman in Nagoya distraction theft](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/man-steals-bag-from-95-year-old-woman-in-nagoya-distraction-theft/) - Police in Nagoya are hunting for a man who brazenly stole a bag from a 95-year-old woman after distracting her by asking for directions
- [Police hunt two foreign men over stabbing, robbery of woman in Osaka underground mall](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/police-hunt-two-foreign-men-over-stabbing-robbery-of-woman-in-osaka-underground-mall/) - Osaka police are searching for two foreign men after a woman was stabbed and robbed in an underground shopping mall near JR Tennoji Station on Wednesday night
- [Mie streamer arrested while broadcasting midnight break-in at school](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mie-streamer-arrested-while-broadcasting-midnight-break-in-at-school/) - Mie Prefectural Police have arrested a 41-year-old female video streamer after she livestreamed herself breaking into an elementary school in the dead of night
- [Police launch murder case after schoolgirl, 17, found dead on Kanagawa riverbed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-launch-murder-case-after-schoolgirl-17-found-dead-on-kanagawa-riverbed/) - Kanagawa police launched a murder investigation after the body of a high school girl was discovered on a riverbed in Sagamihara City early on Thursday
- [Salaryman arrested for soliciting female pedestrian for adult video in Shibuya](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/salaryman-arrested-for-soliciting-female-pedestrian-for-adult-video-in-shibuya/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 47-year-old company employee for allegedly soliciting a female pedestrian on a street in Shibuya Ward to appear in an adult video
- [Tokyo driver accused of hit-and-run that left cyclist bedridden 'doesn't remember' incident](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-driver-accused-of-hit-and-run-that-left-cyclist-bedridden-doesnt-remember-incident/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 55-year-old man over a drunk-driving hit-and-run in Machida City that left a bicyclist fighting for his life
- [Five accused of extorting roadside assistance exec after threatening him with chainsaw](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/five-accused-of-extorting-roadside-assistance-exec-after-threatening-him-with-a-chainsaw/) - Tokyo police have arrested five individuals for allegedly kidnapping a roadside assistance company president and extorting him under the threat of dismemberment
- [Self-proclaimed 'intermediary for God' among 7 arrested for confining his teenage son](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/self-proclaimed-intermediary-for-god-among-7-arrested-for-confining-his-teenage-son/) - Nara Prefectural Police have arrested a 46-year-old man, another man claiming to be an "intermediary for God" and five others for allegedly confining the first man's teenage son
- ['Hostage Justice': How Japanese prosecutors continue to rig trials with forced written confessions](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hostage-justice-how-japanese-prosecutors-continue-to-rig-trials-with-forced-written-confessions/) - Nearly two decades after Japan introduced a lay judge system to modernize its courts, the nation's criminal justice system remains outdated
- [AV maker SOD slammed over release implying Indonesian child prostitution](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/av-maker-sod-slammed-over-release-implying-indonesian-child-prostitution/) - Soft On Demand (SOD) is facing severe backlash over a newly released virtual reality (VR) pornographic video that heavily implies child prostitution in Indonesia
- [AV actress Mai Fujisaki deported from Taiwan following prostitution arrest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/av-actress-mai-fujisaki-deported-from-taiwan-following-prostitution-arrest/) - Popular adult video actress Mai Fujisaki has issued a public apology following revelations that she was arrested and deported from Taiwan for engaging in prostitution
- [Ugandan yard operator suspected of dismantling, exporting over 300 stolen Hiace vans](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ugandan-yard-operator-suspected-of-dismantling-exporting-over-300-stolen-hiace-vans/) - Law enforcement in multiple prefectures worked together to arrest a Ugandan scrapyard operator and his associate who are suspected in a massive auto theft ring
- [Serial burglars target non-24-hour convenience stores in nationwide safe-snatching spree](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/serial-burglars-target-non-24-hour-convenience-stores-in-nationwide-safe-snatching-spree/) - Police across the nation are investigating a string of brazen burglaries targeting convenience stores that close overnight
- [Ex-medical intern accused of using spy watch to film pregnant woman on delivery table](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-medical-intern-accused-of-using-spy-watch-to-film-pregnant-woman-on-delivery-table/) - Police here plan to refer a former medical intern to prosecutors for allegedly using a wristwatch camera to secretly film a pregnant woman just moments before she gave birth
- [Man admits to 1995 game cafe robbery after 30 years on the run in Philippines](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-admits-to-1995-game-cafe-robbery-after-30-years-on-the-run-in-philippines/) - A 62-year-old man who evaded justice in the Philippines for three decades has pleaded guilty to a violent robbery committed at a game cafe in the capital in 1995
- [Hakodate official arrested for swindling ¥1.56 million from bicycle racing funds](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hakodate-official-arrested-for-swindling-1-56-million-from-bicycle-racing-funds/) - Police in Hakodate City have arrested a 28-year-old municipal worker on suspicion of defrauding a city-managed bank account for keirin (bicycle racing)
- [Ibaraki monk arrested over child prostitution involving two underage girls](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ibaraki-monk-arrested-over-child-prostitution-involving-two-underage-girls/) - Police here have arrested a Buddhist monk on suspicion of child prostitution after he allegedly promised cash to two underage girls in exchange for indecent acts
- [Meeting of mobsters: Yamaguchi-gumi No. 2 meets rival syndicate elites amid power vacuum](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/meeting-of-mobsters-yamaguchi-gumi-no-2-meets-rival-syndicate-elites-amid-power-vacuum/) - On the afternoon of May 22, Teruaki Takeuchi, the heavily monitored underboss of the Yamaguchi-gumi stepped off a train at JR Shinagawa Station in broad daylight
- [Dispatch worker admits to ¥1.9 million knifepoint robbery at Tottori supermarket](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dispatch-worker-admits-to-1-9-million-knifepoint-robbery-at-tottori-supermarket/) - Police have arrested a 47-year-old dispatch worker in connection with a knifepoint robbery at a supermarket in Sakaiminato City earlier this year
- [Three women found dead in Sapporo apartment in suspected group suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/three-women-found-dead-in-sapporo-apartment-in-suspected-group-suicide/) - Three women were found dead inside a Sapporo City apartment on Tuesday morning in what police are investigating as a highly probable group suicide
- [Man found dead in Kobe shipping container with knives stabbed into eye, abdomen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-found-dead-in-kobe-shipping-container-with-knives-stabbed-into-eye-abdomen/) - Police in Kobe City have launched an investigation after a man was found dead inside a storage container with bladed weapons plunged into his left eye and abdomen
- [Elderly serial burglar in Fukuoka says weak legs kept him from targeting second-floor apartments](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-serial-burglar-in-fukuoka-says-weak-legs-kept-him-from-targeting-second-floor-apartments/) - Police in Fukuoka have concluded their investigation into a 78-year-old man accused of a multi-city burglary spree
- [Veteran 51-year-old soapland worker rakes in ¥3 million yen a month, shuns public transportation](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/veteran-51-year-old-soapland-worker-rakes-in-¥3-million-yen-a-month-shuns-public-transportation/) - While Japan's general public laments a sluggish economy, money is still flowing freely at the apex of the nation's red-light districts
- [Alleged executive of ¥1 billion Cambodia scam ring nabbed at Thai airport](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/alleged-executive-of-¥1-billion-cambodia-scam-ring-nabbed-at-thai-airport/) - Authorities in Bangkok have arrested a 31-year-old Japanese man suspected of being a senior executive in a Cambodia-based scam syndicate
- [Hokkaido tattoo artist arrested after leaving preschool daughter alone for 12 hours to go drinking](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-tattoo-artist-arrested-after-leaving-preschool-daughter-alone-for-12-hours-to-go-drinking/) - Police in Kushiro City have arrested a 25-year-old tattoo artist and her live-in boyfriend after her preschool-aged daughter wandered into a convenience store alone
- [Shoplifting suspects in Nagoya sought after throwing MEGA Don Quijote clerk from car hood](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/shoplifting-suspects-in-nagoya-sought-after-throwing-mega-don-quijote-clerk-from-car-hood/) - Police in Nagoya are searching for a man and a woman after a fleeing driver carried a discount store employee on the hood of a car before throwing him to the street
- [14-year-old girl arrested for spraying woman in face during Saitama street robbery](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/14-year-old-girl-arrested-for-spraying-woman-in-face-during-saitama-street-robbery/) - Police in Kasukabe City have arrested a 14-year-old middle school girl accused of spraying a woman in the face during a brazen street robbery
- [Nagano man, 78, accused of assaulting security guard over stolen milk](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagano-man-78-accused-of-assaulting-security-guard-over-stolen-milk/) - Police in Nagano City have arrested a 78-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of violent theft after he allegedly assaulted a female security guard while attempting to steal two cartons of milk
- [Woman accused in teen girl's fatal fall from bridge denies murderous intent, blames accomplice](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-accused-in-teen-girls-fatal-fall-from-bridge-denies-murderous-intent-blames-accomplice/) - A woman on trial for the brutal murder of a high school girl who was plunged from a bridge in Asahikawa City two years ago denied having any intention to kill
- [Daughter of Showa stripper recounts bestiality shows featuring yakuza members](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/daughter-of-showa-stripper-recounts-bestiality-shows-featuring-yakuza-members/) - Miyuki Ariga, a second-generation exotic dancer, is pulling back the curtain on the chaotic, crime-fueled underworld of Japan’s Showa Era (1926-1989) strip clubs
- [Elderly Miyagi woman fends off gang of 10 monkeys in attempted bag-snatching](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-miyagi-woman-fends-off-gang-of-10-monkeys-in-attempted-bag-snatching/) - Police in Shiroishi City are on high alert after a gang of approximately 10 monkeys attempted to snatch a handbag from an elderly woman outside her home
- [Deceased Tokyo woman not prosecuted over murders of 3 sons, boyfriend](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/deceased-tokyo-woman-not-prosecuted-over-murders-of-3-sons-boyfriend/) - Prosecutors last week announced the non-prosecution of a deceased 36-year-old woman who had been accused in the murders of her three sons and a male acquaintance late last year
- [Yakuza executive accused of trafficking woman to Cambodia for scam ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-executive-accused-of-trafficking-woman-to-cambodia-for-scam-ring/) - Okayama police have arrested a senior member of a yakuza syndicate and an accomplice for allegedly trafficking a woman to Cambodia to force her to work in a fraud ring
- [Three Cambodian women seek ¥100 million over alleged sexual assaults, harassment by Tochigi farmer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/three-cambodian-women-seek-92-million-over-alleged-sexual-assaults-harassment-by-tochigi-farmer/) - Three Cambodian women seek ¥100 million over alleged sexual assaults, harassment by Tochigi farmer
- [Tokyo man accused of forcing girl into papakatsu re-arrested for sexual assaults](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-forcing-girl-into-papakatsu-re-arrested-for-sexual-assaults/) - A 24-year-old man for allegedly forcing a middle school girl into prostitution last year has been served a fresh warrant for sexual assault
- [Brazilian man arrested for arson amid probe into Aichi plant stabbing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/brazilian-man-arrested-for-arson-amid-probe-into-aichi-plant-stabbing/) - Police in Anjo City have arrested a 58-year-old Brazilian national on suspicion of arson following the stabbing of a man at a chemical plant last week
- [Portion of corpse of missing Tokyo IT exec found in Shizuoka mountains](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/portion-of-corpse-of-missing-tokyo-it-exec-found-in-shizuoka-mountains/) - A portion of the corpse of a male executive from an IT company who went missing last year has been found in the mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture
- [Japanese man believed to be executive in Cambodia-based fraud ring detained in Thailand](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-man-believed-to-be-executive-in-cambodia-based-fraud-ring-detained-in-thailand/) - Authorities here have detained a Japanese man believed to be a top executive of a transnational telecom fraud syndicate based in Cambodia
- [Missing American student found dead in Kyoto mountains](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/missing-american-student-found-dead-in-kyoto-mountains/) - A 20-year-old American university student who vanished in Kyoto City late last month has been found dead
- [American university student goes missing in Kyoto](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/american-university-student-goes-missing-kyoto/) - Police in Kyoto City have launched a search for a 20-year-old American tourist who vanished without a trace while on a family vacation last week.
- [Family of missing American college student in Kyoto undergoing 'living hell'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/family-of-missing-american-college-student-in-kyoto-undergoing-living-hell/) - The parents of a 20-year-old American university student who vanished in Kyoto late last month are pleading for the public's help
- [Osaka woman found dead at home after husband, son die at nearby apartment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-woman-found-dead-at-home-after-husband-son-die-at-nearby-apartment/) - Police launched an investigation after a 47-year-old woman was found dead inside her home in Tondabayashi City on Friday with a blood-stained knife nearby
- [Crime ring coordinator arrested over ¥10 million Tachikawa apartment heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/crime-ring-coordinator-arrested-over-10-million-yen-tachikawa-apartment-heist/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man who allegedly directed a crime syndicate operation that netted roughly 10 million yen in cash from a Tachikawa City apartment last year
- [Ex-Ito mayor who 'flaunted' fake university diploma slapped with fresh election fraud charges](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-ito-mayor-who-flaunted-fake-university-diploma-slapped-with-fresh-election-fraud-charges/) - Shizuoka Prefectural Police this week referred the former mayor of Ito City to prosecutors on three new charges over an ongoing academic fraud scandal
- [Man accused of breaking woman's teeth in Adachi mugging](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-breaking-womans-teeth-in-adachi-mugging/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers have arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly ambushing a woman in her 20s and brutally beating her before stealing her bag in Adachi Ward
- [Ex-vice principal in Chiba suspected of embezzling school funds to pay off debts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-vice-principal-in-chiba-suspected-of-embezzling-school-funds-to-pay-off-debts/) - Police in Ichikawa City have arrested a former elementary school vice principal accused of embezzling millions of yen in school funds to cover his personal debts
- [Masked gang stages ¥10 million smash-and-grab at Osaka luxury shop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/masked-gang-stages-¥10-million-smash-and-grab-at-osaka-luxury-shop/) - Osaka Prefectural Police are investigating a brazen smash-and-grab robbery at a luxury goods store in Sakai City
- [Tried One of Malaysia's Most Talked-About Online Casino Platforms — Here's What Happened](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/casino/tried-one-of-malaysias-most-talked-about-online-casino-platforms-heres-what-happened/) - An honest review of Winbox Malaysia — covering payment security, registration, daily login experience, and why Malaysian players keep coming back every day.
- [Indonesian man accused in fatal stabbing of woman in Chiba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/indonesian-man-accused-in-fatal-stabbing-of-woman-in-chiba/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a male Indonesian nationalin Chitose City for allegedly stabbing a woman in Chitose City on Thursday
- [Mastermind behind massive ¥87 billion illegal investment scam arrested](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mastermind-behind-massive-87-billion-illegal-investment-scam-arrested/) - Tokyo police has arrested the alleged mastermind behind a sprawling unregistered investment scheme on suspicion of laundering billions of yen in illicit profits
- [Man beat lawyer with monkey wrench in Shibuya over 'his attitude'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-beat-lawyer-with-monkey-wrench-in-shibuya-over-his-attitude/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 53-year-old suspect accused of severely beating a man with a monkey wrench at a residence in Shibuya Ward
- [Man arrested over conveyor belt sushi nuisance video](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-over-conveyor-belt-sushi-nuisance-video/) - Police here have arrested a 43-year-old man after he posted a viral video of himself spraying liquid from a dish soap container onto a plate of sushi
- ['Ninja City' mayor says illicit meetings with female politician were strictly political](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ninja-city-mayor-in-alleged-affair-says-meetings-with-female-politician-were-strictly-political/) - Toshihisa Inamori, the mayor of Iga City --- famous nationwide as the historical birthplace of the Iga-ryu ninja --- held an emergency press conference on Thursday to deny allegations of an extramarital affair
- [NPA: Ex-Saga crime lab worker botched over 200 DNA tests to hide mistakes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/npa-ex-saga-crime-lab-worker-botched-over-200-dna-tests-to-hide-mistakes/) - The National Police Agency announced Thursday the results of a special probe into the Saga Prefectural Police, revealing that a former crime lab technician improperly handled or fabricated evidence in nearly 240 DNA tests
- [Tokyo teacher admits to illicit filming of female students 'to relieve stress'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teacher-admits-to-illicit-filming-of-female-students-to-relieve-stress/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male public elementary school teacher for allegedly secretly filming under the shorts of his students while in poses deemed obscene
- [Ex-care worker served 3rd arrest warrant over sexual assault of 9-year-old disabled girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-care-worker-served-3rd-arrest-warrant-over-sexual-assault-of-9-year-old-disabled-girl/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have served a third arrest warrant on a 46-year-old former employee of a facility for children with disabilities, this time for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl
- [Yakuza member accused of forcing former prison mate to join syndicate](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-member-accused-of-forcing-former-prison-mate-to-join-syndicate/) - Tokyo police have arrested a member of the Matsuba-kai yakuza syndicate for allegedly assaulting and threatening a former prison mate in an attempt to force him into the gang
- [Three more yakuza figures nabbed over ¥423 million Ueno street heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/three-more-yakuza-figures-nabbed-over-423-million-ueno-street-heist/) - Tokyo police has arrested three additional men, including members of rival yakuza syndicates, for their alleged roles in orchestrating the brazen theft of over 400 million yen
- [Okayama University dean arrested for filming up teen's skirt: 'I wanted to film women's legs'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/okayama-university-dean-arrested-for-filming-up-teens-skirt-i-wanted-to-film-womens-legs/) - Police in Okayama City have arrested a 62-year-old professor and dean at Okayama University for allegedly filming under the skirt of a teenage girl at a shopping center
- [Illegal Gotanda sex parlor offering 'full service' raked in ¥180 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/illegal-gotanda-sex-parlor-offering-full-service-raked-in-¥180-million/) - Tokyo police have arrested four men, including the owner and manager of an illicit sex club in Shinagawa Ward, for operating a business in a prohibited zone
- [Two strangers recruited via 'dark job' arrested over ¥5.5 million Yokohama safe heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-strangers-recruited-via-dark-job-arrested-over-¥5-5-million-yokohama-safe-heist/) - Two men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a Yokohama electrical contracting company and making off with a safe containing approximately 5.5 million yen in cash
- [Kyoto man sues clinic after estranged wife forges consent to have baby with donor sperm](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/kyoto-man-sues-clinic-after-estranged-wife-forges-consent-to-have-baby-with-donor-sperm/) - A Kyoto City man has filed a lawsuit against a local fertility clinic, seeking 11 million yen in damages after his estranged wife forged his signature to undergo in vitro fertilization using another man's sperm
- [Tokyo man arrested for allegedly bashing acquaintance with metal tool in Jingumae](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-arrested-for-allegedly-bashing-acquaintance-with-metal-tool-in-jingumae/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man in his 50s for allegedly assaulting an acquaintance with a metal tool in Shibuya Ward on Wednesday
- [Wanted man in yakuza-linked smartphone heist turns himself in at Osaka police box](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/wanted-man-in-yakuza-linked-smartphone-heist-turns-himself-in-at-osaka-police-box/) - A 28-year-old fugitive wanted for his alleged role in a highly organized burglary ring surrendered to police in Izumi City
- [Body found in Hyogo river suspected to be wanted double-murderer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/body-found-in-hyogo-river-suspected-to-be-wanted-double-murderer/) - Hyogo police here are investigating whether a male corpse discovered in a river on Wednesday is the suspect wanted nationwide in connection with a double-murder
- [Kumamoto city councilman accused of hiding ¥20 million bribe via bullet train, ATM deposits](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kumamoto-councilman-accused-of-hiding-20-million-bribe-via-bullet-train-atm-deposits/) - Police have served a fresh arrest warrant on an incumbent councilman from Yatsushiro City for allegedly taking elaborate steps to conceal millions of yen he received in a massive bribery scheme
- [Yamaguchi police officer leaves loaded handgun in convenience store toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yamaguchi-police-officer-leaves-loaded-handgun-in-convenience-store-toilet/) - A male officer with the Yamaguchi Prefectural Police left a loaded handgun hanging in a convenience store restroom while on duty
- [Tokyo teacher re-arrested for defiling 8-year-old student's swimsuit](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teacher-re-arrested-for-defiling-8-year-old-students-swimsuit/) - Tokyo police have re-arrested a 40-year-old public elementary school teacher after he allegedly rubbed his lower body against an 8-year-old student's swimsuit
- [Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza accused of orchestrating ¥200 million fraud ring targeting elderly](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/sumiyoshi-kai-yakuza-accused-of-orchestrating-¥200-million-fraud-ring-targeting-elderly/) - Tokyo police have arrested two men, including a member of a gang affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai, for allegedly defrauding an elderly woman of 10 million yen in cash
- [Tokyo real estate boss accused of dodging ¥109 million in corporate taxes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-real-estate-boss-accused-of-dodging-¥109-million-in-corporate-taxes/) - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has filed a criminal complaint against a Chuo Ward real estate company and its president for allegedly evading over 100 million yen in corporate taxes
- [Scrap collector arrested for stabbing boss, hiding corpse in minivan trunk](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/scrap-collector-arrested-for-stabbing-boss-hiding-corpse-in-minivan-trunk/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a scrap collector for allegedly stabbing his boss to death and hiding the body in the trunk of a minivan in western Tokyo
- [Young woman dies after found floating in Kyoto river, teenage boy found injured nearby](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/young-woman-dies-after-found-floating-in-kyoto-river-teenage-boy-found-injured-nearby/) - Kyoto police have launched an investigation after a young woman was found dead floating face down in the Kamo River in Kyoto City on Monday
- [How To Choose The Right Life Alert Devices In Canada For Elderly Care](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/how-to-choose-the-right-life-alert-devices-in-canada-for-elderly-care/) - Old age brings experience and independence. However, it can also introduce new safety concerns that families across Canada should not ignore.
- [Chinese trio accused of staging snatch-and-grab to steal ¥22 million from Ginza Rolex sale](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-trio-accused-of-staging-snatch-and-grab-to-steal-22-million-from-ginza-rolex-sale/) - Tokyo police have arrested three Chinese nationals accused of orchestrating a fake purse-snatching in the upscale Ginza district to make off with nearly 22 million yen in cash
- [Tokyo man accused of bugging woman's apartment, stalking her after hearing her voice](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-bugging-womans-apartment-stalking-her-after-hearing-her-voice/) - Police have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly stalking a woman in her 20s and planting a hidden listening device inside her residence in the capital
- [Chiba teacher accused of filming man in station restroom](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-teacher-accused-of-filming-man-in-station-restroom/) - Chiba teacher accused of filming man in station restroom
- [Pakistani firm ordered to demolish illegal Saitama mosque](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pakistani-firm-ordered-to-demolish-illegal-saitama-mosque/) - Municipal authorities in Kawagoe City have issued a corrective directive demanding the removal of a newly constructed mosque
- [Four bodies pulled from Kanagawa sea; police probe footage showing person plunging from bridge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-bodies-pulled-from-kanagawa-sea-police-probe-footage-showing-person-plunging-from-bridge/) - Police here are investigating after the bodies of four people, including two young girls, were pulled from the sea in the town of Manazuru on Tuesday
- [Sri Lankan visa overstayer accused of stealing air conditioners from vacant Ibaraki house](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sri-lankan-visa-overstayer-accused-of-stealing-air-conditioners-from-vacant-ibaraki-house/) - Police here have arrested a 26-year-old Sri Lankan national after he allegedly stripped a vacant residence of its air conditioning and water heating equipment
- [Gunma man arrested for trespassing at Tokyo residence targeted by multiple robbery groups](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunma-man-arrested-for-trespassing-at-tokyo-residence-targeted-by-multiple-robbery-groups/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of trespassing at a residence in Koganei City
- [Fukuoka lawyer suspended for burning down detained client's home with candle](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-lawyer-suspended-for-burning-down-detained-clients-home-with-candle/) - The Fukuoka Bar Association has slapped a 61-year-old lawyer with a two-month business suspension after he accidentally burned his detained client's house to the ground using a candle
- [Tokyo man, 75, slashes bus passenger's face over 'noisy' newspaper](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-75-slashes-bus-passengers-face-over-noisy-newspaper/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 75-year-old man after he allegedly slashed another passenger's face with a knife on a bus in Ota Ward on Monday
- [Tokyo police launch crackdown on train gropers, promote silent SOS app](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-police-launch-crackdown-on-train-gropers-promote-silent-sos-app/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched an intensified crackdown on train gropers
- [Chiba man accused of strangling 11-year-old son says he 'couldn't leave him behind'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-accused-of-strangling-11-year-old-son-says-he-couldnt-leave-him-behind/) - Police in Narita City have arrested a 66-year-old unemployed man for the murder of his elementary school-aged son
- [Saitama man kills visiting care specialist at his home before taking own life](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-kills-visiting-care-specialist-at-his-home-before-taking-own-life/) - A 63-year-old care specialist was slashed to death at a residence in Kawaguchi City on Monday by a man who then apparently took his own life
- [Sanctioned Russian Scammer Alex Cano Reportedly Eyes Move to Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/investment/sanctioned-russian-scammer-alex-cano-reportedly-eyes-move-to-japan/) - Questions are growing over whether Japan could become the next destination for Alex Cano, a Russian scammer with Singapore passport
- [Kanagawa flashback: Hostess concealed decapitation of live-in boyfriend for days](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/kanagawa-flashback-hostess-concealed-decapitation-of-live-in-boyfriend-for-days/) - Miki Aida, then 26, was moonlighted as a cabaret club hostess in 2006 when she killed 29-year-old company employee Takuya Sakuramoto in their apartment in Oiso
- [Divers haul sunken bicycles, wallets from murky depths of Osaka's Dotonbori River](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/divers-haul-sunken-bicycles-wallets-from-murky-depths-of-osakas-dotonbori-river/) - Volunteer scuba divers plunged into the murky waters of Osaka’s Dotonbori River on May 30, hauling up sunken bicycles, discarded chairs and lost wallet
- [Woman's ex-husband suspected in murder-suicide attempt in Tochigi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/womans-ex-husband-suspected-in-murder-suicide-attempt-in-tochigi/) - Police in Oyama City are investigating an apparent murder-suicide attempt after a 48-year-old woman was found strangled to death and her former husband unconscious
- [Shinjuku street drinkers ignoring "No Littering" warnings](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shinjuku-street-drinkers-ignoring-no-littering-warnings/) - The neon-lit streets of Shinjuku Ward's bustling nightlife districts face a mounting crisis of widespread littering
- [Mastermind of fatal Tochigi home invasion flees to Southeast Asia](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mastermind-of-fatal-tochigi-home-invasion-flees-to-southeast-asia/) - Police here have placed a 48-year-old man on a wanted list for allegedly orchestrating the robbery and murder of a 69-year-old woman before fleeing to Southeast Asia
- [Woman suspected of embezzling ¥150 million from Chiba infant home to gamble](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-suspected-of-embezzling-150-million-from-chiba-infant-home-to-gamble/) - Police here have arrested a 31-year-old woman who is suspected of embezzling around 150 million yen from an infant home in Chiba Prefecture to feed an online gambling habit
- [Sanrio executive steps down after pocketing ¥250 million in secret U.S. payouts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sanrio-executive-steps-down-after-pocketing-250-million-in-secret-u-s-payouts/) - Sanrio Co. announced last week that a managing director has resigned after a probe revealed he quietly pocketed more than 250 million yen in unauthorized compensation
- [Tokyo cop shoots himself in head at residential police box](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-cop-shoots-himself-in-head-at-residential-police-box/) - A Tokyo Metropolitan Police officer in his 30s was rushed to the hospital Tuesday morning after attempting suicide with a handgun at a residential police box in Machida City
- [Kawasaki FamilyMart manager accused of extorting ¥500,000 from shoplifter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kawasaki-familymart-manager-accused-of-extorting-¥500000-from-shoplifter/) - Kanagawa police have arrested a 53-year-old convenience store manager in Kawasaki City on suspicion of attempting to extort a shoplifter for cash under the guise of a "settlement
- [Japan dumps record ¥11.7 trillion in futile bid to halt currency plunge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/japan-dumps-record-¥11-7-trillion-in-futile-bid-to-halt-currency-plunge/) - The Japanese government pumped a staggering 11.7 trillion yen into the foreign exchange market over the past month in a desperate bid to stop the currency's rapid freefall
- [Chiba cop fired over drunken motorcycle crash, another resigns after betting ¥100 million yen online](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-cop-fired-over-drunken-motorcycle-crash-another-resigns-after-betting-¥100-million-yen-online/) - Chiba police have dismissed a 29-year-old officer over a drunken motorcycle crash and slapped a separate officer with a six-month suspension for wagering a staggering 100 million yen on illegal online casinos
- [Tokyo man accused of secretly filming bathing woman says he visited home 200 times](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-secretly-filming-bathing-woman-says-he-visited-her-home-200-times/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male company employee for secretly filming a woman while she was taking a bath
- [Cambodian Honorary Consul accused of hiding ¥300 million in tax evasion scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cambodian-honorary-consul-accused-of-hiding-300-million-in-tax-evasion-scheme/) - A 73-year-old Japanese man serving as the Honorary Consul of Cambodia has been flagged by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau for failing to declare at least 300 million yen in income linked to an illicit tax evasion scheme
- [Nigerian man among 4 nabbed over plot to smuggle stolen car through Yokohama Port](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nigerian-man-among-4-nabbed-over-plot-to-smuggle-stolen-car-through-yokohama-port/) - Kanagawa police have arrested four Nigerian nationals on suspicion of attempting to illegally export stolen vehicles from Yokohama Port last year
- [Boss of Japan's largest sex industry scout group Natural re-arrested over illegal recruitment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/boss-of-japans-largest-sex-industry-scout-group-natural-re-arrested-over-illegal-recruitment/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have re-arrested the chairman of Natural, Japan's largest sex industry scouting syndicate
- [Hiroshima teen accused of sexually assaulting girl in mountains following online threats](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-teen-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-girl-in-mountains-following-online-threats/) - Police here have re-arrested a 16-year-old high school boy after he allegedly threatened a teenage female acquaintance on social media and sexually assaulted her
- [Fukuoka yakuza member among suspects arrested over prostitution of middle school girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/fukuoka-yakuza-member-among-suspects-arrested-over-prostitution-of-middle-school-girl/) - Police here have arrested a 22-year-old member of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate and two others for allegedly running a prostitution ring involving a middle school girl
- [Riko Uchida case: Accomplice in murder of high schooler says defendant 'pushed her' off bridge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/riko-uchida-case-accomplice-in-murder-of-high-schooler-says-defendant-pushed-her-off-bridge/) - An accomplice to a woman facing murder charges delivered damning testimony against the female defendant
- [Hokkaido woman accused of forcing naked teen off bridge over social media photo denies murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-woman-accused-of-forcing-naked-teen-off-bridge-over-ramen-photo-denies-murder/) - The trial has begun for a 23-year-old woman accused of torturing a 17-year-old high school girl and forcing her to plunge to her death from a bridge in Asahikawa City
- ['Only hugs and kisses': Chiba chiropractor denies sexual assault of customer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/only-hugs-and-kisses-chiba-chiropractor-denies-sexual-assault-of-customer/) - Chiba police here have arrested a 57-year-old chiropractor in Kashiwa City on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female client during a treatment session
- [Taiwanese teen accused of hiding ¥6 million in fraudulent funds in convenience store toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/taiwanese-teen-accused-of-hiding-6-million-in-fraudulent-funds-in-convenience-store-toilet/) - Fukuoka police have arrested a 17-year-old Taiwanese high school girl on suspicion of concealing criminal proceeds after she allegedly hid 6 million yen in defrauded cash
- [Medical clinic chairman suspected of secretly filming over 100 women in toilets](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/medical-clinic-chairman-suspected-of-secretly-filming-over-100-women-in-toilets/) - Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested the chairman of a medical corporation after hidden cameras were discovered in the women's restrooms of two clinics
- [Prosecution seeks 16-year term for Nagoya man who stabbed stranger at convenience store](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/prosecution-seeks-16-year-term-for-nagoya-man-who-stabbed-stranger-at-convenience-store/) - Prosecutors have demanded a 16-year prison sentence for a 47-year-old man accused of a random and brutal stabbing at a convenience store in Nagoya
- [Male nurse arrested for secretly filming women during full-body hair removal treatments](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/male-nurse-arrested-for-secretly-filming-women-during-full-body-hair-removal-treatments/) - Police have arrested a male nurse on suspicion of secretly filming female patients receiving full-body hair removal treatments at cosmetic clinics
- [20-year-old arrested over Shinjuku bear-spray robbery attempt linked to 'dark job'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/20-year-old-arrested-over-shinjuku-bear-spray-robbery-attempt-linked-to-dark-job/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a violent attempted robbery at a liquor store in Shinjuku Ward last month
- [Sony Life employees accused of swindling customers in fresh wave of investment fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sony-life-employees-accused-of-swindling-customers-in-fresh-wave-of-investment-fraud/) - Sony Life Insurance Co. launched an internal probe after multiple employees were accused of swindling clients through bogus investment schemes
- [Sony Life sales reps scam policyholders out of ¥120 million in fake investment scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sony-life-sales-reps-scam-policyholders-out-of-¥120-million-in-fake-investment-scheme/) - Sony Life Insurance announced on Thursday that four of its sales representatives swindled 14 customers out of approximately 120 million yen
- [Fukuoka City ordered to pay ¥550,000 in damages over teacher's 'octopus' insult prior to student's suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-city-ordered-to-pay-¥550000-in-damages-over-teachers-octopus-insult-prior-to-students-suicide/) - The Fukuoka District Court on Wednesday ordered the government of Fukuoka City to pay damages to the family of a middle school boy who committed suicide
- [Tokyo photographer accused of sexually assaulting teen actress during photo shoot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-photographer-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-teen-actress-during-photo-shoot/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 29-year-old male photographer on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage actress at his residence in Shinagawa Ward earlier this year
- [$600,000 book deal: Onyeka Nwelue’s Tokyo Spies releases on June 5th, 2026](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/nigerian-writer-lands-¥85-million-japan-book-deal/) - Nigerian writer and filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue has secured a major publishing deal in Japan, with a Japanese publisher acquiring his novel Tokyo Spies for ¥85 million yen
- [Female Saitama tax staffer resigns after side hustle in sex biz revealed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/female-tokyo-tax-staffer-resigns-after-side-hustle-in-sex-biz-revealed/) - The Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau announced on Wednesday that a female employee has resigned after it was learned she was moonlighting at so-called "delivery health" services
- [Shibuya man arrested for stabbing neighbors over 'noisy breakfast'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shibuya-man-arrested-for-stabbing-neighbors-over-noisy-breakfast/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man in his 70s after he allegedly stabbed a couple living next door to him in Shibuya Ward over the noise they made while preparing breakfast
- [Osaka man dubbed 'Mr. Pharmacist' arrested after teen girls found comatose on train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-man-dubbed-mr-pharmacist-arrested-after-teen-girls-found-comatose-on-train/) - Police have arrested a 40-year-old unemployed man for allegedly supplying dozens of prescription pills to two teenage girls he met at a popular youth gathering spot in Osaka City
- [Underage girls turning to street prostitution to fund 'underground idol' obsession](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/underage-girls-turning-to-street-prostitution-to-fund-underground-idol-obsession/) - Middle and high school girls are increasingly turning to street prostitution to pay for expensive fan services offered by "men's underground idols"
- [Ex-staffer at Tokyo child shelter arrested for sexually assaulting 15-year-old resident](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-staffer-at-tokyo-child-shelter-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-15-year-old-resident/) - Tokyo police have arrested a former employee of a child protection facility on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old high school girl who had sought refuge from an abusive home
- [Japanese nationals deported from Indonesia re-arrested over ¥9.5 million crypto scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/japanese-nationals-deported-from-indonesia-re-arrested-over-9-5-million-crypto-scam/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have re-arrested 13 male Japanese nationals previously deported from an overseas fraud base on suspicion of defrauding a senior citizen by posing as police officers
- [Ex-cons paroled this year accused of attempted sexual assault, robbery spree in Yokohama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/yokohama/ex-cons-paroled-this-year-accused-of-attempted-sexual-assault-robbery-spree-in-yokohama/) - Kanagawa police have served fresh arrest warrants on two ex-convicts accused of embarking on a daylight robbery and attempted sexual assault spree in Yokohama City
- [Camp Zama firefighter accused of lacing colleague's miso soup with antifreeze](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/camp-zama-firefighter-accused-of-lacing-colleagues-miso-soup-with-antifreeze/) - Police here have arrested a 34-year-old Japanese firefighter working at a U.S. Army base for allegedly poisoning a colleague's food with a toxic chemical found in car antifreeze
- [Tokyo firefighter accused of groping woman: 'I can't say I didn't do it'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-firefighter-accused-of-groping-woman-i-cant-say-i-didnt-do-it/) - Saitama police have arrested a Tokyo Fire Department official for allegedly committing an indecent act against a young woman on a street in Misato City earlier this year
- [Ex-Citizen Watch manager suspected of embezzling 420 watches to fund dates and golf](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-citizen-watch-manager-accused-of-embezzling-420-watches-to-fund-dates-and-golf/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former manager at Citizen Watch Co. on suspicion of embezzling company wristwatches to fund a lavish lifestyle
- [Officers draw guns as iron pipe-wielding teens storm Nagano police station](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/officers-draw-guns-as-iron-pipe-wielding-teens-storm-nagano-police-station/) - Police here arrested two teenagers on suspicion of property damage after they stormed a police station armed with iron pipes on Tuesday night
- ['We are yakuza': Two arrested for demanding protection money from Harajuku apparel shop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/we-are-yakuza-two-arrested-for-demanding-protection-money-from-harajuku-apparel-shop/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men for allegedly posing as gang members in their attempt to extort an apparel shop in the fashionable Harajuku area
- [Nagoya hostess club boss linked to massive rip-off ring that netted ¥5.6 billion](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-hostess-club-boss-linked-to-massive-rip-off-ring-that-netted-¥5-6-billion/) - Police have arrested five men, including the alleged mastermind of a hostess club syndicate, suspected of orchestrating a string of exorbitant rip-offs
- [Man turns himself in after fatally stabbing 72-year-old father in Okinawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-turns-himself-in-after-fatally-stabbing-72-year-old-father-in-okinawa/) - Police here have arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of murder after his 72-year-old father was found stabbed to death in an Ishigaki City apartment complex
- [Ex-Tokyo detective reveals how yakuza conceal firearms across Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/ex-tokyo-detective-reveals-how-yakuza-conceal-firearms-across-japan/) - Over a 30-year career dedicated to dismantling organized crime rings, Fumitaka Kohiruimaki has seen firsthand the lengths Japan's underworld will go to conceal their arsenals
- [Man accused of collecting ¥6 million from Fukui woman in investment scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-collecting-¥6-million-from-fukui-woman-in-investment-scam/) - Police here have arrested a 52-year-old homeless man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly acted as the "bagman" to collect 6 million yen in cash from a woman targeted in a fake investment scheme
- [Tokyo man accused of paying middle schooler for sex claims they 'just talked' in hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-paying-middle-schooler-for-sex-claims-they-just-talked-in-hotel/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 47-year-old company employee for allegedly paying a school girl for sex after picking her up in the Kabukicho district
- [Manager of illegal Kabukicho slot parlor Pac-Man arrested](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/manager-of-illegal-kabukicho-slot-parlor-pac-man-arrested/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested three men over the alleged operation of an illegal slot parlor in the Kabukicho red-light district
- [Ex-Osaka cop admits stealing ¥10 million from death scene to hide gambling debts from wife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/ex-osaka-cop-admits-stealing-10-million-from-death-scene-to-hide-gambling-debts-from-wife/) - A former police officer here has admitted to stealing 10 million yen in cash from the home of a deceased man
- [Yakuza accused of kidnapping woman in Kabukicho to sell organs overseas over host club debt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-accused-of-kidnapping-a-woman-in-kabukicho-to-sell-organs-overseas-over-host-club-debt/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police ahve arrested a 25-year-old yakuza member for allegedly kidnapping a woman from the Kabukicho red-light district
- [Tokyo man swindled out of ¥180 million in crypto by fake 'Cyber Division' police](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-swindled-out-of-180-million-in-crypto-by-fake-cyber-division-police/) - A man in his 40s residing in Kita Ward has been swindled out of roughly 180 million yen in cryptocurrency after being psychologically cornered by scammers posing as police officers
- [Mie newspaper delivery man accused of fatally stabbing sister-in-law](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mie-newspaper-delivery-man-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-sister-in-law/) - Police in Yokkaichi City have arrested a newspaper delivery man on suspicion of murder after his sister-in-law was brutally stabbed to death earlier this month
- [Ex-transport worker arrested over ¥34 million Pokémon card heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-transport-worker-arrested-over-¥34-million-pokemon-card-heist/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men for allegedly orchestrating a heist of Pokémon cards valued at more than 30 million yen from a delivery vehicle
- [Hokkaido child welfare worker arrested for indecent acts with teen girl despite prior warning](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-child-welfare-worker-arrested-for-indecent-acts-with-teen-girl-despite-prior-warning/) - Police have arrested a 26-year-old worker at a child consultation center here over allegations of non-consensual indecent acts with a teenage girl
- [6 arrested over attempted bear-spray robbery at Shinjuku liquor store](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/6-arrested-over-attempted-bear-spray-robbery-at-shinjuku-liquor-store/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested six individuals, including high school students, over an attempted robbery at a Shinjuku Ward liquor store
- [Suspected masterminds in Tochigi murder-robbery nabbed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/suspected-masterminds-in-tochigi-murder-robbery-nabbed/) - A married couple in their 20s has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and murder for allegedly orchestrating a deadly home invasion in Tochigi Prefecture carried out by four teenage boys
- [Two teens nabbed after blinding men with pepper spray in ¥53 million Tokyo gold heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-teens-nabbed-after-blinding-men-with-pepper-spray-in-53-million-tokyo-gold-heist/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two 19-year-old males in connection with a violent, brazen daylight robbery in Katsushika Ward
- [Manhunt underway after pepper-spray attack at Ginza ATM sends 25 to hospital](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/manhunt-underway-after-pepper-spray-attack-at-ginza-atm-sends-25-to-hospital/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police are searching for a man who fled after allegedly discharging pepper spray near a bank ATM inside the upscale Ginza Six shopping complex on Monday
- [Yomiuri Giants manager Shinnosuke Abe accused of assaulting teenage daughter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yomiuri-giants-manager-shinnosuke-abe-accused-of-assaulting-teenage-daughter/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Yomiuri Giants manager Shinnosuke Abe on suspicion of assaulting his daughter at their home in Shibuya Ward on Monday
- [Justice ministry moves to restrict access to interrogation videos amid prosecutor abuse scandals](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/justice-ministry-moves-to-restrict-access-to-interrogation-videos-amid-prosecutor-abuse-scandals/) - The Ministry of Justice has instructed regional legal bureaus to consider restricting public access to audio and video recordings of interrogations
- [Takaichi under fire for faking resume, illegal election ads amid mainstream media blackout](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/takaichi-under-fire-for-faking-resume-illegal-election-ads-amid-mainstream-media-blackout/) - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are facing intense public backlash over explosive allegations of resume fraud and illegal campaign advertising
- [Ex-'girl's bar' manager handed suspended term for forcing employee into prostitution](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-girls-bar-manager-handed-suspended-term-for-forcing-employee-into-prostitution/) - A court here has handed a 21-year-old former “girl’s bar” employee a suspended prison term for forcing a colleague into prostitution
- [Ex-'girl's bar' worker accused of forcing colleague into prostitution says she 'liked the manager'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-girls-bar-worker-accused-of-forcing-colleague-into-prostitution-says-she-liked-the-manager/) - A 21-year-old former "girl's bar" employee accused of forcing a colleague into prostitution and tracking her with a GPS device has told a Tokyo court that she turned a blind eye to the abuse because she had romantic feelings for her manager
- [Ex-influencer Reika Miyazaki admits to ¥157 million tax evasion, accuses tax agency of sexual harassment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-influencer-admits-to-157-million-tax-evasion-accuses-tax-agency-of-sexual-harassment/) - Reika Kuroki admitted to evading approximately 157 million yen in corporate taxes at the Tokyo District Court earlier this month.
- ['I wanted free Wi-Fi': Nepalese man arrested for occupying Hakata mall toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/i-wanted-free-wi-fi-nepalese-man-arrested-for-occupying-hakata-mall-toilet/) - Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a 20-year-old Nepalese national after he locked himself inside a men’s restroom at a major commercial complex to use its internet connection
- [Kyoto subway official used public Wi-Fi to send photos of male genitalia to woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/kyoto-subway-official-used-public-wi-fi-to-send-photos-of-male-genitalia-to-woman/) - Suspect allegedly sent adult goods and digital photographs showing a man's genitalia to the 24-year-old woman
- [Car bursts into flames after crash in Yotsuya](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/car-bursts-into-flames-after-crash-in-yotsuya/) - A man in his 30s was injured after his car slammed into a traffic light pole and burst into flames in Shinjuku Ward on Sunday
- [Two men arrested over Tokyo home invasion plot linked to 'dark job'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-men-arrested-over-tokyo-home-invasion-plot-linked-to-dark-job/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men on suspicion of preparing to rob a residence in Koganei City
- [3 bodies found inside locked Gifu home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/3-bodies-found-inside-locked-gifu-home/) - Gifu Prefectural Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of three adult bodies inside a locked residence in Ogaki City
- [Nara cops referred to prosecutors for spraying alcohol on detainee's crotch 'as a joke'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nara-cops-referred-to-prosecutors-for-spraying-alcohol-on-detainees-crotch-as-a-joke/) - Nara police announced last week that two police officers have been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of assaulting and abusing a male detainee in his 20s
- [Hyogo police encountered murder suspect days before Tatsuno woman, daughter found dead](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-police-encountered-murder-suspect-days-before-tatsuno-woman-daughter-found-dead/) - Hyogo Prefectural Police are searching for a 42-year-old man wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a mother and daughter earlier this month
- [Man arrested for stabbing stranger in back over aisle dispute at Osaka supermarket](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/man-arrested-for-stabbing-stranger-in-back-over-aisle-dispute-at-osaka-supermarket/) - Police in Osaka City have arrested a 59-year-old unemployed man after he stabbed a stranger in the back at a local supermarket on Saturday
- [Man's decaying corpse found tangled in electrical cord in Osaka home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/mans-decaying-corpse-found-tangled-in-electrical-cord-in-osaka-home/) - Osaka police are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found tangled in an electrical cord inside a locked residence in Higashiosaka City on Saturday
- [Hokkaido zoo worker accused of incinerating wife's body says she suspected him of having affairs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-zoo-worker-accused-of-incinerating-wifes-body-says-she-suspected-him-of-affair/) - Hokkaido Prefectural Police have re-arrested a 33-year-old employee of the popular Asahiyama Zoo on suspicion of murdering his wife
- ['I won't do anything': Yamanashi farmer lured girl, 15, to hotel for sexual assault](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/i-wont-do-anything-yamanashi-farmer-lured-girl-15-to-hotel-for-sexual-assault/) - Last August, a teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a man at a hotel in Kofu City
- [Homeless woman, daughter arrested for dodging ¥310,000 hotel bill in Yamanashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/homeless-woman-daughter-arrested-for-dodging-310000-hotel-bill/) - Police have arrested an unemployed, homeless mother and daughter for allegedly skipping out on a hotel bill exceeding 310,000 yen last year
- [Japan to criminalize use, possession of CBN in June](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/japan-to-criminalize-use-possession-of-cbn-in-june/) - The sale, possession and use of the cannabis-derived compound cannabinol (CBN) will be strictly prohibited starting next month
- [Saitama man accused of crashing fake unmarked police car during drunken joyride](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-accused-of-crashing-fake-unmarked-police-car-during-drunken-joyride/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly crashed a "fake unmarked police car" while driving drunk
- [Ex-Tokyo teacher appealing molestation conviction re-arrested over fake 'health check' in separate case](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-tokyo-teacher-appealing-molestation-conviction-re-arrested-over-fake-health-check-in-separate-case/) - A 41-year-old former elementary school teacher currently on trial for molesting a student has been re-arrested on for attempting to commit an indecent act on another young girl in Machida City
- [Indonesian woman accused of hiding newborn daughter's corpse in plastic bag](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/indonesian-woman-accused-of-hiding-newborn-daughters-corpse-in-plastic-bag/) - Police in Fukaya City have arrested a 21-year-old Indonesian woman on suspicion of abandoning the corpse of her newborn daughter inside her residence
- [Yakuza member accused of posing as cop to scam elderly woman out of ¥1 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yakuza-member-accused-of-posing-as-cop-to-scam-elderly-woman-out-of-¥1-million/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 25-year-old member of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate for allegedly defrauding a 77-year-old woman out of 1 million yen
- [Hyogo city official fired after ditching work to hit the gym 185 times](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-city-official-fired-after-ditching-work-to-hit-the-gym-185-times/) - Nishinomiya City has fired a 26-year-old municipal worker after he was caught sneaking off to sports gyms at least 185 times during work hours over a roughly three-year period
- [AV actress Sora Amakawa shines light on biz, says agency boss cheated her out of wages](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/av-actress-sora-amakawa-shines-light-on-biz-says-agency-boss-cheated-her-out-of-wages/) - Adult video (AV) actress Sora Amakawa is shining a light on the dark underbelly of the industry
- [Ibaraki man arrested for body-slamming 4 boys at park](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ibaraki-man-arrested-for-body-slamming-4-boys-at-park/) - Police have here arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man for allegedly assaulting four elementary school boys by throwing them to the ground at a park
- [Chinese cram school teacher arrested for taking Nihon University exam for student](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-cram-school-teacher-arrested-for-taking-nihon-university-exam-for-student/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 39-year-old Chinese cram school teacher for attempting to take a university entrance exam as a proxy for another student
- [Vietnamese burglary ring suspected in ¥100 million Kanto crime spree](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-burglary-ring-busted-over-100-million-kanto-crime-spree/) - Police have dismantled a Vietnamese burglary ring believed to be responsible for a massive string of break-ins totaling more than 100 million yen in damages across the Kanto region
- [Thief swipes Pokémon cards in 3-minute smash-and-grab at Tochigi shop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/thief-swipes-pokemon-cards-in-3-minute-smash-and-grab-at-tochigi-shop/) - Police here are hunting for a suspect who broke into a trading card shop and made off with a haul of Pokémon cards in a rapid three-minute heist
- [Missing mother found clutching 5-year-old son after fatal plunge from Aichi bridge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/body-of-missing-mother-found-clutching-5-year-old-son-after-fatal-plunge-from-aichi-bridge/) - Police here launched an investigation after the bodies of a 35-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son were discovered at the bottom of a bridge in the village of Toyone on Friday
- [Yakuza among 'dark job' recruits arrested for breaking into Saitama home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yakuza-among-dark-job-recruits-arrested-for-breaking-into-saitama-home/) - Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested two men, including a member of a criminal syndicate, after they allegedly broke into a residence in Saitama City
- [Over 100 bamboo stalks defaced as foreign tourists vandalize Kyoto shrine](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/over-100-bamboo-stalks-defaced-as-foreign-tourists-vandalize-kyoto-shrine/) - A wave of vandalism by foreign tourists is plaguing Japan's iconic sightseeing spots, with visitors caught using stones to carve graffiti into historic bamboo forests
- [Kanagawa police warn of 30% surge in indecent assaults targeting teens, young adults](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-police-warn-of-30-surge-in-indecent-assaults-targeting-teens-young-adults/) - Kanagawa police have issued a warning following a sharp, unexplained spike in cases of non-consensual indecent assault during the first four months of the year
- [Kyoto man posing as investment exec arrested over ¥5 million swindle of Saitama man](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-posing-as-investment-exec-arrested-over-5-million-withdrawal-scam/) - Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 56-year-old man from Kyoto Prefecture for allegedly swindling a resident here out of more than 5 million yen
- [Two Tokyo firefighters arrested for sexually assaulting teen in hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-tokyo-firefighters-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-teen-in-hotel/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two members of the Tokyo Fire Department on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at a hotel
- [Yakuza boss accused of severing man's ear with box cutter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/yakuza-boss-accused-of-severing-mans-ear-with-box-cutter/) - Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a senior member of a Yamaguchi-gumi affiliated gang and a subordinate for allegedly slicing off a man's ear with a box cutter
- [Abducted teen in Fukuoka tracked down in car's trunk via smartphone location app](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/abducted-teen-in-fukuoka-tracked-down-in-cars-trunk-via-smartphone-location-app/) - Police in Fukuoka City have arrested six men on suspicion of confining an 18-year-old man in the trunk of a van
- [Ex-monk arrested for groping high school girl at Fukui temple](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-monk-arrested-for-groping-high-school-girl-at-fukui-temple/) - Police have arrested a 26-year-old former monk for allegedly groping a high school girl during a school retreat at Daihonzan Eiheiji Temple
- [Fukuoka man arrested for trafficking woman to Cambodia-based fraud HQ](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/fukuoka-man-arrested-for-trafficking-woman-to-cambodia-based-fraud-hq/) - Police have arrested a 25-year-old unemployed man from Fukuoka City for allegedly trafficking a young woman to Cambodia to work as a caller in a telephone fraud syndicate
- [Eight arrested for extorting ¥9.6 million from man lured to fake bar via dating app](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/eight-arrested-for-extorting-9-6-million-from-man-lured-to-fake-bar-via-dating-app/) - Osaka police have arrested a ring of eight young men and women for allegedly using a dating app to lure a man to a fake bar and extorting nearly 10 million yen from him
- [Senior yakuza, 5 others arrested for operating office 100 meters from daycare](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/senior-yakuza-5-others-arrested-for-operating-office-100-meters-from-daycare/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 78-year-old yakuza boss and five other gang members for allegedly operating a syndicate office in close to a daycare center in Itabashi Ward
- [Kabukicho 'girls' bar' operator among 5 arrested for unlicensed hostessing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kabukicho-girls-bar-operator-among-5-arrested-for-unlicensed-hostessing/) - Tokyo police have arrested five people for allegedly providing unlicensed entertainment services
- [Two Japanese women held at Indonesian fraud base were told 'work or we'll sell your organs'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-japanese-women-held-at-indonesian-fraud-base-were-told-work-or-well-sell-your-organs/) - Two Japanese women held captive at a fraud base in Surabaya have revealed they were threatened with organ harvesting after being lured overseas
- [Indonesian police probe Japanese social media posts boasting of child prostitution](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/indonesian-police-probe-japanese-social-media-posts-boasting-of-child-prostitution/) - Japanese Embassy in Indonesia on May 13 issued a stern warning to expatriates and tourists after a series of disturbing social media posts in Japanese emerged boasting about child prostitution
- [Japanese women forced into Indonesian scam ring rescued after family tip-off](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-women-forced-into-indonesian-scam-ring-rescued-after-family-tip-off/) - Several Japanese nationals have been detained here for their suspected involvement in a special fraud syndicate after authorities rescued two Japanese women believed to be victims of human trafficking
- [Second Passports in 2026: How to Choose the Right Citizenship for Global Freedom](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/second-passports-in-2026-how-to-choose-the-right-citizenship-for-global-freedom/) - A second passport has evolved from a luxury into a practical international tool
- [Jili Games and GameZone Create More Interactive Slot Experiences](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/betting/jili-games-and-gamezone-create-more-interactive-slot-experiences/) - Jili games continue gaining momentum as more players search for online slot platforms that combine accessibility, structured gameplay, and engaging interaction
- [Men accused of smuggling gold from Hong Kong via shared Kansai airport toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/men-accused-of-smuggling-gold-from-hong-kong-via-shared-kansai-airport-toilet/) - Osaka police arrested three men in their 50s on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling gold into Japan by exploiting a shared restroom loophole at Kansai International Airport
- [How Horse Racing Betting Sites Expand the Reach of US Horse Racing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/betting/how-horse-racing-betting-sites-expand-the-reach-of-us-horse-racing/) - How Horse Racing Betting Sites Expand the Reach of US Horse Racing
- [Osaka teen arrested over stolen hand straps from Tokyo railway](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-teen-enthusiast-arrested-over-stolen-hand-straps-from-tokyo-railway/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 16-year-old male student from Osaka for allegedly stealing a hand strap from a Keiyo Line train using a screwdriver
- [Yakuza boss, 79, arrested over illicit yakisoba stalls at Kawasaki shrine](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-boss-79-arrested-over-illicit-yakisoba-stalls-at-kawasaki-shrine/) - Kanagawa police have arrested a 79-year-old senior member of the Inagawa-kai crime syndicate and four other gang-affiliated individuals on suspicion of fraud
- [Nagasaki man accused of kidnapping debtor to work in Cambodian fraud ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagasaki-man-accused-of-kidnapping-debtor-to-work-in-cambodian-fraud-ring/) - Police here have arrested a man from Nagasaki Prefecture on suspicion of kidnapping a heavily indebted man and attempting to traffic him to Cambodia to work in a telephone fraud syndicate
- [Osaka man tries to flee groping allegation by leaping onto railway tracks](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka-man-tries-to-flee-groping-allegation-by-leaping-onto-railway-tracks/) - Police here have arrested a company employee from Osaka Prefecture accused of groping an 18-year-old woman for nearly an hour on a moving train before fleeing onto the railway tracks
- [Aichi man swindled out of record ¥870 million in fake celebrity investment scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-80s-swindled-out-of-record-870-million-in-fake-celebrity-investment-scam/) - An octogenarian here has been fleeced out of approximately 870 million yen in a sophisticated social media investment scam
- [Turkish detainee secured after threatening to jump from 8th floor of Tokyo immigration bureau](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/turkish-detainee-secured-after-threatening-to-jump-from-8th-floor-of-tokyo-immigration-bureau/) - A Turkish national was secured by officials on Wednesday afternoon after attempting to leap from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau
- [Ex-Japan Post worker accused of rigging ¥180 million contract for Disney Resort trips](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-japan-post-worker-accused-of-rigging-¥180-million-contract-for-disney-resort-trips/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 37-year-old former Japan Post employee for allegedly rigging mail collection contracts in exchange for cash and lavish Tokyo Disney Resort vacations
- [Sri Lankan man, 22, dies in Ibaraki police custody](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sri-lankan-man-22-dies-in-ibaraki-police-custody/) - A 22-year-old Sri Lankan man has died while in custody at a police station in Tsuchiura City, local authorities announced
- [University student caught in women's bathhouse in Sendai 'doesn't know why' he entered](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/university-student-caught-in-womens-bathhouse-in-sendai-doesnt-know-why-he-entered/) - Police have arrested a 20-year-old university student for allegedly trespassing into the women’s section of a public bathhouse in Sendai City
- [Company exec accused of running down acquaintance with car over ¥1 million debt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/company-exec-accused-of-running-down-acquaintance-with-car-over-1-million-debt/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 45-year-old company executive after he allegedly hit an acquaintance with his car in Chiyoda Ward following a dispute over unpaid debt
- [American in animal suit invaded monkey enclosure at Chiba zoo after 'losing soccer bet'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/american-in-animal-suit-invaded-monkey-enclosure-at-chiba-zoo-after-losing-soccer-bet/) - Police have arrested two U.S. citizens for trespassing into a monkey enclosure at a zoo here
- [Video: Man in crypto costume enters monkey’s enclosure at Ichikawa Zoo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/video-man-in-crypto-costume-enters-monkeys-enclosure-at-ichikawa-zoo/) - Police are investigating two men who claim to be U.S. citizens after one of them trespassed into a monkey enclosure at a zoo in Ichikawa City
- [Tokyo boss accused of slashing subordinate's head during meeting over 'sloppy work'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-boss-accused-of-slashing-subordinates-head-during-meeting-over-sloppy-work/) - Police have arrested a company manager in his 50s for allegedly slashing a subordinate in the head with a kitchen knife during a staff meeting in Akihabara
- [Inside job: Tokyo man in ski mask beat acquaintance, stole Japanese swords](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/inside-job-tokyo-man-in-ski-mask-beat-acquaintance-stole-japanese-swords/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 58-year-old man after he allegedly broke into a Nerima Ward apartment, assaulted the resident and made off with two Japanese swords
- [Contract worker accused of evading ¥27 million tax on massive FX profits](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/contract-worker-accused-of-evading-¥27-million-tax-on-massive-fx-profits/) - The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has filed a criminal complaint against a 54-year-old contract employee for allegedly hiding over 180 million yen in foreign exchange (FX) trading
- [Police launch double homicide probe after two women found stabbed to death in Hyogo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-launch-double-homicide-probe-after-two-women-found-stabbed-to-death-in-hyogo/) - Police have launched a murder investigation after two women were found stabbed to death inside a residence in Tatsuno City on Tuesday morning
- [A Road Trip to Remember: Plot of Backseat Trip With My Stepmother](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/a-road-trip-to-remember-plot-of-backseat-trip-with-my-stepmother/) - A boring family road trip turns wild when a souvenir forces Ethan to share a seat with his hot stepmom. Confined space, bumpy roads, and a neglected wife lead to a backseat trip with my stepmother you won't forget. Read on HoneyToon
- [Fujisawa City worker accused of injuring convenience store manager after stealing yakitori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fujisawa-city-worker-accused-of-injuring-convenience-store-manager-after-stealing-yakitori/) - Police have arrested a 50-year-old female public servant employed by the Fujisawa City government for allegedly shoplifting frozen food
- [Court rejects male student's claim of coerced sex by former Waseda professor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/court-rejects-male-students-claim-of-coerced-sex-by-former-waseda-professor/) - The Tokyo High Court has dismissed an appeal by a male former student seeking 7 million yen in damages over claims that a female former associate professor at Waseda University
- [Couple with infant accused of directing teen hit squad in fatal Tochigi robbery](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/couple-with-infant-accused-of-directing-teen-hit-squad-in-fatal-tochigi-robbery/) - A young couple who allegedly hired four 16-year-old boys to rob and murder a wealthy woman in Tochigi Prefecture earlier this month have been arrested
- [Fleeing driver wanted after dragging traffic cop 20 meters in Osaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fleeing-driver-wanted-after-dragging-traffic-cop-20-meters-in-osaka/) - Police here are hunting for a runaway driver on suspicion of attempted murder after a traffic officer was dragged approximately 20 meters and left with serious injuries on Monday afternoon
- [Aichi man arrested for attacking acquaintance with ice pick, hammer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-arrested-for-attacking-acquaintance-with-ice-pick-hammer/) - Police here have arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man for the attempted murder of an acquaintance using an ice pick and a hammer
- [Saga cop leaves bomb threat at restaurant to avoid his own farewell party](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saga-cop-leaves-bomb-threat-at-restaurant-to-avoid-his-own-farewell-party/) - A former Saga Prefectural Police officer has been referred to prosecutors after faking a bomb threat at a local restaurant simply because he dreaded attending his own farewell party
- [Executive handed 10-year term over ¥4.2 billion online casino money laundering scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/executive-handed-10-year-term-over-¥4-2-billion-online-casino-money-laundering-scheme/) - The Yokohama District Court has sentenced a 45-year-old company executive to 10 years in prison for laundering more than 4.2 billion yen in illicit funds linked to online casinos
- [Customer arrested for stabbing 'girl's bar' worker in neck, back in Kichijoji](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/customer-arrested-for-stabbing-sex-parlor-worker-in-neck-back-in-kichijoji/) - Police in Musashino City have arrested a man in his 50s after he allegedly stabbed a female employee multiple times inside a so-called "girl's bar" on Sunday
- [Four 16-year-old boys arrested over fatal home invasion in Tochigi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-16-year-old-boys-arrested-over-fatal-home-invasion-in-tochigi/) - Police here have arrested a total of four high school boys on suspicion of robbery and murder following a violent home invasion that left three family members dead or injured
- [Chiba tennis coach accused of sexually assaulting female acquaintance](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-tennis-coach-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-female-acquaintance/) - Police here have arrested a 65-year-old renowned tennis coach on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance
- [Brother-in-law suspected after Mie woman dies in stabbing in garden](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/brother-in-law-suspected-after-mie-woman-dies-in-stabbing-in-garden/) - Police have launched a murder investigation after a 53-year-old woman was stabbed to death at her residence in Yokkaichi City on Saturday
- [Police hunting group of 10 for attempted murder after bloody iron pipe attack in Kabukicho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-hunting-group-of-10-for-attempted-murder-after-bloody-iron-pipe-attack-in-kabukicho/) - Tokyo police are searching for a group of about 10 individuals who ambushed four men in the Kabukicho entertainment district early Saturday, leaving one victim with severe head wounds
- [Chiba man arrested after stabbing acquaintance in liver](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-arrested-after-stabbing-acquaintance-in-the-liver/) - Police in Ichihara City have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a 32-year-old man was severely stabbed at a local residence
- [Shizuoka dentist accused of sexual assaults of female patients disguised as 'tongue exercises'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-dentist-accused-of-sexual-assaults-of-female-patients-disguised-as-tongue-exercises/) - Police in Shizuoka City have arrested a 50-year-old dentist for the fifth time on suspicion of committing indecent acts against female patients and filming the encounters
- [Tokyo man arranged for girl to engage in dozens of papakatsu relationships per week](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-arranged-for-girl-to-engage-in-dozens-of-papakatsu-relationships-per-week/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly forcing a middle school girl in the Kabukicho red-light district into prostitution last year
- [Two men sought after robbing Nagoya woman, 93, in bizarre liquid distraction theft](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-men-sought-after-robbing-nagoya-woman-93-in-bizarre-liquid-distraction-theft/) - Police in Nagoya are hunting for two men who stole 200,000 yen from a 93-year-old woman using a coordinated distraction technique involving a mysterious liquid
- [Tokyo man suspected of sex with disabled teen girl met on dating app](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-suspected-of-sex-with-disabled-teen-girl-met-on-dating-app/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a company employee for allegedly committing indecent acts against a female high school student he met through a dating app
- [Chinese pair nabbed for pickpocketing in Asakusa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tokyo/chinese-pair-nabbed-for-pickpocketing-in-asakusa/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a Chinese man and woman for pickpocketing from a tourist in Taito Ward last week
- [Video shows attempted bag-snatching in Kawasaki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/video-shows-attempted-bag-snatching-in-kawasaki/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly using a motorcycle to attempt to snatch the bag of a woman in Kawasaki City earlier this year
- [Man extradited from Malaysia indicted over dumbbell murder of girlfriend in Roppongi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-extradited-from-malaysia-indicted-over-dumbbell-murder-of-girlfriend-in-roppongi/) - The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted a 47-year-old man who was extradited from Malaysia last month over the brutal 2018 slaying of his girlfriend
- [Osaka cop dismissed for stealing ¥10 million from death scene](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-cop-dismissed-for-stealing-10-million-from-death-scene/) - Osaka police on Thursday announced the disciplinary dismissal of a police lieutenant who stole over 10 million yen in cash while investigating the scene of an unnatural death
- [Osaka High Court upholds acquittal of yakuza boss in 2019 rival shooting](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/osaka-high-court-upholds-acquittal-of-yakuza-boss-in-2019-rival-shooting/) - The Osaka High Court on May 12 dismissed an appeal by prosecutors, upholding the acquittal of a high-ranking yakuza boss accused of gunning down a rival syndicate member in Kobe City
- [Man accused of ¥100 million crypto scam posed as 'helper' to fleece Chiba victim](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-100-million-crypto-scam-posed-as-helper-to-fleece-chiba-victim/) - Police here have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly swindling a self-employed man in his 60s and others out of more than 100 million yen in cryptocurrency in a brazen
- [Saitama teacher arrested for attempted sexual assault of student during 'counseling'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-teacher-arrested-for-attempted-sexual-assault-of-student-during-counseling/) - Police here have arrested a 41-year-old high school teacher on suspicion of attempting to sexually assault a female student inside his home
- [Pet shop pair arrested for poaching protected Okinawa turtles, admits selling to Chinese buyer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pet-shop-pair-arrested-for-poaching-protected-okinawa-turtles-admits-selling-to-chinese-buyer/) - Tokyo police have arrested an Ibaraki Prefecture pet shop owner and his store manager for allegedly poaching rare and endangered reptiles from Okinawa Prefecture
- [Trio suspected in thefts of dozens of triathlon bikes across Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-suspected-in-thefts-of-dozens-of-triathlon-bikes-across-tokyo/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested three men in connection with the brazen theft of a high-end triathlon road bike from a residential parking area in Bunkyo Ward
- [Setagaya family murders: Vietnamese nationals arrested over break-in at crime scene](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/setagaya-family-murders-vietnamese-nationals-arrested-over-break-in-at-crime-scene/) - Tokyo police have re-arrested two Vietnamese nationals for allegedly breaking into the site of the unsolved Setagaya family murders from more than two decades ago
- [Okayama man caught with over 2,300 upskirt files says he 'succumbed to desires'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/okayama-man-caught-with-over-2300-upskirt-files-says-he-succumbed-to-desires/) - Police here have arrested a 47-year-old unemployed man for allegedly filming up the skirts of teenage girls and groping them on trains
- [Japanese fugitive wanted for rape detained in Philippines](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-fugitive-wanted-for-rape-detained-in-philippines/) - Authorities here have captured a 42-year-old Japanese fugitive wanted in his home country for suspected involvement in a sexual assault case
- [Tokyo exec, 5 others nabbed over ¥87 billion overseas investment scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-exec-arrested-over-87-billion-overseas-investment-scheme/) - Police have arrested a 50-year-old company executive and five others for allegedly running a massive investment scheme that scooped up a staggering 87 billion yen over a decade
- [British, Nepalese nationals suspected of smuggling 215kg of meth](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/british-nepalese-nationals-suspected-of-smuggling-215kg-of-meth/) - Aichi Prefectural Police this week arrested three foreign nationals on suspicion of smuggling more than 200 kilograms of methamphetamine via cargo ship
- [Tokyo man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting girl met on Instagram](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-kidnapping-sexually-assaulting-girl-met-on-instagram/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man from Tokyo for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a middle school girl he met online
- [Kanagawa teacher suspected of sex with female students over 2-year period](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-teacher-accused-of-sex-with-female-students-over-2-year-period/) - Kanagawa board of education dismissed a male teacher from a prefectural high school in Kawasaki City on Thursday for engaging in sexual acts with two female students
- [Masked intruders beat woman, 69, to death with crowbar in Tochigi home invasion](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/masked-intruders-beat-woman-69-to-death-with-crowbar-in-tochigi-home-invasion/) - Police have detained a self-proclaimed teenager after a violent home invasion left a 69-year-old woman dead and her two sons injured in the town of Kaminokawa on Thursday
- [Man arrested for dumping skeletonized corpse of mother near Saga Airport](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-for-dumping-skeletonized-corpse-of-mother-near-airport/) - Police here have arrested a 53-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of abandoning the skeletonized remains of his 79-year-old mother near Saga Airport last year
- [Tokyo man arrested for swiping luxury champagne in ¥3 million resale scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-arrested-for-swiping-luxury-champagne-in-3-million-resale-scheme/) - Police here have arrested a 32-year-old unemployed man accused of stealing premium champagne from a supermarket as part of a lucrative shoplifting and resale operation
- [Kawasaki man arrested for swindling ¥18 million in gold bullion using fake Chinese buyout tale](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kawasaki-man-arrested-for-swindling-18-million-in-gold-bullion-using-fake-chinese-buyout-tale/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 23-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture for allegedly swindling an antique dealer out of a 1-kilogram gold bullion
- [Aichi clinic director suspected of sexually assaulting patient, secretly shooting 800 images of women](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-clinic-director-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-patient-secretly-shooting-800-images-of-women/) - Police here have arrested the 42-year-old director of an osteopathic clinic in Aichi Prefecture on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female patient under the guise of providing medical treatment
- [Kagawa man sentenced after initial non-indictment over sexual assault of 3-year-old girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kagawa-man-sentenced-after-initial-non-indictment-over-sexual-assault-of-3-year-old-girl/) - The Takamatsu District Court has sentenced a 56-year-old unemployed man to seven years and six months in prison for kidnapping and committing indecent acts on a 3-year-old child inside a restroom at a commercial facility
- [Afghan national accused of storing stolen ¥9 million Land Cruiser at Chiba scrapyard](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/afghan-national-accused-of-storing-stolen-9-million-land-cruiser-at-chiba-scrapyard/) - Police here have arrested an Afghan national for allegedly harboring a stolen luxury vehicle at a storage yard
- [Foreign minpaku owner caught posing as employee to dodge illegal garbage dumping complaints](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/foreign-minpaku-owner-caught-posing-as-employee-to-dodge-illegal-garbage-dumping-complaints/) - The dark side of Japan's tourism boom is rearing its head in residential neighborhoods, with a recent police intervention in the capital exposing the bizarre lengths some foreign minpaku (private lodging) operators will go to
- [Ex-porn star Seina Shiraki regrets controversial post about wanting to 'avoid AV' industry](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/adult-video/ex-porn-star-seina-shiraki-regrets-controversial-post-about-wanting-to-avoid-av-industry/) - Former AV actress Seina Shiraki, who currently works as a gravure idol, has revealed a shocking past involving domestic violence, illegal loan sharks and a massive debt
- [Saitama woman arrested after triggering police scramble with fake stabbing report](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-woman-arrested-after-triggering-police-scramble-with-fake-stabbing-report/) - Police in Koshigaya City have arrested a 42-year-old unemployed woman for allegedly obstructing police duties after she made a bogus emergency call claiming she had been slashed with a knife
- [Kanagawa man accused of stealing over 1,000 children's toys](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-man-accused-of-stealing-over-1000-childrens-toys/) - Police have arrested a 24-year-old man from Kanagawa Prefecture for allegedly stealing a haul of popular children's toys from a commercial facility in Koto Ward
- [Hyogo police inspector arrested for breaking into female officer's home, filming interior](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-police-inspector-arrested-for-breaking-into-female-officers-home-filming-interior/) - Police here have arrested a police inspector after he allegedly broke into the residence of a junior female officer and secretly filmed the interior
- [Tokyo man linked to over 50 break-ins caught red-handed during police stakeout](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-linked-to-over-50-break-ins-caught-red-handed-during-police-stakeout/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 63-year-old unemployed man suspected in a string of dozens of residential burglaries across Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture
- [Okayama man arrested for tricking woman into using semen-laced hand cream](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/okayama-man-arrested-for-tricking-woman-into-using-semen-laced-hand-cream/) - Police in Kurashiki City have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of non-consensual indecency and property damage after he allegedly mixed his semen into a female acquaintance's hand cream
- [Tokyo man accused of sexually assaulting unconscious bar worker](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-unconscious-bar-worker/) - Police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of trespassing and sexually assaulting a female bar employee after waiting for her to pass out from drinking
- [Ex-TV announcer accused of swindling ¥1.6 billion in fake medical startup scheme](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-tv-announcer-accused-of-swindling-¥1-6-billion-in-fake-medical-startup-scheme/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 38-year-old former television announcer and ex-president of a medical startup for defrauding a fund company out of more than 1.6 billion yen
- [Teenage student among three found dead in Osaka car in suspected group suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/teenage-student-among-three-found-dead-in-osaka-car-in-suspected-group-suicide/) - Police searching for a missing 18-year-old female university student discovered three bodies inside a parked vehicle in Ibaraki City on Wednesday afternoon
- [Man arrested for swiping backpack holding ¥10 million from sleeping driver](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-for-swiping-backpack-holding-10-million-from-sleeping-driver/) - Police in Chiba City have arrested a 69-year-old man for allegedly stealing a backpack containing over 10 million yen in cash from a car while the driver napped
- [Tokyo teacher accused of rubbing lower body on girl's water bottle](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teacher-accused-of-rubbing-lower-body-on-girls-water-bottle/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 39-year-old teacher at an elementary school in the capital for allegedly rubbing his lower body against the mouthpiece of a girl's water bottle
- [Sumiyoshi-kai gangster suspected head of Tokyo drug trafficking ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/sumiyoshi-kai-gangster-suspected-head-of-tokyo-drug-trafficking-ring/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 34-year-old member of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate for allegedly masterminding an illegal drug trafficking ring
- [Taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting intoxicated passenger: 'I wanted to satisfy my desires'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/taxi-driver-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-intoxicated-passenger-i-wanted-to-satisfy-my-desires/) - Police have arrested a 39-year-old taxi driver for allegedly breaking into the residence of an intoxicated female passenger and sexually assaulting her
- [Tokyo family accused of shackling daughter in 'dungeon'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-family-accused-of-shackling-daughter-in-dungeon/) - Tokyo police have arrested four family members for allegedly confining a teenage girl with intellectual disabilities in a locked closet for several days
- [Decomposed bodies of man, woman found inside car in Osaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/decomposed-bodies-of-man-woman-found-inside-car-in-osaka/) - Police in Higashiosaka City have launched an investigation after the decomposing bodies of a man and a woman were discovered inside a parked car
- [Bangladeshi man accused of beating, slashing mother to death claims 'no memory'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/bangladeshi-man-accused-of-beating-slashing-mother-to-death-claims-no-memory/) - Police in Ashikaga City this arrested arrested a Bangladeshi national over the murder of his mother after one week on the run
- [Aichi man accused of threatening Nintendo HQ: 'I will bomb you bastards'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-accused-of-threatening-nintendo-hq-i-will-bomb-you-bastards/) - Police in Kyoto City have arrested a 27-year-old man from Aichi Prefecture for allegedly sending a bomb threat to the headquarters of video game giant Nintendo
- [Tokyo man arrested for defacing Toyoko railway wall freshly cleaned by high school students](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-arrested-for-defacing-toyoko-railway-wall-freshly-cleaned-by-high-school-students/) - Police in Meguro Ward have arrested a 20-year-old restaurant employee after he allegedly spray-painted a wall under elevated train tracks just weeks after local high school students had scrubbed it clean
- [MSDF officer arrested for upskirting with shoe cam in Yokohama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/msdf-officer-arrested-for-upskirting-with-shoe-cam-in-yokohama/) - Police have arrested a member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) for allegedly attempting to secretly film up a woman's skirt in Yokohama City using a miniature camera concealed in his shoe
- [Osaka police conducting illegal drug-use investigation find stillborn baby in woman's freezer](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-police-conducting-illegal-drug-use-investigation-find-stillborn-baby-in-womans-freezer/) - Police here conducting a search earlier this year of a 32-year-old woman's residence on suspicion of illegal drug use found the body of a stillborn baby hidden inside her refrigerator
- [Man accused of fatally beating college student in Fukuoka commits suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-fatally-beating-college-student-in-fukuoka-commits-suicide/) - Police in Fukuoka City plan to refer a deceased man to prosecutors over the fatal beating of a 22-year-old university student
- [Tokyo university student accused of secretly filming bathing woman: 'I felt accomplisment'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-university-student-accused-of-secretly-filming-bathing-woman-i-felt-accomplisment/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old university student for allegedly trespassing onto residential property in Setagaya Ward to secretly film a woman taking a bath
- [Fukushima man, 82, arrested for murdering sleeping wife over 'caregiver fatigue'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukushima-man-82-arrested-for-murdering-sleeping-wife-over-caregiver-fatigue/) - Fukushima man, 82, arrested for murdering sleeping wife over ‘caregiver fatigue’
- [Crypto Players Are Falling for the Modern Mines Craze](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crypto/crypto-players-are-falling-for-the-modern-mines-craze/) - Japanese gaming culture has always had a strange attraction to risk driven entertainment.
- [9 UK CBD Brands to Buy Legal CBD Hash in the UK 2026](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/cbd/9-uk-cbd-brands-to-buy-legal-cbd-hash-in-the-uk-2026/) - The UK CBD hash market in 2026 is more crowded than ever, but only a fraction of the brands selling hash actually meet the legal, quality, and transparency standards that today's informed shopper expects
- [Boy, 16, arrested after stealing Iwate government car, driving it to Aomori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/boy-16-arrested-after-stealing-iwate-government-car-driving-it-to-aomori/) - Police here have arrested a 16-year-old male high school student on suspicion of stealing an official government vehicle and driving it across prefectural lines
- [Ex-Tokyo YMCA instructor accused of sexually assaulting  disabled woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-tokyo-ymca-instructor-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-disabled-woman/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 40-year-old former instructor of the Tokyo YMCA for allegedly committing an indecent act on a disabled woman
- [Yakuza accused of assaulting acquaintance with katana: 'Will you commit seppuku?'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-accused-of-assaulting-acquaintance-with-katana-will-you-commit-seppuku/) - Police in Osaka City have arrested a 27-year-old member of the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate for allegedly assaulting an acquaintance with a Japanese sword
- [Ex-Osaka hospital employee loses appeal for sexually assaulting 10 young girls](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/ex-osaka-hospital-employee-loses-appeal-for-sexually-assaulting-10-young-girls/) - The Osaka High Court has upheld a life sentence handed to a 30-year-old former hospital employee who sexually assaulted 10 young girls
- [Mie man admits to strangling woman in Osaka hotel, denies robbery](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/mie-man-admits-to-strangling-woman-in-osaka-hotel-denies-robbery/) - Police in Osaka City have arrested a part-time worker on suspicion of robbery and murder after a 23-year-old woman was found strangled to death inside a hotel in the bustling Namba district
- [Ex-security guard accused of stealing ¥135 million from ATMs to fund horse racing habit](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-security-guard-accused-of-stealing-135-million-to-fund-horse-racing-habit/) - Police have arrested a 57-year-old former security guard on suspicion of stealing 135 million yen from bank ATMs in Chuo Ward late last year
- [Prosecutor caught on video calling fraud suspect 'anti-social' for remaining silent](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/prosecutor-caught-on-video-calling-fraud-suspect-anti-social-for-remaining-silent/) - Newly surfaced video footage has exposed a prosecutor berating a 52-year-old fraud suspect, labeling him an "anti-social force" for exercising his legal right to remain silent
- [Teenage couple found stabbed to death in Okayama bedroom in suspected murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/teenage-couple-found-stabbed-to-death-in-okayama-bedroom-in-suspected-murder-suicide/) - Police have launched an investigation after a teenage couple was found stabbed to death inside an Okayama City residence in what is believed to be a murder-suicide
- [Shizuoka man arrested for assaulting female acquaintance with thrown shoe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-man-arrested-for-assaulting-female-acquaintance-with-thrown-shoe/) - Police here have arrested a 48-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assault after he allegedly threw a shoe at a female acquaintance during a late-night dispute
- [Illegal slot parlor in Sumida disguised as cat cafe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/illegal-slot-parlor-in-sumida-disguised-as-cat-cafe/) - Tokyo police have busted a highly lucrative underground gambling den disguised as a cat cafe and mahjong parlor in Sumida Ward
- [Over 20 emergency vehicles dispatched after mystery spray released on JR Tokaido train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/over-20-emergency-vehicles-dispatched-after-mystery-spray-released-on-jr-tokaido-train/) - Police and fire officials are investigating an incident in which an unidentified spray was released aboard a moving JR Tokaido Line train on Sunday afternoon
- [Otsu City official arrested for filming teenage girl on train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/otsu-city-official-arrested-for-filming-teenage-girl-on-train/) - Police have arrested a 55-year-old Otsu City official on suspicion of secretly filming the lower body of a teenage girl aboard a JR Biwako Line train
- [Man accused in Osaka hotel robbery-murder admits strangling victim, denies intent to kill](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/man-accused-in-osaka-hotel-robbery-murder-admits-strangling-victim-denies-intent-to-kill/) - Police in Osaka City have arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder after the body of a young woman was discovered in a hotel room in the Minami entertainment district
- [Sister of Fukui schoolgirl murdered in 1986 demands answers after wrongfully convicted man cleared](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sister-of-fukui-schoolgirl-murdered-in-1986-demands-answers-after-wrongfully-convicted-man-cleared/) - The exoneration of a man who served seven years in prison for the brutal 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui City has left the victim's grieving family desperate for answers
- [Sri Lankan duo arrested for plundering 190kg of copper roofing from Wajima temple](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sri-lankan-duo-arrested-for-plundering-190kg-of-copper-roofing-from-wajima-temple/) - Police have arrested two Sri Lankan nationals on suspicion of theft after they allegedly stripped copper roofing and traditional ornaments from a temple in Wajima City
- [3 corpses found in Lake Biwa in single day](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/3-corpses-found-in-lake-biwa-in-single-day/) - Local police are scrambling for answers after three lifeless bodies were discovered floating in Lake Biwa in separate incidents over the course of a single day
- [Pink-haired woman pulls scissors in robbery of Nagoya taxi driver](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/pink-haired-woman-pulls-scissors-in-robbery-of-nagoya-taxi-driver/) - Police in Nagoya City are searching for a woman with long pink hair who held up a taxi driver with a scissor-like weapon and robbed him of cash late on Friday night
- [Arrested CEO in Kumamoto city hall bribery scandal secured ¥580 million in subcontracts](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/arrested-ceo-in-kumamoto-city-hall-bribery-scandal-secured-¥580-million-in-subcontracts/) - The CEO of a local construction firm arrested for bribery in connection with the new Yatsushiro City Hall project received approximately 580 million yen in lucrative subcontracts from the project's main contractor
- [Nuclear watchdog admits losing 10 work smartphones, including highly sensitive device in China](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nuclear-watchdog-admits-losing-10-work-smartphones-including-highly-sensitive-device-in-china/) - Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is under scrutiny after revealing that its employees lost 10 government-issued smartphones in a single year
- [Tip-off leads police to woman's corpse in Osaka hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/tip-off-leads-police-to-womans-corpse-in-osaka-hotel/) - Police in Osaka City are investigating a possible homicide after a young woman was found dead in a hotel room in the Minami entertainment district following a tip-off
- [Man accused of attempting to defraud elderly woman in 'fire hazard' breaker scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-attempting-to-defraud-elderly-woman-in-fire-hazard-breaker-scam/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly attempting to defraud an elderly woman by falsely claiming her electrical breaker box was a fire hazard that needed immediate replacement
- [Hiroshima man nabbed after setting house shared with parents on fire](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-man-nabbed-after-setting-house-shared-with-parents-on-fire/) - Police have arrested a 50-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of arson after he allegedly torched the home he shared with his parents in Otake City
- [Kanagawa care worker accused in street robbery tracked down via smartphone GPS](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-care-worker-accused-in-street-robbery-tracked-down-via-smartphone-gps/) - Police have arrested a 36-year-old care worker for allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing her smartphone on a street in Yokohama City
- [Chinese man on trial for sexually assaulting elderly men under guise of massages](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-man-on-trial-for-sexually-assaulting-elderly-men-under-guise-of-massages/) - A 42-year-old Chinese national admitted in court last month to a series of sexual assaults against elderly men in a rural town here
- [Korean man suspected of shoplifting, selling over 10,000 books worth ¥6 million](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/korean-man-suspected-of-stealing-selling-over-10000-books-worth-6-million/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a South Korean national accused of stealing 15 books from a bookstore in Nakano Ward
- [Chiba executive arrested over sexual assault of teen girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-executive-arrested-over-sexual-assault-of-teen-girl/) - Police have arrested a 34-year-old self-proclaimed company executive on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at an apartment
- [Shimane man, 20, accused of beating, raping ex-girlfriend has 'no memory' of crimes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shimane-man-20-accused-of-beating-raping-ex-girlfriend-has-no-memory-of-crimes/) - Police in Matsue City have arrested a 20-year-old company employee for allegedly beating, strangling and raping his teenage former girlfriend inside a vehicle
- [Kagoshima woman, 54, arrested for invading stranger's home and slapping him](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kagoshima-woman-54-arrested-for-invading-strangers-home-and-slapping-him/) - Police in Kagoshima City have arrested a 54-year-old woman on suspicion of trespassing and assault after she broke into a stranger's home and slapped him in the face
- [Hokkaido man strangles mother, 95, after taking her out to 'see cherry blossoms'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-man-strangles-mother-95-after-taking-her-out-to-see-cherry-blossoms/) - Police have arrested an unemployed man on suspicion of murder after he allegedly strangled his 95-year-old mother during a deadly outing in Mikasa City
- [Masked duo smash Aichi pawnshop showcases, make off with jewelry](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/masked-duo-smash-aichi-pawnshop-showcases-make-off-with-jewelry/) - Police are hunting for two men who robbed a pawn shop in Kariya City before fleeing with stolen goods
- [Foreign tourists blamed for rash of illegally dumped suitcases in Ikebukuro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/foreign-tourists-blamed-for-rash-of-illegally-dumped-suitcases-in-ikebukuro/) - The bustling district of Ikebukuro in Toshima Ward is facing a mounting nuisance as local streets and garbage collection points are being inundated with illegally dumped suitcases
- [Vietnamese man arrested over ¥2 million toy gun robbery at credit union](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-man-arrested-over-2-million-toy-gun-robbery-at-credit-union/) - Police have arrested a 35-year-old Vietnamese national accused of robbing a credit union in Kiryu City of 2 million yen using a toy gun earlier this year
- [Columnist Yuka Seno recalls Epstein-style pool party at Tokyo hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/columnist-yuka-seno-recalls-epstein-style-pool-party-at-tokyo-hotel/) - A prominent columnist shocked audiences this week by revealing her experience at a bizarre, Epstein-style gathering inside a luxury hotel suite in the capital involving completely naked male celebrities
- [Kumamoto city councilor arrested over ¥60 million bribe to rig post-quake city hall bid](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kumamoto-city-councilor-arrested-over-¥60-million-bribe-to-rig-post-quake-city-hall-bid/) - Police here have arrested a 54-year-old city council member for allegedly pocketing 60 million yen in cash to rig the bidding process for the construction of a new city hall
- [Gunma man caught with 90 stolen panties and bras](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunma-man-caught-with-90-stolen-panties-and-bras/) - Police in Takasaki City have arrested a 37-year-old unemployed man for the theft of women’s underwear after a search of his home turned up a stash of nearly 100 garments
- [Thieves target vacant apartments in rash of water meter thefts amid soaring copper prices](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/thieves-target-vacant-apartments-in-rash-of-water-meter-thefts-amid-soaring-copper-prices/) - A nationwide wave of water meter thefts is sweeping across the nation as perpetrators target vacant apartments to cash in on soaring copper prices
- [Osaka man accused of murdering ex-girlfriend: Police find knife likely used in crime](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-man-accused-of-murdering-ex-girlfriend-police-find-knife-likely-used-in-crime/) - Following the arrest of a 51-year-old unemployed man for the murder of his former girlfriend in Izumi City last month, Osaka police have found the likely murder weapon
- [Sapporo mother accused of strangling 6-year-old son to death denies murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sapporo-mother-accused-of-strangling-6-year-old-son-to-death-denies-murder/) - Police in Sapporo City have arrested a 46-year-old mother on suspicion of murder after her 6-year-old son was found strangled to death at their home
- [Search continues for 76-year-old woman who vanished from Okayama onsen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/search-continues-for-76-year-old-woman-who-vanished-from-okayama-onsen/) - Police and local rescue crews are scrambling to locate a 76-year-old woman who disappeared into the night from a historic hot spring resort here
- [Aichi man accused of intruding into tent to steal teenage girl's shoe insoles](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-accused-of-intruding-into-tent-to-steal-teenage-girls-shoe-insoles/) - Police here have arrested a 43-year-old man from Aichi Prefecture for allegedly stealing the shoe insoles of a teenage girl at a campsite in Hakodate City
- [Shibuya startup shakes up corporate Japan with 'gyaru-style' brainstorming](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shibuya-startup-shakes-up-corporate-japan-with-gyaru-style-brainstorming/) - Shibuya startup shakes up corporate Japan with ‘gyaru-style’ brainstorming
- [Hokkaido man arrested after making over 100 calls to police: 'Come bust me'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-man-arrested-after-making-over-100-calls-to-police-come-bust-me/) - Police in Otaru City have arrested a 41-year-old man for allegedly obstructing police duties after he bombarded a local station with more than 100 nuisance calls
- [J-pop star Ai Otsuka makes producing debut with teenage TikTok duo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/j-pop-star-ai-otsuka-makes-producing-debut-with-teenage-tiktok-duo/) - Singer-songwriter Ai Otsuka, 43, is stepping into the producer's chair for the first time to back a new high school girl duo named Pasmal
- [Accidental bear repellent discharge from man's backpack at Kagawa station injures 8](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/accidental-bear-repellent-discharge-from-mans-backpack-at-kagawa-station-injures-8/) - At least eight passengers required medical treatment after a canister of bear repellent accidentally discharged from a man's backpack at a train station in the town of Tadotsu
- [Ex-AKB48 idol Tomomi Itano parts ways with agency after 19 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-akb48-idol-tomomi-itano-parts-ways-with-agency-after-19-years/) - Former AKB48 member and television personality Tomomi Itano announced on Wednesday that she is leaving her longtime talent agency
- [Japanese consumers battered as condoms, tuna and eggs face massive price hikes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/japanese-consumers-battered-as-condoms-tuna-and-eggs-face-massive-price-hikes/) - Japanese consumers are being held hostage by a merciless combination of skyrocketing crude oil prices, a historically weak yen and extreme weather
- [Ex-aide claims 'hidden forces' orchestrated Lockheed scandal to destroy Kakuei Tanaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ex-aide-claims-hidden-forces-orchestrated-lockheed-scandal-to-destroy-kakuei-tanaka/) - Fifty years after the Lockheed bribery scandal erupted, a former close aide to disgraced Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka claims that "hidden forces" manufactured the crisis
- [Japanese man rescued from Cambodian scam base after abduction by crime syndicate](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-man-rescued-from-cambodian-scam-base-after-abduction-by-crime-syndicate/) - A Japanese man has been rescued from a telecommunications fraud base in Phnom Penh, with local authorities identifying him as a victim of a human trafficking syndicate
- [5 Japanese nationals among 2,200 busted in massive Malaysian scam crackdown](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/5-japanese-nationals-among-2200-busted-in-massive-malaysian-scam-crackdown/) - Local police here have arrested over 2,200 individuals, including five Japanese nationals, during nationwide raids targeting telecom fraud syndicates
- [Oita train driver opens doors 5 meters short of platform](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/oita-train-driver-opens-doors-5-meters-short-of-platform/) - Passengers on a local train here were met with a wire fence and thin air instead of a station platform after a driver prematurely stopped the train on Monday morning
- [Chivalry is dead: Today's yakuza only in it for money](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/chivalry-is-dead-todays-yakuza-only-in-it-for-money/) - The days of supposed chivalry are mere memories now, pushed aside by the vicious crimes of desperate extortionists - and the Yamaguchi-gumi is the biggest offender
- [Fukuoka man suspected of abducting missing 7-year-old girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-man-suspected-of-abducting-missing-7-year-old-girl/) - Police here have arrested a 27-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of kidnapping a minor after he was caught driving around with a missing 7-year-old girl
- [Nagasaki man found hiding in park toilet admits to setting family home ablaze](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagasaki-man-found-hiding-in-park-toilet-admits-to-setting-family-home-ablaze/) - Police have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man for arson after he confessed to burning down the home in Sasebo City that he shared with his elderly mother
- [Tokyo driver sets own car ablaze after dropping cigarette between seats](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-driver-sets-own-car-ablaze-after-dropping-cigarette-between-seats/) - A man in his 50s suffered burns to his head and hands after accidentally setting his own car on fire while driving along a major ring road in Adachi Ward
- [YouTuber super-couple 'Nakonako' announce speed divorce](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/youtuber-super-couple-nakonako-announce-speed-divorce/) - Former YouTube sensations Nagomi and Ko-kun, once celebrated as the internet's favorite "Nakonako Couple," announced their divorce on May 5
- [Golden Week revelers flout Shibuya street drinking ban](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/golden-week-revelers-flout-shibuya-street-drinking-ban/) - Despite a local ordinance banning the practice, street drinking has made a massive comeback in Shibuya Ward during the Golden Week holidays
- [Yakuza who thought he 'was out' pulled back in construction venture](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-who-thought-he-was-out-pulled-back-in-construction-venture/) - Yakuza who thought he ‘was out’ pulled back in construction venture
- [Video: Reckless driver overtakes highway patrol car by riding up expressway wall](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/video-reckless-driver-overtakes-highway-patrol-car-by-riding-up-expressway-wall/) - In a display of reckless driving in Hachioji City, a white sedan was caught on dashcam footage overtaking a highway patrol vehicle by driving up onto the expressway's side wall
- [Construction worker accused of dodging ¥250,000 luxury Kyoto hotel bill using fake name](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/kyoto/construction-worker-accused-of-dodging-250000-luxury-kyoto-hotel-bill-using-fake-name/) - Police have arrested a 36-year-old construction worker accused of using a fake name to live large at a luxury hotel in Kyoto City before vanishing without paying a bill of over 250,000 yen
- [Mother, 2 children found dead in Nagano home after third child alerts police](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mother-2-children-found-dead-in-nagano-home-after-third-child-alerts-police/) - Police here launched a homicide investigation after a woman and two teenagers were found dead inside a residence in the village of Achi on Tuesday
- [Wakayama man escapes death by 'centimeters' after giant tree pierces bedroom ceiling](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/wakayama-man-escapes-death-by-centimeters-after-giant-tree-pierces-bedroom-ceiling/) - A male resident here narrowly escaped a freak death in his sleep after a massive tree smashed through his roof
- [Saitama police urge residents to be on alert for burglaries as Golden Week begins](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-police-urge-residents-to-be-on-alert-for-burglaries-as-golden-week-begins/) - Saitama Prefectural Police are urging residents to heighten security following a brazen string of home invasions in April
- [GZone Tournament Fair Matches: Inside GZone Competitive System Design](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/gzone-tournament-fair-matches-inside-gzone-competitive-system-design/) - GZone Tournament fairness stands at the center of competitive play within the GameZone platform
- [Gunma driver arrested for attempted murder after dragging police officer 125 meters](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunma-driver-arrested-for-attempted-murder-after-dragging-police-officer-125-meters/) - Police here have arrested a 64-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly dragged a police officer with his van for 125 meters during a traffic stop
- [Fuji TV to subject staff to police-style 'digital forensics' to stem info leaks](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/fuji-tv-to-subject-staff-to-police-style-digital-forensics-to-stem-info-leaks/) - In a desperate bid to plug internal leaks, major broadcaster Fuji TV is turning to police-style investigative tactics to scrutinize the personal smartphones of its employees
- [Gunma city official suspected of attempting to torch girlfriend's home with 9 liters of kerosene](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunma-city-official-suspected-of-attempting-to-torch-girlfriends-home-with-9-liters-of-kerosene/) - Gunma city official suspected of attempting to torch girlfriend’s home with 9 liters of kerosene
- [Hokkaido man arrested after intentionally running down woman in Sapporo hotel parking lot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-man-arrested-after-intentionally-running-down-woman-in-sapporo-hotel-parking-lot/) - Hokkaido police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of intentionally striking a woman with his vehicle in a hotel parking lot in Sapporo City last year
- [Aichi man arrested for stealing fire hose nozzles to sell as scrap metal](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-arrested-for-stealing-fire-hose-nozzles-to-sell-as-scrap-metal/) - Police here have arrested a 55-year-old man from Aichi Prefecture over the alleged theft of public safety equipment to sell for scrap
- [Thieves net ¥120 million in luxury apparel in lightning-fast Fukui burglaries](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/thieves-net-120-million-in-luxury-apparel-in-lightning-fast-fukui-burglaries/) - Police are investigating a string of brazen burglaries targeting high-end boutiques in Fukui City, with total losses estimated at a staggering 120 million yen
- [Brazilian man arrested following 2-hour armed standoff in Aichi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/brazilian-man-arrested-following-2-hour-armed-standoff-in-aichi/) - Police have arrested a 37-year-old Brazilian national following a tense two-hour armed standoff at an apartment in Toyohashi City
- [Nagasaki man admits to torching house to hide evidence of 'obituary' burglaries](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagasaki-man-admits-to-torching-house-to-hide-evidence-of-obituary-burglaries/) - An 63-year-old man has admitted to setting a vacant house on fire in a desperate bid to cover his tracks after carrying out a string of burglaries targeting grieving families
- [Niigata teen tricked underclassmen into eating sodium hydroxide disguised as candy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/niigata-teen-tricked-underclassmen-into-eating-sodium-hydroxide-disguised-as-candy/) - A middle school boy here has been accused of severe bullying after tricking two younger students into eating a highly corrosive chemical by passing it off as a sweet
- [Ministry official arrested for upskirting: 'She was my type'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ministry-official-arrested-for-upskirting-she-was-my-type/) - Police here have arrested a 41-year-old man claiming to be a government bureaucrat after he was caught attempting to film under a woman's skirt at a train station in Chiba Prefecture
- [Mass dumping of suitcases by foreign tourists plagues Ikebukuro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/mass-dumping-of-suitcases-by-foreign-tourists-plagues-ikebukuro/) - A traditional residential neighborhood in Tokyo's Toshima Ward is being overwhelmed by a bizarre and unsettling problem: the mass illegal dumping of suitcases
- [Body of man in his 60s found floating at Tokushima boat race track](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/body-of-man-in-his-60s-found-floating-at-tokushima-boat-race-track/) - Police here have launched an investigation after the dead body of a man was found floating at a local boat racing facility on Sunday morning
- [Elderly Okayama couple found dead in suspected murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-okayama-couple-found-dead-in-suspected-murder-suicide/) - Police in Okayama City have launched an investigation into a suspected murder-suicide after an elderly couple was found dead inside their home last week
- [GSDF regiment scraps controversial logo of gun-toting elephant with human skull](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gsdf-regiment-scraps-controversial-logo-of-gun-toting-elephant-with-human-skull/) - The Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Infantry Regiment has abruptly scrapped a newly unveiled company logo featuring a gun-wielding elephant and a human skull following a wave of fierce public criticism
- [Asuka Kishi flaunts mature allure in first photobook in 5 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/asuka-kishi-flaunts-mature-allure-in-first-photobook-in-5-years/) - Celebrating her 15th anniversary in show business, actress and model Asuka Kishi is returning to her roots, releasing her first photobook in five years
- [Pizza-La mulls legal action after part-timers leak customer info in viral prank video](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pizza-la-mulls-legal-action-after-part-timers-leak-customer-info-in-viral-prank-video/) - Major pizza delivery chain Pizza-La announced it is considering legal action against part-time workers who posted an inappropriate prank video online that exposed a customer's personal information
- [Man suspected of kidnapping girl off Kabukicho streets not indicted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-of-kidnapping-girl-off-kabukicho-streets-not-indicted/) - Prosecutors have chosen to not indict a 37-year-old man nabbed for luring a 16-year-old runaway girl from the streets of the Kabukicho red-light district and keeping her at his home
- [Tokyo mother admits to strangling 8-year-old daughter in attempted murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-mother-admits-to-strangling-8-year-old-daughter-in-attempted-murder-suicide/) - Police have arrested a 45-year-old woman for allegedly strangling her 8-year-old daughter to death inside their Toshima Ward apartment following a failed murder-suicide attempt
- [Teenage girl takes fatal plunge in front of Yamanote Line train in apparent suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/teenage-girl-takes-fatal-plunge-in-front-of-yamanote-line-train-in-apparent-suicide/) - A female believed to be in her teens died after being struck by a train in Shibuya Ward on Saturday in an apparent suicide
- [Osaka woman accused of severing boyfriend's nipples and finger claims he consented](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-woman-accused-of-severing-boyfriends-nipples-and-finger-claims-he-consented/) - Prosecutors at the Osaka District Court have demanded a six-year prison sentence for a 23-year-old woman accused of chopping off her live-in boyfriend's nipples and finger
- [Lockheed scandal 50 years on: Author contends Kakuei Tanaka maybe wrongfully convicted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/lockheed-scandal-50-years-on-author-contends-kakuei-tanaka-maybe-wrongfully-convicted/) - Fifty years after the Lockheed scandal erupted, a prominent author is raising startling claims that former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka may have been wrongfully convicted
- [Ex-University of Tokyo academics ensnared in bribery scandal made soapland visits for 'research'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/ex-university-of-tokyo-academics-ensnared-in-bribery-scandal-made-soapland-visits-for-research/) - A former project associate professor at the University of Tokyo and the head of a cosmetics association have admitted to their roles in a bizarre bribery scandal
- [Suspect in stabbing near University of Tokyo wanted to send message to 'education-conscious parents'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/suspect-in-stabbing-near-tokyo-university-wanted-to-send-message-to-education-conscious-parents/) - A 43-year-old man in custody over the alleged stabbing of university student on a Tokyo Metro subway line in Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday says he wanted to send a message to his parents
- [Todai graduate student nabbed in attempted indecent assault of school girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/todai-graduate-student-nabbed-in-attempted-indecent-assault-of-school-girl/) - Todai graduate student nabbed in attempted indecent assault of school girl
- [Tokyo U gals fetch premium prostitution prices](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/market-price-for-japans-college-co-eds/) - Lawmaker Genichiro Sata's illicit encounters with Todai student puts prostitution prices in the spotlight
- [Road rage: Man accused of stabbing driver in face with kitchen knife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/road-rage-man-accused-of-stabbing-driver-in-face-with-kitchen-knife/) - Police here have arrested a 44-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed another motorist in the face with a kitchen knife following a traffic collision
- [Niigata police arrest man in connection with murder of 7-year-old girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/niigata-police-arrest-man-in-connection-with-murder-of-7-year-old-girl/) - Body of Tamaki Omomo was found near the tracks of the Echigo Line after it was hit by a train on the night of May 7
- [Okinawa newspaper reporter faces discipline for offering cash at yakuza boss funeral](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/okinawa-newspaper-reporter-faces-discipline-for-offering-cash-at-yakuza-boss-funeral/) - A male reporter for the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper is facing strict disciplinary action after admitting to attending the funeral of a yakuza syndicate boss and offering condolence money
- [Kabukicho host who used dating app to lure women to club not indicted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kabukicho-host-who-used-dating-app-to-lure-women-to-club-not-indicted/) - A male host in the Kabukicho red-light district who used a dating app to lure women to his club last year has not been indicted
- [Asahiyama Zoo worker likely used car to bring wife's corpse into facility incinerator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/asahiyama-zoo-worker-likely-used-car-to-bring-wifes-corpse-into-facility-incinerator/) - Earlier this week, police arrested a 33-year-old employee of the popular Asahiyama Zoo for burning his wife's corpse in an incinerator on the zoo grounds
- [Crime ring recruiter arrested over attempted home invasion in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/crime-ring-recruiter-arrested-over-attempted-home-invasion-in-tokyo/) - Tokyo police have arrested two 23-year-old men, including a recruiter for a loosely organized crime syndicate, over an attempted robbery at a residence earlier this year
- [Osaka man admits to fatally stabbing ex-girlfriend, hints at killing her mother](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-man-admits-to-fatally-stabbing-ex-girlfriend-hints-at-killing-her-mother/) - Police have arrested a 51-year-old unemployed man over the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend at an apartment in Izumi City last month
- [Fugitive suspected in Fussa hammer attack nabbed in Chiba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fugitive-suspected-in-fussa-hammer-attack-nabbed-in-chiba/) - Police have arrested a 44-year-old man from Fussa City who went on the run after allegedly beating a high school student with a hammer earlier this week
- [Saitama man's arrest for theft leads police to buried corpse of missing Gunma man](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-mans-arrest-for-theft-leads-to-discovery-of-buried-corpse-of-missing-gunma-man/) - Police here have discovered the heavily decomposed body of a 59-year-old missing man from Maebashi City buried along a riverbank
- [Sticky situation: Natto maker to raise prices up to 20%](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sticky-situation-natto-maker-to-raise-prices-up-to-20/) - Food manufacturer Mizkan announced that it will raise the prices of its popular natto (fermented soybean) products by up to 20 percent starting June 1
- [MSDF lieutenant nabbed with meth in Shinjuku parking lot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/msdf-lieutenant-nabbed-with-meth-in-shinjuku-parking-lot/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 49-year-old lieutenant in the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) for the possession of methamphetamine in Shinjuku Ward
- [Top 10 THCA Flower Brands in United States 2026](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/cbd/top-10-thca-flower-brands-in-united-states-2026/) - The THCa flower market in the United States has grown into one of the most dynamic corners of the hemp industry
- [Ibaraki man steals luxury car from police impound yard after he stole it originally](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ibaraki-man-steals-luxury-car-from-police-impound-yard-after-he-stole-it-originally/) - Police here have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly stealing a luxury car straight out of a police station parking lot where it was being held as criminal evidence
- [Ex-chief prosecutor for Osaka accused of raping subordinate in '18](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/ex-chief-prosecutor-for-osaka-accused-of-raping-subordinate-in-18/) - Ex-chief prosecutor for Osaka accused of raping subordinate in ’18
- [Female prosecutor resigns after alleging sexual assault by ex-Osaka prosecution chief](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/female-prosecutor-resigns-after-alleging-sexual-assault-by-ex-osaka-prosecution-chief/) - A female prosecutor at the center of a major sex crime scandal involving the former top official of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office has resigned from her post
- [Asahiyama Zoo worker admits to burning wife's corpse in incinerator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/asahiyama-zoo-worker-admits-to-burning-wifes-corpse-in-incinerator/) - Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 33-year-old employee of Asahiyama Zoo after he allegedly burned his wife's body in an incinerator on the zoo's grounds
- [Gifu man loses ¥190 million in gold bullion to fake cops in My Number scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gifu-man-loses-¥190-million-in-gold-bullion-to-fake-cops-in-my-number-scam/) - Police here are investigating a massive fraud case after an elderly man was swindled out of gold bullion valued at nearly 200 million yen by suspects posing as law enforcement
- [Yamaguchi bank worker leaks customer details in viral office video](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yamaguchi-bank-worker-leaks-customer-details-in-viral-office-video/) - A young female employee at Nishi-Nippon City Bank has sparked a privacy scandal after posting a video to social media that leaked the names of customers and internal financial targets
- [Broker Selection Matters More as Japan Intervention Talk Heats Up Currency Markets](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/forex/broker-selection-matters-more-as-japan-intervention-talk-heats-up-currency-markets/) - Japan’s currency market is once again trading under the shadow of possible official action, and that changes how traders think about risk
- [Coast guard officer suspended for drunk driving in Hyogo pachinko parking lot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/coast-guard-officer-suspended-for-drunk-driving-in-hyogo-pachinko-parking-lot/) - The Maizuru Coast Guard Office has slapped a three-month suspension on a male officer in his 50s after he was caught driving drunk in the parking lot of a pachinko parlor
- [Defense academy staffer accused of trespassing in female student's apartment acted on 'impulse'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/defense-academy-staffer-accused-of-trespassing-in-female-students-apartment-acted-on-impulse/) - Police have arrested a 27-year-old staff member of the National Defense Academy for allegedly trespassing into the apartment of a female university student in Yokohama City
- [Police confirm body found during probe into executive's murder is that of ironworker](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-confirm-body-found-during-probe-into-executives-murder-is-that-of-ironworker/) - Police here have identified a body found buried on company grounds in Mihara City as a 29-year-old local ironworker
- [Fukuoka official crashes car into river while intoxivated, flees scene, sleeps it off at city hall](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-official-crashes-car-into-river-while-intoxivated-flees-scene-sleeps-it-off-at-city-hall/) - Police have arrested a 41-year-old municipal official who crashed his car into a river while driving drunk, only to flee the scene and fall asleep at his office
- [Shizuoka man, 81, arrested for swiping young woman's underwear](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-man-81-arrested-for-swiping-young-womans-underwear/) - Police in Ito City have arrested an 81-year-old man on suspicion of theft after he allegedly snatched a piece of women's underwear from an apartment on Wednesday
- [Saitama man accused of breaking into sleeping man's home for...¥700](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-accused-of-breaking-into-sleeping-mans-home-for-700/) - Police in Saitama City have arrested a 39-year-old man for breaking into a residence and stealing cash, an incident that may be linked to a string of burglaries
- [Manhunt underway for Fussa man who bludgeoned teens with hammer, escaped police standoff](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/manhunt-underway-for-fussa-man-who-bludgeoned-teens-with-hammer-escaped-police-standoff/) - Tokyo police has launched a manhunt for a 44-year-old man who went on the run after attacking high school students with a hammer and sparking a police standoff in Fussa City on Tuesday morning
- [Chiba man, 51, accused of upskirting girl denies allegations, says he targeted 'her calves'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-51-accused-of-upskirting-girl-denies-allegations-says-he-targeted-her-calves/) - A 51-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to take clandestine photos up the skirt of a school girl in Yotsukaido City earlier this year
- [Chiba man who threatened girlfriend with spiked ring, electric drill, stun gun not indicted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-who-threatened-girlfriend-with-spiked-ring-electric-drill-stun-gun-not-indicted/) - Prosecutors here have announced the non-indictment of a man from Chiba Prefecture who had been accused of threatening his girlfriend in an apartment in Matsue City
- [Man accused of extorting Sapporo pedestrian after claiming to be yakuza](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-of-extorting-sapporo-pedestrian-after-claiming-to-be-yakuza/) - Police here have arrested a 48-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of extortion after he allegedly threatened a pedestrian in Sapporo City and demanded cash
- [Two Japanese fugitives wanted over fake police scam arrested in Manila](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/two-japanese-fugitives-wanted-over-fake-police-scam-arrested-in-manila/) - Authorities here have detained two internationally wanted Japanese men in Manila for their alleged involvement in a fraud ring
- [Decomposed body unearthed in Hiroshima linked to murder of company executive](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/decomposed-body-unearthed-in-hiroshima-linked-to-murder-of-company-executive/) - Police have unearthed the decomposed body of a man on company grounds in Mihara City, a discovery investigators suspect is linked to a previous killing
- [Gunman flees Yokohama pachinko booth empty-handed after clerk refuses to hand over cash](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gunman-flees-yokohama-pachinko-booth-empty-handed-after-clerk-refuses-to-hand-over-cash/) - Police are searching for an armed man who attempted to rob a pachinko prize exchange booth in Yokohama City's Totsuka Ward on Tuesday afternoon, only to flee empty-handed
- [Chinese national nabbed after 7-vehicle collision in Itabashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chinese-national-nabbed-after-7-vehicle-collision-in-itabashi/) - Police have arrested a 23-year-old Chinese national following a chaotic seven-vehicle collision in Itabashi Ward that left six people injured
- [Best Books to Start a Reading Habit for Adults](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/best-books-to-start-a-reading-habit-for-adults/) - Sometimes, finding the best books to start reading habit for adults goes beyond traditional offline books, especially when time and attention are limited
- [Police hunt for hammer-wielding man who escaped standoff after injuring 5 in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-hunt-for-hammer-wielding-man-who-escaped-standoff-after-injuring-5-in-tokyo/) - Police are hunting for a 44-year-old man who escaped a tense residential standoff after allegedly attacking two teenage boys with a hammer and spraying officers with an unknown liquid
- [Nara dentist arrested for hiding spy camera in staff changing room](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nara-dentist-arrested-for-hiding-spy-camera-in-staff-changing-room/) - Police have arrested the director of a dental clinic in Nara City after he allegedly hid a camera in the staff locker room to catch a glimpse of his female employees in a state of undress
- [Taiwanese man accused of smuggling 'zombie cigarattes' through Haneda Airport](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/taiwanese-man-accused-of-smuggling-zombie-cigarattes-through-haneda-airport/) - Police have arrested a 64-year-old Taiwanese national for allegedly smuggling a designated illegal drug known on the street as “zombie cigarettes” into Japan through Haneda Airport
- [Four idol fans arrested over premium champagne theft at Tokyo convenience store](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-idol-fans-arrested-over-premium-champagne-theft-at-tokyo-convenience-store/) - Tokyo police have arrested four men and women, including a 23-year-old man, for allegedly stealing premium champagne from a convenience store in Chiyoda Ward
- [Tokyo teen admits to operating massive 'smartphone farm' to fake social media stats](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teen-admits-to-operating-massive-smartphone-farm-to-fake-social-media-stats/) - Teen's group creates fake views and impressions and sells them to YouTubers and corporations desperate to manufacture popularity
- [Why Ginza's Luxury Stores are Trading Cash for Digital Gold](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/why-ginzas-luxury-stores-are-trading-cash-for-digital-gold/) - Walk down Chuo Avenue on a Saturday afternoon and something catches your eye
- [How Japanese Culture Has Flourished in Modern Gaming](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/betting/how-japanese-culture-has-flourished-in-modern-gaming/) - Japan’s influence on modern gaming is so deep that it can be easy to stop noticing it
- [Hokkaido police investigation into missing woman thwarted by lack of corpse](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/hokkaido-police-investigation-into-missing-woman-thwarted-by-lack-of-corpse/) - A man in his 30s, an employee of a zoo in Asahiyama City, is suspected of abandoning the body of his wife in the facility's incinerator
- [Hokkaido civic employee confesses to dumping wife's body in zoo incinerator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/hokkaido-civic-employee-confesses-to-dumping-wifes-body-in-zoo-incinerator/) - A municipal employee working at the famous Asahiyama Zoo has confessed to disposing of his wife's remains in the park's garbage incinerator
- [Zoo worker suspected of dumping wife's body in incinerator hints at murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/zoo-worker-accused-of-dumping-wifes-body-in-incinerator-hints-at-murder/) - Police here are investigating a staff member of the popular Asahiyama Zoo after he allegedly confessed to disposing of his wife's remains in the facility's incinerator
- [Man suspected in hammer and pepper-spray attack in Fussa barricades himself inside home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-in-hammer-and-pepper-spray-attack-in-fussa-barricades-himself-inside-home/) - A man in Fussa City injured seven persons on a street with a hammer-like object and pepper spray before barricading himself inside his home
- [Tokyo woman suspected of strangling daughter before suicide attempt](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-woman-suspected-of-strangling-daughter-before-suicide-attempt/) - Tokyo police on Tuesday launched an investigation after a woman is believed to have strangled her daughter at their apartment in Toshima Ward before attempting suicide
- [Brazen car wheel thief in Shiga targets same car twice over week](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/brazen-car-wheel-thief-in-shiga-targets-same-car-twice/) - A brazen thief who stripped the wheels off a vehicle at a dealership in Otsu City returned days later to finish the job
- [Vietnamese nationals suspected of smuggling MDMA](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-nationals-suspected-of-smuggling-mdma/) - Two Vietnamese men have been arrested for allegedly smuggling approximately 1.3 kilograms of the synthetic drug MDMA from Germany
- [Woman's boyfriend 'abducted' off street in Setagaya](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/womans-boyfriend-abducted-off-street-in-setagaya/) - A woman on Tuesday reported that multiple individuals "abducted" her boyfriend off a street in Setagaya Ward
- [Marijuana tablets go missing at Yokohama Customs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/marijuana-tablets-go-missing-at-yokohama-customs/) - The Yokohama Customs Office on Tuesday announced that it had lost more than dozen tablets containing marijuana that it had been storing
- [Shibuya music producer suspected of smuggling ketamine, MDMA](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/shibuya-music-producer-suspected-of-smuggling-ecstasy-mdma/) - Authorities here last month arrested a 48-year-old music producer from Tokyo over the alleged smuggling of illegal drugs ketamine and MDMA
- [Saitama man accused of killing 2 suicidal women says he had 'murderous impulses' since childhood](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-accused-of-killing-2-suicidal-women-says-he-had-murderous-impulses-since-childhood/) - A 32-year-old man on trial for the consensual murder of two women told a court on Monday that he had been driven by "murderous impulses" since he was a child
- [Saitama man admits strangling 'suicidal' woman, dismembering her corpse](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-admits-strangling-suicidal-woman-dismembering-her-corpse/) - Saitama olice have arrested a 31-year-old man over the allegedly strangling of a woman and dismemberment of her corpse at his residence Saitama City seven years ago
- [Osaka prosecutor seeks inquest after colleague avoids indictment for outing her as sex assault victim](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-prosecutor-seeks-inquest-after-colleague-avoids-indictment-for-outing-her-as-sex-assault-victim/) - A female prosecutor who fell victim to a sex crime by her former boss is demanding a judicial review after defamation charges were dropped against a colleague who outed her identity
- [Thieves make off with ¥1.5 million in Pokémon cards following Osaka smash-and-grab](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/thieves-make-off-with-1-5-million-in-pokemon-cards-following-osaka-smash-and-grab/) - Police in Osaka City are hunting for two suspects who used a vehicle to smash into a trading card shop early Tuesday
- [American man suspected in hit-and-run incidents involving stolen truck](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/american-man-suspected-in-hit-and-run-incidents-involving-stolen-truck/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an American man who is suspected of driving a stolen truck involved in a series of hit-and-run incidents over the weekend
- [American suspected of using stolen truck in hit-and-run incidents: 'It felt like a video game'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/american-suspected-of-using-stolen-truck-in-hit-and-run-incidents-it-felt-like-a-video-game/) - An American man suspected of repeatedly carrying out hit-and-run incidents across the capital earlier this month has told police that the crimes "felt like a video game"
- [Vietnamese man accused of hit-and-run after fleeing police says he 'just wanted to get away'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/vietnamese-man-accused-of-hit-and-run-after-fleeing-police-says-he-just-wanted-to-get-away/) - Tokyo police have arrested a Vietnamese national on suspicion of hit-and-run after he caused a collision while fleeing from a police car earlier this year
- [Hachioji heist: Thieves flee with over ¥400 million from safe deposit boxes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hachioji-heist-thieves-flee-with-over-400-million-from-safe-deposit-boxes/) - Tokyo police are searching for multiple suspects after at least 400 million yen in cash was stolen from a members-only safe deposit facility in Hachioji City on Tuesday
- [Trio robs 2kg of gold bullion after pepper-spraying 4 men in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-robs-2kg-of-gold-bullion-after-pepper-spraying-4-men-in-tokyo/) - A three-man gang robbed four men of two kilograms of gold bullion after assaulting them and spraying them with tear gas in Katsushika Ward on Tuesday afternoon
- [Ex-TV presenter Kanon Aoki warns X auto-translate exposing Japanese trolls, ruining nation's image](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-tv-presenter-kanon-aoki-warns-x-auto-translate-exposing-japanese-trolls-ruining-nations-image/) - Kanon Aoki says X's new automatic translation feature is destroying Japan’s international reputation by broadcasting the offensive posts of local internet trolls
- [99 Japanese nationals accused in international child pornography sting](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/99-japanese-nationals-accused-in-international-child-pornography-sting/) - The National Police Agency on Monday announced the apprehension of 99 men and women across Japan in connection with child pornography cases between March and April
- [Afghan nationals suspected members of luxury vehicle theft ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/afghan-nationals-suspected-in-luxury-vehicle-theft-ring/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested two Afghan nationals who are suspected members of a luxury vehicle theft ring
- [Drunk taxi driver accused of dodging other cabbie's 'too high' fare](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/drunk-taxi-driver-accused-of-dodging-other-cabbies-too-high-fare/) - Drunk taxi driver accused of dodging other cabbie’s ‘too high’ fare
- [5 Japanese fraud suspects deported from Thailand](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/5-japanese-fraud-suspects-deported-from-thailand/) - 5 Japanese fraud suspects deported from Thailand
- [Police storm highway bus in Hiroshima, arrest 61-year-old man armed with knife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/police-storm-highway-bus-in-hiroshima-arrest-61-year-old-man-armed-with-knife/) - Police stormed a highway night bus in Hiroshima City early Monday morning to arrest a passenger who was found standing at the front of the vehicle holding a folding knife
- [Video: Vandal on the run after smashing 250kg granite table in Sendai, striking victory pose](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/video-vandal-on-the-run-after-smashing-250kg-granite-table-in-sendai-striking-victory-pose/) - Police in Sendai City are searching for a vandal caught on security camera destroying a massive granite table at a local shopping arcade
- [Nationwide homeless population drops to record low](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nationwide-homeless-population-drops-to-record-low/) - The number of homeless people nationwide has fallen to the lowest since surveys began more than two decades ago
- [Pair suspected in theft of safes from 10 KFC outlets in Kyushu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pair-suspected-in-theft-of-safes-from-10-kfc-outlets-in-kyushu/) - Police here have arrested two persons on suspicion of breaking into a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and making off with a cash-filled safe
- [Daytime prowler breaks into 16 homes in Saitama, steals ¥380,000](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/daytime-prowler-breaks-into-16-homes-in-saitama-steals-380000/) - Police here are hunting for an elusive daytime prowler who brazenly broke into 16 residences in a single neighborhood in Gyoda City, making off with cash and bank cards
- [Nagoya woman, 83, following beating death of husband: 'He made a fool of me'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-woman-83-following-beating-death-of-husband-he-made-a-fool-of-me/) - Police in Nagoya City have arrested an 83-year-old woman on suspicion of causing injury after her 82-year-old husband was found beaten to death inside their apartment
- [Osaka company worker arrested after drunkenly pedaling mamachari on expressway](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-company-worker-arrested-after-drunkenly-pedaling-mamachari-on-expressway/) - Police here have arrested a 45-year-old company employee who drunkenly pedaled a mamachari city bicycle onto a busy expressway
- [Tokyo court hands man 20-year term over murder of porn actress](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-court-hands-man-20-year-term-over-murder-of-porn-actress/) - A court here last week sentenced a 37-year-old man to 20 years in prison in connection with the murder of an AV (adult video) actress four years ago
- [Tochigi teacher arrested for hiding camera in female student's desk](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tochigi-teacher-arrested-for-hiding-camera-in-female-students-desk/) - Police have arrested a 37-year-old high school lecturer for allegedly using hidden cameras to secretly film a female student changing her clothes
- [Tochigi teacher planted dozen spy cams around school](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tochigi-teacher-planted-dozen-spy-cams-around-school/) - Tochigi police have arrested a 38-year-old male teacher who is suspected of planting hidden cameras around the high school where he works in order to film girls
- [Kanagawa police release new footage of suspect 11 years after Yugawara woman found fatally stabbed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-police-release-new-footage-of-suspect-11-years-after-yugawara-woman-found-fatally-stabbed/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have released new security camera footage of a suspect connected to the unsolved 2015 murder and arson case in the town of Yugawara
- [Fukuoka city councilman accused of groping nurse at hospital](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-city-councilman-accused-of-groping-nurse-at-hospital/) - It has been revealed that a city councilman from Nogata City has been indicted on charges of indecent assault without consent for allegedly touching a female nurse's breasts while he was hospitalized
- [Chiba man set restroom in Aichi ablaze to steal fire engine for trip home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-set-restroom-in-aichi-ablaze-to-steal-fire-engine-for-trip-home/) - A 57-year-old man arrested here for stealing a fire engine told police he intentionally started a fire at a train station restroom to lure the emergency vehicle so he could drive it home
- [Car driven by Turkish national slams into Aichi home during police chase](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/car-driven-by-turkish-national-slams-into-aichi-home-during-police-chase/) - Aichi police arrested a male Turkish national after the vehicle he was driving slammed into a home in Tsushima City during a police chase early Sunday
- [Former TV sound exec arrested for swindling ¥6.3 million in fake JASRAC royalties](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/former-tv-sound-exec-arrested-for-swindling-6-3-million-yen-in-fake-jasrac-royalties/) - Tokyo police have arrested the former executive of a television sound effects company on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly swindled approximately 6.3 million yen in royalties
- [Shoplifting cases continue in Hokkaido](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shoplifting-cases-continue-in-hokkaido/) - A board of education here last week announced the suspension of a male middle school teacher for shoplifting
- [Fukuoka woman arrested for strangling daughter, 4, at domestic violence shelter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-woman-arrested-for-strangling-daughter-4-at-domestic-violence-shelter/) - Police here have arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering her 4-year-old daughter at a mother-and-child support facility
- [Video: Lawson convenience store clerks in Kabukicho brawl behind registers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/lawson-convenience-store-clerks-in-kabukicho-brawl-behind-register/) - Management for a Lawson convenience store in the Kabukicho district has acknowledged a bizarre incident in which two employees engaged in a violent fistfight behind cash registers
- [Yakuza boss arrested after threatening to shut down Tokyo bar over 'protection money'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-boss-arrested-after-threatening-to-shut-down-tokyo-bar-over-protection-money/) - Tokyo police have arrested a gang boss affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate and two other men after they allegedly threatened a bar owner in Setagaya Ward
- [Woman leaps from moving car in Fukuoka after hijacker molests her](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-leaps-from-moving-car-in-fukuoka-after-hijacker-molests-her/) - Police here have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly hijacked a woman's car and molested her, prompting the victim to jump from the moving vehicle to escape
- [Henoko capsizing incident: Captain and crew did not call for help](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/henoko-capsizing-incident-captain-and-crew-did-not-call-for-help/) - A fatal boat capsizing in Okinawa Prefecture last month that claimed the lives of a 17-year-old student and a 71-year-old captain
- [Saitama prosecutors do not indict talent agency head over alleged rape 'to protect victim's privacy'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-prosecutors-do-not-indict-talent-agency-head-over-alleged-rape-to-protect-victims-privacy/) - Prosecutors here have decided not to indict the male head of a talent agency over the alleged rape of an actress two years ago
- [Saitama college girl discovers 48-year-old 'sugar daddy' is biological father after pregnancy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/saitama-college-girl-discovers-48-year-old-sugar-daddy-is-biological-father-after-pregnancy/) - For one 21-year-old university student, she experienced a real-life nightmare after discovering the older man she was seeing for papakatsu was actually her estranged biological father
- [Man arrested over '18 murder of woman in Roppongi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-over-18-murder-of-woman-in-roppongi/) - Eight years ago, a 29-year-old woman was found murdered in an apartment in the Roppongi entertainment quarter of Minato Ward
- [Woman seen fighting with boyfriend prior to discovery of her corpse in Roppongi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/woman-seen-fighting-with-boyfriend-prior-to-discovery-of-her-corpse-in-roppongi/) - Woman seen fighting with boyfriend prior to discovery of her corpse in Roppongi
- [46 years later: Mystery endures over ¥100 million found by truck driver in Ginza](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/46-years-later-mystery-endures-over-100-million-found-by-truck-driver-in-ginza/) - On this day forty-six years ago, a truck driver stumbled upon 100 million yen in cash abandoned on a street in the ritzy Ginza quarter
- [Tottori police inspector suspended over 2,000 false reports, manga reading on duty](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/tottori-police-inspector-suspended-over-2000-false-reports-manga-reading-on-duty/) - Tottori police announced have suspended an assistant police inspector who filed over 2,000 false patrol reports and spent hours consuming manga on duty
- [Kanazawa court rejects appeal of father who repeatedly raped teen daughter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanazawa-court-rejects-appeal-of-father-who-repeatedly-raped-teen-daughter/) - A high court here has upheld an eight-year prison sentence for a 54-year-old former company executive who repeatedly raped his teenage daughter
- [Chiba traffic cop accused of drunk driving](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-traffic-cop-accused-of-drunk-driving/) - Chiba Prefectural Police early Saturday arrested a fellow officer from a traffic division on suspicion of drunk driving on a street in Abiko City
- [Firm accused of siphoning ¥15 billion in disability welfare fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/firm-accused-of-siphoning-15-billion-in-disability-welfare-fraud/) - In March, an Osaka-based disability employment support provider was accused of illegally siphoning roughly 15 billion yen in government benefits
- [Man, 52, arrested after slashing elderly male acquaintance at Kushiro love hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-52-arrested-after-slashing-elderly-male-acquaintance-at-kushiro-love-hotel/) - Police here arrested a 52-year-old unemployed man after he allegedly sliced open a male acquaintance's abdomen with a knife inside a Kushiro City love hotel early Friday
- [Sony Life Insurance to investigate all contracts following allegations of financial fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sony-life-insurance-to-investigate-all-contracts-following-allegations-of-financial-fraud/) - Following revelations that a Sony Life Insurance Co. employees had swindled dozens of customers, the company announced on Friday that it will launch an investigation
- [Luffy member suspected in Tokyo heist apprehended at Narita](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/luffy-member-suspected-tokyo-heist-apprehended-at-narita/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man who is suspected of being a cash collector for a fraud group that went by the name Luffy following his arrival in Japan from overseas
- [Smugglers increasingly arriving at Narita airport with gold stashed inside bodies using condoms](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/smugglers-increasingly-arriving-at-narita-airport-with-gold-stashed-inside-bodies-using-condoms/) - Customs officials are sounding the alarm over a rapidly increasing smuggling trend: passengers hiding massive quantities of powdered gold inside their bodies using contraceptives
- [Ex-Todai associate professor admits to sex club bribes, blames 'absolute power' of boss](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/ex-todai-associate-professor-admits-to-sex-club-bribes-blames-absolute-power-of-boss/) - A former associate professor at the University of Tokyo (Todai) admitted to accepting bribes during his first trial on Thursday
- [Scaffold worker arrested after getting lost while dumping woman's corpse in Nara forest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/scaffold-worker-arrested-over-body-of-woman-dumped-in-nara-forest/) - Police here have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the body of a woman in a mountain forest in the prefecture
- [Man suspected of posing as taxi driver and sexually assaulting drunk woman has 'no recollection'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-of-posing-as-taxi-driver-and-sexually-assaulting-drunk-woman-has-no-recollection/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 38-year-old man over the alleged sexual assault of an intoxicated woman whom he tricked by posing as a taxi driver two years ago
- [Deceased woman referred to prosecutors over murders of 3 sons, boyfriend](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/deceased-woman-referred-to-prosecutors-over-murders-of-3-sons-boyfriend/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday referred a deceased 36-year-old woman to prosecutors over the murders of her three sons and a male acquaintance late last year
- [Fukuoka woman suspected in killing of 2 young daughters in attempted murder-suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-woman-suspected-in-killing-of-2-young-daughters-in-attempted-murder-suicide/) - Police here have arrested a 30-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after her two young daughters were found strangled inside a maternal and child support facility
- [Hospital doctor arrested for creeping into ceiling above female colleague's on-call room](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hospital-doctor-arrested-for-creeping-into-ceiling-above-female-colleagues-on-call-room/) - Police here have arrested a 41-year-old medical doctor for allegedly trespassing into the crawlspace above a hospital on-call room while a female colleague was resting inside
- [NPA: 158 cases of online casino gambling recorded nationwide last year](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/npa-158-cases-of-online-casino-gambling-recorded-nationwide-last-year/) - The National Police Agency (NPA) revealed that a record 158 cases of online casino gambling were uncovered nationwide last year
- [Security guard suspected of 'tailgating' inside women's Kobe building, groping her](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/security-guard-suspected-of-tailgating-inside-womens-kobe-building-groping-her/) - Hyogo police have arrested a male security guard who is suspected of "tailgating" into a woman's building in Kobe City in order to grope her
- [Ex-Exile member to divorce influencer wife following ¥157 million tax evasion case](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/ex-exile-member-to-divorce-influencer-wife-following-¥157-million-tax-evasion-case/) - The glittering lifestyle of a prominent influencer has come to a crushing end following a massive tax evasion scandal, taking her marriage to a former pop star down with it
- [2 women dead in apparent suicide leap from 19th floor of Osaka hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/2-women-dead-in-apparent-suicide-leap-from-19th-floor-of-osaka-hotel/) - Police here are investigating the deaths of two women who apparently leaped from the 19th floor of a high-rise hotel in the downtown Umeda district on Thursday
- [Inside Japan’s Underground Nightlife: Scandals, Policing, and the Hidden Economy of Adult Services](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/inside-japans-underground-nightlife-scandals-policing-and-the-hidden-economy-of-adult-services/) - An inside look at Japan’s underground nightlife, from policing tactics to billion-dollar flows and real client behavior shaping the hidden adult services economy.
- [NHK director handed disciplinary dismissal over non-consensual sex arrest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nhk-director-handed-disciplinary-dismissal-over-non-consensual-sex-arrest/) - Public broadcaster NHK announced on Thursday that a 50-year-old male chief director will face disciplinary dismissal following his arrest for non-consensual sexual intercourse
- [Corpses of teen girl, man found in Saitama hotel along with over-the-counter drugs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/corpses-of-teen-girl-man-found-in-saitama-hotel-along-with-over-the-counter-drugs/) - Saitama police on Thursday launched an investigation after the discovery of a high school girl and a 20-year-old man collapsed in a hotel room in Niiza City
- [Japanese researcher accused of spiking colleague's water bottle at U.S. university](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-researcher-accused-of-spiking-colleagues-water-bottle-at-u-s-university/) - A 41-year-old Japanese researcher at the University of Wisconsin has been arrested and indicted for allegedly lacing a colleague's water bottle with toxic chemicals
- [Why Slot Game Variety Is So Important For Online Casinos](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/casino/why-slot-game-variety-is-so-important-for-online-casinos/) - In the highly competitive world of online gambling, standing out from the crowd is essential
- [Osaka civil servant handed pay cut for power harassment of his own boss](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/osaka-civil-servant-handed-pay-cut-for-power-harassment-of-his-own-boss/) - The government of Suita City has slapped a 47-year-old municipal worker with a pay cut after he subjected his own boss to power harassment
- [Buddhist priest suspected of using found health insurance card 100 times at 20 hospitals nationwide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/buddhist-priest-suspected-of-using-found-health-insurance-card-100-times-at-20-hospitals-nationwide/) - Police here have arrested an uninsured Buddhist priest who is suspected of using a found health insurance card to fraudulently receive medical treatment more than 100 times
- [Ibaraki to offer ¥10,000 bounty for tips on businesses illegally hiring foreigners](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/ibaraki-to-offer-10000-bounty-for-tips-on-businesses-illegally-hiring-foreigners/) - A controversial new reward system will start next month, offering cash bounties to citizens who provide tips that lead to police busting businesses that illegally employ foreign workers
- [2 men out on parole arrested for assaulting, robbing woman in Yokohama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/2-men-out-on-parole-arrested-for-assaulting-robbing-woman-in-yokohama/) - Kanagawa police have arrested two men in their 40s for allegedly assaulting and robbing a woman at her apartment in Yokohama City shortly after they were released from prison
- [Pakistani yard manager arrested over plot to smuggle stolen luxury car engines to UAE](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/pakistani-yard-manager-arrested-over-plot-to-smuggle-stolen-luxury-car-engines-to-uae/) - Police here have arrested a Pakistani national for attempting to smuggle the engines of 15 stolen luxury vehicles from a scrapyard to the United Arab Emirates
- [Woman accused of swindling K-pop fan over fake concert tickets](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-accused-of-swindling-k-pop-fan-over-fake-concert-tickets/) - Police in Saitama Prefecture have arrested a 28-year-old woman accused of swindling a K-pop fan out of electronic money by falsely offering live concert tickets on social media
- [Prudential Life extends ban on sales to 180 days amid customer swindle of ¥3 billion yen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/prudential-life-extends-ban-on-sales-to-180-days-amid-customer-swindle-of-3-billion-yen/) - Prudential Life Insurance will extend its self-imposed ban on new sales by 180 days following a scandal in which customers were swindled out of more than 3 billion yen
- [2 Japanese nationals detained over suspected drug possession at China's Guangzhou Airport](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/2-japanese-nationals-detained-over-suspected-drug-possession-at-chinas-guangzhou-airport/) - Two Japanese nationals have been detained at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong Province over suspected drug possession
- [Sports and Entertainment Culture in Nepal 2026: Trends, Fans, and Changing Interests](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/sports-and-entertainment-culture-in-nepal-2026-trends-fans-and-changing-interests/) - A report on how Nepal’s fans move between cricket, football, short video, live updates, and mobile platforms in 2026.
- [Behind Closed Doors: The Quiet Rise of Alcohol Dependency in Urban Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/behind-closed-doors-the-quiet-rise-of-alcohol-dependency-in-urban-japan/) - Japan has long had a vibrant drinking culture, particularly in Tokyo and other major cities
- [Video: Hokkaido man accused of fishing bills from shrine with straw](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/video-hokkaido-man-accused-of-fishing-bills-from-shrine-with-straw/) - A 78-year-old man accused of using a long chain of straws to fish cash out of a shrine’s offertory box claimed he committed the crime to "crack down" on the institution
- ['Ashiya madams' flaunt staggering wealth despite 'just living normally'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/ashiya-madams-flaunt-staggering-wealth-despite-just-living-normally/) - Located between Osaka and Kobe, Ashiya is widely considered the Beverly Hills of Japan
- [Man splashed with orange liquid in Hiroshima arrested after ¥13 million scam revealed](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-splashed-with-orange-liquid-in-hiroshima-arrested-after-13-million-scam-revealed/) - Police in Hiroshima City have arrested a 69-year-old man for fraud after he was splashed in the face with an unknown orange liquid
- [Sendai teacher accused of exposing himself in arcade says he was drunk](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sendai-teacher-accused-of-exposing-himself-in-arcade-says-he-was-drunk/) - Police in Sendai City have arrested a 36-year-old high school teacher on suspicion of public indecency after he allegedly exposed his lower body inside a shopping arcade
- [Tokyo middle school teacher arrested for sexually assaulting, filming teen girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/tokyo-middle-school-teacher-arrested-for-sexually-assaulting-filming-teen-girl/) - A 28-year-old public middle school teacher here has been rearrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl and recording the encounter on his smartphone
- [Chiba man, 76, accused running over couple in parking lot in road rage](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/chiba-man-76-accused-running-over-couple-in-parking-lot-in-road-rage/) - Police in Ichihara City have arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder and assault after he allegedly struck a man with a car and dragged his wife following a parking dispute
- [Fukuoka beautician arrested over DUI with breathalyzer 6 times legal limit 'didn't feel drunk'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/fukuoka-beautician-arrested-over-dui-with-breathalyzer-6-times-legal-limit-didnt-feel-drunk/) - Police in Kitakyushu City have arrested a 60-year-old man for driving under the influence after a breathalyzer test detected an alcohol level more than six times the legal limit
- [Japanese man suspected of peeing on Chinese woman’s belongings in Korea](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-man-suspected-of-peeing-on-chinese-womans-belongings-in-korea/) - Police in Busan are investigating an incident in which a Japanese man allegedly urinated on the belongings of a Chinese female tourist
- [Trio nabbed over ¥1 million pawnshop heist in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/3-men-nabbed-over-1-million-pawnshop-heist-in-tokyo/) - Police here have arrested three men for their alleged involvement in a robbery at a pawnshop and residence in Katsushika Ward that netted over 1 million yen in cash
- [Tokyo teacher accused of upskirting student says he 'started secretly filming about 17 years ago'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-teacher-accused-of-upskirting-student-says-he-started-secretly-filming-about-17-years-ago/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 39-year-old public elementary school teacher for allegedly filming up the skirt of a female student inside a classroom
- [Man with knife arrested at Upper House office building](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-with-knife-arrested-at-upper-house-office-building/) - A man in his 50s was arrested Monday after attempting to bring a knife into the House of Councilors office building, claiming a prominent lawmaker told him to do so
- [Man arrested for stalking woman in Machida after claiming to be nightlife scout](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-arrested-for-stalking-woman-in-machida-after-claiming-to-be-nightlife-scout/) - Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly stalking and harassing a female pedestrian in Machida City under the guise of being a nightlife scout
- [Busty Heisei-era idol Kaori Ohara, 50, bares (almost) all in first photo book in 22 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/busty-heisei-era-idol-kaori-ohara-50-bares-almost-all-in-first-photo-book-in-22-years/) - Gravure legend Kaori Ohara will release her first photo book in 22 years, proving her voluptuous figure remains as explosive as ever at the age of 50
- [How Tokyo’s Financial Culture and Trends Influence Interest in Gold](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/investment/how-tokyos-financial-culture-and-trends-influence-interest-in-gold/) - Tokyo’s financial culture blends tradition, discipline, and innovation, creating a unique environment that shapes how investors view assets like gold
- [Japanese men continue to be arrested in child prostitution, rape cases in Laos](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-men-continue-to-be-arrested-in-child-prostitution-rape-cases-in-laos/) - Despite a rare and stern warning issued by the Japanese Embassy in Laos last year, Japanese men continue to be arrested in connection with child prostitution and statutory rape
- [Another corpse found floating in Fukuoka City park pond](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/another-corpse-found-floating-in-fukuoka-city-park-pond/) - Police in Fukuoka City have launched an investigation after the lifeless body of an elderly woman was discovered floating in a pond at a local park on Sunday
- [Okinawa yakuza gang holds emergency meeting after likely death of boss in fire](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/okinawa-yakuza-gang-holds-emergency-meeting-after-likely-death-of-boss-in-fire/) - An emergency meeting was convened by the Okinawa's only designated yakuza syndicate following a blaze that gutted their chairman's residence early Sunday
- [Body likely of yakuza boss found in ruins of fire at office in Okinawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/body-likely-of-yakuza-boss-found-in-ruins-of-fire-at-office-in-okinawa/) - An unidentified body was discovered in the charred remains of a yakuza office in Okinawa City early Sunday morning, with police suspecting the victim is the head of the Kyokuryu-kai crime syndicate
- [Hubby hunter lowers demand for spouse's salary to ¥8 million: 'I can't compromise anymore'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/national/hubby-hunter-lowers-demand-for-spouses-salary-to-¥8-million-i-cant-compromise-anymore/) - Hubby hunter lowers demand for spouse’s salary to ¥8 million: ‘I can’t compromise anymore’
- [Video: Passenger's mobile battery ignites on Osaka Metro, halting Midosuji Line](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/video-passengers-mobile-battery-ignites-on-osaka-metro-halting-midosuji-line/) - A passenger's mobile battery burst into flames on an Osaka Metro train on Sunday morning, forcing a temporary shutdown of the entire Midosuji Line
- [Ex-Nagoya teacher handed prison term over illicit photo ring that victimized 75 students](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-nagoya-teacher-handed-prison-term-over-illicit-photo-ring-that-victimized-75-students/) - A court here last week sentenced a 42-year-old former elementary school teacher who started a group chat online that encouraged the sharing of indecent images of young girls
- [Hiroshima prosecutors do not indict teacher accused of raping student after 'considering all circumstances'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hiroshima-prosecutors-indict-teacher-accused-of-raping-of-student-after-considering-all-circumstances/) - Prosecutors here have decided not to indict a former high school teacher from Hiroshima City who had been arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage girl at the school
- [Teacher suspected in theft of women's underwear in Gunma](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/teacher-suspected-in-theft-of-womens-underwear-in-gunma/) - A male teacher at a private middle and high school has been arrested for allegedly stealing women's underwear that was drying on a clothesline at a house in the town of Itakura
- [Man wanted in Tokyo for fraud nabbed at Osaka pachinko parlor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-wanted-in-tokyo-for-fraud-nabbed-at-osaka-pachinko-parlor/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a man wanted for allegedly defrauding a second man met online out of 2 million yen in cash
- [Captain of capsized Henoko boat shifts blame to deceased colleague: 'Wake up the dead and ask him'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/captain-of-capsized-henoko-boat-shifts-blame-to-deceased-colleague-wake-up-the-dead-and-ask-him/) - Captain of a small boat involved in a fatal capsizing in Okinawa last month has broken his silence, shifting the blame for the tragedy onto a deceased colleague
- [JP Dragon member Miyako Iwamoto among 5 transported from Philippines, suspected in fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/jp-dragon-member-miyako-iwamoto-among-5-transported-from-philippines-suspected-in-fraud/) - Police have arrested five Japanese nationals transferred from the Philippines over their alleged involvement in a massive fraud ring targeting the elderly
- [Philippine authorities continue hunt for Japanese fraud suspects](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/philippines-authorities-continue-hunt-for-japanese-fraud-suspects/) - Apprehension of the five suspects is the latest effort by local authorities to round up Japanese nationals who have fled to this Southeast Asian nation for the purpose of criminal activities
- [Ex-investment exec who spent ¥2 billion on hostess loses marriage fraud suit](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/ex-investment-exec-who-spent-2-billion-on-hostess-loses-marriage-fraud-suit/) - The Osaka District Court has dismissed a damage lawsuit filed by a former investment company representative who claimed a Kitashinchi hostess swindled him out of 2 billion yen under the false promise of marriage
- [Two Japanese fugitives linked to Luffy and JP Dragon crime rings detained in Manila](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/two-japanese-fugitives-linked-to-luffy-and-jp-dragon-crime-rings-detained-in-manila/) - Authorities here have detained two suspected members of the notorious Luffy and JP Dragon crime syndicates that carry out telecom fraud operations targeting victims in Japan
- [Taiwanese woman arrested for smuggling record 4kg of 'zombie cigarettes'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/taiwanese-woman-arrested-for-smuggling-record-4kg-of-zombie-cigarettes/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 50-year-old Taiwanese woman on suspicion of smuggling over four kilograms of an illegal drug known as "zombie cigarettes"
- [Yuki Adachi case: Stepfather temporarily hid corpse of boy in public toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yuki-adachi-case-stepfather-temporarily-hid-corpse-of-boy-in-public-toilet/) - Kyoto police on Saturday conducted an on-site inspection of a public restroom in Nantan City that is believed to be where a 37-year-old man temporarily hid the body of his adoptive son
- [Man accused of stabbing pedestrian over bumped shoulders on Machida street](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/man-accused-of-stabbing-pedestrian-over-bumped-shoulders-on-machida-street/) - Police here have arrested a 29-year-old man for attempted murder after he stabbed a stranger in the stomach following a street altercation in Machida City
- [Yamanashi cop accused of threatening crush's boyfriend after illicitly accessing database](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/yamanashi-cop-accused-of-threatening-crushs-boyfriend-after-illicitly-accessing-database/) - A Yamanashi Prefectural Police officer has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly abusing a police database to track down and threaten the boyfriend of a woman he had feelings for
- [Unwinding the mystery of the gyroball](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/unwinding-the-mystery-of-the-gyroball/) - The pitch attached to Daisuke Matsuzaka that nobody can seem to grip
- [Gyroball ready for spring showcase...or not](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/national/gyroball-ready-for-spring-showcaseor-not/) - The pitch that requires a pivot at the hips and a twirl of the ball off the tips of the fingers may or may not be real
- [Elderly woman found strangled, husband stabbed in Hyogo home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-woman-found-strangled-husband-stabbed-in-hyogo-home/) - Hyogo Prefectural Police launched an investigation earlier this week after an elderly couple was found collapsed in their home in Kawanishi City
- [Tokyo IT president accused of dumping missing executive's corpse](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-it-president-accused-of-dumping-missing-executives-corpse/) - Tokyo police have arrested the 49-year-old president of an IT firm on suspicion of dumping the corpse of an executive at the firm
- [Niigata bakery incident: Man, 77, slashes clerk with bread knife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/niigata-bakery-incident-man-77-slashes-clerk-with-bread-knife/) - Niigata Prefectural Police have arrested a 77-year-old man after he slashed a female clerk during a scuffle at a bakery in Niigata City on Thursday
- [Manhunt underway after pedestrian splashed in face with toxic 'orange liquid'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/manhunt-underway-after-pedestrian-splashed-in-face-with-toxic-orange-liquid/) - Police are hunting for a male suspect who splashed an orange liquid, believed to be the highly toxic chemical toluene, into the face of a man in his 60s
- [Man leaves smartphone in mailbox of ex-girlfriend's mother as 'wedding ring'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-leaves-smartphone-in-mailbox-of-ex-girlfriends-mother-as-wedding-ring/) - Police here have arrested a 29-year-old man after he repeatedly visited the home of his ex-girlfriend's mother and left a smartphone in the mailbox
- [Tokyo’s Dark Side: What Order Hides in Plain Sight After Midnight](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/tokyos-dark-side-what-order-hides-in-plain-sight-after-midnight/) - Tokyo looks precise and controlled, but the city’s order rests on overwork, loneliness, strict street rules, and a harder nighttime economy.
- [Fighters nix Shohei Otani's signature card at Saitama soapland: report](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/fighters-nix-shohei-otanis-signature-card-at-saitama-soapland-report/) - Rumors recently started circulating about a card signed by Otani that appears in the entrance of a soapland bathhouse in Omiya City
- [Pair referred to prosecutors for scaling WBC tickets: 'Ohtani games fetch high prices'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/pair-referred-to-prosecutors-for-scaling-wbc-tickets-ohtani-games-fetch-high-prices/) - Tokyo police have referred a man and a woman to prosecutors for allegedly scalping tickets to the World Baseball Classic (WBC) at exorbitantly inflated prices
- [Breaking: Hokkaido man, 79, accused of stealing 3 packs of eggs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-man-79-accused-of-stealing-3-packs-of-eggs/) - Police in Asahikawa have arrested a 79-year-old man for allegedly shoplifting three packs of eggs from a local supermarket
- [Men accused of swapping price tags on luxury guitar to pay off student loans](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/men-accused-of-swapping-price-tags-on-luxury-guitar-to-pay-off-student-loans/) - Police here have arrested two 20-year-old men on suspicion of fraud after they allegedly swapped the price tag on a luxury electric guitar at a second-hand store
- [Site operator handed suspended term over 'Godzilla Minus One' spoiler articles](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/site-operator-handed-suspended-term-over-godzilla-minus-one-spoiler-articles/) - The Tokyo District Court on Thursday handed a 39-year-old man a suspended prison term for violating the Copyright Act by publishing detailed "spoiler articles" of films
- [Yuki Adachi's stepfather confesses to murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yuki-adachis-stepfather-confesses-to-murder/) - Following the arrest of a 37-year-old company employee early Thursday for allegedly abandoning the body of his adoptive son in a mountainous area of Nantan City, police have revealed that the suspect has admitted to murder
- [Man suspected of molesting same school girl on train 3 straight days](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/man-suspected-of-molesting-same-school-girl-on-train-3-straight-days/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 27-year-old man who is suspected of sexually assaulting a female high school senior on the same train over three consecutive days
- [Sumo Betting in Japan: What You Need to Know. Scandals and intrigues.](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/sumo-betting-in-japan-what-you-need-to-know-scandals-and-intrigues/) - Sumo isn’t just a sport — it’s a big part of Japanese culture.
- [Shizuoka boy throws homemade spear at cop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/shizuoka-boy-throws-homemade-spear-at-cop/) - Shizuoka Prefectural Police arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly throwing a homemade spear at a police officer at his home in Izunokuni City on Tuesday
- [Yakuza boss denies throwing 'snack' bar manager to ground in alleged assault](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-boss-denies-throwing-snack-bar-manager-to-ground-in-alleged-assault/) - Tokyo police have arrested a boss affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate for allegedly assaulting a "snack" bar manager and an employee in Nerima Ward
- [5 men arrested in Tokyo over 'underground part-time job' robbery plot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/5-men-arrested-in-tokyo-over-underground-part-time-job-robbery-plot/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested five men on suspicion of preparing to commit a robbery at a building in the capital
- [13 Japanese men arrested over Indonesia-based fraud ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/13-japanese-men-arrested-over-indonesia-based-fraud-ring/) - Tokyo police have arrested 13 Japanese men on Thursday morning for their alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud ring operating out of Indonesia
- [Man suspected of kidnapping girl off Kabukicho streets, keeping her at home for 1 month](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-of-kidnapping-girl-off-kabukicho-streets-keeping-her-at-home-for-1-month/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly luring a 16-year-old runaway girl from the streets of the Kabukicho red-light district and keeping her at his hom
- [Tokushima prefectural section chief accused of child prostitution](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokushima-prefectural-section-chief-accused-of-child-prostitution/) - Tokushima Prefectural Police on Monday arrested prefectural section chief on suspicion of child prostitution two years ago
- [Ibaraki company uses GPS trap to nab suspects in copper wire theft](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ibaraki-company-uses-gps-trap-to-nab-suspects-in-copper-wire-theft/) - Police here have arrested two unemployed men for allegedly stealing 200 kilograms of copper wire from an electrical construction company under the cover of darkness
- [Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza arrested over ¥268 million meth smuggling plot](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/sumiyoshi-kai-yakuza-arrested-over-¥268-million-meth-smuggling-plot/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 30-year-old member of the Sumiyoshi-kai for allegedly orchestrating the smuggling of approximately five kilograms of methamphetamine from the United States
- [Yuki Adachi case: Stepfather accused of abandoning corpse in forest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yuki-adachi-case-stepfather-accused-of-abandoning-corpse-in-forest/) - Police in Kyoto Prefecture have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 11-year-old stepson in a mountainous forest
- [Fake cop in Hokkaido flees after 13-year-old cyclist demands badge](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/fake-cop-in-hokkaido-flees-after-13-year-old-cyclist-demands-badge/) - Police here are searching for a man who impersonated a law enforcement officer and fled after a quick-thinking middle school student called his bluff
- [Men posing as cops scam cyclist out of ¥15,000 yen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/men-posing-as-cops-scam-cyclist-out-of-15000-yen/) - Police are hunting for two men who impersonated plainclothes officers to scam a cyclist out of cash, exploiting a newly implemented traffic penalty system
- [Cram school teacher used garbage search to target woman's apartment for underwear theft](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cram-school-teacher-used-garbage-search-to-target-womans-apartment-for-underwear-theft/) - Police have arrested a 46-year-old cram school instructor on suspicion of trespassing into a young woman's apartment in the capital to steal her underwear after tracking her down through discarded trash
- [Yuki Adachi: Body of missing 11-year-old boy found in Kyoto forest, foul play suspected](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yuki-adachi-body-of-missing-11-year-old-boy-found-in-kyoto-forest-foul-play-suspected/) - Police confirmed Tuesday that a body discovered in a mountainous area of Kyoto Prefecture is that of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, a boy who had been missing for three weeks
- [Brazilian man found wandering on Shinkansen railway accused of punching cop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/brazilian-man-found-wandering-on-shinkansen-railway-accused-of-punching-cop/) - A 39-year-old Brazilian man who sparked chaos by trespassing on the Tokaido Shinkansen tracks last week has been slapped with a fresh arrest warrant after assaulting a police officer while in custody
- [Half-naked Turkish man arrested for trespassing on train tracks with tools](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/half-naked-turkish-man-arrested-for-trespassing-on-train-tracks-with-tools/) - Police in Aisai City have arrested a 32-year-old Turkish national after he trespassed onto a railway track half-naked while carrying tools
- [Nagano man arrested over AI-generated child pornography site](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nagano-man-arrested-over-ai-generated-child-pornography-site/) - Police in Toyama Prefecture have arrested a 42-year-old man from Nagano Prefecture accused of peddling AI-generated child pornography on a paid membership website
- [Three male corpses pulled from Hokkaido rivers in single day](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/three-male-corpses-pulled-from-hokkaido-rivers-in-single-day/) - Police in Hokkaido Prefecture have launched investigations after three male corpses were discovered in rivers across Sapporo and Ishikari cities on Sunday
- [Anri Sakaguchi not prosecuted following theft of convenience store sandwich](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/anri-sakaguchi-not-prosecuted-following-theft-of-convenience-store-sandwich/) - Prosecutors have decided to not indict television personality and former adult video (AV) actress Anri Sakaguchi following her arrest last month for shoplifting
- [Ex-AV actress Anri Sakaguchi blames sandwich theft on desire for 'thrill'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-av-actress-anri-sakaguchi-blames-sandwich-theft-on-desire-for-thrill/) - Following the arrest of Anri Sakaguchi on suspicion of theft earlier this month, she claimed she committed the crime on a desire "to experience a thrill"
- [Knife-wielding man in 70s arrested over attempted bank robbery in Okinawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/knife-wielding-man-in-70s-arrested-over-attempted-bank-robbery-in-okinawa/) - Police in Naha City arrested a man in his 70s after he allegedly brandished a knife during an attempted bank robbery on Monday afternoon
- [Ex-staff member at facility for disabled accused of sexually abusing 5-year-old female pupil](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-staff-member-at-facility-for-disabled-accused-of-sexually-abusing-5-year-old-female-pupil/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a former employee of a facility for disabled children in Chiba Prefecture for allegedly sexually abusing a 5-year-old female pupil
- [Yuki Adachi case: Body of youth found in Kyoto forest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yuki-adachi-case-body-found-in-kyoto-forest/) - As a part of the search for a missing 11-year-old boy, a body believed to be that of a child has been found in Nantan City on Monday
- [Oita man suspected of dumping missing teen's body says they met online](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/oita-man-suspected-of-dumping-missing-teens-body-says-they-met-online/) - Oita Prefectural Police have arrested a 58-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the body of a teenage girl in a mountainous area
- [Shizuoka man accused of dumping mother's corpse in wooden box cites 'religious reasons'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-man-accused-of-dumping-mothers-corpse-in-wooden-box-cites-religious-reasons/) - Shizuoka police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the corpse of his mother inside a wooden box in the garden of his home in Fukuroi City
- [Aichi man suspected of murdering wife, daughter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/aichi-man-suspected-of-murdering-wife-daughter/) - Aichi police have arrested a 55-year-old man after the bloodied bodies of his wife and teenage daughter were discovered inside their apartment in Anjo City
- [Underground Networks, Digital Habits, and the Quiet Evolution of Online Risk in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/technology/underground-networks-digital-habits-and-the-quiet-evolution-of-online-risk-in-tokyo/) - In recent times, a subtle but noticeable shift has been taking place within digital communities connected to Tokyo’s nightlife
- ['Early Morning Prowler' nabbed in Adachi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/early-morning-prowler-nabbed-in-adachi/) - He is suspected in a string of thefts took place in the early morning hours, a trend that caused police to give him his own name
- [Cross-dressing man entered women's bath at Chiba hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cross-dressing-man-entered-womens-bath-at-chiba-hotel/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 51-year-old man for allegedly entering a women's bath at a hotel in Chiba City while dressed as a woman over the weekend
- [Chiba man, 61, accused of stabbing neighbor with screwdriver suspected in multiple cases](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-61-accused-of-stabbing-neighbor-with-screwdriver-suspected-in-multiple-cases/) - A 61-year-old man arrested for attempted murder after allegedly breaking into a home and stabbing his neighbor in the neck with a screwdriver is suspected in multiple similar cases
- [Miyazaki man, 75, remains missing over a week after foraging for bamboo shoots](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/miyazaki-man-75-remains-missing-over-a-week-after-foraging-for-bamboo-shoots/) - Miyazaki police are continuing to search for a 75-year-old man from Miyazaki City who remains missing over a week after disappearing during a family trip to gather bamboo shoots
- [Wife of late Finance Minister Nakagawa says he was drugged before infamous 'drunken' press conference](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/wife-of-late-finance-minister-nakagawa-says-he-was-drugged-before-infamous-drunken-press-conference/) - Widow of former Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa says he was drugged by a newspaper reporter prior to his "drunken" press conference at G7 Summit in Rome
- [Tokyo man with 'leg fetish' arrested for stalking](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/tokyo-man-with-leg-fetish-arrested-for-stalking-theft-of-shoes/) - A search of a rental space rented by the suspect revealed approximately 60 pairs of high-heeled shoes and underwear
- [Woman's corpse found in Saitama river](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/womans-corpse-found-in-saitama-river/) - Saitama Prefectural Police launched an investigation after the discovery of the body of a woman in a river in Kawagoe City on Saturday
- [Ex-Yokozuna Terunofuji demoted over violence against disciple who groped woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/sports/ex-yokozuna-terunofuji-demoted-over-violence-against-disciple-who-groped-woman/) - The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) last week handed down disciplinary measures against the former Yokozuna Terunofuji after he struck a disciple
- [Japan fears British banker with ties to Imperial Family snared in Chinese 'honey trap'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/japan-fears-british-banker-with-ties-to-imperial-family-snared-in-chinese-honey-trap/) - At the center of suspicions is an unnamed British man who was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the British Royal Family
- [Aichi cops: Man found dead in hotel victim of ‘honey trap’](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/aichi-cops-man-found-dead-in-hotel-victim-of-honey-trap/) - Aichi Prefectural Police said on Wednesday that a man inside the room of a hotel in Nagoya over the weekend was the victim of a 'honey trap'
- [Ex-GSDF general says he narrowly escaped Chinese 'honey trap' at Harvard](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/ex-gsdf-general-says-he-narrowly-escaped-chinese-honey-trap-at-harvard/) - A former general of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) has revealed that he was targeted by a suspected Chinese "honey trap" while conducting research in the United States
- [Teens accused of carrying out 'honey trap' at Shibuya love hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/teens-accused-of-carrying-out-honey-trap-at-shibuya-love-hotel/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested five teenagers over the alleged attempted extortion of a man lured to a love hotel in Shibuya Ward
- [Oita man, 58, suspected of dumping corpse of missing teen girl in mountains](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/oita-man-58-suspected-of-dumping-corpse-of-missing-teen-girl-in-mountains/) - Oita Prefectural Police have announced the arrest of a 58-year-old man for allegedly abandoning a body in the mountains of Bungo-Ono City last month
- [Hyogo prison detainee in critical condition after hanging self in cell](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-prison-detainee-in-critical-condition-after-hanging-self-in-cell/) - A 56-year-old man being held at the headquarters detention facility at Himeji Police Station was found hanging in his solitary confinement cell on Saturday
- [Ex-cop handed 30-year term over fatal hammer attacks on 3 family members](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-cop-handed-30-year-term-over-fatal-hammer-attacks-on-3-family-members/) - The Supreme Court has finalized a 30-year prison sentence for a former police officer over the brutal hammer killings of three family members at their home in Shizuoka
- [Suspect in Shinjuku stabbing had ongoing marital problems](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/suspect-in-shinjuku-stabbing-had-ongoing-marital-problems/) - A woman arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after she stabbed a female acquaintance at a hotel restaurant last week had ongoing marital problems
- [Education ministry to probe Kyoto school over fatal anti-base boat capsizing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/education-ministry-to-probe-kyoto-school-over-fatal-anti-base-boat-capsizing/) - Education ministry has announced an on-site investigation into the operator of a Kyoto high school after a student died in a capsizing incident off the coast of Okinawa last month
- ['I was thinking about involving others,' said suspect before murder-suicide at Pokémon Center](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/i-was-thinking-about-involving-others-said-suspect-before-fatal-murder-suicide-at-pokemon-center/) - On the evening of March 26, terror struck the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo inside the Sunshine City mall in Toshima Ward
- [Ex-Fukuoka cop accused of threatening lover's husband with knife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-fukuoka-cop-accused-of-threatening-lovers-husband-with-knife/) - A former Fukuoka police officer has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly brandishing a kitchen knife at his lover's husband in a bizarre bid to prevent the couple from getting a divorce
- [Man's corpse found in Fukuoka pond](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mans-corpse-found-in-fukuoka-pond/) - Police in Fukuoka City have launched an investigation after the lifeless body of an elderly man was discovered floating face-down in a pond at a local park
- [Father of teen killed on Okinawa protest boat says she only wanted to see coral reefs](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/father-of-teen-killed-on-okinawa-protest-boat-says-she-only-wanted-to-see-coral-reefs/) - Tomoka Takeishi, a second-year student in Kyoto Prefecture, died after the vessel she was riding in overturned off the coast of Henoko, Nago City on March 16.
- [Tokyo police: Suspect in fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend at Pokémon Center had been arrested for stalking](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-police-suspect-in-fatal-stabbing-of-ex-girlfriend-at-pokemon-center-had-been-arrested-for-stalking/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have revealed that the man suspected in the fatal stabbing of a female employee at the Pokémon Center earlier this week had been arrested for stalking
- [Man suspected in fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend at Pokémon Center had told her to 'quit' job](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-in-fatal-stabbing-of-ex-girlfriend-at-pokemon-center-told-her-to-quit-her-dream-job/) - Tokyo police have revealed that a 26-year-old man suspected in the fatal stabbing of his former girlfriend last week at the Pokémon Center in Toshima Ward had previously told her to "quit" her job
- ['Don Juan of Kishu' widow halts social media posts after taking on police, prosecution, public](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/don-juan-of-kishu-widow-halts-social-media-posts-after-taking-on-police-prosecution-public/) - Widow of wealthy businessman Kosuke Nozaki has abruptly suspended her social media activity after making sensational claims about her high-profile murder trial
- [Nepalese student arrested after dumping dead newborn in Tokyo dorm closet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nepalese-student-arrested-after-dumping-dead-newborn-in-tokyo-dorm-closet/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 23-year-old Nepalese language student after the remains of a newborn baby were found stuffed in a closet at a dormitory in Arakawa Ward
- [Iwate man found living with corpse of mother](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/iwate-man-found-living-with-corpse-of-mother/) - Iwate Prefectural Police have arrested a 70-year-old man who was found to be living with the corpse of his mother at their residence in Morioka City
- [Produce plunder: Neighborhood chase ensues after elderly man in Shizuoka steals 10 onions](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/produce-plunder-neighborhood-chase-ensues-after-elderly-man-in-shizuoka-steals-10-onions/) - Local residents in Shizuoka City thwarted a getaway on Thursday morning, apprehending a 76-year-old man who fled on a bicycle after plundering a local field of its produce
- [Woman accused of stabbing dining companion in head at Shinjuku luxury hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-accused-of-stabbing-dining-companion-in-head-at-shinjuku-luxury-hotel/) - Tokyo police arrested a 58-year-old woman after she allegedly stabbed a female acquaintance in the back of the head at a luxury hotel in Shinjuku Ward on Friday night
- [Japanese man, 52, arrested in Laos for child prostitution, secretly filming girls](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-man-52-arrested-in-laos-for-child-prostitution-secretly-filming-girls/) - Local police here have arrested a 52-year-old Japanese man on suspicion of child prostitution after he was found in a hotel room with three underage girls
- [Man posing as official exploits new bicycle 'blue ticket' rules to swindle teen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-posing-as-official-exploits-new-bicycle-blue-ticket-rules-to-swindle-teen/) - A man posing as an authority figure here exploited Japan's newly implemented bicycle traffic laws to swindle a high school student out of cash
- [Ex-plumber arrested for stealing public toilet valves in Saitama says he did it '80 times'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-plumber-arrested-for-stealing-public-toilet-valves-in-saitama-says-he-did-it-80-times/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 49-year-old former plumber for allegedly stealing metal flush valves from public park toilets to sell as scrap metal
- ['Go buy some beer' - Tokyo exec accused of sexually assaulting woman during lengthy job interview](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/go-buy-some-beer-tokyo-exec-accused-of-sexually-assaulted-woman-during-lengthy-job-interview/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 46-year-old executive of a real estate management company for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman attending a job interview at his office in the capital
- [Serial burglar 'Unlocked Hiroshi' nabbed at pachinko parlor over ¥1.2 million heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/serial-burglar-unlocked-hiroshi-nabbed-at-pachinko-parlor-over-1-2-million-heist/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 50-year-old serial burglary suspect known among detectives as "Unlocked Hiroshi" over the theft of more than 1 million yen from an apartment in Kita Ward
- [Bad connection: Security guard arrested over bento theft after dropping walkie-talkie](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/bad-connection-security-guard-arrested-over-bento-theft-after-dropping-walkie-talkie/) - A 28-year-old security guard has been arrested after a dropped two-way radio linked him to a violent shoplifting attempt in Minato Ward that left a supermarket loss-prevention officer injured
- [Osaka man lived with corpse of mother for 4 months](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-man-lived-with-corpse-of-mother-for-4-months/) - Osaka Prefectural Police on Thursday arrested a 53-year-old man in Osaka City who is suspected of living with the corpse of his mother since late last year
- [Kitashinchi club operator indicted over ¥86 million tax evasion](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/kitashinchi-club-operator-indicted-over-86-million-tax-evasion/) - An operator of high-end hostess clubs in Osaka City's bustling Kitashinchi nightlife district has lost his business and home after being indicted for tax evasion
- [Man suspected of smuggling 6 kg of meth from Thailand](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-suspected-of-smuggling-6-kg-of-meth-from-thailand/) - Okinawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly smuggling approximately 6 kilograms of methamphetamine from Thailand last year
- [Lawmaker demands tax review after late actress Miho Nakayama's son renounces ¥2 billion estate](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/lawmaker-demands-tax-review-after-late-actress-miho-nakayamas-son-renounces-¥2-billion-estate/) - The crushing weight of Japan's inheritance tax has been thrust into the political spotlight after the son of late actress Miho Nakayama abandoned receiving her 2-billion-yen estate
- [Sanseito's Atsushi Suzuki in affair...again](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/sanseitos-atsushi-suzuki-in-affair-again/) - Atsushi Suzuki had a "secret yukata rendezvous" with a woman at a bathhouse two days in July
- [Group scammed homeowners with fraudulent electrical repair service](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/group-scammed-homeowners-with-fraudulent-electrical-repair-service/) - Tokyo police have arrested four men for extorting money from unsuspecting residents under the guise of emergency home maintenance
- [Duo nabbed over ¥42 million-yen in meth stashed under floorboards of Saitama home](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/gang-linked-duo-nabbed-over-42-million-yen-in-meth-stashed-under-floorboards-of-home/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested two men for allegedly hiding approximately 42 million yen worth of methamphetamine at a home in Saitama Prefecture
- [Pair of Turkish nationals suspected in dozens of break-ins in Tokyo area](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pair-of-turkish-nationals-suspected-in-dozens-of-break-ins-in-tokyo-area/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a pair of Turkish nationals who are suspected in dozens of break-ins in the capital
- [Two women found collapsed and bleeding at Osaka apartment later die](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-women-found-collapsed-and-bleeding-at-osaka-apartment-later-die/) - Osaka Prefectural Police launched an investigation after two women found collapsed and bleeding at an apartment building in Izumi City on Wednesday later died
- [Tokyo man, 22, accused of sexually assaulting middle school girl at hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-22-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-middle-school-girl-at-hotel/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 22-year-old man over the alleged sexual assault a middle school girl he met on social media
- [Kagawa man accused of putting urine in colleague's tea denies sexual intent](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kagawa-man-accused-of-putting-urine-in-colleagues-tea-denies-sexual-intent/) - A 30-year-old contract employee on trial for secretly putting his urine into a female coworker's drink appeared in court on Wednesday
- [Mysterious, 30-meter-long flying object halts Nishitetsu trains for 4 hours](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mysterious-30-meter-flying-object-halts-nishitetsu-trains-for-4-hours/) - A massive, mysterious flying object brought a section of the Nishi-Nippon Railroad to a standstill for approximately four hours on Wednesday
- [Osaka teacher on paternity leave leaves stolen bicycle on train tracks](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-teacher-on-paternity-leave-leaves-stolen-bicycle-on-train-tracks/) - Osaka police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a middle school teacher currently on paternity leave for allegedly abandoning a stolen bicycle on train tracks in Sakai City
- [Tokyo baseball powerhouse handed 1-month ban over spread of obscene student video](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-baseball-powerhouse-handed-1-month-ban-over-spread-of-obscene-student-video/) - A prestigious high school baseball team here has been handed a one-month ban on external matches after multiple members were caught distributing an obscene video of a female student
- [Trio suspected in smash-and-grab incident at brand store in Hiroo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-suspected-in-smash-and-grab-incident-at-brand-store-in-hiroo/) - Tokyo police are searching for three men after a smash-and-grab incident at a brand-name resale shop in the capital's upscale Hiroo district on Wednesday
- [NPO: Kabukicho streetwalkers as young as 12 selling sex to foreign tourists for ¥5,000](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/kabukicho-streetwalkers-as-young-as-12-selling-sex-to-foreign-tourists-for-5000/) - Japan Refuge, which was founded 24 years ago, provides places for young females to stay and conducts nighttime patrols in Kabukicho
- [Chiba woman suspected of leaving corpse of mother in home for 4 months](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-woman-suspected-of-leaving-corpse-of-mother-in-home-for-4-months/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 37-year-old woman after a decomposing corpse was discovered inside her apartment in Narashino City
- [Yakuza not prosecuted over alleged sale of apartment at inflated price to elderly](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-not-prosecuted-over-alleged-sale-of-apartment-at-inflated-price-to-elderly/) - Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a member of a criminal syndicate and eight others for allegedly targeting elderly people in the sale of used apartments at unreasonably high prices
- [1,000-kilometer drive: Miyazaki man suspected of dumping corpse of mother in Nagano](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/1000-kilometers-by-car-miyazaki-man-suspected-of-dumping-corpse-of-mother-in-nagano/) - Nagano Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man from Miyazaki Prefecture for allegedly dumping the body of an elderly woman in a mountainous area
- [Yakuza among suspects in sale of used apartments at unreasonably high prices](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-among-suspects-in-sale-of-used-apartments-at-unreasonably-high-prices/) - A member of a yakuza criminal syndicate is among nine suspects in custody for allegedly targeting elderly people in the sale of used apartments at unreasonably high prices
- [Osaka prosecutors appeal acquittal of woman accused of murdering ‘Don Juan of Kishu’](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-prosecutors-appeal-acquittal-of-woman-accused-of-murdering-don-juan-of-kishu/) - Prosecutors here are appealing a previous ruling that acquitted a 30-year-old woman of murdering her wealthy husband, who was known as the “Don Juan of Kishu”
- [Osaka court upholds acquittal of woman accused of murdering 'Don Juan of Kishu'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-court-upholds-acquittal-of-woman-accused-of-murdering-don-juan/) - A court here has upheld a previous ruling that acquitted a 30-year-old woman of murdering her husband, who was known as the "Don Juan of Kishu"
- [Pakistani used car dealer accused of smuggling ¥14.3 billion in meth](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pakistani-used-car-dealer-accused-of-smuggling-14-3-billion-in-meth/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police and customs officials have arrested six men, including a Pakistani used car dealer, for allegedly smuggling approximately 270 kilograms of methamphetamine
- [GameZone Online Casino Games: Spin, Win, Repeat](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/gamezone-online-casino-games-spin-win-repeat/) - Enjoy GameZone online casino games and explore why players keep coming back for more thrilling spins and exciting wins.
- [Niigata City seeks compensation over minivan parked illegally for 15 years](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/niigata-city-seeks-compensation-over-minivan-parked-illegally-for-15-years/) - Niigata City has filed a lawsuit with a court here seeking damages from the owner of a passenger car that has been illegally parked for at least 15 years
- [Elderly Ehime woman swindled out of nationwide record ¥1.2 billion](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/elderly-ehime-woman-swindled-out-of-nationwide-record-1-2-billion/) - Ehime Prefectural Police revealed on Monday that a woman here has been swindled out of a record 1.2 billion yen
- [Japanese nationals among 800 detained in raid of suspected fraud HQ in Cambodia](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/japanese-nationals-among-800-detained-in-raid-of-suspected-fraud-hq/) - Cambodian authorities on Tuesday detained approximately 800 people, including Japanese nationals, at a building in the southern part of the nation
- [Tokyo court hands 'Luffy' leader life term](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-court-hands-luffy-leader-life-term/) - A court here on Monday sentenced the former leader of the so-called “Luffy” fraud ring to life imprisonment in connection with a series of robberies that started four years ago
- [15 Japanese nationals suspected of fraud detained in Cambodia](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/15-japanese-nationals-suspected-of-fraud-detained-in-cambodia/) - The Japanese embassy here on Tuesday announced that that 15 Japanese nationals who are suspected members of a fraud ring have been detained in Phnom Penh
- [Yakuza members alleged in beating of fellow gangster over suspected info leak](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-members-alleged-in-beating-of-fellow-gangster-over-suspected-info-leak/) - Tokyo police have arrested members of a criminal syndicate over the alleged assault of a fellow gangster whom they believed was leaking information
- [5 Japanese nationals suspected of fraud detained in Cambodia](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/international/5-japanese-nationals-suspected-of-fraud-detained-in-cambodia/) - Five Japanese nationals suspected of involvement in a fraud ring were detained in the capital Phnom Penh on Monday
- [Miho Nakayama's only son renounces ¥2 billion estate, leaving her estranged mother as heir](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/miho-nakayamas-only-son-renounces-¥2-billion-estate-leaving-her-estranged-mother-as-heir/) - Following the sudden death of former top idol and actress Miho Nakayama in December 2024, her Paris-based only son has reportedly renounced his inheritance
- [Odakyu Railway arms staff with body cams to combat surging 'customer harassment'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/odakyu-railway-arms-staff-with-body-cams-to-combat-surging-customer-harassment/) - Odakyu Electric Railway will equip station staff with wearable body cameras across all 70 of its stations to combat a rising tide of passenger violence and harassment
- [Video captures apparent 'customer harassment' at Expo 2025](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/video-captures-apparent-customer-harassment-at-expo-2025/) - Video captures apparent ‘customer harassment’ at Expo 2025
- [Man, 89, dies after arrest for biting woman at hanami spot in Hyogo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-89-dies-after-arrest-for-biting-woman-at-hanami-spot-in-hyogo/) - An 89-year-old man died shortly after being arrested for allegedly biting a woman at a popular cherry blossom viewing spot in Hyogo Prefecture on Sunday afternoon
- [Kyoto uni student faces charges in nationwide first crackdown on illegal 'nicopuff' sales](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kyoto-uni-student-faces-charges-in-nationwide-first-crackdown-on-illegal-nicopuff-sales/) - Osaka Prefectural Police have referred a 21-year-old university student to prosecutors over the illegal sale of nicotine-laced e-cigarettes to a minor
- [Fukui University professor faces 4th arrest for sexual assault of same female acquaintance](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukui-university-professor-faces-4th-arrest-for-sexual-assault-of-same-female-acquaintance/) - Fukui Prefectural Police have arrested a 57-year-old professor at Fukui University for the fourth time on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance
- [Man accused in Ibaraki stabbing: 'I thought I was being targeted'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-accused-in-ibaraki-stabbing-i-thought-i-was-being-targeted/) - A 23-year-old construction worker from Tsukuba City in custody in connection with the stabbing of a man has month has been re-arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
- [Multiple foreigners suspected of fatally beating, dumping Iranian man at Aichi hospital](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/multiple-foreigners-suspected-of-fatally-beating-dumping-iranian-man-at-aichi-hospital/) - Aichi police are hunting for multiple foreign nationals suspected of fatally beating an Iranian man with a metal pipe and dumping his battered body at a hospital in Toyokawa City
- [Deadly pride: 37% of Japanese men in their 50s have 'zero friends' amid lonely death epidemic](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/deadly-pride-37-of-japanese-men-in-their-50s-have-zero-friends-amid-lonely-death-epidemic/) - A staggering 37 percent of Japanese men in their 50s have "zero friends," a deepening social crisis that experts warn is directly fueling the nation's epidemic of lonely deaths and suicides
- [Man found severely beaten in front of Aichi hospital later dies](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-found-severely-beaten-in-front-of-aichi-hospital-later-dies/) - A man has died after being found severely battered and dumped in front of a hospital in Toyokawa City last week
- [Hyogo tax official suspended for placing 2,251 bets on duty, evading taxes on winnings](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hyogo-tax-official-suspended-for-placing-2251-bets-on-duty-evading-taxes-on-winnings/) - Osaka taxation bureau has slapped a one-month disciplinary suspension on a male employee who repeatedly gambled during work hours and hypocritically failed to declare his own winnings
- [Tokyo cops raising caution with Kabukicho pharmacies after string of youth overdoses](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-cops-raising-caution-with-kabukicho-pharmacies-after-string-of-youth-overdoses/) - Tokyo police on Saturday urged pharmacies in the Kabukicho nightlife district to report suspicious purchases of medications following youth overdoses
- [Argument over foreign tourist sticking 'their leg out' inside Yamanashi train descends into brawl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/argument-over-foreign-tourist-sticking-their-leg-out-inside-yamanashi-train-descends-into-brawl/) - An argument over train etiquette was the cause of a violent altercation between groups of foreign tourists inside a carriage in Yamanashi Prefecture last week
- [Brawl between foreign tourists on Yamanashi train leaves 16 services delayed or canceled](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/brawl-between-foreign-tourists-on-yamanashi-train-leaves-16-services-delayed-or-canceled/) - A violent fistfight between groups of foreign tourists aboard a Fujikyu Railway train on Friday afternoon forced the delay and cancellation of 16 trains
- [Man set fire to Shibuya 'Scramble Crossing' to publicize conspiracy theories](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-sets-fire-to-shibuya-scramble-crossing-to-publicize-conspiracy-theories/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week arrested a man in his 50s for allegedly starting a fire in the middle of the world-famous Shibuya "Scramble Crossing"
- [Tokyo cops bust dating app fraud ring that targeted disabled men](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-cops-bust-dating-app-fraud-ring-that-targeted-disabled-men/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the alleged top figure of a dating app fraud ring accused that lured men to a Shibuya Ward bar and extorted them
- [Intruders assault, rob woman in Nerima](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/intruders-assault-rob-woman-in-nerima/) - Two men broke into an apartment in a residential neighborhood in Nerima Ward, stole cash from a woman and fled
- [Roppongi in uproar as Yamaguchi-gumi executive visits Inagawa-kai HQ](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/roppongi-in-uproar-as-yamaguchi-gumi-executive-visits-inagawa-kai-hq/) - A top executive from Japan's largest crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi descended upon the headquarters of the rival Inagawa-kai last month
- [Man turns himself in over suspected arson at Shibuya 'Scramble Crossing'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-turns-himself-in-over-suspected-arson-at-shibuya-scramble-crossing/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have detained a man suspected of committing arson at the world-famous at the famous “Scramble Crossing” on Friday night
- [Video: Bus driver smashes window of car with lug wrench during dispute](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/video-bus-driver-smashes-window-of-car-with-lug-wrench-during-dispute/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 57-year-old man for smashing a car window with tire iron in Chiba City and injuring the driver
- [Ehime farmer, 75, accused of stalking woman with abusive letters](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/ehime-farmer-75-accused-of-stalking-woman-with-abusive-letters/) - Ehime Prefectural Police have arrested a 75-year-old man on suspicion of stalking a woman in her 60s who had rejected his advances
- [Dairy dust-up: Man accused of punching store manager after stealing butter](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dairy-dust-up-man-accused-of-punching-store-manager-after-stealing-butter/) - Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a 42-year-old man who allegedly punched a convenience store manager in the face while attempting to flee with stolen butter
- [Tokyo cops nab tokuryu trio over attempted pawnshop robbery in Kabukicho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-cops-nab-tokuryu-trio-over-attempted-pawnshop-robbery-in-kabukicho/) - Tokyo police have arrested three men suspected of operating within an anonymous tokuryu crime ring over an attempted robbery at a pawnshop in the Kabukicho nightlife district
- [Volatility, Volume & Opportunity: Reading Crypto Market Signals in 2026](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crypto/volatility-volume-opportunity-reading-crypto-market-signals-in-2026/) - Reading crypto market signals 2026 requires new approaches as institutional adoption reshapes traditional patterns
- [Shimane man bilked out of ¥300 million in gold bars, cash in 'romance scam'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shimane-man-bilked-of-320-million-in-gold-bars-cash-in-romance-scam/) - Shimane police have revealed that a man in his 70s was defrauded of more than 320 million yen in cash and gold in an elaborate "romance and investment scam"
- [NPA: Marijuana busts reach highest ever in '25](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/npa-marijuana-busts-reach-highest-ever-in-25/) - Japan saw a record 6,832 individuals busted for marijuana-related offenses last year, with young people accounting for more than 70 percent of the total
- [Ehime man sought after elderly father dies in stabbing incident](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ehime-man-sought-after-elderly-father-dies-in-stabbing-incident/) - Ehime Prefectural Police are hunting for a man after his father was found stabbed at the residence they shared in Imabari City
- [Pair accessed ChatGPT to try to sell stolen chainsaw](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pair-accessed-chatgpt-to-try-to-sell-stolen-chainsaw/) - Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested two men for allegedly breaking into a warehouse in Gunma Prefecture earlier this year and stealing a chainsaw and other items
- [Tokyo sex shop operator arrested for prostituting Vietnamese women on tourist visas](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-sex-shop-operator-arrested-for-prostituting-vietnamese-women-on-tourist-visas/) - Tokyo police have arrested three individuals for allegedly employing Vietnamese women visiting Japan on tourist visas to conduct prostitution from a rented room
- [Osaka City cordons off popular gathering spot for youths, delinquents amid opening of Expo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/national/osaka-city-cordons-off-popular-gathering-spot-for-youths-delinquents-amid-opening-of-expo/) - Osaka City cordons off popular gathering spot for youths, delinquents amid opening of Expo
- [Ethiopian woman goes missing at Expo 2025](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/ethiopian-woman-goes-missing-at-expo-2025/) - Authorities from Katano City have revealed that a woman from Ethiopia who was participating in Expo 2025 Osaka has gone missing
- [Female manager in Niigata government ordered party attendees to 'worship' subordinate's crotch](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/female-manager-in-niigata-government-ordered-party-attendees-to-worship-subordinates-crotch/) - The Niigata Prefectural Government announced on April 1 that a female manager working in the sports department has been reprimanded for sexually harassment
- [Yakuza members among 7 nabbed over Ueno heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/yakuza-members-among-7-nabbed-over-ueno-heist/) - In January, a series of attacks that targeted large sums of cash being transported by money changers took place across the capital and in Hong Kon
- [Kanagawa teacher arrested over indecent acts with teen girl he met on SNS](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-teacher-arrested-over-indecent-acts-with-teen-girl-he-met-on-sns/) - Tokyo police have arrested a 29-year-old public high school teacher in Kanagawa Prefecture on suspicion of committing indecent acts with a teenage girl he met via social media
- [Kabukicho psychiatrist accused of raping female patient has long history of abusing women](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/special-reports/kabukicho-psychiatrist-accused-of-raping-female-patient-has-long-history-of-abusing-women/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Monday arrested a psychiatrist who runs a clinic in Shinjuku Ward for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient last year
- [Tokyo cops raid yakuza offices over Ueno heist](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/tokyo-cops-raid-yakuza-offices-over-ueno-heist/) - Tokyo police conducted raids on multiple yakuza offices on Thursday in connection with a brazen street robbery in Taito Ward that netted perpetrators over 400 million yen
- [Chiba man, 76, accused of raping elementary school girl](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-man-accused-of-raping-elementary-school-girl/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 76-year-old man from Chiba City over the alleged sexual assault of an elementary school girl
- [Missing 11-year-old boy's school bag found abandoned in Kyoto mountains](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/missing-11-year-old-boys-school-bag-found-abandoned-in-kyoto-mountains/) - Kyoto police have intensified their search for an 11-year-old boy who vanished over a week ago after his school bag was discovered abandoned in a mountainous area
- [Tokyo cops raid yakuza HQ as part of crackdown on fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/tokyo-cops-raid-yakuza-hq-over-fraud/) - As a part of an ongoing crackdown, Tokyo Metropolitan Police have raided the headquarters of the Kohei-ikka, a branch of the Sumiyoshi-kai yakuza syndicate
- [Kabukicho psychiatrist suspected of raping female patient in clinic](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kabukicho-psychiatrist-suspected-of-raping-female-patient-in-clinic/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a psychiatrist who runs a clinic in Shinjuku Ward for allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient last year
- [Why fraud and compliance teams need a more connected strategy heading into 2027](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/technology/why-fraud-and-compliance-teams-need-a-more-connected-strategy-heading-into-2027/) - Predictions pieces are easy to dismiss as trend watching, but the strongest ones usually matter because they surface the pressures that are already reshaping day-to-day operations
- [Shizuoka cops search for woman suspected of shoplifting 300 packs of smokes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/shizuoka-cops-search-for-woman-suspected-of-shoplifting-300-packs-of-smokes/) - Shizuoka Prefectural Police are searching for a woman who shoplifted 300 packs of cigarettes from a convenience store in Hamamatsu City early Wednesday
- [Maki Takubo: Ex-Shizuoka mayor indicted over academic fraud after forging diploma](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/maki-takubo-ex-shizuoka-mayor-indicted-over-academic-fraud-after-forging-diploma/) - Public prosecutors have indicted the former mayor of Ito City over a brazen academic fraud scheme, alleging she forged a university diploma
- [Kumamoto official handed suspension for viewing 100 hours of porn on job](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kumamoto-official-handed-suspension-for-viewing-100-hours-of-porn-on-job/) - A 55-year-old Kumamoto prefectural government employee has been handed a four-month suspension after spending nearly 100 hours viewing adult websites and reading manga on his work computer
- [Cyclists handed fines up to ¥12,000 as 'blue ticket' system begins](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/cyclists-handed-fines-up-to-12000-yen-as-blue-ticket-system-begins/) - A new nationwide traffic enforcement system targeting rogue cyclists officially kicked off on Wednesday, introducing "blue tickets" and steep financial penalties for infractions
- [Second woman not prosecuted over alleged possession of meth, cocaine at Tokyo hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/second-woman-not-prosecuted-over-alleged-possession-of-meth-cocaine-at-tokyo-hotel/) - Prosecutors have chosen to not prosecute a second woman who was discovered in a hotel room with the founder of a real estate company along with a stash of illegal drugs
- [Trio nabbed over robbery of elderly man in Chiba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/trio-nabbed-over-robbery-of-elderly-man-in-chiba/) - Police have arrested three men suspected of breaking into the home of an elderly man in Kimitsu City earlier this year and violently robbing him of a safe
- [4 strangers suspected in burglaries say they applied for 'high-paying' SNS gig](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/4-strangers-suspected-in-burglaries-say-they-applied-for-high-paying-sns-gig/) - Saitama police have arrested four individuals for allegedly breaking into two rental video stores and making off with smartphones and video game consoles
- [Yakuza syndicate a no-show at safety commission meeting](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/yakuza-syndicate-a-no-show-at-safety-commission-meeting/) - Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi was invited to a meeting to comment on its possible designation as 'violent' but no members attended
- [70 workers, 15 trucks haul out 24 tons of waste from Koriyama 'garbage houses'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/70-workers-15-trucks-haul-out-24-tons-of-waste-from-koriyama-garbage-houses/) - City workers hauled away bags of refuse, home electronics units and furniture on Saturday
- [Fukuoka teacher accused of groping undercover police officer on train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-teacher-accused-of-groping-undercover-police-officer-on-train/) - A 44-year-old junior high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of groping a woman on a crowded morning commuter train in Fukuoka Prefecture
- [Tochigi woman nabbed over alleged theft of wagyu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tochigi-woman-nabbed-over-alleged-theft-of-wagyu/) - Tochigi police have arrested a 56-year-old woman over the alleged shoplifting more than 3 kilograms of wagyu beef steak from a supermarket in Otawara City
- [Kobe elementary school teachers suspended for repeatedly having sex on campus](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kobe-elementary-school-teachers-suspended-for-repeatedly-having-sex-on-campus/) - Kobe City on Monday announced six-month disciplinary suspensions for two elementary school teachers who repeatedly engaged in sexual acts on school grounds
- [Hundreds of women jobless after Japan's top soapland chain shutters outlets](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hundreds-of-women-jobless-after-japans-top-soapland-chain-shutters-outlets/) - The Marine Group --- the operator of nation's largest chain of soapland bathhouses --- abruptly shut down all 21 of its locations simultaneously on January 30
- ['Discarded cigarette' likely cause of raging Osaka forest fire](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/discarded-cigarette-likely-cause-of-raging-osaka-forest-fire/) - Osaka Prefectural Police believe that a 'discarded cigarette' was the cause of a forest fire that broke out in the town of Nose on Monday
- [NHK announcer Emi Hatakeyama given fresh start one year after 'predatory affair'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/nhk-announcer-emi-hatakeyama-given-fresh-start-one-year-after-predatory-affair/) - NHK announcer Emi Hatakeyama will make her television comeback this April at the network's Kanazawa Broadcasting Station
- [Tokyo police officer found dead in dorm in apparent suicide](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-police-officer-found-dead-in-dorm-in-apparent-suicide/) - A police officer died in a Tokyo Metropolitan Police dormitory in Setagaya Ward on Monday
- [Dewi Sukarno sent to prosecutors over alleged drunken assault of manager](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dewi-sukarno-sent-to-prosecutors-over-alleged-drunken-assault-of-assistant/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have sent socialite Dewi Sukarno to prosecutors over the alleged drunken assault of her manager last year
- [Dewi Sukarno indicted in 2 assault cases in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/dewi-sukarno-indicted-in-2-assault-cases-in-tokyo/) - Prosecutors have indicted socialite Dewi Sukarno over two alleged assault cases that took place in the capital last year
- [Gifu construction exec found dead after departing for job site](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gifu-construction-exec-found-dead-after-departing-for-job-site/) - An executive for a construction company in Gifu Prefecture was found dead in a forest here last week the day after he departed for a job site
- [Chiba woman suspected in fatal stabbing of husband: 'We argued about living expenses'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/chiba-woman-suspected-in-fatal-stabbing-of-husband-we-argued-about-living-expenses/) - Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 27-year-old woman over the alleged fatal stabbing her husband at their residence in Chiba City
- [NHK announcer Emi Hatakeyama to be transferred after report of affair](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nhk-announcer-emi-hatakeyama-to-be-transferred-after-report-of-affair/) - Last April, Shukan Bunshun reported on the affair between NHK announcer Emi Hatakeyama and a fellow staff member
- [Ex-Shiga civil servant faces 5 years for sexually assaulting sleeping high school girl on train](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-shiga-civil-servant-faces-5-years-for-sexually-assaulting-sleeping-high-school-girl-on-train/) - Prosecutors sought a five-year prison term for a 42-year-old former civil servant who is accused of sexually assaulted a sleeping high school girl on a passenger train
- [Nagoya internet cafe employee suspected of leaving corpse of newborn in private room](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-internet-cafe-employee-suspected-of-leaving-corpse-of-newborn-in-private-room/) - Aichi police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old woman for allegedly leaving the body of a newborn baby inside a private room of an internet cafe in Nagoya
- [Mayo Ide: Newly found video reveals final days of ex-model who vanished 2 decades ago](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/mayo-ide-newly-found-video-reveals-final-days-of-ex-model-who-vanished-2-decades-ago/) - A fading label on a 25-year-old mini-DV tape holds the latest clue in the chilling cold case of Mayo Ide
- [Woman suspected in Nishitokyo family murder-suicide went to Haneda with boyfriend weeks prior](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/woman-suspected-in-nishitokyo-family-murder-suicide-went-to-haneda-with-boyfriend-weeks-prior/) - New information has shed light on the bizarre murder-suicide involving a 36-year-old woman and her three sons in Nishitokyo City
- [Woman sues former Tokyo call girl over husband's 4-year affair](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-sues-former-tokyo-call-girl-over-husbands-4-year-affair/) - A woman has filed a 3.3 million yen lawsuit against a former call girl after discovering her husband had been secretly meeting her at love hotels once a month for four years
- [Tokyo woman handed 12-year term over fatal stabbing of boyfriend she abused over baldness](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-woman-handed-12-year-term-over-fatal-stabbing-of-boyfriend-she-abused-over-baldness/) - The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a 26-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of her live-in boyfriend two years
- [Osaka welfare firm stripped of license over ¥15 billion subsidy scam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-welfare-firm-stripped-of-license-over-15-billion-subsidy-scam/) - Kizuna Holdings fraudulently received approximately 15 billion yen in government subsidies through an employment scheme that exploited disabled individuals
- [Two dead after stabbing at Pokémon Center in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/two-dead-after-stabbing-at-pokemon-center-in-tokyo/) - A female employee at the Pokémon Center in Sunshine City in Toshima Ward was fatally stabbed by a man on Thursday evening
- [Tokyo court upholds 9-year term for ex-MUFG employee over theft for safe deposit boxes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-court-upholds-9-year-term-for-ex-mufg-employee-over-theft-for-safe-deposit-boxes/) - A court here this week upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a 47-year-old former MUFG Bank employee to nine years in prison for stealing gold bars and cash from safe deposit boxes
- [Ex-MUFG staffer admits to theft of gold bars, cash from safe deposit boxes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-mufg-staffer-admits-to-theft-of-gold-bars-cash-from-safe-deposit-boxes/) - A former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank employee this week admitted to stealing gold bars and cash from safe deposit boxes at two branches
- [Pair nabbed over alleged assault that seriously injured taxi driver](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/pair-nabbed-over-alleged-assault-that-seriously-injured-taxi-driver/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two men over the alleged assault of a taxi driver last year that left the victim with serious injuries
- ['You bastard!' - Right-wing group member throws axe at Chongryon HQ](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/you-bastard-right-wing-group-member-throws-axe-at-chongryon-hq/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a member of a right-wing group for alleging possessing an axe that he threw at the North Korean-connected Chongryon headquarters in the capital earlier this month
- [Sapporo high school girl attempts to steal rice from market](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/sapporo-high-school-girl-attempted-to-steal-rice-from-market/) - Hokkaido Prefectural Police arrested a high school girl over the alleged attempted theft of rice in Sapporo City on Wednesday
- [Rash of thefts of roadside delineators in Oita](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/rash-of-thefts-of-roadside-delineator-lights-in-oita/) - There has been a rash of thefts of reflective roadside delineators across the prefecture
- [Woman not prosecuted over alleged possession of meth at Tokyo hotel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/woman-not-prosecuted-over-alleged-possession-of-meth-at-tokyo-hotel/) - Prosecutors have chosen to not prosecute a woman who was discovered in a hotel room with the founder of real estate investment company Raysum Co., Ltd. along with a stash of illegal drugs two years ago
- [Balancing Digital Entertainment and Regulation in Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/balancing-digital-entertainment-and-regulation-japan/) - Japan’s online casino boom demands smart regulation to balance tech-driven online gaming with player safety for a sustainable digital entertainment future.
- [Understanding The Confluence Between Bitcoin & Casino: The Future Of Gambling](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/casino/understanding-the-confluence-between-bitcoin-casino-the-future-of-gambling/) - Casinos and consoles share a simple rule: the smoother the flow, the stronger the trust. Contemporary platforms now treat speed, clarity, and visible fairness.
- [How Digital Gaming Is Reshaping Japan’s Entertainment Landscape?](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/how-digital-gaming-is-reshaping-japans-entertainment-landscape/) - Digital gaming rewires Japan’s entertainment. It is about cross-IP loops, fairer monetization, esports, and urban hubs with flexible, social-first experiences.
- [How To Choose the Right Online Casino in Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/casino/how-to-choose-the-right-online-casino-in-japan/) - Choosing the right casino is not about picking the most ‘reliable’ one. It is about picking the right and legal one.
- [Lymphoma: Noticing the Signs and Understanding the Risks](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/health/lymphoma-noticing-the-signs-and-understanding-the-risks/) - Most of us don’t give much thought to the lymphatic system
- [Using Odds Comparison to Get More from Best Non-GamStop Bookmakers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/gaming-2/using-odds-comparison-to-get-more-from-best-non-gamstop-bookmakers/) - Many value bettors tend to verify the variations between their lines and those at other sites by using the best non-GamStop bookmakers that provide the biggest bet sizes
- [Kyoto boy goes missing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kyoto-boy-goes-missing/) - Kyoto Prefectural Police are searching for a fifth-grade boy who went missing in Nantan City this week
- [Atsuko Maeda's steamy photo book follows Maki Goto in 'not playing it safe'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/atsuko-maedas-steamy-photo-book-follows-maki-goto-in-not-playing-it-safe/) - Last month, publisher Kodansha published a highly revealing photo book featuring former AKB48 member and actress Atsuko Maeda
- [Chinese national handed 12-year term over rape, confinement of Osaka woman](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/chinese-national-handed-12-year-term-over-rape-confinement-of-osaka-woman/) - A court here earlier this month handed a male Chinese national a prison term over the rape and confinement of a woman in the prefecture two years ago
- [GSDF member accused of trespassing at Chinese embassy considered 'suicide'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gsdf-member-accused-of-trespassing-at-chinese-embassy-considered-suicide/) - Following the arrest of a GSDF officer for allegedly trespassing into the Chinese Embassy earlier this week, ​​it has been revealed that the suspect had considered 'suicide'
- [GSDF member with knife breaks into Chinese embassy in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/gsdf-member-with-knife-breaks-into-chinese-embassy-in-tokyo/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police apprehended a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) member after he trespassed onto the grounds of the Chinese Embassy in Minato Ward on Tuesday
- [Man followed woman before alleged groping in Koto Ward](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-followed-woman-before-alleged-groping-in-koto-ward/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly groping a woman in Koto Ward last month
- [Justice ministry holds study group to examine punishment for buying of sex](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/justice-ministry-holds-study-group-to-examine-punishment-for-buying-of-sex/) - In response to the growing social problem of street prostitution in the capital, the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday held its first meeting to discuss how to regulate the buying of sex
- [Yokohama lawyer suspected member in ¥5.3 billion fraud ring](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yokohama-lawyer-suspected-member-in-5-3-billion-fraud-ring/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a lawyer from Kanagawa Prefecture who is suspected of being responsible for closing frozen bank accounts used by a fraud group
- [After indictment for cocaine use, producer Simon says, 'I'm sorry'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/after-indictment-for-cocaine-use-producer-simon-says-im-sorry/) - Simon, the former producer of the globally active all-girl music group XG, was released on bail on Wednesday following his indictment for using cocaine
- [NHK director accused of raping woman not prosecuted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nhk-director-accused-of-raping-woman-not-prosecuted/) - Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a male director at public broadcaster NHK over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Shibuya Ward earlier this year
- [NHK director accused of raping woman in Shibuya](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/nhk-director-accused-of-raping-woman-in-shibuya/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male chief director at public broadcaster NHK over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Shibuya Ward
- [Kudo-kai boss steps down](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yakuza/kudo-kai-boss-steps-down/) - Fukuoka Prefectural Police are confirming information regarding the possible retirement of Satoru Nomura, the boss of the Kudo-kai criminal syndicate
- [Hokkaido woman accused of injecting son with insulin: 'I intended to kill'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hokkaido-woman-accused-of-injecting-son-with-insulin-i-intended-to-kill/) - Hokkaido Prefectural Police arrested a 51-year-old woman for allegedly trying to kill her high school-aged son by injecting him with insulin at their home in Sapporo City on Tuesday
- [Man with knife surrenders to police after stabbing at Tsukuba convenience store](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/man-with-knife-surrenders-to-police-after-stabbing-at-tsukuba-convenience-store/) - Ibaraki Prefectural Police arrested a 23-year-old man following the stabbing of a male customer at a convenience store in Tsukuba City early Wednesday
- [¥10,000 notes scattered in Edogawa street before fire breaks out, corpse found](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/10000-notes-scattered-in-edogawa-street-before-fire-breaks-out-corpse-found/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police launched an investigation after a body was found after a fire broke out in a house in Edogawa Ward on Wednesday
- [Japan rewind: 40 years since porn star's kamikaze attack in Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/national/japan-rewind-40-years-since-the-porn-stars-kamikaze-attack-in-tokyo/) - Mitsuyasu Maeno dive-bombed the residence of Yoshio Kodama in one of the more bizarre incidents in aviation history
- [ANA captain indicted for indecent assault of cabin attendant](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ana-captain-indicted-for-indecent-assault-of-cabin-attendant/) - The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office last year indicted a male captain with All Nippon Airways (ANA) on charges of indecent assault without consent
- [Ex-Tokyo cop handed suspended term for leaking info to scout group Natural](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/ex-tokyo-cop-handed-suspended-term-for-leaking-info-to-scout-group-natural/) - A court here has handed a suspended prison term to a former inspector with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for leaking investigative information to sex scouting group Natural
- [Tokyo cop dismissed for leaking information to scouting group Natural](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-cop-dismissed-for-leaking-information-to-scouting-group-natural/) - Tokyo police have dismissed a police inspector from its Organized Crime Control Division for leaking investigative information to Japan's largest adult entertainment scout group
- [Saitama child welfare center employee dismissed after arrest for sexual assault](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-child-welfare-center-employee-dismissed-after-arrest-for-sexual-assault/) - Saitama Prefecture on Tuesday announced that it has dismissed a male employee of a child welfare center following his arrest over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl who was in temporary protective custody
- [Fukuoka police seek man, 26, for attempted murder](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/fukuoka-police-seek-man-26-for-attempted-murder/) - Fukuoka police on Tuesday issued a public arrest warrant in connection with an attempted murder case that occurred at a residence in Fukuoka City over the weekend
- [Tokyo man accused of threatening woman with knife, attempting to drag her into toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-man-accused-of-threatening-woman-with-knife-attempting-to-drag-her-into-toilet/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly threatening a woman in her 20s with a utility knife in a park in Tachikawa City last month
- [Anri Sakaguchi accused of stealing sandwich from convenience store](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/anri-sakaguchi-accused-of-stealing-sandwich-from-convenience-store/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested celebrity Anri Sakaguchi on suspicion of shoplifting a sandwich from a convenience store in Hachioji City last week,
- [Kanagawa police apologize after 'suicide' turns to murder allegation](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-police-apologize-after-suicide-turns-to-murder-allegation/) - During the trial of a man from charged with murdering two women with their consent, Kanagawa police have apologized over one of the cases that was initially deemed a "suicide"
- [Cannibalism among grisly acts Saitama man carried out in murders of women](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/cannibalism-among-grisly-acts-saitama-man-carried-out-in-murders-of-woman/) - At the Saitama District Court on March 18, Jun Saito, 31, admitted to drugging and strangling the first woman, 21, with her consent at his residence in 2018
- [Tokyo sex worker handed suspended term over dismemberment of corpse of newborn](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-sex-worker-handed-suspended-term-over-dismemberment-of-corpse-of-newborn/) - A court here has handed a 22-year-old woman employed at sex establishment in Sumida Ward a suspended prison term over the dismemberment of her newborn last year
- [Tokyo sex worker arrested over baby's body parts found in refrigerator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-sex-worker-arrested-over-babys-body-parts-found-in-refrigerator/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman in connection with baby's body parts found in a refrigerator in a commercial sex (fuzoku) business in Sumida Ward
- [Gaijin shitamachi: Kinshicho a low-cost alternative to Kabukicho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/entertainment/fuzoku/gaijin-shitamachi-kinshicho-a-low-cost-alternative-to-kabukicho/) - Travel a few stops from Akihabara to an area that is surprisingly indifferent to tough economic difficulties
- [Man in Osaka accused of using stun gun in robbery of Chinese national](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/man-in-osaka-accused-of-using-stun-gun-in-robbery-of-chinese-national/) - Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly using a stun gun on a Chinese national on a street in Sumiyoshi Ward last month
- [Prosecution says Saitama man on trial for murder of women 'inspired by Zama incident'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/prosecution-says-saitama-man-on-trial-for-murder-of-woman-inspired-by-zama-incident/) - During the opening of the trial last week for a man charged with murdering a woman with her consent, it was learned that the defendant has also been accused of killing a second woman
- [Tokyo: Man, 32, broadcast nude women on pay-per-view internet site](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/tokyo-man-32-broadcast-nude-women-on-pay-per-view-internet-site/) - Suspect is believed to have broadcast obscene footage featuring 30 women in accumulating about 18 million from FC2 Live
- [MetLife employee convicted in ¥75 million fraud](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/metlife-employee-convicted-in-75-million-fraud/) - A court here this week handed a former employee at insurance company MetLife Insurance K.K. a prison term for defrauding customers out of a total of nearly 75 million yen
- [More than 100 woman and girls cited for prostitution in Kabukicho in '25](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/more-than-100-woman-and-girls-cited-for-prostitution-in-kabukicho-in-25/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police last week announced that it arrested a more than 100 women and girls for soliciting customers for prostitution on the streets of Kabukicho, Shinjuku Ward last year
- [Tokyo court convicts man over murder of girlfriend, dumping of corpse in mountains](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-court-convicts-man-over-murder-of-girlfriend-dumping-of-corpse-in-mountains/) - A court here this week convicted a 33-year-old man of murdering his teenage girlfriend and abandoning her body in a forest three years ago
- [Waterproofing worker admits dumping corpse of girlfriend in Yamanashi forest, denies killing her](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/waterproofing-worker-admits-dumping-corpse-of-girlfriend-in-yamanashi-forest-denies-killing-her/) - In the first hearing of a male waterproofing worker accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend three years ago, the defendant has pleaded not guilty to allegations of murder
- [Chinese woman suspected of smuggling 4 kg of cocaine](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/chinese-woman-suspected-of-smuggling-4-kg-of-cocaine/) - Authorities here announced the arrest of 48-year-old Chinese woman for allegedly smuggling cocaine dissolved in water and soaked into non-woven fabric
- [Osaka man admits to slashing JR train seats '50 to 60 times'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-man-admits-to-slashing-jr-train-seats-50-to-60-times/) - Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 56-year-old man for allegedly damaging a a seat for West Japan Railways train on Thursday
- [Hakodate woman left corpse of brother in home due to 'no money'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/hakodate-woman-left-corpse-of-brother-in-home-due-to-no-money/) - Hokkaido Prefectural Police have arrested a 60-year-old woman for allegedly leaving the body believed to be her brother in their Hakodate City residence
- [The Professional Gambler: Fame, Fortune, and Failure](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/living/the-professional-gambler-fame-fortune-and-failure/) - Discover how professional gamblers chase fame and fortune, survive crushing downswings, and safeguard their bankrolls with smart routines, healthy habits, and community support.
- [Corpse with gash to neck found in Oita river](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/corpse-with-gash-to-neck-found-in-drainage-canal-in-river/) - Oita Prefectural Police launched an investigation after a man found collapsed in a river in Oita City on Saturday later died
- [NPA: Loss-prevention tags increasingly used for stalking](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/npa-loss-prevention-tags-increasingly-used-for-stalking/) - A loss-prevention tag is a device that when connected to a smartphone can enable a user to know its location
- [Yakuza not prosecuted over alleged loan sharking](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/yakuza-not-prosecuted-over-alleged-loan-sharking/) - Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a member of a criminal syndicate for allegedly lending money to a woman in debt at a host club at an illegal interest rate
- [Saitama man handed life term over '22 murder of 3 family members](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/saitama-man-handed-life-term-over-22-murder-of-3-family-members/) - A court here earlier this week handed down a life-in-prison term to a man who murdered three members of a family in Hanno City four years ago
- [Education minister Yohei Matsumoto declines to comment on reported affair](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/education-minister-yohei-matsumoto-declines-to-comment-on-reported-affair/) - Education minister Yohei Matsumoto this week repeatedly declined to comment on a report revealing his affair with a married woman
- [Osaka teacher has 'no memory' of streaking after drinking 10 beers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/osaka-teacher-has-no-memory-of-streaking-after-drinking-10-beers/) - The Sakai City Board of Education on Tuesday announced the 6-month suspension of a 29-year-old male teacher for exposing his lower body after a night of drinking in Osaka City last year
- [Four men suspected in attempted robbery at Shinjuku precious metals shop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/four-men-suspected-in-attempted-robbery-at-shinjuku-precious-metals-shop/) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested three of the four suspects in a break-in a precious metals shop in Shinjuku Ward last month
- [Man sought in murder of elderly Osaka woman fled overseas](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/man-sought-in-murder-of-elderly-osaka-woman-fled-overseas/) - Following the murder of an elderly woman in Sakai City earlier this year, police have decided to obtain an arrest warrant for a male suspect who fled overseas after the incident
- [Corpse of man with stab wounds found in Osaka apartment](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/corpse-of-man-with-stab-wounds-found-in-osaka-apartment/) - Osaka Prefectural Police launched an investigation after the body of a man with multiple stab wounds was found in an apartment in Osaka City on Wednesday
- [Kanagawa teacher admits to taking upskirt shots 'about 100 times'](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/kanagawa-teacher-admits-to-taking-upskirt-shots-about-100-times/) - Tokyo Metropolitan police have arrested an elementary school teacher from Kanagawa Prefecture over the alleged secret filming of a female student on school grounds
- [Somali national suspected of smuggling 250 kg of khat](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/somali-national-suspected-of-smuggling-250-kg-of-khat/) - Law enforcement has arrested a male Somali national for smuggling more than 200 kilograms of the khat, a plant containing components of illegal drugs
- [Nagoya University professor suspended after accusing student of illicit filming in toilet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/nagoya/nagoya-university-professor-suspended-after-accusing-student-of-illicit-filming-in-toilet/) - Nagoya University suspended a female associate professor despite her being a victim of illicit filming by a student three years ago
- [Influencer Reika Miyazaki admits to evading ¥150 million in taxes](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/influencer-reika-miyazaki-admits-to-evading-150-million-in-taxes/) - At the opening of her trial here on Wednesday, influencer Reika Kuroki admitted to evading more than 150 million yen in corporate and other taxes
- [Plain clothes officer arrests Wakayama cop found filming up girl's skirt in Umeda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/osaka/plain-clothes-officer-arrests-wakayama-cop-found-filming-up-girls-skirt-in-umeda/) - Osaka police have arrested a sergeant from Wakayama Prefecture after he was found taking tosatsu (illicit) footage of a middle school girl at a shopping mall in Umeda
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- [Tokyo woman accused of setting fire to relative's home not prosecuted](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tokyo-woman-accused-of-setting-fire-to-relatives-home-not-prosecuted/) - Prosecutors have announced the non-prosecution of a 41-year-old woman who had been accused of setting fire to a relative’s home in Itabashi Ward last year

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- [shimei](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shimei/)
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- [Shimbashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shimbashi/) - A business and entertainment district near Ginza
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- [Kaori Momoi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kaori-momoi/)
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- [uyoku](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/uyoku/)
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- [enjo kosai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/enjo-kosai/)
- [terekura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/terekura/)
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- [fortuneteller](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/fortuneteller/)
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- [Shukan Post](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shukan-post/) - A weekly magazine covering politics, society and the economy
- [housewife](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/housewife/)
- [Nishi Ogikubo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nishi-ogikubo/)
- [Ryutaro Himeno](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ryutaro-himeno/)
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- [Tetsuya Komuro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tetsuya-komuro/)
- [hentai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hentai/)
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- [Akatsuka Fujio](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akatsuka-fujio/)
- [Toshio Maeda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/toshio-maeda/)
- [Tomoki Hoshino](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tomoki-hoshino/)
- [Tomohiro Umetsu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tomohiro-umetsu/)
- [Shunsuke Watanabe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shunsuke-watanabe/)
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- [Aoyama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/aoyama/)
- [Yoshimoto Kogyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yoshimoto-kogyo/)
- [onabe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/onabe/)
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- [Budokan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/budokan/)
- [Ayumi Hamazaki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ayumi-hamazaki/)
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- [Seiko Matsuda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/seiko-matsuda/)
- [karaoke](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/karaoke/)
- [Tokyo Beauty Center](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-beauty-center/)
- [Mikako Motoyama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mikako-motoyama/)
- [tuna](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tuna/)
- [hamaguri](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hamaguri/)
- [unagi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/unagi/)
- [kani](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kani/)
- [tako](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tako/) - Japanese for octopus
- [Bikini Atoll](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bikini-atoll/)
- [Marshall Islands](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/marshall-islands/)
- [mahjong](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mahjong/)
- [sefure](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sefure/) - Japanese for “sex friend”
- [Hanazono Shrine](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hanazono-shrine/)
- [Pokemon](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/pokemon/)
- [Shonen Jump](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shonen-jump/)
- [ukiyo-e](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ukiyo-e/)
- [Hokusai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hokusai/)
- [Muneo Suzuki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/muneo-suzuki/)
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- [graft](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/graft/)
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- [bid-rigging](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bid-rigging/)
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- [New York](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/new-york/)
- [Taro Aso](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/taro-aso/)
- [Yasuo Fukuda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yasuo-fukuda/)
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- [stripper](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/stripper/)
- [burlesque](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/burlesque/)
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- [condom](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/condom/)
- [Akira Kurosawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akira-kurosawa/) - Legendary director of “Yojimbo,” “Rashomon” and others
- [oshibori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/oshibori/)
- [Toho Cinemas](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/toho-cinemas/)
- [Sanjuro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sanjuro/)
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- [kyabakura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kyabakura/)
- [Spa!](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/spa/) - A weekly magazine that covers society and entertainment
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- [new half](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/new-half/)
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- [Almond](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/almond/)
- [paizuri](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/paizuri/)
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- [gyaru](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/gyaru/)
- [Mekas](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mekas/)
- [AKB48](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akb48/) - Japan’s top all-girl pop group
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- [underwear](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/underwear/)
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- [OL](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ol/)
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- [sumata](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sumata/)
- [Joe Odagiri](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/joe-odagiri/)
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- [Yu Lik-wa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yu-lik-wa/)
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- [cabaret](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/cabaret/)
- [pink salon](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/pink-salon/)
- [Ai Iijima](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ai-iijima/) - AV-actress-turned-celebrity who died in 2008
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- [yobai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yobai/)
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- [onani](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/onani/) - Japanese word for masturbation
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- [Los Angeles](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/los-angeles/)
- [Bizarro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bizarro/)
- [Yukio Murakami](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yukio-murakami/)
- [Tokyo Dome](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-dome/)
- [Rio](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/rio/) - A popular adult video (AV) actress
- [Yoko Kumada](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yoko-kumada/)
- [lesbian](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/lesbian/)
- [National Diet](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/national-diet/)
- [Sendai City](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sendai-city/) - The largest city in Miyagi Prefecture
- [Otsuka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/otsuka/)
- [Hiroshi Itakura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiroshi-itakura/)
- [Nihon University](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nihon-university/)
- [seku hara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/seku-hara/) - Japanese for “sexual harassment”
- [vibrator](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/vibrator/)
- [Erika Toda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/erika-toda/)
- [SM](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sm/)
- [Uguisudani](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/uguisudani/)
- [Mori Art Museum](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mori-art-museum/)
- [Ikuko Kawai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ikuko-kawai/)
- [Roppongi Art Night](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/roppongi-art-night/)
- [The National Art Center](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/the-national-art-center/)
- [Kenji Yanobe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kenji-yanobe/)
- [Suntory Museum of Art](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/suntory-museum-of-art/)
- [Hiroki Kuroda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiroki-kuroda/)
- [Akihiro Ikuhara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akihiro-ikuhara/)
- [Takashi Saito](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/takashi-saito/)
- [Hideki Okajima](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hideki-okajima/)
- [boys bar](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/boys-bar/)
- [Showa Era](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/showa-era/)
- [Hanshin Tigers](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hanshin-tigers/)
- [Japan Series](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/japan-series/)
- [Nishi Azabu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nishi-azabu/) - A ritzy area of Tokyo located near Roppongi
- [Amour](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/amour/)
- [Friday](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/friday/)
- [Yamaguchi-gumi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yamaguchi-gumi/) - Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan’s largest organized crime (yakuza) group
- [U.S. Embassy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/us-embassy/)
- [Tres Promption](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tres-promption/)
- [Flash](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/flash/)
- [panchira](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/panchira/)
- [shakuhachi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shakuhachi/)
- [manko](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/manko/)
- [oyabun](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/oyabun/)
- [Inagawa-kai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/inagawa-kai/) - A criminal syndicate (yakuza) based in Tokyo
- [Kirara Asuka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kirara-asuka/) - Kirara Asuka is a popular adult video (JAV) actress
- [Haruka Ito](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/haruka-ito/)
- [Chisato Shoda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/chisato-shoda/)
- [Cherry Bomb](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/cherry-bomb/)
- [Emiko Koike](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/emiko-koike/)
- [Momo Kaede](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/momo-kaede/)
- [Anje Hoshi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/anje-hoshi/)
- [Kotono](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kotono/)
- [Kaho Kasumi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kaho-kasumi/)
- [Yuma Asami](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yuma-asami/)
- [Azusa Anzu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/azusa-anzu/)
- [Hitomi Hayasaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hitomi-hayasaka/)
- [Naho Ozawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/naho-ozawa/)
- [Hotaru Akane](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hotaru-akane/)
- [Mizuho Nakano](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mizuho-nakano/)
- [Maria Hirai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/maria-hirai/)
- [Livedoor](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/livedoor/)
- [Riko Tachibana](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/riko-tachibana/)
- [Shukan Asahi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shukan-asahi/) - A weekly magazine covering politics, society and the economy
- [Daily Sports](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/daily-sports/)
- [Yakult Swallows](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yakult-swallows/)
- [Hiroshima Carp](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiroshima-carp/)
- [NTV](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ntv/)
- [Shibuya 109](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shibuya-109/)
- [Nakagin Capsule Tower](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nakagin-capsule-tower/)
- [Kisho Kurokawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kisho-kurokawa/)
- [Museum of Advertising and Marketing](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/museum-of-advertising-and-marketing/)
- [Kamiya Bar](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kamiya-bar/)
- [Denki Bran](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/denki-bran/)
- [Kenzo Tange](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kenzo-tange/)
- [Koji Uehara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/koji-uehara/)
- [Ichiro Suzuki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ichiro-suzuki/)
- [Aki Hoshino](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/aki-hoshino/) - Popular gravure idol
- [Aya Ueto](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/aya-ueto/)
- [Kiyoshi Hikawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kiyoshi-hikawa/)
- [Aoi Miyazaki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/aoi-miyazaki/)
- [Masami Nagasawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/masami-nagasawa/)
- [gravure](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/gravure/) - Reports on Japan’s pin-up stars
- [Toyota](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/toyota/) - Japan’s largest manufacturer of automobiles
- [Cyzo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/cyzo/)
- [Naigai Times](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/naigai-times/)
- [Tokyo Sports](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-sports/)
- [Chisato Arikawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/chisato-arikawa/)
- [idol](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/idol/)
- [Himeko Sakuragawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/himeko-sakuragawa/)
- [Ishimaru Denki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ishimaru-denki/)
- [Yuko Ogura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yuko-ogura/)
- [maid cafe](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/maid-cafe/)
- [TASPO](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/taspo/)
- [tobacco](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tobacco/)
- [design](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/design/)
- [BDSM](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bdsm/)
- [La Siora](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/la-siora/)
- [Creators Company Connection](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/creators-company-connection/)
- [Yojiro Takita](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yojiro-takita/)
- [dominatrix](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/dominatrix/)
- [mistress](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mistress/)
- [sumo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sumo/)
- [ozeki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ozeki/)
- [Weekly Playboy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/weekly-playboy/) - A weekly tabloid that covers culture and entertainment
- [blow-job](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/blow-job/)
- [Ai Haruna](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ai-haruna/)
- [shochu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shochu/) - A distilled spirit
- [Manny Ramirez](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/manny-ramirez/)
- [Kiyoshi Awazu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kiyoshi-awazu/)
- [Nibankan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nibankan/)
- [swine flu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/swine-flu/)
- [chikan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/chikan/)
- [Masanobu Sato](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/masanobu-sato/)
- [Tsuyoshi Kusanagi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tsuyoshi-kusanagi/)
- [Giant Torayan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/giant-torayan/)
- [sushi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sushi/)
- [club](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/club/)
- [gaijin](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/gaijin/)
- [Trump Room](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/trump-room/)
- [Fiji](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/fiji/)
- [Issei Jingu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/issei-jingu/)
- [Docomomo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/docomomo/)
- [Hanae Mori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hanae-mori/)
- [Le Corbusier](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/le-corbusier/)
- [jukujo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/jukujo/)
- [Tokyo Metro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-metro/)
- [manner posters](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/manner-posters/)
- [subway](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/subway/)
- [Turkish bath](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/turkish-bath/)
- [awa hime](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/awa-hime/)
- [awa odori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/awa-odori/)
- [Japan Tobacco](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/japan-tobacco/)
- [Choul Kwon](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/choul-kwon/)
- [Mobile Suit Gundam](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mobile-suit-gundam/)
- [Odaiba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/odaiba/)
- [enko](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/enko/)
- [Yoshiyuki Tomino](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yoshiyuki-tomino/)
- [Osamu Tezuka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/osamu-tezuka/)
- [Astro Boy](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/astro-boy/)
- [lawn bowls](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/lawn-bowls/)
- [Scotland](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/scotland/)
- [Sanja Matsuri](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sanja-matsuri/)
- [Takadanobaba](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/takadanobaba/)
- [ime kura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ime-kura/)
- [Minato Ward](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/minato-ward/) - One of the 23 wards in Tokyo
- [bonyu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bonyu/)
- [milk](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/milk/)
- [Minoru Torihada](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/minoru-torihada/)
- [Gunze](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/gunze/)
- [Uniqlo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/uniqlo/)
- [Tarawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tarawa/)
- [Kiribati](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kiribati/)
- [Yusuke Hama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yusuke-hama/)
- [Akasaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akasaka/) - Popular entertainment area in Tokyo
- [Tokyo International Film Festival](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-international-film-festival/)
- [DPJ](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/dpj/)
- [Mieko Tanaka](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mieko-tanaka/)
- [Leon Cooper](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/leon-cooper/)
- [Teruo Ishii](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/teruo-ishii/)
- [Lily Franky](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/lily-franky/)
- [The Cove](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/the-cove/)
- [Antonio Inoki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/antonio-inoki/)
- [burusera](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/burusera/)
- [Kokubuncho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kokubuncho/)
- [Kaoru Kuroki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kaoru-kuroki/)
- [Ig Nobel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ig-nobel/)
- [Annals of Improbable Research](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/annals-of-improbable-research/)
- [Democratic Party of Japan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/democratic-party-of-japan/)
- [LDP](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ldp/)
- [Nagatacho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nagatacho/) - Japan’s center of politics
- [nyotaimori](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nyotaimori/)
- [Denenchofu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/denenchofu/)
- [Tokyo Vice](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-vice/)
- [Jake Adelstein](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/jake-adelstein/)
- [Yomiuri Shimbun](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yomiuri-shimbun/)
- [James Cameron](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/james-cameron/)
- [Yukio Hatoyama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yukio-hatoyama/)
- [Avatar](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/avatar/)
- [Tokyo Project Gathering](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokyo-project-gathering/)
- [Damon & Naomi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/damon-naomi/)
- [Galaxie 500](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/galaxie-500/)
- [Sub Pop](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sub-pop/)
- [Michio Kurihara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/michio-kurihara/)
- [Kanae Kijima](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kanae-kijima/)
- [Tottori Prefecture](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tottori-prefecture/) - One of the 47 administrative districts of Japan
- [liver](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/liver/)
- [Manabu Miyazaki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/manabu-miyazaki/)
- [Tadamasa Goto](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tadamasa-goto/) - A former gangster who once headed the Yamaguchi-gumi’s Goto-gumi
- [Tatsuya Ichihashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tatsuya-ichihashi/)
- [2-chome](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/2-chome/) - 2-chome is Tokyo largest gay quarter
- [Maria Ozawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/maria-ozawa/)
- [Nayuka Mine](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nayuka-mine/)
- [Hiyori Shiraishi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiyori-shiraishi/)
- [Nana Takeshita](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nana-takeshita/)
- [Michelin](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/michelin/)
- [Jean-Luc Naret](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/jean-luc-naret/)
- [Michelin Guide to Tokyo 2010](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/michelin-guide-to-tokyo-2010/)
- [AERA](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/aera/)
- [Eri Yoshida](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/eri-yoshida/)
- [Tomonori Maeda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tomonori-maeda/)
- [konkatsu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/konkatsu/)
- [makeinu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/makeinu/)
- [Kaori Mihashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kaori-mihashi/)
- [Miho Wakabayashi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/miho-wakabayashi/)
- [Rokku-za](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/rokku-za/)
- [Kinkakuji Temple](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kinkakuji-temple/)
- [Kyoto Botanical Garden](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kyoto-botanical-garden/)
- [Nishiki Market](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nishiki-market/)
- [Kengo Kuma](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kengo-kuma/)
- [Nezu Museum](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nezu-museum/)
- [Hiroki Matsukata](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiroki-matsukata/)
- [Atsushi Sasaki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/atsushi-sasaki/)
- [maguro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/maguro/)
- [Kawagoe City](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kawagoe-city/)
- [wakamezake](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/wakamezake/)
- [Map of the Sounds of Tokyo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/map-of-the-sounds-of-tokyo/)
- [tokuban](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tokuban/)
- [Gas Panic](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/gas-panic/)
- [Omotesando](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/omotesando/)
- [Tobu Railway](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tobu-railway/)
- [Korin Ogata](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/korin-ogata/)
- [Tiger Woods](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tiger-woods/)
- [Manabu Oshio](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/manabu-oshio/)
- [Noriko Sakai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/noriko-sakai/)
- [Yuichi Takaso](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yuichi-takaso/)
- [Akio Kuroki](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akio-kuroki/)
- [shabu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shabu/)
- [Red & White Song Contest](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/red-white-song-contest/)
- [Christmas](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/christmas/)
- [ekiben](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ekiben/)
- [Soemoncho](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/soemoncho/)
- [Sapio](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sapio/)
- [Rie Saito](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/rie-saito/)
- [Keiko Kitagawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/keiko-kitagawa/)
- [Mandarin Oriental](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mandarin-oriental/)
- [New Year's Eve](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/new-years-eve/)
- [New York Yankees](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/new-york-yankees/)
- [Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/philadelphia-phillies/)
- [World Series](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/world-series/)
- [sudoku](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sudoku/)
- [Maki Kaji](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/maki-kaji/)
- [otoshidama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/otoshidama/)
- [nikushoku-kei](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nikushoku-kei/)
- [Kiyoshi Takayama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kiyoshi-takayama/)
- [Shinobu Tsukasa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shinobu-tsukasa/) - The top boss of the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate
- [Wayne Gould](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/wayne-gould/)
- [Sunday Mainichi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sunday-mainichi/) - A weekly magazine covering politics, society and the economy
- [Sumiyoshi-kai](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/sumiyoshi-kai/) - A criminal syndicate (yakuza) based in Tokyo
- [Kumiko Hayakawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kumiko-hayakawa/)
- [Yukiko Miyake](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yukiko-miyake/)
- [kyabajo](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kyabajo/)
- [Kabuki-za](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kabuki-za/)
- [Chanel](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/chanel/)
- [Akiko Wada](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/akiko-wada/)
- [Beauty Coliseum](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/beauty-coliseum/)
- [Tamotsu Kuroda](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tamotsu-kuroda/)
- [Miyuki Ueta](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/miyuki-ueta/)
- [dohan](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/dohan/)
- [Takashige Ichise](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/takashige-ichise/)
- [Bayside Shakedown](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/bayside-shakedown/)
- [TBS](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tbs/)
- [Ebisu](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ebisu/)
- [Mika Kayama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mika-kayama/)
- [Saori Hara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/saori-hara/) - Saori is a former adult video (JAV) actress
- [Shoko Akiyama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shoko-akiyama/)
- [Shiho Masui](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shiho-masui/)
- [Shun Nakahara](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shun-nakahara/)
- [geisha](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/geisha/)
- [Mukojima](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mukojima/)
- [ryotei](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ryotei/)
- [Okuribito](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/okuribito/)
- [Tomomi Miyauchi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/tomomi-miyauchi/)
- [JAL](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/jal/)
- [Nakamise](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/nakamise/)
- [ANA](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/ana/)
- [Masaki Miura](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/masaki-miura/)
- [Mixi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mixi/)
- [onsen](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/onsen/)
- [Yasuhiro Fuseishi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/yasuhiro-fuseishi/)
- [Shukan Kinyobi](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/shukan-kinyobi/)
- [Kishin Shinoyama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kishin-shinoyama/)
- [Mihiro](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/mihiro/)
- [Kazuko Shirakawa](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/kazuko-shirakawa/)
- [Hiroko Hisayama](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/hiroko-hisayama/)
- [Naomi Tani](https://www.tokyoreporter.com/tag/naomi-tani/)
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