Japan's police force said it has dispatched a liaison officer to Bangkok as part of a broader push to crack down on fraud groups operating out of Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/18/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-bangkok-liaison-tokuryu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fraud #bangkok #npa #tokuryu

Tokyo police have arrested a man with possible ties to anonymous and elusive quasi-gangster groups on suspicion of defrauding a woman several times using a mobile payment service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/17/japan/crime-legal/mobile-payment-fraud-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #apps #tokuryu #fraud #ecommerce

Researchers in Japan have identified 25 new biomarkers for cyanide poisoning, a finding that could sharpen criminal investigations and improve forensic testing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/16/japan/science-health/cyanide-poisoning-biomarkers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kindaiuniversity #aichi #osaka #japanesepolice #death #terrorism

Tokyo prosecutors have decided to suspend indictment against Shinnosuke Abe, the former manager of the Yomiuri Giants, who had been referred to prosecutors on suspicion of assaulting his eldest daughter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/16/japan/crime-legal/ex-yomiuri-giants-manager-not-indicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shinnosukeabe #yomiurigiants #baseball #mpd #japanesepolice

A court in Nagoya has sentenced a former teacher of an elementary school in Yokohama to eight years in prison for sharing illicit voyeuristic images of children in a private online chat group of teachers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/15/japan/crime-legal/yokohama-teacher-voyerisum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #nagoya #yokohama #teachers #sexcrimes #childporn

🚨🚗 "Breaking news: A Japanese police car that’s actually a Porsche 912! Because when you think police fleet, you definitely think of a luxury sports car from the 1960s. Just imagine the high-speed chases... in slow motion! 🐢💨"
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The Chiba Prefectural Police arrested television personality Bobby Ologun on Sunday on suspicion of nonconsensual sexual intercourse with a female acquaintance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/14/japan/crime-legal/bobby-ologun-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #bobbyologun #japanesepolice #sexcrimes #rape

Police arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of murder after the body of a 17-year-old high school girl was found in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/11/japan/crime-legal/girl-body-found-kanagawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kanagawa #sagamihara #zama

The National Police Agency instructed prefectural police departments to establish cooperative frameworks with rental storage and parcel delivery businesses to help in the fight against lone-wolf terrorism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/11/japan/crime-legal/lone-wolf-terrorism-prevention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #terrorism #delivery #npa

A group of high school students in Tokyo arrested over allegedly assaulting a boy and trying to extort money from him may have used ChatGPT to decide how much to demand, according to media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/11/japan/crime-legal/teenagers-extortion-chatgpt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #chatgpt #ai #tokyo #hachioji