A 21-year-old female employee of a Pokemon store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district was fatally stabbed Thursday night by her former partner and stalker, who then stabbed himself to death in front of shoppers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/crime-legal/woman-stabbed-by-ex-boyfriend-ikebukuro/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #stabbings #ikebukuro #tokyo #stalking

The bereaved family of a former adviser to Japanese machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki, who died while being wrongfully charged with illegal exports, plans to file a damages lawsuit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/27/japan/crime-legal/ohkawara-kakohki-family-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #ohkawarakakohki #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

Police filed a record 83 criminal cases of home-renovation fraud last year, with the cost of damages rising to ¥15.1 billion, recent police data shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/26/japan/crime-legal/police-fraudulent-renovation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #nationalpoliceagency #fraud #elderly

Police in Hokkaido have referred the operator of a now-closed zoo and its former president to public prosecutors on suspicion of violating the city planning law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/26/japan/crime-legal/hokkaido-unauthorized-zoo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #animals #hokkaido #japanesepolice

Starting April 1, cyclists in Japan will be subject to new traffic rules — here's what to know. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/bicycle-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cycling #phones #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice

The Tokyo District Court has found a former Tokyo police inspector guilty of leaking investigative information to a scouting group believed to have illegally brokered placements of women to sex parlors and hostess bars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/ex-police-officer-guilty-info-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #hostessbars

Tokyo police have launched a website about anonymous and transient criminal groups, outlining details of the latest fraud methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-police-tokuryu-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud

Local police searched a transport company based in Hiroshima Prefecture on Saturday, a day after a truck driver of the firm was arrested over an accident that left six people dead in a tunnel in Mie Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/21/japan/crime-legal/hiroshima-transport-company-police-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mie #shinmeishinexpressway #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice #hiroshima

Several people died following a four-vehicle collision and subsequent fire inside the Nonobori tunnel in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, in the early hours of Friday, Mie Prefectural Police said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/20/japan/crime-legal/mie-tunnel-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mie #shinmeishinexpressway #trafficaccidents #japanesepolice

Japanese police received 98,289 requests for consultations over domestic violence in 2025, the highest tally on record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/19/japan/crime-legal/domestic-violence-consultation-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #domesticviolence #childabuse