After a nationwide search, Tokyo police arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly injured five people, including two high school boys, with a hammer in western Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/01/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-hammer-man-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fussa #tokyo #japanesepolice

A zoo employee has been arrested for allegedly burning his wife's body in an incinerator at the Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, with the suspect having made statements suggesting he also killed her. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/01/japan/crime-legal/zoo-employee-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #asahiyamazoo #asahikawa #hokkaido #japanesepolice

Police are searching for a 44-year-old man on the run who allegedly attacked two high school boys with a hammer in western Tokyo on Wednesday morning. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/30/japan/crime-legal/hammer-man-tokyo-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #highschools #children

A Japanese prosecutor who accused her boss of rape has said she will resign after her office rejected a request for an independent probe into harassment within the organization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/prosecutor-rape-resignation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #sexualharassment #rape #japanesepolice #sexcrimes

Police in Japan have taken action against 99 people ranging in age from 14 to 72 in the country as part of an international crackdown on online child sexual abuse material, the National Police Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/child-abuse-crackdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #children #sexcrimes #pornography #childabuse #juniorhighschools #highschools #childporn

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido announced its summer opening will be postponed after a male employee admitted to disposing of his wife's body in the zoo's incinerator. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/crime-legal/asahiyama-zoo-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #asahiyamazoo #asahikawa #hokkaido #japanesepolice

Tokyo police arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of killing a 29-year-old woman in an apartment in Tokyo's Roppongi district in 2018. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/25/japan/crime-legal/arrest-roppongi-tokyo-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #nobuakitakahashi #japanesepolice #malaysia #tokyo

Police in Fukuoka Prefecture have arrested a 30-year-old mother on suspicion of murdering her 4-year-old daughter at a mother-child support facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/crime-legal/mother-daughter-facility-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #fukuoka #parenthood #children

Tokyo police have found an oil leak in the hydraulic system of an attraction at an amusement park in the city where a fatal accident occurred, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/24/japan/tokyo-dome-oil-leak-accident/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #bunkyoward #japanesepolice #themeparks #tokyodome #oil

Japan's organized criminal group ranks fell to a record low in 2025 amid a shift in the criminal landscape that has seen the rise of loosely organized "tokuryū" crime groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/23/japan/crime-legal/organized-crime-figure-npa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud #yamibaito #yakuza