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November 12, 2026
 

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JAPANESE POLICE

A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
The ?46 million wristwatch was returned to the store in Nakano Broadway via a delivery service on Nov. 1, along with a handwritten note of apology.
Awa Mayor Hisato Machida
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
Mayor arrested for allegedly defrauding city to pay for accident he caused
The mayor of Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, conspired with two others to inflate the costs of a city contract to include the repair costs, police said.
Aoyama Gakuin University students hold their completed helmets on Sept. 6 in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 10, 2026
Students help design helmet aimed at boosting takeup among young cyclists
The nationwide helmet-wearing rate stood at just 24.4%, according to a National Police Agency survey released in September.
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2026
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
Chinese national Yu Hai, 31, is believed to have caused smartphones to connect to the base station through which fraudulent messages were transmitted.
Tokyo police have arrested a 39-year-old man following reports of several women being attacked while walking on a street in Tokyo's Jimbocho district in October.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2026
Man arrested following string of attacks on women on Tokyo street
Hikaru Hamaguchi, 39, is believed to have physically assaulted a total of seven female high school and university students within about 15 minutes.
The Ishikawa Prefectural Police arrested Takashi Utsunomiya, 49, an unemployed man from Hiroshima, on suspicion of confining a woman in his car against her will.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 9, 2026
Man arrested after Ishikawa woman’s body found in Fukui forest
The suspect told the police that he killed the woman, 26-year-old Saya Nakada, and left her body in a mountainous area.
A National Police Agency expert panel will discuss whether children age 6 or older, who are not currently subject to mandatory child safety seat requirements, should also be required to use such seats.
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2026
Japan to discuss expanding requirements for child safety seats
Members of an expert panel are expected to discuss issues such as the height threshold for child safety seat use and age-based guidelines.
Google noted that the backdoor established by Videostrong appears to have been “intentionally developed, deployed, and operated for financial gain.”
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2026
Google and NPA disable Chinese company’s backdoor into internet-connected devices
Over 1.3 million devices were affected by the backdoor and botnet.
The National Police Agency has concluded agreements with megabanks and other financial institutions, under which the institutions provide the agency with information on suspicious transactions detected through their monitoring systems.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2026
Police in Japan to share data on scam accounts with financial firms
Losses from special fraud nationwide are on track to exceed last year’s record high, the National Police Agency said.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department conducts an on-site investigation of a fatal hit-and-run incident, with traffic restrictions in place, on Dec. 22, 2025, in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 4, 2026
Tokyo police to introduce AI-based accident reconstruction system
The system will combine AI with 3D spatial data from accident sites and footage from security cameras, reducing the need for on-site inspections.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary To Lam meet for talks in Hanoi in May.
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2026
Japan and Vietnam consider new pact to prevent crimes
The plan would allow them to mutually provide information on each other’s nationals arrested or detained in their own countries.
A watch shop on the Nakano Broadway complex's third floor in Tokyo was stolen on Thursday before being returned on Sunday morning.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2026
Stolen luxury watch returned to Tokyo store via courier with apology note
The package containing the stolen watch had been sent from Aichi Prefecture and included a handwritten apology.
The U.S. military started the 30-day curfew Oct. 9 after the arrest of a marine belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2026
U.S. Marine arrested in Okinawa for driving under influence
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kalvin Montoya Cardona, 21, of Camp Hansen was arrested early Saturday despite a U.S. military-imposed curfew.
Six Japanese men arrested over an alleged phone scam operation based in Vietnam are transferred to Japan after being detained by Vietnamese authorities in June.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Japanese police arrest six men over scam from Vietnam
The Japanese suspects allegedly conspired to defraud a woman in her 20s in Yamaguchi Prefecture of ?1 million earlier this year.
Emergency services workers operate in front of the Ginza Six shopping complex in Tokyo on May 25, following an incident in which an irritant was sprayed.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2026
Chinese man arrested over spray attack in Tokyo
Ye Shengfeng, a resident of Osaka Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of spraying a substance containing capsaicin at a man in his 30s in May.
Police suspect one of two company executives arrested over a fraudulent visa application recently had also done so for 30 to 40 Chinese nationals beginning in 2020.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2026
Company executives and Chinese national held over visa fraud
One of the executives is believed to have submitted fraudulent applications for visas for between 30 and 40 Chinese nationals beginning in 2020.
The family of a Kurdish man who died in custody at the Metropolitan Police Department's Takao station has sued the metropolitan government and a clinic for ?57 million in damages.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2026
Bereaved family of Kurdish man who died in custody sues Tokyo government
The man’s death “reflects a profound lack of human rights awareness within the police organization,” the family’s attorney said.
Japan's existing regulations allow children to ride in bicycle child seats only if they have not yet entered elementary school.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2026
Japan considers easing rules on use of bicycle child seats
Current regulations limit the use of such seats to children who have not yet entered elementary school.
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 27, 2026
U.S. Marine signals involvement in murder-robbery in Okinawa
The 20-year-old Marine allegedly strangled a 39-year-old woman with a telephone cord in a hotel room in Naha early this month.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks at a news conference on Monday at the Prime Minister's Office.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
Government holds urgent cybersecurity meeting in response to recent data breaches
The meeting on Monday evening discussed countermeasures following a request from GMO Internet Group for the government to take action.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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