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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.
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 prime minister's office in Tokyo. Japan is looking into requiring people who lobby on behalf of foreign governments to register as foreign agents under a new law.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2026
Japan mulls registration of foreign agents under new anti-espionage law
Under the plan, people acting on behalf of foreign governments would have to register with relevant authorities to make their activities transparent.
Police officers patrol for traffic law violations in Tokyo in May.
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2026
Japan to introduce cashless traffic fine payments from July
Fines are currently payable only at bank or post office counters, which are unavailable outside business hours.
The information potentially exposed includes names and email addresses registered with a safety check system of police officers and staff members to be used in times of emergencies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 21, 2026
Data breach potentially exposes information of 125,000 police officers and staff
The National Police Agency said a cyberattack on cloud service provider Arcadia has potentially compromised names and personal email addresses.
A proposed monitoring system would allow authorities to track offenders deemed to pose a serious threat, potentially requiring them to wear GPS-enabled devices that would trigger warnings when they enter a designated area near a victim.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 15, 2026
Police agency to study feasibility of tracking stalkers via GPS
In addition to wearable GPS devices, an agency panel is considering mandatory counseling for those considered to be high-risk stalkers.
The National Police Agency suspects a Vietnamese woman laundered ?30 million that was stolen through voice phishing in March 2025.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2026
Vietnamese woman arrested in Japan for allegedly laundering scam money
The 34-year-old Vietnamese woman is suspected of laundering ?30 million stolen through voice phishing in March 2025.
Image data on about 1.6 million people, including photos of their driver’s licenses showing their faces, is believed to have leaked from the Times Car service.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2026
Driver’s license data breaches becoming major concern
The rush may reflect fears that their license data could be abused. Police, however, say that reissuing a license would do little to prevent crime.
Qilin has launched ransomware attacks worldwide since October 2022, affecting about 4,000 companies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2026
Germany arrests member of Qilin hacker group who was extradited from Japan
According to Japanese police, German authorities had obtained an arrest warrant for the 28-year-old Russian citizen on suspicion of extortion.
Experts warn cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread, with artificial intelligence removing hurdles for would-be hackers.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2026
Japan and cybersecurity: What’s behind recent attacks and what’s being done?
With artificial intelligence removing hurdles for would-be hackers, experts warn cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated and widespread.
Yoshiyuki Morimoto (left), head of the National Police Agency commissioner-general's secretariat, receives recommendations from Toshihiro Kawaide, head of an expert panel, in Tokyo on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
Panel calls for giving police option to remotely analyze 迟辞办耻谤测ū members’ phones
Police would obtain information by remotely operating smartphones believed to belong to 迟辞办耻谤测ū masterminds, breaking down their anonymity.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting in Pyongyang in this picture released Saturday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 19, 2026
North Korean hackers behind crypto thefts across 100 countries, including Japan
The North Korean group, called WaterPlum, infected more than 30,000 devices with malware between December last year and July this year.
Ransomware attacks hit a record high during the January-June period, National Police Agency data showed Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2026
Ransomware cases in Japan hit new high in first half of 2026
A total of 123 cases of ransomware attacks were confirmed in Japan in January through June, National Police Agency data on cyberthreats showed.
Japan's security sector is seeking permission to accept foreign workers due to serious labor shortages.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2026
Japan considers accepting foreign workers into security sector
An expert panel will discuss how many foreign workers the security sector will be allowed to accept and which security tasks can be assigned to them.
Remote analysis raises concern about the confidentiality and privacy of communications guaranteed by the Constitution, but a panel concluded that it is constitutionally permissible to take necessary measures with due process.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2026
Panel calls for remote analysis of 迟辞办耻谤测ū criminal group communications
The NPA aims to introduce remote analysis at an early date after the panel announces its final recommendations as soon as this month.
The maximum speed on ordinary roads with no speed signs or road markings and no white center lines or median strips will be set at 30 kph, above which the risk of pedestrians suffering fatal injuries in accidents is said to spike.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2026
Japan to lower residential road speed limit from 60 to 30 kph
The measure aims to reduce accidents in urban areas with pedestrian-heavy narrow streets, marking a major shift as they account for around 70% of ordinary roads nationwide.
Fake Japan police uniforms and ID cards seized during an online scam crackdown at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Commissariat in Phnom Penh in March.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2026
Japanese police to upgrade intelligence department to bureau
The move comes in response to government efforts to enhance its intelligence functions, and in light of increasingly complex global circumstances.
The National Police Agency’s annual white paper highlights the National Cyber Department’s efforts to combat cyberattacks, including developing a ransomware recovery tool and contributing to international joint investigations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 25, 2026
Japan police report highlights response to cybercrimes
The white paper on police listed the development of a recovery tool for ransomware attacks and Japanese contributions to international joint investigations as accomplishments.
The National Police Agency is considering use of a new investigation method that involves remotely analyzing communications via highly confidential apps used by <i>迟辞办耻谤测ū</i> loosely organized anonymous criminal groups.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 6, 2026
今日吃瓜 police to monitor ‘迟辞办耻谤测ū’ use of confidential messaging apps
The method involves remote-controlling smartphones and other devices of high-ranking 迟辞办耻谤测ū members to access communication records and other information.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister&#039;s Office on Friday. She has seen the establishment of a new national intelligence bureau as a first step for the country&#039;s intelligence reform.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 24, 2026
Kazuya Hara named head of new national intelligence bureau
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has seen the establishment of the bureau as a first step for the country’s intelligence reform.
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&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;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&#039; summit at the Quai d&#039;Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘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
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
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.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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