While the regular cop in his koban substation on your local street corner seems like a friendly and useful member of the community (and for the most part, is), police […]
Tokyo police have arrested the head of what they say is the country’s largest sex worker scouting ring on suspicion of paying protection money to an organized crime syndicate. The […]
Police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a host club in Tokyo. […]
An unemployed 31-year-old man has been arrested by Sapporo police for using a free generative AI tool to make obscene images of celebrities. Tatsuro Chiba allegedly trained the AI on […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police has announced the arrest of Akira Awazu, a 51-year-old executive at an entertainment company based in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, on suspicion of non-consensual sexual intercourse and violation […]
Every once in a while, a local news story pops up that makes you stop, reread the headline, and say, “Wait… what?” This week’s Osaka chaos definitely falls into that […]
SAPPORO — A 49-year-old man was arrested Saturday in Hidaka, Hokkaido, for allegedly hiding a woman’s body inside a wall of a bar he runs, police said. According to the […]
We’re cracking off 2026 with a belter of a story that is weird and wild, and perhaps could only happen in Tokyo. On January 2, the Japanese Imperial Family always […]
A Korean national visiting Japan was arrested in Sapporo after refusing to pay a bar tab, shouting “no money,” and forcefully breaking the glass of the shop’s entrance door while […]
A Japanese court has heard horrifying testimony in the trial of a former cosplayer accused of brutally mutilating her boyfriend, with the victim describing acts so extreme that even prosecutors […]
The Japanese music industry was rocked on Friday by the publication of a scoop by the tabloid Weekly Post alleging that singer and producer Mitsuhiro Hidaka has received nighttime visits […]
A total of 281 teachers and staff at kindergartens, public elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan were disciplined for sexual offenses in fiscal 2024, the education ministry said […]
A Tokyo-based advertising company called Solarie; its president, Reika Kuroki, who is also a social media influencer; and two other individuals are suspected of evading ¥157 million in corporate and […]
Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic […]
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers. […]
The dogged perseverance of a widower for nearly three decades has helped police arrest a suspect in the murder of his wife. Satoru Takaba, 69, preserved the crime scene by […]
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