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A Waymo autonomous taxi in Dallas. Waymo and two Japanese firms, Go and Nihon Kotsu, will jointly launch driverless taxi services in Tokyo in 2027.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2026
Tokyo police to set up section for autonomous driving accidents
The Tokyo force hopes to accumulate expertise and share it with police departments in other prefectures.
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Shinobu Ishihara, 53, a self-described real-estate agent, for allegedly providing real-estate client information to a <i>迟辞办耻谤测ū</i> loosely organized anonymous criminal group and alleged involvement in an attempted robbery.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 29, 2026
Man held on suspicion of giving information to 迟辞办耻谤测ū criminal group
The arrest is believed to be the first by the Tokyo police of a suspected information source in connection with crimes involving 迟辞办耻谤测ū groups.
Two American women, both 25, arrived at Tokyo&#039;s Haneda Airport from New York last Saturday with two suitcases in which "cannabis-like dried plants were secretly stored," a police spokesperson said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2026
U.S. women arrested over smuggling of $1 million worth of cannabis into Japan
One suspect claimed she was motivated by the idea of a free trip to Japan.
Thirty years have passed since the murder of Junko Kobayashi, a senior at Sophia University. Her father, Kenji, prays at the scene of the crime on Wednesday in Tokyo&#039;s Katsushika Ward.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2026
Tokyo family marks 30 years since daughter’s unsolved murder
Authorities expressed determination to solve the Sophia University student’s murder despite obstacles resulting from the passage of time.
Traffic in Tokyo in April 2026. Prior to a fatal accident in Tokyo in April, the driver was involved in two other accidents this year.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2026
Man with sleep apnea diagnosis involved in fatal Tokyo accident
Tokyo MPD revealed that the driver had stopped using a prescribed medical device to treat his condition and felt sleepy from the time he started driving on the day of the accident.
The Kojimachi Post Office in Tokyo&#039;s Chiyoda Ward, where a rebuilding project has stalled, on Monday
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
Former Japan Post worker sent to prosecutors over alleged bribe-taking
Takahiro Kido is suspected of accepting benefits from Toa Tekko Kensetsu in return for giving the company favorable treatment in bidding related to rebuilding a post office.
A 48-year-old Turkish man was found unresponsive while lying face-up in a restroom at the detention facility of the Takao Police Station early on July 2, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2026
Turkish man dies while in Tokyo police custody
The man said he began experiencing abdominal pain on June 29 while in police custody in Tokyo, and he was pronounced dead on July 2, with police not publicly stating the cause.
Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors last month on three men linked to a Japanese construction company for allegedly bribing a Cambodian government employee.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2026
Japanese executives accused of bribing Cambodian government worker
The company side allegedly gave about $1,000 in cash to an official of Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce in July 2021.
The National Police Agency encourages people to use a crime prevention app that blocks international calls made to mobile phones by fraud groups.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 6, 2026
Fake police scams in Tokyo down nearly 40% in January through May
The number of such cases decreased to 548, while the total financial damage from such scams shrank 38.3% to ?6.17 billion.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 5, 2026
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The man, Hu Shi, and two others were initially arrested last month by Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of submitting a false move-in notification.
Firefighters examine a room where a fire broke out last Friday at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward.
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2026
Police investigate possible link between laundry and school fire
In addition to a burnt electric heater and multiple air circulators, a power strip with multiple outlets was found at the scene.
Firefighters examine rooms burned in a fire at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward on Friday.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2026
Fire at Tokyo elementary school believed to be accidental
The fire is believed to have started on the fourth floor of the school building.
Shinnosuke Abe announces his resignation as the manager of Yomiuri Giants during a news conference in Tokyo on May 26.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 16, 2026
Ex-Giants manager Abe spared indictment over alleged assault of daughter
“We took into account the nature of the alleged assault, the circumstances surrounding the case and other relevant evidence,” the prosecutor’s office said.
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly entering the grounds of a house in the city of Koganei in western Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 1, 2026
Man suspected of 迟辞办耻谤测ū affiliation arrested for trespassing
The house in the city of Koganei, western Tokyo, had?been invaded several times in May, according to investigative sources.
Executives of the Japan Volleyball Association bow in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday following the arrest of Shunichiro Sato, a member of the national volleyball team, on suspicion of cannabis possession.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2026
Japan national volleyball player arrested over suspected cannabis possession
Police allege that Shunichiro Sato, 26, had dried cannabis in his possession at a pachinko pinball parlor in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward on Wednesday afternoon.
An arrested former Japan Post worker allegedly received cash and other benefits from a contractor in exchange for facilitating a contract to collect letters from mailboxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2026
Ex-Japan Post worker arrested over alleged bribery case
Nobuyuki Yoneda allegedly received cash and other benefits from a contractor in exchange for facilitating a consignment contract to collect letters and other items from mailboxes.
The house in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward where a family of four was murdered in December 2000, a high-profile case that remains unsolved a quarter of a century later.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2026
Two arrested for allegedly entering site of high-profile Setagaya family murder
Police believe the pair broke into the house with the intention of stealing valuables, in the period from around mid-September 2023 to around mid-December 2025.
A couple and their eldest son are accused of causing injury through unlawful confinement after allegedly restraining their daughter with homemade metal devices and confining her for several days in late January inside a locked closet at their home in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2026
Tokyo couple and son arrested on suspicion of locking up daughter in closet for days
The girl, a middle schooler, was found suffering from hypothermia and bedsores on her back when she was rescued in January, and required about a week of treatment.
Tokyo police arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday on suspicion of killing a 29-year-old woman in an apartment in Tokyo&#039;s Roppongi district in 2018.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
Man arrested over 2018 murder in Tokyo’s Roppongi district
The suspect, Nobuaki Takahashi, had left for Malaysia the day after the 2018 murder.
Investigators search a rental office in Tokyo&#039;s Minato Ward on Monday in connection with a body abandonment case.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 21, 2026
Police search Tokyo rental office over abandonment of body
The suspect, Katsuya Mizuguchi, who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of abandoning a body, virtually lived in the rental office, sources said.

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