Law & Crime

New information is coming out about Luigi Mangione's time in Japan: after being tipped off by followers, Japanese poker player Obara Jun acknowledged his chance meeting with the alleged shooter at a Tokyo restaurant.
Tokyo police arrested four men at a painting company - including the CEO - for ordering a colleague to walk onto a train track and forbidding him from leaving, a murder that the four set up to look like a suicide.
Neglectful and law-breaking bicyclists have terrorized Japan's streets for years. A new law taking effect in November aims to crack down on some of the most dangerous behavior.
Yami baito - dark part-time jobs - are surging in Japan, with police investigating 14 cases in the Kanto region alone. Learn why criminals are increasingly relying on social media - and why so many of Japan's youth are willing to take these risky gigs.
Someone murdered the man convicted of killing famous Japanese fortune teller Fujita Kototome. His sudden death and conflicting evidence have led many to wonder: did police get the right guy?
A teenage girl in Hokkaido is dead because she took someone's picture. And now it's emerging that local cops knew the suspect a little too well.
A groping incident on a Tokyo train involved an escape attempt, as a man scaled a two meter fence to evade authorities. Fortunately, police caught him a month later. Sadly, too many other molestation cases in Japan end in silence.
A restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku, near the heart of its Korea Town, proudly says it won't serve Korean or Chinese customers. Is that against Japanese law?
Japan's Supreme Court says that the country's former eugenics law violated the country's Constitution, opening the door for compensation.

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