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Search Results for: law and crime – Page 2
Some online allege that foreigners in Japan commit more crimes than Japanese citizens. But what do the statistics say?
Thanks, scammers. Due to some people exploiting the system, Japan will now change how it handles duty-free purchasing by tourists.
A woman who made millions as a sugar baby in Japan is on trial for fraud - and so is the host club worker to whom she handed every last penny.
Rumors and disinformation sparked the Kanto Massacre in the wake of the Kanto Earthquake. Today, denialism continues to dishonor the victims.
The person to ever sit the longest on death row - 55 years - is still alive in Japan. And attorneys say they can prove his innocence. We cover the evidence offered at a press conference by Hakamada Iwao's attorneys.
Kinji Fukasaku’s 1970s gangster movies upended decades of depictions of the yakuza and held up a mirror to Japanese society at the same time.
It was intended to protect women. But is Japan's new AV law working? Some signs say yes - but detractors still exist on both sides.
Former Prime Minister and Tokyo Olympics Games chief Mori Yoshiro may be swept up into the event's ongoing bribery scandal.
In a continued exclusive for Unseen Japan, Jake Adelstein reflects on writing Tokyo Vice, his true-to-life memoir on the Japanese underworld that spawned the hit HBO show.