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A labor ministry official was convicted Tuesday for stalking a female subordinate and illegally entering her home.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2026
Labor ministry official convicted over stalking and trespassing
Tokyo District Court handed down its ruling on Atsushi Takabayashi, 39, who had been on leave since his indictment.
A 39-year-old male employee at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been indicted on charges of stalking a subordinate in her 20s, sources have said.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2026
Health ministry worker indicted for stalking subordinate
According to the prosecution, the health ministry worker repeatedly messaged his subordinate, secretly photographed her and entered her home without permission.
Yasuhiro Hanashi, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's panel on public safety, hands proposals to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2026
Japan ruling LDP proposes GPS devices for stalkers to safeguard victims
The proposal, submitted as part of an urgent proposal on preventing special fraud and stalking cases, noted similar moves overseas that aim to prevent repeat offenses.
Police investigate the scene where a staff member of a Pokemon store was fatally stabbed, in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 26.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2026
Pokemon store stabbing spotlights importance of treatment for stalkers
Revelations that the offender had been arrested for stalking begs the question: Why could the murder not be prevented?
An ambulance parked in front of Sunshine City, a commercial complex in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, on Thursday night following a stabbing
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Mar 27, 2026
Pokemon shop employee killed by stalker in Tokyo＊s Ikebukuro district
The suspected assailant, after attacking the 21-year-old victim, later took his own life.
Police in Japan handled 1,546 stalking cases in 2025, up 205 from the previous year and the highest since the anti-stalking law was enacted in 2000.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2026
Stalking cases hit record high in Japan in 2025
Police handled 1,546 cases of stalking last year, up by 205 from the preceding year.
The revised antistalking law, enforced Dec. 30, bans the installation of antiloss tags to gain information on a target's location without their permission.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2026
First action taken against tracker abuse under antistalking law in Kobe
The revised antistalking law, enforced Dec. 30, bans the installation of antiloss tags to gain information on a target＊s location without their permission.
According to the Ibaraki Prefectural Police, the suspect in a recent murder case repeatedly called?the mobile phone of the 31-year-old victim and tried to?find her in and after October.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jan 22, 2026
Ex-boyfriend arrested on suspicion of murdering pregnant woman in Mito
Four days before being fatally stabbed, the victim called the prefectural police to talk about being stalked but hung up without providing her information, the police said.
According to the National Police Agency, police nationwide provided advice to victims of stalking using loss prevention tags in 592 cases between January and November last year.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2026
Misuse of loss-prevention tags for stalking on rise in Japan
According to the NPA, police gave advice to victims of stalking via electronic tags in 592 cases between January and November 2025.
Loss prevention tags can be used to track individuals without their consent.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2025
Japan adopts bill banning tracker tag use for stalking
The draft revision prohibits nonconsensual acquisitions of location information as well as the planting of a device without consent.
Tokyo police plan to introduce a system that uses generative artificial intelligence to automatically transcribe consultation audio and generate summaries so they can more swiftly respond to stalking cases that may escalate into serious crimes.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Nov 6, 2025
Tokyo police to use AI to strengthen anti-stalking measures
The police will introduce a system that uses generative AI to automatically transcribe consultation audio and generate summaries to help improve operational efficiency.
Parents of Shiori Ino, who was murdered by a stalker in 1999, talk about their feelings over a similar recent case, during an interview at their home in Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 12.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 30, 2025
Father of 1999 stalking murder victim saddened by recent fatal case
The father continues to lecture on stalking and its harmful effects at prefectural police departments and police academies throughout the nation.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Sept. 1.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 23, 2025
Tokyo police rearrest South Korean man suspected of murdering ex-girlfriend on stalking charges
Police allege that the suspect, Park Yong-jun, repeatedly stalked the victim, Bang Ji-won, and trespassed into her home in the days leading to her killing.
Kaoru Wada, chief of Kanagawa Prefectural Police, bows in apology during a news conference in Yokohama on Thursday. In a review report, police said the initial response to a stalking-murder case in Kawasaki was inadequate and the response system had been ineffective.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2025
Kanagawa police say they improperly handled Kawasaki stalking-murder case
Since June last year, the victim and her family had repeatedly consulted with police about violence and stalking by the suspect, who has been indicted on murder and other charges.
Police investigate an area around the scene where a woman was killed in a knife attack in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on Monday.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2025
Korean man arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing ex-girlfriend
Police had told the suspect to leave the country after the victim reached out for help, and they saw him go through a security check at Narita Airport days before her death.
The National Police Agency in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The agency is considering legal revisions to allow police to issue warnings against stalkers at their discretion even in the absence of requests from victims.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025
Police look to issue stalker warnings even without requests from victims
The National Police Agency is considering legal revisions to allow the discretionary issuance of such warnings when victims hesitate to request them out of fear of retaliation.
Security camera footage shows a person who appears to be Masashi Tanimoto on Aug. 20, the day when a woman was murdered in Kobe.
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025
Kobe murder suspect targeted victim because she was his ＆type＊
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, had also allegedly followed a different woman home prior to last week＊s incident.
Fever guard Caitlin Clark claps during team introductions at a game against the Las Vegas Aces at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on July 3.
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Jul 29, 2025
Man jailed for stalking and harassing Fever star Caitlin Clark
Michael Lewis pled guilty to felony stalking after allegedly sending repeated threats and sexually violent messages to Clark.
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
51勛圖厙 / Politics
Jul 17, 2025
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
As Japan aims to increase the number of women in politics, addressing the issue of unwanted attention from men remains a challenge.
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police department suspects that Hideyuki Shirai, 28, killed Asahi Okazaki, a 20-year-old part-time worker, in or near the prefecture around Dec. 20 last year.
51勛圖厙
Jul 12, 2025
Man arrested for alleged murder of ex-girlfriend in Kawasaki
The Kanagawa Prefectural Police department suspects that Hideyuki Shirai, 28, was stalking Asahi Okazaki, 20, and later killed her around Dec. 20 last year.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer＊s disease
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