HeyJaredAmy Takahashi
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Aug 15, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Tokyo Reporter
- Top 1M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 16, 2026
Latest articles
Osaka woman lured to Cambodia by ¥8 million offer escapes scam ring by becoming mistress - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
Read excerpt
OSAKA (TR) – A woman working at a parlor in an Osaka City entertainment district has recounted a harrowing ordeal of being kidnapped and trafficked by international crime syndicates after traveling to Cambodia for what she believed was a highly lucrative job. The woman, aged in her 20s, tells evening tabloid Nikkan Gendai (Aug. 11) she was lured by the promise of earning 8 million yen for just five days of work. Having previously traveled to Cambodia for work through the same parlor’s network, s
3 men ordered to pay Â¥112 million over 1993 âgym matâ suffocation of classmate - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
Read excerpt
YAMAGATA (TR) â More than three decades after a 13-year-old boy was stuffed upside-down into a rolled-up gym mat and left to suffocate, a court has ordered three of his former classmates to pay 112.6 million yen in damages, reports Shukan Shincho (July 30-Aug. 6). Despite the July 15 ruling by the Yamagata District Court, the perpetrators have shown no remorse, with one recently telling a weekly magazine that he “wants to sue” the victim’s family. The gruesome killing, which shocked the nation
Clueless driver tailgates Yamaguchi-gumi bossâs heavily guarded convoy following prison release - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
Read excerpt
TOKYO (TR) – The release of Japan’s most powerful mafia boss from prison was a highly orchestrated underworld event, complete with a heavily fortified motorcade, massive police presence — and one completely oblivious commuter who decided to road-rage against the syndicate. As told by veteran underworld journalist Tomohiko Suzuki to Shukan Post (July 24-31), the surreal scene unfolded on April 9, 2011, when Shinobu Tsukasa, the sixth-generation head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, was released from Fuchu
Two men handed 30-year terms over horrific murder, burning of Ueno restaurant moguls - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
Read excerpt
TOKYO (TR) – The Tokyo District Court earlier this month sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for their roles in the gruesome murder and corpse disposal of a wealthy couple whose charred bodies were found dumped in Tochigi Prefecture two years ago. Ryutaro Takarajima, 55, and his wife Sachiko, 56, were shrewd entrepreneurs who operated 14 dining establishments in Tokyo’s bustling Ueno-Ameyoko district. Their dominance in the area was so prominent that the strip of their affiliated eateries wa
Ex-Tokyo prosecutor accused of extorting female suspect, living double life with mistress - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
Read excerpt
TOKYO (TR) – A former star prosecutor for the elite Special Investigation Squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is under fire for allegedly exploiting a female suspect for sex and money while secretly maintaining an illicit double life, weekly magazine Shukan Shincho (July 23) reports. Masahito Nishida is accused of engaging in an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman in her 30s whom he had interrogated during a 2023 investigation. According to sources, Nishida secretly commu
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 1M sites
For Tokyo Reporter, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.