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Tokyo Reporter is an English-language news outlet focused on Japan, with a strong emphasis on crime, public safety, and legal affairs, particularly in the Tokyo metropolitan area and wider Kanto region.
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Serial fetish thief targets insoles of high school girlsâ shoes across 14 schools - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
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TOYAMA (TR) – Toyama Prefectural Police are hunting a serial thief who has targeted the indoor shoes of female high school students — specifically ripping out and stealing their insoles — across at least 14 schools, reports KNB News (Sep. 28). Since the previous academic year, an astonishing number of schools have been hit by the bizarre crime spree. This academic year alone, at least 35 female students across 13 schools, including Takaoka Minami, Takaoka, and Toyama Minami high schools, have fa
Search for âLupin IIIâ suspect: NHK doc exposing false DNA evidence in Kanto serial murders to be rebroadcast - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
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TOKYO (TR) – Following a massive public response, public broadcaster NHK has announced the rebroadcast of an explosive documentary detailing the dark truth behind a string of unsolved child murders in the North Kanto region and the flawed police DNA tests that derailed the investigation. The original broadcast of “Unsolved Cases File.19: North Kanto Serial Young Girl Kidnapping and Murder Cases” on September 23 generated a firestorm online. Celebrities, including comedian Koji Higashino and writ
Woman dubbed ‘Sugar Baby Yoshiko’ accused of faking father’s cancer to swindle ¥13.5 million (opens the original)
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Suspect spent swindled funds on host clubs The post Woman dubbed ‘Sugar Baby Yoshiko’ accused of faking father’s cancer to swindle ¥13.5 million appeared first on TokyoReporter.
Woman dubbed âSugar Baby Yoshikoâ accused of faking fatherâs cancer to swindle Â¥13.5 million - TokyoReporter (opens the original)
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TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman for allegedly swindling a man out of 13.5 million yen to feed her host club addiction. According to police, the crimes of Yoshiko Takamatsu earned her a notorious nickname among investigators, reports Nippon News Network (Oct. 1). Takamastu met a man in his 60s through a dating app last year. She allegedly spun a web of lies to extort cash from him, telling the victim, “My father has cancer and needs to undergo surgery.” Un
Tokyo man arrested for fracturing elderly woman’s skull in hammer robbery (opens the original)
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Suspect said, 'I don't really remember much about it' The post Tokyo man arrested for fracturing elderly woman’s skull in hammer robbery appeared first on TokyoReporter.
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