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5 hours ago
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Japanese police leave for Cambodia to bring home fraud suspects
About 80 Japanese police investigators left for Cambodia on Tuesday morning to bring home and arrest Japanese nationals suspected of being part of a fraud scheme. Aichi prefectural police have obtained arrest warrants for 29 people on suspicion of defrauding a person in the Kanto region. They allegedly made a series of calls while impersonating police officers. Investigative sources say the suspects range in age from under 20 to their 50s. They were taken into custody and detained in May at a compound in the northwestern city of Poipet near the Thai border where the scheme was reportedly conducted. The Japanese suspects have since been transferred to a detention center in Phnom Penh. The investigators plan to arrest them upon their return to Japan. They will also analyze computers and smartphones confiscated at the compound and try to shed light on scam syndicates based overseas.
NHK
4 days ago
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Hokkaido police identify dead climber attacked by bear
Japanese police say they have confirmed that the body found on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido is that of a climber who went missing after being attacked by a brown bear. The climber, in his 20s, was reportedly attacked by a bear and dragged into the woods on the mountain in Shari Town, eastern Hokkaido, on Thursday morning. Local police and hunters discovered on Friday morning what appeared to be part of a shirt that the missing climber was wearing and his wallet near where his climbing partner made an emergency call. In the afternoon, hunters shot dead three bears, two of which were cubs. Police say the man's body was found near the adult bear. Police have identified the victim as 26-year-old Sota Keisuke, a company employee from Tokyo's Sumida Ward. A local lab is expected to conduct a DNA test on fur found on the victim to see if it matches the dead bear's.
NHK
26-06-2025
- NHK
Tokyo police arrest 12 over online casino gambling at shop
NHK has learned that Japanese police arrested 12 people when raiding a shop that allegedly allowed customers to gamble on casino websites. Such wagering is illegal in Japan even on gaming sites based abroad. Police began raiding the establishment RIZIN in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Wednesday. They arrested five employees in their 20s through 40s, and seven customers in their 20s through 80s who were at the shop. Investigative sources say the employees are suspected of allowing customers to gamble on baccarat and other games on foreign-based casino websites using personal computers at the shop. They say the employees admitted to the allegation. The sources add that the store had at least 20 PCs and that police discovered data on more than 5,000 possible customers. Police say there are more establishments in Japan that allegedly allow customers to engage in online casino gambling. They have so far arrested people suspected to have gambled through online casinos using their own devices. Police have also clamped down on payment agencies alleged to have provided services to operators of casino websites.
