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NHK
a day ago
- NHK
Japan's police issue record number of restraining orders for stalking in 2024
Japanese police have reported that the number of restraining orders issued against stalkers hit a record high last year. Authorities are studying new measures to address the problem of perpetrators using tracking tags. The National Police Agency reported 19,567 stalking-related complaints in 2024. The agency issued 2,415 restraining orders to prohibit perpetrators from stalking under Japan's anti-stalking law. Authorities have seen a surge in cases in which perpetrators track victims' locations via tracking tags and smartphone apps. Complaints about location tags being attached to victims' personal belongings have jumped to 370. Such devices - - designed to keep track of personal belongings -- have become widely available. Currently Japanese law does not bar the act of attaching tracking tags to someone else's possessions. The agency is considering new regulations -- including setting up a legal framework -- to address the problem. Earlier this year, a woman was found dead in Kawasaki City, near Tokyo. Earlier she had complained she was being stalked by her former boyfriend, but police had not issued a warning or restraining order. The man was later arrested and indicted. In light of the incident, the NPA has instructed police headquarters nationwide to implement thorough measures prioritizing victims' safety.
Japan Times
22-05-2025
- Japan Times
Japan taxi driver suspected of raping 50 women, reports say
Japanese police said Thursday they arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims. The Yomiuri Shimbun daily and Jiji Press reported that police found about 3,000 videos and images of him sexually assaulting around 50 women in his taxi or his home. Last year, the man "got a woman, then in her 20s, to take sleeping pills which caused her to lose consciousness, took her to his home and committed an indecent act, which he filmed," a Tokyo police spokesman said. Police arrested the 54-year-old on Wednesday on "suspicion of nonconsensual sexual intercourse and violation of the law on punishment of filming of sexual parts," he added without elaborating further. Traces of sleeping pills were detected in her hair, according to media reports. The footage recovered on the man's phone and other devices dated back to 2008, the reports said. Media also said that he was arrested last October on suspicion of drugging another woman and robbing her of ¥40,000 ($280). He was later released before being taken into custody again in December for alleged indecent assault, the reports said.
