Overview
- Tokyo investigators probing a suspected leak to the scouting group Natural arrested a Metropolitan Police inspector and confirmed about ¥9 million seized in August searches tied to the case.
- A 49-year-old former gang member who presented himself as a monk was arrested on suspicion of selling a revolver and four rounds; police say the weapon appears homemade and have verified its lethality.
- Osaka prefectural police detained a 37-year-old man who admitted igniting a car after a highway crash in Kashiwara, where a man’s body was found in the rear seat, with cause of death and identity under investigation.
- Prosecutors in Nagoya began forensic psychiatric detention for the 69-year-old suspect in the 1999 killing of a housewife to assess criminal responsibility before deciding on prosecution.
- Courts delivered notable outcomes, including 13 years in prison for a 2023 vehicle-ramming in Ibaraki and five years six months for a fatal hit-and-run in Shizuoka, while a 2023 Nagano abandonment death conviction became final without appeal.