Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police detained 43-year-old Daisuke Jimbo of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Division on suspicion of violating the Local Public Service Law’s secrecy provisions.
- Investigators say the leaked information reached a large scouting organization known as “Natural,” which has been under investigation for more than five years.
- Reporting describes “Natural” as a highly organized group with about 1,500 members, roughly ¥4.5 billion in annual revenue, and a custom app that shared officers’ faces and disparaged police.
- The force had formed a cross-department team, including organized crime and security units, to examine illegal scouting and alleged harms to women targeted for sex-industry recruitment.
- The arrest, characterized internally as a severe breach of trust, has prompted scrutiny within the department while the broader investigation into the group continues.