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A real estate company executive who was victimized by a defamation incident caused by a YouTube video committed suicide in July 2025.
In the case in which a YouTuber was arrested on suspicion of defamation for posting a video on YouTube that defamed a Kyoto man (age 36 at the time) who was an executive at a real estate company, Kyoto Prefectural Police announced on the 27th that they had newly arrested part-time worker Keisuke Tada (age 33, from Yamabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) on the same charge.
Tada reportedly said, ``I will talk to my lawyer before I speak.''
According to Sakyo Police Station and other sources, Tada was contracted to edit videos by Miki Ikeda (28), who was active as a YouTuber under the name KENZO Shinjuku 109.
Tada was arrested on suspicion of colluding with Ikeda in June 2025 to defame the man by posting a video on YouTube with captions such as ``My occupation is a fraudster'' and ``I've been called a Kyoto parasite!''. The man committed suicide in July 2015.

Tsuneo Kiryu, a city councilman in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, was indicted on charges of fraud for lying about the opening hours of his daycare center and defrauding a child care association of approximately 190 million yen in grants. His wife has also been charged with being an accomplice.

Shoichi Furukawa, a former Asahi Kasei employee who was arrested on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, has been indicted for leaking trade secrets related to Asahi Kasei's semiconductor materials to a Chinese company. The suspect has stated that he disclosed the information in order to maintain high pay at the Chinese company.

Mie Prefectural Police have re-arrested suspect Yoshihiro Imakita on suspicion of murdering his partner's eldest daughter in connection with the incident in which the bodies of two women were found on a riverbed in Nara City. The suspect has already been charged with the mother's murder, and prefectural police are investigating the details of the crime.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Kouhiro Sano and Sho Okauchi on suspicion of fraud after posing as his son and defrauding him of cash. The two were detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and arrived at Narita Airport on the 27th. The total damage is estimated to be approximately 570 million yen.

On the 27th, the Nagoya District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department indicted Suzuka City Councilman Tsunero Kiryu, the representative of the management company, and a couple on charges of fraud for defrauding them of approximately 190 million yen in operating expenses for Konohana Nursery School, a nursery school in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture. He is said to have fraudulently received benefits by lying about opening hours and other details.

Prefectural police have arrested two men from Hiroshima and Shunan on suspicion of robbery and murder in connection with an attack in August on a Japanese confectionery store and residence in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The store owner was killed and his wife was seriously injured, and prefectural police are investigating the motive and circumstances in detail.