
A mother has filed a lawsuit in the Kyoto District Court seeking damages totaling approximately 230 million yen, alleging that her son committed suicide due to a video posted by YouTuber Miki Ikeda, also known as ``KENZO.''
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A mother has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for her son's suicide due to a video posted by a YouTuber.
On the 15th, a mother filed a lawsuit in the Kyoto District Court demanding a total of approximately 230 million yen in damages from Ikeda and three others, alleging that her son committed suicide due to a video posted by YouTuber Miki Ikeda (28), known as KENZO from Shinjuku 109, who was arrested on charges of defamation.
YouTuber ``KENZO'' arrested on defamation charges, victim dies - Kyoto Prefectural Police
Other suspects who were sued include Makoto Akagi (46) and Yuki Yasuda (35), representatives of real estate companies in Okayama City, who were both arrested on suspicion of attempted extortion.
According to the complaint, Takuma Nakano, then 36, who was a real estate company executive, got into trouble with Akagi and Yasuda over the sale of the company he was managing, and Akagi asked Ikeda to make a video. In June of last year, Ikeda posted a video on YouTube with captions such as ``The secret side of a famous businessman. Are you a huge M&A fraudster?'' and Nakano allegedly committed suicide in July of the same year.

On the afternoon of the 16th, a 62-year-old office worker was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for strangling a woman with an electrical cord at a residence in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture. The woman is unconscious and in critical condition. Isesaki Police Station is investigating the motive.

On the 16th, the Kyoto District Court acquitted Yukio Tanaka (59), a member of the Kudo-kai group, a designated dangerous organized crime group, of murder and other charges in the 2013 shooting death of Takayuki Daito, the former president of Ohsho Food Service, which operates the Gyoza Ohsho chain, in Kyoto. Regarding DNA testing of cigarette butts, the focus was on evaluating circumstantial evidence, as there was little direct evidence of the defendant's involvement.

On the 16th, the Kyoto District Court acquitted Yukio Tanaka (59), a member of the Kudo-kai group, a designated dangerous organized crime group, of murder and other charges in the 2013 shooting death of Takayuki Daito, the former president of Ohsho Food Service, which operates Gyoza Ohsho. The identity of the culprit became a point of contention, and the focus was on DNA testing of cigarette butts found near the crime scene.

The body of a 39-year-old woman was found in a hotel in Naha City, and the suspect, Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class at Futenma Air Base, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and murder. After the incident, a series of slanders were made against the victim on social media, and the bereaved family complained of damage to their dignity.Prefectural police asked the social media company to delete the illegal posts and said they would proceed with an investigation based on the law and evidence.

On the 16th, the Kyoto District Court acquitted Yukio Tanaka (59), a member of the Kudo-kai group, on charges of murder and violation of the Firearms and Swords Act for killing Takayuki Daito (72 at the time), the former president of Osho Food Service, in December 2013, citing a lack of direct evidence. Prosecutors claimed there was a connection between the DNA on the cigarette butt and the light passenger car, but the court ruled that they could not prove the crime.

It has been revealed that the names, affiliations, and email addresses of approximately 4,000 Okayama Prefectural Police officers may have been leaked due to unauthorized access to services such as a disaster prevention app operated by Arcadia. The system is still in operation, and the prefectural police explained it at the prefectural assembly. Approximately 24,000 email addresses in Tsuyama City are also believed to have been leaked.