
On the 24th, the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 2 arrested two men, including the managing director of a design company, on suspicion of fraud, for allegedly defrauding a bank of approximately 14 million yen in loan proceeds by falsely claiming that it would receive an order for renovation work at a police station.
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Since 2019, Mandokoro Sekkei has received approximately 10 orders, including supervision of police box renovation work for the Metropolitan Police Department.
On the 24th, the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 2 accused them of fraudulently defrauding them of approximately 14 million yen by falsely claiming that they would be able to repay the order for the police station renovation project. Japan” executive Teruya Tashiro (65), Sugogaoka, Miyamae Ward, Kawasaki City, both suspects were arrested. Neither approval nor denial has been made clear.
The suspect was arrested in December 2024 on suspicion of defrauding a man in his 30s from Hokkaido out of a loan of approximately 14 million yen, saying, ``I have money coming in for large-scale renovation work at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Higashimurayama Station, so I can repay it.''
According to the division, the suspects presented the man with a fake contract for renovation work in order to make him trust him. Since 2019, Mandokoro Sekkei has received approximately 10 orders, including supervisory work for police box renovations for the Metropolitan Police Department, and forged the amounts in the contracts.

The National Police Agency's panel of experts has recommended the introduction of ``remote analysis,'' which involves remotely controlling smartphones used to commit crimes and obtaining information, as a measure against anonymous and mobile criminal groups. The National Police Agency aims to submit a bill to revise the Police Officer Duties Execution Act to the next extraordinary Diet session.

The National Police Agency's panel of experts recommended the introduction of a method to remotely analyze communication terminals as a countermeasure against anonymous and mobile criminal groups (Tokuryu). Due to concerns about privacy violations, the government is calling for stricter enforcement through amendments to the Police Duties Execution Act and for it to be treated as an administrative procedure rather than an investigation.

The first trial of a bribery case involving facility repair work in Daito City, Osaka Prefecture, was held on the 24th at the Osaka District Court, where the former city chief accused of bribery and the representative of a civil engineering and construction company accused of bribery admitted to the charges. The former chief inspector is said to have received a total of 8 million yen in cash in return for facilitating the selection of contractors.

The jury trial of Takumi Ouchi (29), her ex-girlfriend, for the murder of nail artist Haruka Komatsumoto (31 at the time) in her Mito apartment in late 2025 concluded at the Mito District Court on the 24th, with the prosecution seeking a 21-year prison sentence. The defendant admitted to the charges and stated that he was unable to accept the breakup and planned to stalk and kill her.

There are many victims who travel to overseas resorts with the promise of high income and are forced to act as ``kakeko'' at special local fraud bases. According to the National Police Agency, the number of people arrested after being arrested in countries such as Cambodia and Indonesia is increasing, and the Metropolitan Police Department has created a cartoon video to warn young people.

On the 20th, prefectural police re-arrested four boys aged 16 to 17 on suspicion of murder in the case of second-year high school student Setsuna Shimizu (17), who was assaulted to death on a farm road in Chuo Ward, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of hitting Mr. Shimizu in the head on a farm road in Tana at around 2:40 a.m. on August 22nd, causing him to die from a brain contusion two days later. Prefectural police believe that a blunt weapon was used, and security cameras showed a black car chasing the motorcycle just before the incident. The boys had previously been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a junior high school student who was riding the same motorcycle.