Scam groups, apparently facing a labor shortage in Japan, are recruiting unsuspecting Taiwanese people for roles in their ...

Tokyo police have served a fresh arrest warrant to a suspected senior member of what US authorities call one of Asia's ...

The number of such cases decreased to 548, while the total financial damage from such scams shrank 38.3% to ¥6.17 billion.

Tokyo police have arrested three men for allegedly swindling victims by claiming they could predict winning lottery numbers ...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Hu Xiaowei, also known as Hu Shi and Chen Xiao'er, on June 22 after tracking his movements across multiple luxury hotels in Osaka, Japan.

Tokyo police arrested five individuals, including a suspected Chinese ringleader, on July 1 over allegations they laundered ...

These scams often begin with ordinary text messages, dating app conversations, or investment pitches.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 22-year-old female office worker on suspicion of fraud after she allegedly duped ...

Japanese police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of being a top executive of Prince Group, a multinational network ...

The number of reported fraud cases in Tokyo involving scammers posing as police officers dropped 38.8 pct from a year earlier in the first five months of 2026, Metropolitan Police Department sources ...