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Tokyo Reported
12-07-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Chiba teacher accused of lewd acts on female student
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 52-year-old man for allegedly committing lewd acts on a female high school student who attended his English conversation school in Matsudo City, reports NHK (July 12). On multiple times during class between around July 2021 and around January 2023, Keisuke Hisasue is suspected of committing lewd acts, such as touching the breasts and lower body of the female student. In one case, he approached her from behind as she stood to read aloud during class, he put his hand inside her underwear and touched her breasts, all of which was filmed by his smartphone. Keisuke Hisasue (X) Police began their investigation after the student contacted a sexual crime victim hotline. Upon his arrest, Hisasue admitted to the charges. The suspect said, 'I feel sexual desire when I touch people's bodies at the cram school I run.' He added, 'I also took upskirt photos of several other students.' As a result, police have seized his computer and smartphone. The investigation is continuing.
Japan Today
26-06-2025
- Japan Today
Man arrested for stalking woman, posting slanderous comments and secretly filmed images online
Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a 24-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of violating the Stalking Prevention Act by posting multiple slanderous comments about a former colleague, a woman in her 20s, on a social networking site. According to police, Mizuki Hara, who lives in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, is accused of posting the comments and images of the woman at work on social media between December 7, 2024 and April 11 this year, Sankei Shimbun reported. In late March, the woman consulted the police, saying, "I was receiving messages saying 'You're cute' and obscene images from multiple email addresses that I don't recognize." Hara posted defamatory comments against the woman six times in total, but did not send any emails. It is believed that another man who saw Hara's posts sent multiple emails to the woman, and police are also questioning him. © Japan Today
Tokyo Reported
15-06-2025
- Tokyo Reported
Chiba police arrested Myanmarese man over alleged fatal stabbing of acquaintance
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police arrested a Myanmarese man over the alleged fatal stabbing of a male acquaintance in his 20s on a street in Noda City early Sunday, reports NHK (June 15). At around 4:20 a.m., Tun Tun Win, a 24-year-old technical intern trainee, allegedly stabbing his acquaintance in the chest with a kitchen knife on a street in Ozaki. The victim was taken to a hospital in a state of cardiac arrest, but was confirmed dead shortly thereafter, police said. Police arrested Tun Tun Win at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder. During questioning, the suspect admitted to stabbing the man, but denied any intention to kill him. Prior to the incident, the suspect and the victim are believed to have gotten into trouble while drinking at the suspect's residence. When the dispute escalated, they went out onto the street and got into a fistfight. Police have since changed the charge to murder and are continuing their investigation.
Tokyo Reported
25-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American suspected in pepper-spray incident in Chiba: 'I lost my mind'
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have sent an American male to prosecutors over a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City that sickened more than 40 people last week, reports (May 25). At around 2:40 p.m. on May 23, Eric Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. On Sunday police sent Lin to prosecutors on suspicion of inflicting injury. 'I lost my mind and sprayed the pepper spray,' Lin told police. 'I was attacked too.' Eric Yen-Joo Lin (X) The male targets of the spray, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, the Inzai Police Station said previously. According to police, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin also told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the two men over cigarettes before the incident.
Tokyo Reported
23-05-2025
- Tokyo Reported
American in custody after Chiba pepper-spray incident sickens 40
CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police on Friday arrested an American male following a pepper-spray incident at a shopping mall in Inzai City sickened more than 40 people, reports Nippon News Network (May 23). At around 2:40 p.m., Eri Yen-Joo Lin, 51, allegedly sprayed pepper spray at two other men, aged 72 and 69, in the parking lot of Aeon Mall Chiba New Town. Both men, who had been shopping, suffered minor injuries, police said. According to the Inzai Police Station, 44 people complained of feeling unwell after the pepper spray was sprayed by Lin. Of them, twelve were taken to a hospital. Lin told police that he had gotten into a dispute with the men over cigarettes. 'I lost my temper and sprayed the pepper spray,' he said. Police accused Lin of inflicting injury. They are also speaking with the hospitalized men to learn the details of what led to the incident. Shopping mall The shopping mall where the incident occurred is mainly composed of four buildings. The parking lot is on the first floor. After the incident, many police officers and emergency personnel gathered to deal with the situation. As well, several wheelchairs were seen being brought in and access to some of the aisles near the parking lot was restricted, reports NHK (May 23). A woman who was eating with three friends at a restaurant on the first floor of the shopping mall said, 'Suddenly, the people around me started coughing and my nose started stinging. About 20 people, including customers and store clerks, had the same symptoms. We got better quickly, but some were more severe. It was the first time something like this had happened to me, so I was surprised.' A woman in her 60s who lives in the city had come to shop at the facility. She said, 'I went into a store near the parking lot on the first floor, and suddenly started coughing uncontrollably, so the store clerk gave me some tea. My throat was itchy and it's still there. The atmosphere inside the facility was not the usual peaceful one, and I didn't know what was going on.'
