OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have busted unlawful playing dens in Osaka City that supplied clients with on-line wagering, stories the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 13).

On January 11, police raided Ryu, situated in Juso-Higashi, Yodogawa Ward and arrested 14 female and male retailer staff and clients for offering or partaking in on-line playing.

Police haven’t revealed whether or not the suspects, together with 37-year-old supervisor Ryuta Ajisaka, admit to the allegations.

In addition to Ryu, police raided two affiliated operations, together with Eight within the busy Minami district. Two clients had been additionally arrested on suspicion of playing.

At Ryu, clients may change money for factors. They then performed video games like slots and roulette on computer systems put in in personal rooms They later transformed the factors again into money after they left the premises.

To enter as a buyer, advance discover was required. All three operations had double-door entrances. Customers had been solely allowed entry after their faces had been confirmed by way of safety digicam footage.

During the raids, police seized roughly 12 million yen in money and roughly 50 computer systems from the three operations. Investigators are presently investigating how the operations ran, together with their gross sales figures.

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a lady and her husband over the alleged confinement and abuse of her older sister of their house in Matsudo City.

According to TBS News (Jan. 22), Nami Ichikawa, 45, and her husband, 38-year-old Harutaka, additionally acquired tens of thousands and thousands of yen in money from the sufferer.

Over a two-day interval in March 2023, Ichikawa and her husband are suspected of confining the 51-year-old girl of their house, demanding 800,000 yen in money and assaulting her, together with hanging her with the butt finish of a knife, and kicking her within the abdomen.

The sufferer suffered severe accidents, together with damaged ribs, which required a month-long remedy.

During questioning, Nami denied the fees. She mentioned, “That’s not true.” Harutaka additionally denied the fees. “I did not hit, kick or imprison her,” he mentioned.

The sufferer is Nami’s older sister, who formally lives in Saitama Prefecture. They started dwelling collectively round November 2022. Police consider she subjected to each day abuse.

At one level, the sister discovered a possibility to contact outdoors events and escape. The incident emerged after they contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

All instructed, the sister is believed to have given the couple tens of thousands and thousands of yen through the ordeal.

The sufferer reportedly mentioned she was solely given one bowl of rice a day and “was brainwashed and unable to escape.”

Police are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident.

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police have arrested a male Chinese nationwide for allegedly slashing a feminine colleague with a knife in Chiba City earlier this month.

According to Fuji News Network (Jan. 20), suspect Jiang Xiuxin, 34, had beforehand been in a relationship with the sufferer.

On January 16, Jiang got here up from the behind the girl whereas she was in a break room the logistics middle using each of them and allegedly slashed her with the 18-centimeter-long knife.

The lady suffered accidents to her head and neck. However, her life will not be in peril, police mentioned.

On January 18, a digital camera caught Jiang on the Chiba-Kita Police Station. He has been accused of tried homicide.

During questioning, he partially denied the costs. He mentioned, “It’s true that I stabbed her, but I didn’t intend to kill her.”

As the incident unfolded, a person who was current took the knife away from Jiang. He was taken into custody.

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police and different authorities have arrested two Vietnamese males who’re suspected of committing roughly 100 burglaries throughout the Kanto area, studies TBS News (Jan. 20).

The two males arrested on suspicion of theft and different crimes are Ha Ngoc Tu, 26, and Hoang Van Hai, 37, each Vietnamese nationals and residents of Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture.

They are suspected of breaking into a house in Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture final October by utilizing a glass cutter or different software to take away a first-floor window. They then allegedly stole 100,000 yen in money from the second ground.

Police haven’t revealed whether or not the 2 suspects have admitted to the crimes.

According to police, roughly 100 thefts utilizing the same technique have been confirmed throughout Tokyo and 10 prefectures since round June of final yr.

Stolen embrace money watches, and different valuables with an estimated worth of 38.5 million yen.

Police and different authorities are investigating whether or not the 2 suspects have been the truth is behind the opposite crimes.

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male Brazilian man who runs a tour firm over illegally modified sports activities automobiles used for sightseeing excursions for guests in Japan, stories TBS News (Jan. 22).

At round 10:00 p.m. on November 21, Danilo Gomes da Rocha, the 34-year-old president of Hoguruma”, is accused of getting two contract staff drive two sports activities automobiles, together with a Nissan GT-R, with illegally modified mufflers in Koto Ward.

According to police, the unlawful mufflers had been to make the exhaust noise louder.

Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act, Gomes de Rocha denied the allegations. He mentioned, “I was unaware that the cars were poorly maintained.”

The firm as a company was additionally referred to prosecutors.

According to police, the 2 automobiles picked up international vacationers in home sports activities automobiles and took them round Tokyo Tower and Daikoku Wharf.

The crime was found when the automobiles had been stopped at a checkpoint after dropping off the passengers.

Hoguruma, which is predicated in Shinjuku Ward, generates roughly 200 million yen in annual income from the excursions.