Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) decided June 26 that it will require dealers buying items like electric cables and air ...

The National Police Agency drafted amendments that would require metal dealers to verify sellers’ identities and keep ...

TOKYO -- Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has confirmed that 16 types of "toy" guns sold online in the country are actually lethal weapons, and is･･･ ...

Commissioner general of the National Police Agency Yoshinobu Kusunoki attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on May 22, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National ...

The National Police Agency's Oct. 18 post on X (formerly Twitter) shows a video in which the community safety planning division chief says, "Don't get involved in crime. Be brave, get out and talk ...

Takahiro Akedo, an associate professor of sociology at Osaka Metropolitan University who has researched police responses to people with foreign roots. The number of cases where police in Japan hired ...