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Police sent to Cambodia to transport Japanese scam suspects

Officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police are pictured at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 19, 2025, before departure to Cambodia. About 80 officers are tasked with transporting to Japan 29 Japanese men and women detained in Phnom Penh for suspected involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia. ==Kyodo

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia deported to Japan

A chartered Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, takes off from an airport in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were recently sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia deported to Japan

A chartered Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, prepares to take off from an airport in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were recently sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia to be deported to Japan

A bus carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, leaves a detention facility in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025, on a chartered Malaysia Airlines plane.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia to be deported to Japan

A bus carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, leaves a detention facility in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025, on a chartered Malaysia Airlines plane.

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Cambodia deports 25 men over phone scams

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 8 Kyodo - Cambodian officers escort 25 Japanese suspects at Phnom Penh international airport for deportation on Nov. 8, 2023, for alleged involvement in conducting phone scams against people in Japan from Cambodia's capital. (Kyodo)

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Cambodia deports 25 men over phone scams

Cambodian officers escort 25 Japanese suspects at Phnom Penh international airport for deportation on Nov. 8, 2023, for alleged involvement in conducting phone scams against people in Japan from Cambodia's capital.

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2 more robbery suspects deported to Japan

Photo taken Feb. 8, 2023, in Manila shows vehicles transporting Yuki Watanabe and Tomonobu Kojima, two of the four Japanese men suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan, for their deportation to Japan from the Philippines, where they were detained on local charges.

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Phone scam suspects deported from Cambodia

Nineteen Japanese suspects deported by Cambodian authorities to their home country over their alleged involvement in phone scams leave Tokyo's Haneda airport in a van on April 11, 2023. Japanese police are cracking down on crime groups basing themselves in Southeast Asian countries.

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Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Photo taken on April 7, 2023, shows a resort hotel in Cambodia's southern province of Sihanoukville used by 19 Japanese as a base for a phone scam. Cambodian authorities deported the suspects to their home country after local police raided a hotel and arrested the men in January.

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2 more robbery suspects deported to Japan

A car transporting Yuki Watanabe, one of the four Japanese suspects deported from the Philippines, arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 9, 2023. The four men are suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan.

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2 more robbery suspects deported to Japan

Photo taken Feb. 8, 2023, at Manila's international airport shows an airplane carrying Yuki Watanabe and Tomonobu Kojima, two of the four Japanese men suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan. They were deported to Japan from the Philippines, where they were detained on local charges.

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2 more robbery suspects deported to Japan

A car transporting Yuki Watanabe, one of the four Japanese suspects deported from the Philippines, arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 9, 2023. The four men are suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan.

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2 more robbery suspects deported to Japan

A car transporting Tomonobu Kojima, one of the four Japanese suspects deported from the Philippines, arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 9, 2023. The four men are suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan.

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2 robbery suspects deported to Japan

A car transporting one of two Japanese suspects deported from an immigration detention facility in the Philippines arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 7, 2023. The two men, along with two other Japanese still held in the Philippines, are suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan.

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2 robbery suspects deported to Japan

A car transporting one of two Japanese suspects deported from an immigration detention facility in the Philippines arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 7, 2023. The two men, along with two other Japanese still held in the Philippines, are suspected of planning and coordinating a string of robberies across Japan.

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Deportation of robbery suspects held in Manila

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture shows a car transporting one of two Japanese suspects, deported from the Philippines, to Tokyo. The two men, along with two other Japanese suspects, are wanted in connection with a string of robberies across Japan and were being held at an immigration facility on local charges.

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Deportation of robbery suspects held in Manila

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, at Manila International Airport shows a plane carrying two of four Japanese suspects wanted in connection with a string of robberies across Japan. The men were deported from the Philippines, where they were being held at an immigration facility on local charges.

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Deportation of robbery suspects held in Manila

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, in Manila shows cars transporting two of four Japanese suspects, wanted in connection with a string of robberies across Japan, to Manila International Airport. The men were deported from the Philippines, where they were being held at an immigration facility on local charges.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla speaks to reporters in Manila on Feb. 3, 2023, saying the country may repatriate two of the four Japanese suspects in a string of robberies across Japan as early as next week.

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Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla

Philippine Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla speaks to reporters in Manila on Feb. 3, 2023, saying the country may repatriate two of the four Japanese suspects in a string of robberies across Japan as early as next week.

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Court hearings in Manila for Japanese robbery suspects

Journalists gather on Feb. 2, 2023, in front of a court in Manila where hearings were being held for two of four Japanese nationals currently in detention in the Philippine capital, believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan. The hearings discussed whether local criminal charges against the two should be dropped following a motion filed by the Philippine Justice Department.

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Court hearings in Manila for Japanese robbery suspects

A lawyer for two of four Japanese nationals currently in detention in Manila who are believed to be behind a string of robberies across Japan is surrounded by journalists in the capital on Feb. 2, 2023, after their hearings were held at a local court. The hearings discussed whether local criminal charges against the two should be dropped following a motion filed by the Philippine Justice Department.

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Immigration facility in Manila

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows a Bureau of Immigration facility in Manila. The Japanese government requested the same day that the Philippines deport suspects allegedly behind a string of robberies in Japan, who are now in detention in Manila, according to officials from the two countries.

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Immigration facility in Manila

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2023, shows a Bureau of Immigration facility in Manila. The Japanese government requested the same day that the Philippines deport suspects allegedly behind a string of robberies in Japan, who are now in detention in Manila, according to officials from the two countries.

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Man in Japan also employed "Luffy" username to organize robberies

Police suspect that a man in Japan also employed the "Luffy" online username to organize a string of robberies in the country, in addition to the alleged ringleader who is currently detained in the Philippines, sources close to the matter said Saturday. Japanese police have requested that the four men in Manila be transferred to Japan, after obtaining arrest warrants for fraud. The police plan to investigate the possible involvement of the four men in the spate of robberies since last year. According to Japan's National Police Agency, there have been at least 20 cases of theft and robbery in 14 prefectures since last year, including a murder-robbery at the home of 90-year-old Kinuyo Oshio in the city of Komae in western Tokyo on Jan. 19. Over 30 suspects have been arrested in connection with the crimes.

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Bogus signatures of pop group 'Momoiro Clover Z' members

CHIBA, Japan - Police display bogus signatures of members of Japanese pop group "Momoiro Clover Z" confiscated from two suspects at a police station in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 28, 2014.

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N. Korea starts working on abductees' probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, says in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on June 4, 2014, that the North has already started "responsibly" working toward setting up a special panel to investigate the whereabouts of Japanese abductees. Japan, which officially lists 17 people as having been abducted by North Korea, suspects Pyongyang's involvement in many more disappearances.

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Japan's Nakasone says agreed with China to urge N. Korea restraint

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing on March 1. Nakasone said he agreed with senior Chinese officials to urge North Korea not to launch what it says is a satellite but the rest of the world suspects is a long-range ballistic missile. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Photo of suspect in killing of Japanese aid worker unveiled

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security released Sept. 3 a photo of Adel Shah, one of two suspects arrested so far by Afghan security forces for allegedly abducting and killing Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker.

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2 suspects nabbed over murders of 2 Japanese in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - George Fernandase, a Malaysian, is escorted to Thai Provincial Police Region One in Bangkok on May 6. Thai police have caught another man, a Thai, in connection with the murders of two Japanese businessmen in a Bangkok suburb in March.

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Japan's 1st case of human mad cow disease confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Health ministry experts confirmed in an emergency meeting Japan's first case of the human variant of mad cow disease in a Japanese man who died in December. The ministry suspects the patient in his 50s was infected with the variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in Britain where he had stayed for about a month in around 1989.

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(3)Gov't suspects Chinese nuclear sub entered Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference on Nov. 10 about information obtained by the Defense Agency that an unidentified submarine that intruded into Japanese waters earlier in the day may be a Chinese nuclear submarine. Hosodai said the incursion prompted the Japanese government to invoke the Self-Defense Forces' second-ever naval security action.

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(1)Gov't suspects Chinese nuclear sub entered Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his office on Nov. 10 to discuss information obtained by the Defense Agency that an unidentified submarine that intruded into Japanese waters may be a Chinese nuclear submarine.

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(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Shoichi Osawa (3rd from L) and his supporters meet Ryuji Kaji, head of the Niigata prefectural police, Sept. 24 to seek help in locating his younger brother Takashi, who has been missing since 1974. Shoichi suspects Takashi may have been abducted and taken to North Korea. Japanese government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said in Tokyo earlier in the day more names could be added to the list of abductees and urged Pyongyang to investigate.

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5 foreigners, 2 Japanese nabbed over fake credit cards

TOKYO, Japan - Three Malaysians, two Chinese and two Japanese have been arrested on suspicion of producing and using counterfeit credit cards in Tokyo and Shizuoka prefectures. An officer at Tokyo's Ikebukuro Police Station sits by an array of fake credit cards and equipment the suspects used in making the cards during a media briefing March 8.

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Tokyo may mull revising Japan-U.S. military bases pact: Kono

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) talks with Foreign Minister Yohei Kono at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Kono told Inamine that Tokyo may consider revising a bilateral agreement on U.S. military bases in Japan in order to facilitate the handover of U.S. servicemen who are criminal suspects to Japanese authorities.

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5 foreigners, 2 Japanese nabbed over fake credit cards

TOKYO, Japan - Three Malaysians, two Chinese and two Japanese have been arrested on suspicion of producing and using counterfeit credit cards in Tokyo and Shizuoka prefectures. An officer at Tokyo's Ikebukuro Police Station sits by an array of fake credit cards and equipment the suspects used in making the cards during a media briefing March 8.

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(3)Gov't suspects Chinese nuclear sub entered Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference on Nov. 10 about information obtained by the Defense Agency that an unidentified submarine that intruded into Japanese waters earlier in the day may be a Chinese nuclear submarine. Hosodai said the incursion prompted the Japanese government to invoke the Self-Defense Forces' second-ever naval security action. (Kyodo)

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(1)Gov't suspects Chinese nuclear sub entered Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into his office on Nov. 10 to discuss information obtained by the Defense Agency that an unidentified submarine that intruded into Japanese waters may be a Chinese nuclear submarine. (Kyodo)

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(2)Gov't suspects Chinese nuclear sub entered Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Yoshiori Ono speaks to reporters on Nov. 19 about information obtained by his agency that an unidentified submarine that intruded into Japanese waters may be a Chinese nuclear submarine. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st case of human mad cow disease confirmed

TOKYO, Japan - Health ministry experts confirmed in an emergency meeting Japan's first case of the human variant of mad cow disease in a Japanese man who died in December. The ministry suspects the patient in his 50s was infected with the variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in Britain where he had stayed for about a month in around 1989. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Nakasone says agreed with China to urge N. Korea restrain

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing on March 1. Nakasone said he agreed with senior Chinese officials to urge North Korea not to launch what it says is a satellite but the rest of the world suspects is a long-range ballistic missile. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japan enacts law for mandatory recording of suspect questioning

Japanese Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki (front) bows during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 24, 2016, following the enactment of legislation to make a series of changes to criminal proceedings, including obligating police and prosecutors to record interrogations of suspects and expanding the scope of wiretapping by investigators. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photo of suspect in killing of Japanese aid worker unveiled

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security released Sept. 3 a photo of Adel Shah, one of two suspects arrested so far by Afghan security forces for allegedly abducting and killing Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker. (Kyodo)

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2 suspects nabbed over murders of 2 Japanese in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - George Fernandase, a Malaysian, is escorted to Thai Provincial Police Region One in Bangkok on May 6. Thai police have caught another man, a Thai, in connection with the murders of two Japanese businessmen in a Bangkok suburb in March. (Kyodo)

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Bogus signatures of pop group 'Momoiro Clover Z' members

CHIBA, Japan - Police display bogus signatures of members of Japanese pop group "Momoiro Clover Z" confiscated from two suspects at a police station in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 28, 2014. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan may add more names to abductee list

NIIGATA, Japan - Shoichi Osawa (3rd from L) and his supporters meet Ryuji Kaji, head of the Niigata prefectural police, Sept. 24 to seek help in locating his younger brother Takashi, who has been missing since 1974. Shoichi suspects Takashi may have been abducted and taken to North Korea. Japanese government spokesman Yasuo Fukuda said in Tokyo earlier in the day more names could be added to the list of abductees and urged Pyongyang to investigate. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo may mull revising Japan-U.S. military bases pact: Kono

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) talks with Foreign Minister Yohei Kono at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 14. Kono told Inamine that Tokyo may consider revising a bilateral agreement on U.S. military bases in Japan in order to facilitate the handover of U.S. servicemen who are criminal suspects to Japanese authorities.