Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Police march in Tokyo to mark new year

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department chief Yuji Sakoda pays tribute to members of the Tokyo police during an annual march to mark the new year in the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2026.

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment. (Kyodo)

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment.

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Tokyo police punish 19 over wrongful arrests

Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after the Tokyo police made public disciplinary measures against 19 high-ranking members over the wrongful arrests and indictments of three men in 2020 in connection with a case involving the suspected unauthorized export of sensitive equipment.

Tokyo police chief

Tokyo police chief

Yuji Sakoda, superintendent general of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a commencement ceremony of the Metropolitan Police Academy in Fuchu in western Tokyo, on May 7, 2025.

New Tokyo police chief

New Tokyo police chief

Yuji Sakoda, the new superintendent general of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, attends an inaugural press conference at the department's headquarters in the Japanese capital on Jan. 28, 2025.