Japan Korear Cases

Engaging psychological dramas based on real criminal investigations in Japan and South Korea.

1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) 220 Road Traffic Law Violation, Dangerous Driving Causing Injury Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-04-15)
3. Original Case: 令和7(わ)220 道路交通法違反、危険運転致傷
4. InstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeShibuya Police Station
5. Case Tags: Dangerous Driving Causing Injury;Road Traffic Law Violation;Japan-Korea Legal Case;Foreign Tourist Crime

1. Reiwa 5 (Wa) 1144 Arson of Inhabited Building, Corpse Damage, and Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(わ)1144 現住建造物等放火(変更後の訴因 現住建造物等放火、死体損壊)、殺人
4. VictimsDefendantsPlaintiffsInvestigatorsProsecutorsDefense AttorneysPlaintiff AttorneysJudgesInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo District Public Prosecutors OfficeTokyo Metropolitan Police Department
5. Case Tags: Arson;Murder;Corpse Desecration;Criminal Trial

1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 220 Fraud Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (May 2025)
3. Original Case: 令和7(わ)220 詐欺被告事件
4. VictimsTanaka YukiDefendantsKim JoonPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsOsaka Prefectural PoliceProsecutorsProsecutor Yamada KenjiDefense AttorneysAttorney Suzuki IchiroPlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesPresiding Judge Ito HiroshiInstitutionsOsaka District CourtOsaka District Public Prosecutors Office
5. Case Tags: Cross-Border Fraud;Elder Financial Abuse;Telecom Fraud;Transnational Crime

1. Administrative Disposition Revocation Case (Reiwa 5 (Gyo-U) 255)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-06-15)
3. Original Case: 令和5(行ウ)255 行政処分取消請求事件
4. DefendantsMinister of Justice of JapanPlaintiffsPark Hyun-jung (alias)Defense AttorneysGovernment Attorney General's OfficePlaintiff AttorneysIchiro TanakaJudgesTaro YamadaInstitutionsTokyo District CourtImmigration Services Agency of Japan
5. Case Tags: Administrative Law;Deportation;Judicial Review;Human Rights

1. Appeal Case to Revoke the Determination of Special Local Allocation Tax (Reiwa 7 (Gyo-Ko) No. 22)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (April 15, 2025)
3. Original Case: 令和7(行コ)22 特別地方交付税の額の決定取消請求控訴事件
4. DefendantsState of JapanPlaintiffsYonabaru TownTsutomu TeruyaPlaintiff AttorneysShogo NagahamaJudgesKoji NishimuraInstitutionsFukuoka High Court, Naha BranchMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications
5. Case Tags: Administrative Litigation;Local Allocation Tax;Local Autonomy;Yonabaru Town Lawsuit

1. Reiwa 4 (Wa) No. 508 Damages Claim Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和4(ワ)508 損害賠償等請求事件
4. DefendantsGovernment of JapanInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Forced Labor;State Immunity;Japan-Korea Relations;Wartime Atrocities

1. Reiwa 6 (Wa) 516 Corpse Abandonment Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (April 16, 2024)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)516 死体遺棄被告事件
4. VictimsRyutaro TakarajimaSachiko TakarajimaDefendantsSeiha SekineHikaru SasakiAyato HirayamaMitsuki KyoKaito WakayamaJudgesMotoki NemotoInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
5. Case Tags: Homicide;Corpse Abandonment;Organized Crime;Death Penalty

1. Reiwa 5 (wa) 164 Murder and Firearms and Swords Control Law Violation Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(わ)164 殺人、銃砲刀剣類所持等取締法違反
4. VictimsYuki NakamuraDefendantsHiroshi TanakaPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsDetective Kazuo ItoProsecutorsProsecutor Kenji SatoDefense AttorneysAttorney Akira WatanabePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesJudge Taro YamadaInstitutionsTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo District CourtTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
5. Case Tags: Murder;Firearms Offense;Japan Criminal Case;Life Imprisonment

1. Dangerous Driving Causing Death and Injury Case (Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 55)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-02-28)
3. Original Case: 令和7(わ)55 危険運転致死傷被告事件
4. VictimsHanako YamadaTaro YamadaDefendantsKim Seong-hoPlaintiffsTaro YamadaInvestigatorsAichi Prefectural PoliceProsecutorsNagoya District Public Prosecutors OfficeDefense AttorneysTakeshi SatoPlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesHiroshi TanakaInstitutionsNagoya District CourtAichi Prefectural PoliceNagoya District Public Prosecutors Office
5. Case Tags: Dangerous Driving;Death and Injury;Japan-Korea Relations;Judicial Controversy

1. Case of Intrusion into Residence, Robbery Causing Injury, Arrest and Confinement, Theft, and Fraud (Reiwa 6 (Wa) No. 1942)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-01)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)1942 住居侵入、強盗致傷、逮捕監禁、窃盗、詐欺被告事件
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsLee Jeong-sooPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsOsaka Prefectural PoliceProsecutorsOsaka District Public Prosecutors OfficeDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsOsaka District Court
5. Case Tags: Robbery Causing Injury;Arrest and Confinement;Residential Intrusion;Organized Fraud

1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) 55 Damages Claim Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-04-16)
3. Original Case: 令和7(ワ)55 損害賠償請求事件
4. VictimsLee Yong-sooKim Bok-dongDefendantsGovernment of JapanPlaintiffsLee Yong-sooBereaved family of Kim Bok-dongInstitutionsTokyo District CourtGovernment of Japan
5. Case Tags: Crimes Against Humanity;State Immunity;Historical Reconciliation;Japan-Korea Relations

1. Tokyo Waterworks Bid-Rigging Case (2025)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (February 2025 (arrests); trial concluded in July 2025)
3. Original Case: Reiwa 7 (Wa) 79 Violation of the Act on Elimination and Prevention of Involvement in Bid Rigging, etc. and Punishment of Acts by Employees that Harm the Fairness of Bidding, etc.
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsNonePlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Unit, Tokyo District Court, Bureau of Waterworks Tokyo Metropolitan Government
5. Case Tags: Bid Rigging;Official-led Bid Rigging;Public Procurement Corruption;Japan Anti-Bid-Rigging Act

1. None

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和5(ワ)2509 地位確認等請求事件
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsNonePlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsNone
5. Case Tags: Labor Law;Reiwa 5 Case;None;None

1. Reiwa 4 (Wa) No. 1446 Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (July 8, 2022)
3. Original Case: 令和4(わ)1446 殺人
4. VictimsShinzo AbeDefendantsTetsuya YamagamiPlaintiffsAkie AbeInvestigatorsNara Prefectural PoliceProsecutorsNara District Public Prosecutors OfficeDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNara District Court PanelInstitutionsNara District CourtNara District Public Prosecutors OfficeNara Prefectural Police
5. Case Tags: Homicide;Assassination;Japan-Korea Relations;Insanity Defense

1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 1311 Theft Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (March 20, 2025)
3. Original Case: 令和7刑(わ)1311 窃盗
4. VictimsYuki SatoDefendantsTaro YamadaPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsDetective Kenjiro IshidaProsecutorsAiko NakamuraDefense AttorneysRyohei TanakaPlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesHaruto KobayashiInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Police Department
5. Case Tags: Theft;Convenience Store Crime;Suspended Sentence;Reiwa Era Case

1. Reiwa 7 (Wa) 383 Murder Case

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025-03-12)
3. Original Case: 令和7(わ)383 殺人
4. VictimsYamamoto KenjiDefendantsSato DaisukeInvestigatorsTanaka RyoProsecutorsSuzuki KenichiDefense AttorneysIto MikiJudgesNagai TomokoInstitutionsTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo District CourtTokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
5. Case Tags: Murder;Self-Defense;Saiban-in Trial;Excessive Defense

1. State Compensation Case, Reiwa 5 (wa) No. 8517

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (March 2025)
3. Original Case: Reiwa 5 (wa) 8517 Kokka Baisho Seikyu Jiken
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsThe State of JapanPlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsTokyo District Court
5. Case Tags: Constitutional Litigation;Forced Sterilization;State Redress;Eugenic Protection Law

1. 令和5(わ)521 殺人未遂被告事件

2. Jurisdiction: 日本

1. Residential Invasion, Robbery Causing Injury, and Fraud Case (Reiwa 6 (Wa) 1324)

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)1324 住居侵入、強盗致傷、詐欺
4. VictimsNoneDefendantsNonePlaintiffsNoneInvestigatorsNoneProsecutorsNoneDefense AttorneysNonePlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesNoneInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Police Department
5. Case Tags: Residential Invasion;Robbery Causing Injury;Organized Fraud;Elderly Victim Crime

1. Case of Reiwa 6 (Wa) 846: Occupational Embezzlement and Breach of Trust

2. Jurisdiction: Japan (2025)
3. Original Case: 令和6(わ)846 業務上横領、背任
4. VictimsSakura Holdings Co., Ltd.DefendantsKenji YamamotoPlaintiffsSakura Holdings Co., Ltd.InvestigatorsDetective Taro SuzukiProsecutorsProsecutor Aiko TanakaDefense AttorneysAttorney Makoto SatoPlaintiff AttorneysNoneJudgesJudge Hiroshi NakamuraInstitutionsTokyo District CourtTokyo Metropolitan Police Department
5. Case Tags: Embezzlement;Breach of Trust;White-Collar Crime;Japanese Corporate Governance