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Introducing the Legal Education Support Association: A Key Partner in Japan’s Children’s Smile Movement

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In Japan’s complex landscape of social welfare and legal reform, few initiatives bridge the gap between judicial access and child welfare as deliberately as the General Incorporated Association Legal Education Support Association (一般社団法人 司法教育支援協会). Operating as a key partner within the Children’s Smile Movement (こどもスマイルムーブメント), this nonprofit plays a pivotal role in ensuring that vulnerable … Read more

Man Arrested in Malaysia for 2016 Roppongi Woman’s Murder: Police Confirm International Fugitive Captured After 8 Years on the Run

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On April 25, 2026, Japanese authorities arrested a 47-year-old man at Narita Airport in connection with the 2018 killing of a woman in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. The arrest concluded an eight-year international manhunt for Takahashi Nobuaki, who had been living in Malaysia since shortly after the alleged crime. According to verified police reports and multiple … Read more

Legal Training Crisis: Minister Admits Contact with Trainee

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Japanese Lawyer Suspended for Attempting to Solicit Trial Deliberations from Legal Trainee Tokyo – A lawyer in Japan has been handed a six-month suspension from practicing law after being found to have attempted to glean information about jury deliberations from a judicial trainee. The Second Tokyo Bar Association issued the penalty on March 12, 2026, … Read more