Tokyo DispatchJapan, in EnglishA 31-year-old Chinese national is accused of using a device that knocked handsets offline across a 500-meter radius and pushed phishing texts to them. Police believe the confirmed losses are only a fraction of the total.
Police say the device knocked mobile phones offline within a 500-meter radius, then sent texts luring recipients to a phishing site.
A Chinese family running a Shanghai restaurant near Umeda was told to leave Japan within 30 days after immigration rejected their manager visa renewal, even though they met the tightened criteria.
Police arrested 12 people over a scheme that used a real repatriated orphan's identity to bring relatives to Japan and claim benefits for more than 10 years.
