The First Investigative Division is the star unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Jun'ichi Ōiwa, the head of the division, leads around 400 elite detectives.

The figurines were gifts from Mitsuko Matsumori, 66, who gave one every year after retiring from Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department. Miyazawa, ... As an MPD detective, ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced on June 9 that undercover police officers identified a suspect in a “yami baito” (dark part-time job) and prevented the crime from occurring.

Tokyo Vice is based on Jake Adelstein's memoir of the same name, which recounts his experience as an American journalist covering the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat in Japan.. Ansel Elgort plays a ...

The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward is seen in this Dec. 13, 2023, file photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. (Mainichi/Kengo Miura) TOKYO -- Tokyo's ...

New members of the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) riot squad hold a drill in Tokyo on Thursday. The MPD plans to set up a section to specialize in the investigation of lone wolf terrorists.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has expanded a team for initial cybercrime investigations, such as identifying bank accounts involved in online fraud and senders of information on ...