Daily brief
A Japanese yakuza leader has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US court for conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar to other countries, with a separate case involving a Japanese man receiving a similar sentence for the same international smuggling plot.
Osaka officials are under investigation in separate cases involving alleged discrimination and fraud (ongoing coverage).
A man has been arrested for allegedly splashing an oil-like substance at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo back in 2015.
Thirteen Japanese nationals have been detained in Indonesia over suspected involvement in a fraud case.
Professional baseball players from the Rakuten Eagles are suspected of participating in online casino gambling, which is illegal in Japan.