Editorial

15:57 JST, August 8, 2025

Insisting that an investigation conform with initial assumptions, leading to forcible arrests and false accusations, is a matter of grave responsibility. The police must squarely face the gravity of the situation and urgently implement organizational reforms.

In the case in which the president of precision machinery manufacturer Ohkawara Kakohki Co. and two other executives were unjustifiably arrested and indicted, the Metropolitan Police Department has announced disciplinary action against 19 officials, including then senior Public Security Bureau officials who were involved in the investigation.

Since the illegality of the arrest and indictment has been acknowledged in a civil lawsuit in which the president and others sought compensation from the government, the MPD likely judged that severe punishments were inevitable.

A report released by the MPD depicts a reckless investigation that was........

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