Overview
- Japan's National Police Agency said it apprehended 99 people, including 12 arrests and 87 referrals to prosecutors.
- The joint investigation across seven jurisdictions ran from March 23 to April 17 and included 382 searches with hundreds of devices seized.
- Those identified in Japan ranged from 14 to 72 and included 25 middle and high school students, four women, and people in public and corporate roles.
- Information from Singapore led to the arrest of a Japanese man in his 60s suspected of sharing child sexual abuse material via file‑sharing software.
- Across the region, authorities arrested 326 people and are investigating 119 more, with 445 individuals under arrest or investigation overall.