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Japanese senior citizen arrested for hammering voodoo dolls of Putin to Shinto shrine trees

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2022
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”Just for that?” asks 70-something resident when presented with charges.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • seniors.elderly • voodoo doll • wara ningyo • weird)

Three Japanese man in their 80s arrested on suspicion of being a ring of thieves

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2022

Two brothers and their friend accused of robbing elderly woman who was still a lot younger than them.

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• Japan
• (crazy • crime • elderly • seniors • theft • weird)

Japan’s first three-title unified boxing champion’s house burglarized during title match

• Master Blaster
  Jun 9, 2022

Champion dealt a sucker punch by crime.

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• Japan
• (boxing • burglary • crime • Naoya Inoue • sports • unified champion)

Yakuza bosses struggling to upgrade phones from 3G

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2022

Crime lords getting shaken down by telecom giants.

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• Japan
• (3G • contracts • crime • fraud • mobile phones • Organized crime • Organized Crime Exclusion Ordinances • Smartphones • yakuza)

Japanese voodoo dolls with foreign politician photo keep getting nailed to town’s shrine trees

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 8, 2022

”Praying for his death” reads wara ningyo note.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • scary • shinto • shrines • video • vladimir putin • voodoo doll • wara ningyo • weird)

Security guard arrested in Shizuoka for abandoning 13 liters of urine at pachinko parlor

• Master Blaster
  May 30, 2022

Going to the toilet was too much as hassle for the suspect, but hauling it across town…

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • gross • pachinko parlors • urine • Waste Management Law • weird)

Japanese town recovers 43 million yen in COVID money mistakenly sent to one man who gambled it away

• Master Blaster
  May 30, 2022

Probably the most unexpected turnaround in an already long string of unexpected turnarounds.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COK • COVID-19 • crime • money • National Tax Collection Act • online casino • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Japanese teen calls cops on man she thinks is holding a knife, turns out he just has old tech

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2022

Suspect had no intent to kill or upgrade to the latest electronics.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • flip phones • funny • garakei • phones • technology • weird)

Man who gambled entire Japanese town’s COVID relief money arrested

• Master Blaster
  May 21, 2022

The latest in a long line of slip-ups.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • fraudulent use of computer • money • online casinos • weird • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

1,600 empty seats at major Japanese gymnastics competition reserved by single unpaying person

• Master Blaster
  May 20, 2022

A big mistake? Or did someone have it out for Pommel Horse?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • gymnastics • reservations • sports • Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium • weird)

High school girl arrested for stalking Johnny’s 7 MEN Samurai member

• Master Blaster
  May 19, 2022

Luckily no one was harmed in the tense encounter.

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• Japan
• (7 MEN Samurai • crime • high school student • idol singers • Idols • Johnny's • Johnnys’ Jr. • music • stalking • Taiko Sasaki)

Man who got entire town’s COVID relief money believed to have lost it all at online casinos

• Master Blaster
  May 18, 2022

The Generals were due!

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• Japan
• (Abu • COVID-19 • crime • lawsuits • mistakes • money • mysteries • online casinos • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Man who accidentally received entire town’s COVID-19 relief money vanishes

• Master Blaster
  May 14, 2022

Recipient said “I will not run” and then ran.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COVID-19 • crime • mistakes • money • mysteries • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Retired Member of Parliament arrested pretending to be active MP for first-class train tickets

• Master Blaster
  May 11, 2022

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that meddling JR and its clerical errors.

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• Japan
• (crime • forgery • fraud • Green Car • JR • Member of Parliament • politics • shinkansen)

Aichi police on lookout for scoundrel who stole public toilet’s flushing handle

• Master Blaster
  May 9, 2022

Be sure to check your toilets first while this fiend is still at large!

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• Japan
• (Aichi • COK • crazy • crime • public toilets • shikizakura • theft • Toilets • Toyota City • vandalism • weird)

Tokyo rapper arrested for tagging Yamanote Line while drunk

• Master Blaster
  Apr 28, 2022

Public not all that shocked by the news.

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• Japan
• (crime • graffiti • J Columbus • Masahi Sawada • music • Payback Boys • rap • Tokyo • Yamanote line)

Town in Yamaguchi accidentally sends everyone’s COVID-19 relief money to one person

• Master Blaster
  Apr 27, 2022

Bank error in their favor. Collect 46.3 million yen.

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• Japan
• (Abu • COVID-19 • crime • mistakes • money • mysteries • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

“I’ll kill you!” says Japanese schoolgirl when convenience store won’t let her use restroom

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2022

Japanese police say call of nature was no excuse for threat of violence.

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• Japan
• (bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • restrooms • schoolgirls • weird • youth)

Tokyo police arrest video game YouTuber for marijuana possession

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2022

Accused claims he “bought it from a black person” in Tokyo bar district.

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• Japan
• (cannabis • COK • crime • Drugs • marijuana • YouTubers)

Japanese teacher suspended for selling a lot of cows without telling the school

• Katie Pask
  Apr 11, 2022

The man’s actions were udderly despicable.

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• Japan
• (animals • calf • calves • controversial • cow • cows • crime • Nagasaki • school • teacher • Teachers)

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