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Couple rob real estate agent during open house, escape with US$1.84

Master Blaster
Mar 22, 2021
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My sofa cushions steal more than that in an average week.

Japan
(condominiums • crime • Koto City • mugging • open house • real estate agents • robbery • Tokyo)

Former idol singer arrested on fraud charges, police say she found victims through dating apps

Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2021

Former SKE48 member claimed to be an investing expert with a can’t-fail get-rich-quick scheme.

Japan
(AKB48 • COK • crime • fraud • fraudsters • idol singers • Idols • scam • SKE48)

Hyogo residents learn the downside to living in an apartment that used to be a yakuza office

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2021

Cheap rent and great location comes with some very bad history.

Japan
(crazy • crime • guns • scary • shooting • yakuza)

“Donald Trump” fraudster accused of scamming confused citizens in Japanese phone scam

Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2021

If Donald Trump called you on the phone asking for cash in broken Japanese, would you give him a single yen?

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • Donald Trump • frauds • fraudsters • scammers • scams • weird)

Gifu office worker arrested for his homemade tire-popping caltrops

Master Blaster
Mar 5, 2021

Criminal used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around Gifu City.

Japan
(caltrops • crime • Gifu • handmade • makibishi • Pokemon • screws • spikes • tire spikes)

Women speak out about sexual violence after Great East Japan Earthquake

SoraNews24
Mar 5, 2021

“Buried voices” get the attention they deserve, and bring about positive change.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • crime • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • news • sexual assault • violence)

Deer killed by man with axe in Nara

Oona McGee
Mar 3, 2021

Police say the man lost his temper when the animal hit his car.

Japan
(animals • arrests • coronavirus • crime • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • news • police • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)

10 yakuza members arrested for stealing sea cucumbers from ocean

Master Blaster
Mar 2, 2021

More wayward souls caught up in the glitz and glamour of the illegal sea cucumber trade.

Japan
(crime • fishing • Hokkaido • Omu • poaching • sea cucumber • smuggling • yakuza)

Man arrested for sending 37 death threats to Square Enix because he couldn’t win at a game

Master Blaster
Mar 1, 2021

He should have done some office work to relieve his stress.

Japan
(crime • death threats • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest of the Stars • Hoshi no Dragon Quest • RPG games • smartphone games • Square Enix • video games)

Tokyo woman, only person to win court case against Japan’s public broadcaster, told to pay up

Ingrid Tsai
Feb 28, 2021

Recent ruling overturns win in landmark case.

Japan
(crime • laws • lawsuit • money • NHK • NHK fees • public broadcaster • society • subscriptions • television • Tokyo)

Japanese citizen injured in Paris acid attack, Ministry of Foreign Affairs posts note of caution

Ingrid Tsai
Feb 21, 2021

Our thoughts are with the affected individual.

Japan
(acid attack • assault • attack • crime • france • ministry of foreign affairs • paris • sad • violence)

Foreigner convenience store clerk in Japan saves elderly woman from scammers with quick thinking

Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2021

Refuses to give up when senior doesn’t realize she’s being taken advantage of.

Japan
(awesom • awesome • convenience stores • crime • e-money • foreigners in Japan • fraud • fraudsters • scammers • scams • seniors)

21-year-old Nara woman arrested for sending hundreds of nude selfies to woman in her 70s

Master Blaster
Feb 14, 2021

“I still like her,” suspect tells police.

Japan
(crime • cyber-stalking • emails • Nara • sexual harassment • Smartphones • stalking)

Man arrested in Japan for selling modified Pokémon to Sword and Shield players

Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2021

He might have gotten away with it if someone in Kyoto hadn’t wanted an extra-strong Sobble and Scorbunny.

Japan
(anime • crime • nintendo • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokémon Sword and Shield • video games)

Guesthouse owner arrested for slashing guest who sprinkled too much pepper on his own food

Master Blaster
Jan 29, 2021

Assault and pepper.

Japan
(assault • black pepper • cooking • crime • guesthouse • Ise • Mie • travel)

Man arrested after refusing to wear mask on a plane refuses to wear mask in custody

Master Blaster
Jan 25, 2021

At least he’s consistent.

Japan
(airplane • anti maskers • crime • face mask • Junya Okuno • Mask-Refusing Guy • obstruction of business • travel)

Not-guilty verdict for man in women’s restroom, he had to go so bad it clouded his judgement

Master Blaster
Jan 23, 2021

The laws of nature supersede those of society.

Japan
(crime • Hamamatsu • Hamamatsu Science Museum • law • public restroom • Shizuoka • toilet)

Loaded gun found in convenience store restroom in Japan, cop’s on-duty poop to blame

Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2021

That wasn’t the only piece of police equipment left behind either.

Japan
(bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • gun • Osaka • police • weird)

Man who refused to wear mask on airplane in Japan gets arrested four months later

Casey Baseel
Jan 21, 2021

Airline apparently did not forgive or forget.

Japan
(airlines • airplanes • coronavirus • crime • mask • masks • Peach Aviation • planes • travel)

Woman asks for eight-hour taxi ride in Japan, arrested when she doesn’t pay gigantic fare

Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2021

Driver should have spotted multiple warning signs as soon as she said where she wanted to go.

Japan
(COK • crazy • crime • sand dunes • tarvel • taxis • Tottori • weird)

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