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Video of man spraying liquid on conveyor belt sushi leads to arrest in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 4, 2026
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Says he did it for the social media views, but the police didn’t like what they saw.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)

Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo to remain closed for the summer following stabbing incident

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 1, 2026

Ikebukuro Pokémon superstore and Pikachu dessert cafe won’t be reopening until nearly half a year after murder.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • crime • Ikebukuro Pokemon Center • manga • Pikachu Sweets • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • Pokémon Center stabbing • video games)

Japanese government to allow desecration of flags on kids’ meals

• Master Blaster
  May 25, 2026

A victory for freedom of eats.

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• Japan
• (crime • desecration of the flag • flags • food • freedom of expression • kids' meal • law • LDP • restaurants • society)

Man in Japan calls in bomb threat because he doesn’t want to go to his own work farewell party

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2026

Whatever happened to just faking a stomach ache?

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• Japan
• (bomb threat • crazy • crime • police • society • weird • working in Japan)

Suspected yakuza member arrested for having frequent flyer mile account

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2026

Not quite as glamourous as a secret bank account.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airlines • COK • crazy • crime • frequent flyer miles • Organized crime • society • travel • weird • yakuza)

Self-proclaimed Americans arrested for breaking into Punch the monkey’s Japanese zoo habitat

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2026

Intruder enters home of beloved stuffed animal-loving macaque.

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• Japan
• (animals • crime • forced obstruction of business • Ichikawa • Ichikawa City Zoo • Ichikawa Zoo • monkeys • punch • Punch the monkey • zoo)

Man tells Nintendo HQ “I’m going to blow you all the hell up,” gets arrested by Kyoto cops

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2026

Video game developer received threatening letter earlier this spring.

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• Japan
• (bomb threat • COK • crazy • crime • forced obstruction of business • https://soranews24.com/?s=forced+obstruction+of+business#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=forcedobstructionofbusiness&gsc.page=1 • nintendo • video games)

New bounty system starts in Japan, rewards reports of illegal employment of foreigners

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2026

Ibaraki Prefecture now offers rewards to whistleblowers who lead them to companies illegally employing foreign workers.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • foreigners in Japan • Ibaraki • society • working in Japan)

Woman in Japan breaks into home of complete stranger just to slap him in the face

• Casey Baseel
  May 8, 2026

No doorbell rung, one face slapped.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • slap • weird)

Japanese criminals are now using crabs to hunt for burglary targets

• Elliot Hale
  May 8, 2026

They’re using our urge to share against us.

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• Japan
• (animals • burglary • COK • crab • crazy • crime • social media • stag beetle • theft • weird)

Police in Osaka file charges against resident for serial pigeon/crow feeding

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2026

After more than a decade of incidents, legal action finally taken.

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• Japan
• (animal welfare • animals • birds • COK • crazy • crime • crows • pigeons • weird)

Buddhist priest arrested for using health insurance card he found on the street

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2026

Priest enlightened himself of the burdens incurred when paying for insurance.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • crime • fraud • health insurance • Healthcare • MyNumber card • priest)

Police in Japan warn of scam artists posing as cops to collect fines for breaking new bike rules

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2026

Luckily there’s an easy way to tell if you’re dealing with a legitimate law enforcement officer or a con artist.

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• Japan
• (aoi kippu • bicycles • bicycling • bikes • blue ticket • COK • crime • cycline • fraud • fraudsters • scam artists • scammers • scams • society • transportation)

Japan has new rules for bicycle riders, and these 14 things could get you a fine or a court date

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2026

There’s a major gray area in Japan’s new blue ticket cycling violation system.

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• Japan
• (aoi kippu • bicycles • bicycling • bikes • blue ticket • COK • crime • cycline • society • transportation)

Japanese politician arrested on charges of accepting bribes to reduce number of monkeys in park

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2026

Investigators say city councilman was involved in monkey business.

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• Japan
• (animals • bribe • bribery • crazy • crime • monkeys • parks • politicians • weird • zoos)

Foreign man arrested for walking on Shinkansen tracks, claims he was on the run from yakuza

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2026

If you’re going to do something like this, you need a very good, or at least a very crazy, reason for doing it.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • crazy • crime • shinkansen • trains • weird • yakuza)

Man bites woman at cherry blossom park in Japan, dies shortly after

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2026

Senior citizen passes away shortly after being arrested and taken to hospital by police.

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• Japan
• (biting • crazy • crime • scary • video • weird)

Fake police phone scam also highlights dumb stereotype about how foreigners speak Japanese[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2026

Fake police officer targets possibly the worst person, phone transcript isn’t so great either.

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• Japan
• (cracy • crime • fraud • fraudsters • funny.Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • scam artists • scammers • scams • weird)

Tokyo government organizes food truck event to clear out delinquent/homeless teen gathering area

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2026

Kabukicho plaza has become a symbol of teen vagrancy in the capital.

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• Japan
• (crime • food trucks • Kabukicho • Kabukicho Kitchencar Park • shinjuku • society • teens • To-yoko • To-yoko kids • Toyoko kids • youth)

Eastern Japan high school graduating class’s wallets robbed during ceremony

• Master Blaster
  Mar 17, 2026

When the grads are up, the guard is down.

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• Japan
• (ceremonies • crime • graduation • hare no hi goto • high school • robbery • theft • utsunomiya)

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