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Criminally studious Japanese schoolgirl caught stealing dozens of educational books in one night

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2018
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Educators might applaud her motivation, but the police arrested her anyway.

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• (books • COK • crazy • crime • education • theft • weird)

Shibuya mayor fed up with lawless Tokyo Halloween street party, promises stronger police response

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2018

“These people have no love or respect for the Shibuya neighborhood.”

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• Japan
• (crime • halloween • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • society • Tokyo)

Shibuya Halloween event turns ugly with toppled truck, perverts, and upskirt photography

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2018

Five arrests made at celebration attended by “young people and foreigners”.

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• (cosplay • crime • halloween • police • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • video)

Halloween vandals trash Tokyo ramen restaurant’s meal ticket machine, prompting ultimatum【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2018

Shibuya restaurant gives jerk one chance to avoid trouble with the law, but some say they’re being too soft on him.

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• (crime • halloween • ramen • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shinbu Sakiya • vandalism)

Otaku crime: Kyoto police arrest man for selling counterfeit ultra-rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2018

Woman who bought the card noticed coloring flaw, setting off hunt for culprit that ended halfway across Japan.

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• (anime • COK • collectible card games • crime • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Bullets on the bullet train as three men found carrying guns on Japan’s Shinkansen

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2018

Armed group turned out to have legal reason for packing heat.

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• (bullet train • COK • crime • guns • police • scary • shinkansen • trains • travel)

Tokyo Tsukiji inner fish market illegally reopens as protesting merchants sneak in, sell sashimi

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 20, 2018

Unhappy about government-mandated move to new facility, wholesalers occupy part of the market to do business as usual.

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• (controversy • crazy • crime • fish • funny • sushi • Tokyo • Toyosu fish market • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • video • weird)

Japanese man punches cab driver after he refuses to drive friend who’d just pooped himself

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2018

71-year-old taxi driver’s nose was assaulted in multiple ways.

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• (COK • crazy • crime • gross • taxis)

Real fashion police: Con man arrested in Tokyo, police tipped off by ill-fitting suit

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2018

Crime doesn’t pay, but looking good apparently does.

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• Japan
• (crime • fashion • fraud • ore ore sagi • suits • Tokyo)

Woman jailed after entering Japanese train cabin with key bought at online auction

• Oona McGee
  Oct 11, 2018

Japan’s rail security is being brought into question after a rail enthusiast accessed a locked crew compartment while the train was in operation.

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• (COK • crime • densha otaku • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • rail fans • train stations • trains)

Man runs across tracks of Tokyo’s busiest train station after secretly filming woman’s skirt【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 10, 2018

Says he didn’t think he’d get arrested, is quickly proven wrong.

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• (chikan • crazy • crime • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • Tokyo • trains • video)

Japanese man strikes sleeping woman in head with his phone after she leans on him in train【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2018

A needlessly violent reaction to an everyday problem.

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• (crazy • crime • scary • sleeping • trains • video)

Fukuoka senior arrested for stealing a single grape, denies charges

• Master Blaster
  Oct 6, 2018

He probably would have gotten away with it too if he didn’t insist on peeling the darn thing.

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• (crime • Fukuoka • grapes • senior citizens • shoplifting • theft)

Tokyo’s “real-life Mario Kart” go-kart rental company loses lawsuit against Nintendo

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2018

Court orders halt to cosplay rentals, payment of fine for copyright infringement.

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• (cars • crime • go-karts • lawsuit • MariCar • Mario Kart • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)

Japanese love hotel worker injured after two men run off without paying exorbitant bill

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2018

The non-paying guests did a runner while the employee grabbed onto their car door.

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• (Aichi • crazy • crime • hotels • love • love hotels • news • romance • theft • weird)

Man runs amok inside Osaka convenience store, reminds everyone of the Yakuza video game

• Master Blaster
  Sep 24, 2018

Life imitates art?

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• (convenience stores • crime • Osaka • Osakasayama • vandalism • video • video games • yakuza 6)

Japanese teen offers to catch purse snatcher for elderly woman, but is actually helping rob her

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2018

Police catch fake hero who didn’t even try to catch thief for 73-year-old victim.

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• (COK • crime • Nagoya • purse snatching • seniors • theft • youth)

How to rob an idol singer otaku: Look up the birthday of his favorite idol

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 13, 2018

Momoiro Clover Z supporter gets robbed by fellow fan for having an easy-to-crack ATM card code.

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• (ATM • COK • crime • Idols • Momoiro Clover Z • otaku • PIN)

Police on the lookout for Arashi “fan” who stole articles about the group from public library

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2018

One fan of the boy band is taking their idol worship too far.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Anjo • arashi • crime • library • magazines • music)

Man arrested for robbing Tokyo convenience store with nose hair trimmer

• Master Blaster
  Sep 3, 2018

Adorable weapon choice was not the only misstep by this would-be bandit.

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• Japan
• (convenience store • crime • nasal hair trimmer • nose hair • robbery • shinjuku • Tokyo)

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