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Hyogo man arrested for backhanding cash register while verifying his age
- Master Blaster
Jul 4, 2018 - Tweet
Suspect was apparently enraged when his maturity was called into question.
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Yakuza currently threatening Japan’s sea cucumbers
- Master Blaster
Jun 27, 2018
Who needs drugs, gambling, and prostitution when there’s an ocean full of slimy black gold for the taking?
Knife-wielding man barricades himself in Tokyo pub rather than pay bill, fires fireworks at city
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2018
A festive way to kill time while you wait for the cops to come arrest you.
Foreign student who punched Japanese basketball referee returns to home country, coach suspended
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2018
School adding new staff member to provide psychological care for remaining exchange students from Africa.
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50-year-old otaku murders father who criticized his anime and game hobbies
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2018
76-year-old victim fought off first attempt on his life, succumbed to second.
Foreign exchange student punches Japanese basketball referee, victim won’t press charges【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2018
Vicious attack that required 10 stitches is followed by startlingly kind gesture of forgiveness.
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Shinkansen stabbing suspect tells police he will commit another crime if released from prison
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2018
Police treating attack that left one dead, two injured as premeditated.
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- (bullet trains • COK • crime • murder • shinkansen • trains)
Bomb threats against Love Live! concert lead to arrest of 17-year-old boy in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 12, 2018
Social media posts about “limitless explosions” draw police response.
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- (anime • crime • idol singers • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • Love Livers)
Old Japanese woman gives over 80 million yen to scam artist in new case of Japan’s oldest scam
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2018
Assumption that man on the phone was her son costs senior citizen a gigantic fortune.
Fun’s over—Japanese city removes anime girl manhole covers after repeated vandalism
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2018
Love Live! tie-up in seaside town is dead for now.
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- (anime • crime • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • manholes • Numazu • travel • vandalism)
Hater lets world know he hates Love Live! by spray-painting over anime manhole covers in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2018
Real-life town where anime’s second arc takes place experiences hateful vandalism.
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- (anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole • manhole covers • Numazu • vandalism • video)
Following artist’s child porn conviction, Rurouni Kenshin manga restarts in Japan, but not America
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2018
This week, fans in Japan can once again read the adventures of the famous anime/manga swordsman, but things are different across the Pacific.
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- (anime • COK • crime • manga • Nobuhiro Watsuki • Rurouni Kenshin • Rurouni Kenshin: Hokkaido Arc • scanda)
Foreigner’s 200-yen social experiment shows once again how unbelievably safe Japan is【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2018
Programmer from overseas leaves change out in public to test Japanese honesty, ends up with more money than he started with.
Butsukariya: Men who purposely crash into women when walking through Japan’s crowded stations
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2018
Distressing video recorded in Tokyo’s busiest station shines light on a problem women have been complaining about for years.
50-year-old Sapporo man arrested for punching boy in back of head while wearing miniskirt, tiara
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2018
Sailor Moon cleared as a suspect.
Japanese teacher gives secret love letter to junior high schoolgirl, gets his heart broken
- Casey Baseel
Jun 1, 2018
30-something educator should really be old enough to know his love confession was immature and inappropriate.
Japanese thief steals thousands of dollars of fish from Kobe market, cleans up after himself
- Casey Baseel
May 31, 2018
Japan’s seafood proves itself to be criminally delicious.
Saitama teacher arrested for taking videos in restroom, trying to cover up by buying a new phone
- Master Blaster
May 28, 2018
Not one to face the music, this lecherous teacher concocted a daringly stupid plan to save himself.
Police officer caught smelling coworker’s shoes, Department: “sniffing shoes is not illegal”
- Master Blaster
May 21, 2018
To protect and serve and occasionally smell women’s shoes.
Middle-aged man arrested for stealing whistles from little girls
- Master Blaster
May 20, 2018
Search of suspect’s home revealed 12 whistles, suggesting repeat offenses.
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