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Man walks 1,400km home after getting mugged on the other end of Japan

Master Blaster
Sep 8, 2013
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The mother of a 25-year-old man was stunned to see him arrive home after he was declared missing for several days. When she last saw him he left his hometown of Sendai to attend a national trading card game competition in Kitakyushu city on 23 August.

However, when he never made his return flight on 25 August, she got worried. It turned out that her son was robbed of his wallet and mobile phone and spent the following 11 days traveling back to Sendai on foot. Upon his return the son said, “I never wanted to make a fuss. I’m sorry to everyone I inconvenienced.”

Japan
(crime • Kitakyushu • Sendai • wtf)

Man in Taiwan arrested for… polishing other people’s cars

Master Blaster
Sep 7, 2013

Recently in Taiwan, authorities finally apprehended a man who had been terrorizing a Taipei community for an untold stretch of time. This possible terrorist had been brazenly walking from car to a car with a cloth and wiping them down until they sparkled. The fiend!

Thankfully, a brave citizen saw their own car being shined by the man and reported him to the proper authorities. Unfortunately, the people of Taipei only had a brief respite from the horrors he unleashed as police released him shortly afterwards.

Taiwan
(cars • crime • funny • OCD • Taipei • wtf)

Appalling string of thefts targets religious offerings in tsunami-damaged town

Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2013

Living in Japan, it’s easy to take safety and honesty for granted. This is, after all, the country where public trains make ideal spots for a nap.

That said, with over 150 million people in the country, you’re bound to have a few bad apples, such as the lowlifes who’ve decided there’s no better place for a crime spree than the town of Yamamoto, which was hit hard by the massive earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

Japan
(crime • disaster • earthquake • religion • tsunami)

Allegedly abusive passenger judo-thrown by female station worker

Master Blaster
Sep 3, 2013

It’s an old stereotype that all East Asians know martial arts and one that’s far from the truth. However, you never know when someone you least expect is going to pop out some taekwondo, karate, judo, or, in the words of James Brown, ka-razy.

Hiroshi Ebina learned that the hard way when a 21-year-old female station attendant he got mixed up with took him down in one move having good old-fashioned judo under her presumably black belt.

Japan
(crime • judo • Yokohama)

15-year-old girl tries to scam adult out of $40,000 – gets caught dressed like a businessman

Preston Phro
Sep 2, 2013

What is with the kids these days? First, it was high school students committing gruesome murders and now it’s middle school students getting involved in telephone scams.

It’s enough to make you shout, “Are the kids alright??”

Japan
(crime • scam • teenager • wtf)

Man arrested for trying to take a video up girls’ skirts, recorded self as well

Master Blaster
Sep 1, 2013

Kanagawa Prefectural Police had an easy day of work this Thursday when they arrested 31-year-old Hirotaka Kikuchi on charges of voyeurism (deemed ‘harassment’ by Kanagawa Prefecture). Although it took some time, the suspect was quite easy to find after he accidentally videoed himself while setting up his so-called hidden cameras.

Japan
(crime • voyeur • watch camera)

Man photographed robbing ramen shop at knife point

Master Blaster
Aug 28, 2013

Kurumaya Ramen is a peace-loving chain restaurant in Eastern Japan where you can enjoy a nice Kimchi Miso Ramen and the staff appear to be dressed like Super Mario. However, on 27 August it was the scene of an armed robbery.

Luckily in this day and age everyone is carrying a phone. As this potentially violent robber had his back to group of customers one of them pulled out their phone and did the first thing that came to mind in such an emergency.

Internet, Japan
(crime • Kurumaya Ramen • twitter)

Man arrested for stealing 200 bicycle seats for their “scent of a woman”

Master Blaster
Aug 26, 2013

It’s been nearly three days since we last reported on the arrest of a sexual deviant inventing a new way to get himself arrested by throwing pee at young women. So we’re clearly long overdue for another guy pushing the envelope of creepy crime.

On 24 August, Kanagawa Prefectural Police picked up Joji Kondo for stealing three seats from women’s electric bicycles in a housing complex at around 4:00 in the morning. After searching Kondo’s home they uncovered a further 200 seats.

Japan
(bicycle • crime • pervert • wtf)

One million cockroaches escape from farm in China

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Aug 24, 2013

Remember that scene from The Mummy where what seems like a million scarabs pour out of every little crack and crevice, creating a sea of writhing beetles? Yeah, that actually happened in real life. With cockroaches.

China
(cockroach • crime)

Four teenagers mug man to buy special attack uniforms for meeting AKB48

Master Blaster
Aug 24, 2013

On 22 August, four youths between the ages of 15 and 17 were apprehended for robbing and injuring a man in the streets of Tokyo. While in custody one of the teenagers confessed they had taken the man’s money because they “wanted to get some special attack uniforms [tokkoufuku] and go to an AKB48 handshake meet.”

Well, that certainly clears up everything!

Japan
(AKB48 • crime • tokkoufuku)

Woman ties herself up at home and calls police to get out of going to work

Preston Phro
Aug 23, 2013

No matter how great your job as a chocolate taster may be, there will eventually come a day when you wake up, roll over, and think, “Oh, gawd, I do not want to go to work today!”

Now, if you were a normal person, you might lounge in bed for a few minutes before sighing and forcing yourself up. Or, if you were really desperate, you might even call in with a fake cough or a miserable story about your Aunt Mildred who fell and broke her spleen and needs a spleen cast.

Then again, if you were this 20-something woman in Tokyo, you might come up with an altogether more, uh, unique plan.

Japan
(bound • crime • shibari • work)

Police pick up man “addicted” to throwing cups of urine at women

Master Blaster
Aug 22, 2013

We all have our vices. Some like a drink or a smoke while others fancy a wager on the ponies every now and again. No matter who you are there’s something you rely on to help get you through the day.

As bad as those previously mentioned habits might be, at least they don’t involve assault charges. The same can’t be said for one middle-aged man arrested for allegedly indulging in his irresistible pastime of throwing cups of urine at women from his car. If they don’t have a rehab for that one yet, they really should get on it.

Japan
(crime • Saitama • urine)

Tokyo teen attacked with pepper spray after making polite gesture

Preston Phro
Aug 13, 2013

In one of the stranger criminal cases this summer–though not quite the strangest–a 29-year-old woman has attacked another woman in a Tokyo train station restroom with pepper spray.

The reason for the attack will leave you baffled.

Japan
(attack • crime • pepper spray • strange)

Shenanigans at Osaka summer festival lead to one arrest

Master Blaster
Jul 31, 2013

July and August tend to be the seasons where summer festivals get kicked into full swing. Much like festivals in any country, the festivities are often accompanied by various stalls selling drinks and snacks. Other stalls can be found offering games that you know are probably rigged, but just can’t help trying.

For one such stall runner, 45-year-old Tsutomu Morikawa, poor price planning led to a date with the police.

Japan
(crime • festivals • lottery • Osaka)

Counterfeit cash: Chinese ATMs distributing bootleg bucks?

Rachel Tackett
Jul 26, 2013

Of the many things that China is known for, one of them is most certainly bootlegging. Sometimes it works to our smalltime benefit by introducing us to almost familiar films and imitation iPhones, but only trouble can be bought when China’s system begins circulating bootleg bills.

Recently, counterfeit money in China has reached a point where not only are people being fooled by fake cash, money-checking machines are too, as Chinese ATMs appear to be distributing bogus bills to honest civilians.

China
(ATM • bootleg • counterfeit money • crime • money)

Junior high teacher arrested twice for vandalizing and burglarizing own school

Master Blaster
Jul 25, 2013

Being a teacher is tough. In a sincere effort to mold young minds, many educators have to endure strict regulations, tight budgets, and the unreasonable demands of monster parents. It’s too much for some to handle, as we can see in the case of Yusei Yoshikawa, the 26-year-old teacher who has recently been racking up an arrest per month for vandalizing and robbing his own school.

Japan
(crime • education • vandalism)

Nine Taiwanese accused of smuggling 60.75kg of gold in their anuses

Master Blaster
Jul 23, 2013

Customs authorities in South Korea are pleased to announce that they have cracked a smuggling ring in which gold was brought into the country via people’s cracks. Police have issued warrants for the arrest of the alleged mastermind of the crime, a 47-year-old man going by the name of Zou, along with eight accomplices.

Korea, Taiwan
(anus • crime • gold • smuggling)

Man searching for ‘the meaning of life’ steals upwards of 800 books from a single store

Philip Kendall
Jul 16, 2013

A young man from Nanjing, China, has been arrested after stealing more than 800 social science textbooks, history compendiums and poetry books from a book shop in the town. When questioned by police, the young man maintained that he was searching for ‘the meaning of life’ within the books’ pages.

China
(books • crime • meaning of life • news)

Head patrol officer goes on a molesting spree, ‘Just couldn’t forget the soft, tender feeling’ of a woman

Rachel Tackett
Jul 11, 2013

Last month a man was caught red-handed groping an innocent office lady on a train in Kyoto, in violation of the region’s laws against causing public disturbances. The man was put under immediate arrest, and while this admittedly unfortunate event may seem a bit too tame to be newsworthy, the offender was none other than the head patrol officer of Osaka’s police force! Apparently, this groping incident was far from the first for this once-respected officer.