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Japanese police attempting to clamp down on “zombie cigarettes”
- Master Blaster
Dec 2, 2025 - Tweet
Who doesn’t want to be a zombie that smokes?
Yamanashi student jumps from building after eating “legal mood-enhancing” cookies sold online
- Master Blaster
Jun 20, 2025
Don’t take cookies from strangers.
- Japan
- (accidents • cookies • Drugs • falls • narcotics • online shopping • Yamanashi Prefecture)
Japanese police find 74 packets of cocaine inside foreign traveler complaining of stomach pains
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2025
Yeah, that’ll cause digestive and legal problems for you.
Smoking marijuana is now illegal in Japan, can get you 7 years in prison
- Casey Baseel
Dec 13, 2024
New Cannabis Control Act rules loosen some restrictions while adding a new one.
Drug dealers in Japan forget their pot stash in rental car, ask agency clerk to not look inside
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2023
Two men test the limits of Japanese customer service.
Tokyo police arrest video game YouTuber for marijuana possession
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2022
Accused claims he “bought it from a black person” in Tokyo bar district.
Japanese government to ease prohibition of cannabis-derived medicines
- Casey Baseel
May 14, 2021
Relaxed regulation may be coupled with new criminalization, though.
Osaka YouTubers’ stupid plan to live-stream marijuana dealer’s arrest backfires, stupidly
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2021
Live-streamers feel the sting of their poorly thought-out scheme.
Speaking positively about marijuana online leads to arrest of Japanese man and woman
- Master Blaster
Sep 20, 2020
Many surprised by the arrests over 800 pro-weed comments in a veritable “crime of passion.”
- Internet, Japan
- (cannabis • crime • drug laws • Drugs • free speech • law • marijuana • social media)
Terrace House Japanese reality show star arrested for possession of “small amount” of marijuana
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2020
Troubles continue for franchise as model is arrested in his home less than eight hours after initial questioning.
- Japan
- (augmented reality • COK • crime • Drugs • marijuana • reality shows • reality TV • Terrace House)
Man arrested for spreading false Twitter rumors about five Japanese idol singers for revenge
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2020
”I wanted to damage their public images” he says of misguided quest for justice for another member of the group.
Noriyuki Makihara shoots to the top of Amazon sales ranking because he was arrested for speed possession
- Master Blaster
Feb 15, 2020
Many are rushing to buy his stuff before the publishers decide to wipe him out of existence.
- Japan
- (Amazon • COK • crime • Drugs • music • Noriyuki Makihara • record sales • speed • stimulants)
Japanese boy band idol prostrates himself in front of police station after marijuana arrest【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2019
Japan takes celebrity drug use very differently than some other countries.
- Japan
- (boy bands • celebrities • COK • crime • Drugs • Junnosuke Taguchi • marijuana • prostrate • video)
Kyoto schoolgirl arrested after failing drug test for marijuana use
- Casey Baseel
Mar 28, 2019
Says she began smoking to help her sleep after feeling stressed from family life.
Disney stops selling, producing Frozen Blu-rays in Japan as drug arrest fallout continues
- Casey Baseel
Mar 19, 2019
Voice actor’s white powder activities put his snowman Olaf performance on ice.
- Japan
- (COK • crime • Denki Groove • Disney • Drugs • frozen • Masanori Taki • movies • Olaf • Pierre Taki • scandal)
Sega suspends sales of yakuza video game after actor/musician is arrested on cocaine charges
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2019
It’s one thing to play a crime boss in a game, but when the real life actor starts breaking the law, Sega is ready to pull the plug.
- Japan
- (crime • Drugs • Judge Eyes • Judgement • Masanori Taki • Pierre Taki • scandal • Sega • video games • yakuza)
Japanese cop smashes through window to arrest apparently high-on-meth driver in Osaka【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 8, 2018
Doing donuts in central Japan’s biggest city is a sure-fire way to get the police to bring out their fists of fury.
Man released on drug charges because police wouldn’t let him use the toilet
- Master Blaster
Jul 30, 2018
Officers found in violation of our inalienable right to go potty.
Japanese superhero Kamen Rider arrested for meth use
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2018
The tokusatsu franchise continues to find itself on the wrong side of the law with second arrest in as many months.
Group of Japanese teens busted for marijuana, say “We wanted to be like foreign musicians”
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2018
High schoolers from rural Kochi Prefecture wanted to live the high life.
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Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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