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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough

• Master Blaster
  2 days ago
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If you’re going to do wrong, do wrong right.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • gambling • law • pachinko • police • senten hoshiki • society • three-store system)

Can Japan’s Self-Defense Forces legally open fire on a zombie horde?

• Master Blaster
  Oct 31, 2026

This legal discussion contains scenes of explicit violence and gore.

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• Japan
• (COK • constitution • Horror • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Japanese Self-Defence Force • law • military • three signs of death • use of force • weird • zombies)

Tons of used books in Japan being bought up by someone or something

• Master Blaster
  Sep 28, 2026

The purchasers are unknown, so let’s call them “anonymous individuals” or “AI” for short.

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• Japan
• (AI • artificial intelligence • bookstores • business • copyright • law • society • used books)

Tokyo to repaint streets over rule that makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles

• Master Blaster
  Sep 16, 2026

Some rules are meant to be broken.

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• Japan
• (bicycle laws • bicycles • bike laws • blue ticket • cars • COK • driving • law • police • society • Tokyo • traffic)

Amid foreign sex tourist rise, Japanese government considering outlawing paying for prostitution

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2026

No selling should also mean no buying, expert panel says.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • law • prostitution • Prostitution Prevention Law • society)

Married Japanese man must pay 4.6 million yen after faking being single and impregnating partner

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 26, 2026

Falsifying a relationship status can land you with a massive bill.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • dokushin giso • fake bachelorhood • fake singlehood • law • lawsuit • relationships • right to chastity • right to sexual self-determination • romance • society)

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)

Used chopsticks upgraded from “waste” to “valuable material” by Kawasaki City thanks to ChopValue

• Master Blaster
  May 24, 2026

They’re very good at using chopsticks.

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• Japan
• (business • chopsticks • ChopValue • circular business • Kanagawa • kawasaki • law • waste management)

Paying for prostitution isn’t illegal in Japan, but it could be soon

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 11, 2026

Ministry of Justice eyeing changes to Prostitution Prevention Law.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • law • prostitution • Prostitution Prevention Law • society)

Drunk cycling can result in an instantly suspended driver’s license in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Dec 24, 2025

If you’re bad behind the handlebars, you’re considered bad behind the wheel here.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • crime • cycling • drinking • driver's license • driving • DUI • law • police • Road Traffic Act)

Japanese woman sues man for 1.5 million yen for violating her “right to chastity”

• Master Blaster
  Dec 11, 2025

It really does pay to know your rights.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • dating apps • extramarital affair • law • lawsuit • relationships • right to chastity • right to sexual self-determination • romance • society • teisoken)

Foreign driver’s license conversion test passes plummet from over 90% to 33% in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Dec 6, 2025

Driving test pass rates as low as two percent in some areas.

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• Japan
• (driver's license • driver's license conversion • Driving in Japan • driving test • international driver's license • law)

Japanese town suing resident for being a jerk

• Master Blaster
  Dec 3, 2025

How big of a jerk do you need to be before your own town sues you?

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• Japan
• (Aichi • customer harassment • law • lawsuit • Mihama • obstruction of business)

Shizuoka senior charged with firearms violation after giving toy guns to the police

• Master Blaster
  Nov 27, 2025

No good deed goes unpunished.

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• Japan
• (crime • Firearm and Sword Possession Control Law • law • police • seniors • Shizuoka • toy guns • weapons)

As shorts are increasingly allowed in the Japanese workplace, could hairy legs be harassment?

• Master Blaster
  Aug 26, 2025

It’s a hairy situation to say the least.

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• Japan
• (business • employment • harassment • law • leg hair • power harassment • shorts • society • summer • working in Japan)

Toy guns won from crane games all over Japan could be used as real guns, warn police

• Master Blaster
  Jul 19, 2025

Good thing those machines are really hard to win at.

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• Japan
• (crane games • firearms • guns • Hyogo • imports • law • Real Gimmick Mini Revolver • UFO catchers • weapons)

Japan to make foreign driver’s license conversions more difficult, exclude tourists from eligibility

• Master Blaster
  Jul 11, 2025

Tests to become more like regular Japanese license exams, which is to say, crazy hard.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • diver's license exams • driver's license • gaimen kaigan • Getting a driver’s license in Japan the hard way • international driver's license • law • National Police Agency • society)

Kuwana City officially outlaws making staff get down on all fours to apologize

• Master Blaster
  Jul 2, 2025

But is a strongly worded letter enough?

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• Japan
• (apology • coercion • customer harassment • dogeza • kowtow • Kuwana • law • Mie • ordinances • prostration)

Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2025

I hope they have a lot of paper.

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• Japan
• (aokippu • bicycles • blue tickets • law • National Police Agency • Road Traffic Act • sidewalks • streets)

Motorized kick scooter violations nearly double the number of motorized kick scooters in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jun 20, 2025

Everyone seems to be scooting themselves right into trouble.

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• Japan
• (business • kick scooters • law • roads • scooters • traffic • traffic violations • transportation • vehicles)

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