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Japanese government discussing stricter copyright laws on cosplay, top cosplayer Enako chimes in

• Scott Wilson
  Jan 24, 2021
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New rules may regulate social media photos and profit made from cosplay.

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• Japan
• (copyright • cosplay • dojin • doujin • Enako • Japanese law • law)

Not-guilty verdict for man in women’s restroom, he had to go so bad it clouded his judgement

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2021

The laws of nature supersede those of society.

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• Japan
• (crime • Hamamatsu • Hamamatsu Science Museum • law • public restroom • Shizuoka • toilet)

Supermarket slip lawsuit ruling influenced by size and color of pumpkin tempura

• Master Blaster
  Dec 11, 2020

Once again, the scales of justice hinge on fried vegetables.

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• Japan
• (accident • kabocha • law • lawsuit • pumpkin • slip • Summit • supermarket • tempura • Tokyo)

Fukuoka woman drives through front of convenience store because she really needed to pee

• Master Blaster
  Nov 17, 2020

Sometimes, peeing your pants is better.

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• Japan
• (car accident • convenience store • crime • driving without a license • drunk driving • Fukuoka • law)

Tokyo Government considers fining people who knowingly go out when infected with COVID-19

• Master Blaster
  Oct 16, 2020

Good news for people who say, “there ought to be a law.”

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• Japan
• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • fine • law • ordinance • Tokyo • Tomin First no Kai)

Fukuoka man cleared of theft charges because he was “only borrowing” victim’s bike

• Master Blaster
  Sep 30, 2020

Probably the only time that excuse ever worked.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • bikes • borrowing • crime • Fukuoka • innocent • law • stealing • theft)

Aichi man gets 10 months in prison for saying “I got corona” in electronics store, loses appeal

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2020

The “I was talking about the beer” defense failed.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Bic Camera • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • free speech • law • Nagoya)

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.”

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• Internet, Japan
• (cannabis • crime • drug laws • Drugs • free speech • law • marijuana • social media)

Japan government to fine up to one million yen for anyone harboring illegal alien crayfish

• Master Blaster
  Aug 27, 2020

Officials have had enough of these foreign crustaceans abusing our weak border security.

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• Japan
• (animals • crawdad • crawfish • crayfish • crime • environment • invasive species • law • Ministry of Environment • mudbug • pets)

Plastic bag usage at Japanese stores down by 50 percent, but plastic bags sales through the roof

• Master Blaster
  Aug 14, 2020

No good deed goes uncircumvented.

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• Japan
• (business • eco bag • environment • extra charge • law • plastic bags)

NHK loses court case to Tokyo woman who can’t watch it because her TV has a blocker installed

• Dale Roll
  Jul 2, 2020

One small victory for man- (and woman-) kind!

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • law • NHK • subscriptions • television • Tokyo)

Mie Prefecture to become first in Japan to ban outing LGBT individuals

• Master Blaster
  Jun 3, 2020

Outing will soon be officially out in Mie.
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• Japan
• (ban • COK • discrimination • Eikei Suzuki • law • LGBT • Mie • Mie Prefecture • outing)

Lawyers say Japanese video game ban for kids violates constitution, call for abolition

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2020

Game over for Kagawa Prefecture’s anti-video game ordinance?

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • Kagawa Prefecture • law • society • video games • youth)

23 people arrested in Aichi for operating and using illegal casino during coronavirus lockdown

• Dale Roll
  May 22, 2020

“I had nothing else to do, so I went two to three times per week,” admitted one customer who had been arrested.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Aichi Prefecture • arrest • casino • crime • gambling • law • Nagoya • police)

17-year-old to sue Kagawa Prefecture over video game restricting ordinance

• Master Blaster
  May 18, 2020

And what did you do over your school vacation?

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• Japan
• (Kagawa • law • lawsuits • ordinances • video game addiction • video games)

Hate speech may soon be punishable by a 500,000-yen fine in one of Japan’s largest cities

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2019

One of Tokyo’s neighbors may become the first place in Japan to enact punishment for hate speech.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • discrimination • hate speech • internationalism • kawasaki • law • society)

Man arrested for rape 4 days after the statute of limitations expired

• Master Blaster
  Nov 14, 2019

Suspect was almost cleared on a legal loophole, only to be snagged by a different legal loophole.

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• Japan
• (crime • Kanagawa • kawasaki • law • police • rape • statute of limitations • Yokohama)

Man Arrested For Modifying, Reselling Pokémon Games

• Anime News Network
  Jul 8, 2019

Man is the first person to be arrested on this charge after laws against modding were revised in November

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• Japan
• (crime • law • Niigata • nintendo • Pokemon)

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.

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• Japan
• (coercion • crime • Drugs • law • police • Saitama • stimulants • toilet)

Evil barbershop punished by heroic copyright agency for playing stereo

• Master Blaster
  Mar 22, 2018

Let that be a lesson to anyone who dares play a CD in a place where it might be overheard by someone else.

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• Japan
• (barber • barbershop • copyright • Hokkaido • JASRAC • law • Sapporo)

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