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Harsh retribution for school bullies using Japanese law suggested on Twitter, but it’ll take time

Master Blaster
Mar 2, 2018
Tweet

They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and it doesn’t get much colder than this.

Japan
(bullying • crime • kids • law • legal action • revenge • society • statute of limitations • twitter)

Is it a crime to ditch a bad date and leave them with the bill? Japanese man finds out

Dale Roll
Mar 1, 2018

After fleeing a restaurant when a women he met online wasn’t who he thought she was, one man was surprised to get a call from the police.

Japan
(crime • dating • Internet dating • law • online dating • relationships • romance • weird)

“Winny Incident” movie wins huge crowdfunding support

Master Blaster
Feb 12, 2018

After its crowdfunding target is smashed, writing begins on the story of how Japan stifled its own IT development in the name of combating file-sharing.

Japan
(copyright • crime • crowdfunding • file sharing • law • movies • Winny)

Pokémon GO-playing driver’s two year prison sentence for manslaughter upheld. Was it enough?

Master Blaster
Jan 30, 2018

How heinous a crime is using a smartphone while driving?

Japan
(Aichi • car accident • crime • law • manslaughter • Pokémon GO)

New rules allow Japanese adult film actresses to stop the sale of their videos after five years

Casey Baseel
Dec 29, 2017

Industry group wants to make it easier for women to leave their past behind them as they transition to life after porn.

Japan
(actresses • beautiful women • law • society)

Sapporo man arrested for posting URLs to “obscene material” on website

Master Blaster
Sep 11, 2017

Suspect facing criminal charges for simply copying and pasting three web addresses.

Japan
(censorship • crime • Gunma • internet • law)

Maker of Hello Kitty under investigation by EU Commission for breaching antitrust laws

Koh Ruide
Jun 18, 2017

That’s what you get for trying to be the alpha kitty!

Japan
(Europe • Hello Kitty • law • marketing • Sanrio)

Tokyo’s ban on high school girls working in the controversial JK industry goes into effect this summer

Casey Baseel
May 30, 2017

Becomes the first city in Japan to specifically target businesses that boast about their customer services being performed by high school girls.

Japan
(crime • JK • JK business • law • school girls • Tokyo)

Japanese professor concerned that female soldiers would be “naked” after bombs blow off clothes

Casey Baseel
May 24, 2017

Tries painting a dark picture of constitutional amendments, raises eyebrows for colorful imagination that resembles naughty anime or video game.

Japan
(Article 9 • constitution • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JSDF • law • military • weird • women)

Japanese government gives examples of what qualifies as “hate speech” in anti-discrimination law

Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2017

Critics still likely to find problems with legislation.

Japan
(controversy • discrimination • government • hate speech • law • politics • society)

Fondling a woman’s breasts while you’re driving a car might be illegal in Japan

Casey Baseel
Jan 28, 2017

Eyes on the road, and hands to yourself.

Japan
(cars • crime • driving • funny • law • legal • weird)

Tokyo man awarded 40 million yen for winter jacket “defect”

Master Blaster
Dec 5, 2016

Court victory gives new meaning to the phrase “embarrassment of riches.”

Japan
(cord • jacket • law • lawsuit • rubber • theory • Tokyo)

Man found innocent of molesting charges by claiming he was pickpocketing

Master Blaster
Nov 18, 2016

Suspect denies touching victim for sexual reasons because he was “actually” trying to rob someone else.

Japan
(chikan • crime • law • molestation • Osaka • pickpocket)

To ask or not to ask: The etiquette and law of using convenience store restrooms in Japan

Master Blaster
Oct 26, 2016

While the widespread presence of public toilets in convenience stores is great, it is also fraught with ambiguous customs and could, technically, even lead to criminal charges.

Japan
(convenience stores • crime • customs • law • manners • restrooms • society • Toilets)

Increasing trend of shady male enlargement surgeries in Japan leaving men severely deformed

Master Blaster
Aug 18, 2016

Warning: The story we are about to tell may not be suitable for the weak-stomached, but if you or someone you know is considering this type of procedure it would be wise to know the risks involved.

Japan
(cosmetic surgery • health • law • medicine)

Japan’s public broadcaster wins landmark court case and 12 bucks

Master Blaster
Jul 25, 2016

NHK’s reign of terror on the Japanese public continues in an unprecedented court victory over a man who engineered his television to refuse their service.