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Shizuoka police inspector punished for playing crane games on duty

Master Blaster
Jul 14, 2026
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To serve and get plush toys.

Japan
(crane games • crazy • crime • fraud • police • UFO catchers • weird)

Man arrested in Tokyo after allegedly luring foreign tourists into shady Kabukicho establishments

Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2026

Tokyo police issue warning to overseas visitors as dozens of people report scams by suspected touts in the city’s nightlife district.

Japan
(bar barkers • bars • crime • Kabukicho • kyakuhiki • news • police • restaurants • shinjuku • street touts • Tokyo • touts)

Foreign tourists injured in Nissan GT-R crash near Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing

Oona McGee
Jul 8, 2026

Late-night incident highlights concerns over Japan’s illegal “white taxi” operators.

Japan
(cars • crime • news • nissan • NISSAN GT-R • police • Shibuya • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shirotaku • sports cars • Tokyo • tourists • video • white taxi)

Speed trap camera stolen from Saitama Police while in use

Master Blaster
Jun 30, 2026

They must have stolen it very quickly, but it looks like we’ll never know how fast they were going.

Japan
(crime • law enforcement • Orbis • police • radar • Saitama • speeding • theft)

Tokyo cops arrest foreigner for suspected visa violation, don’t know what new residence cards look like

Casey Baseel
Jun 26, 2026

Seems like the people doing on-the-street immigration checks should know what immigration documents look like, doesn’t it?

Japan
(crime • foreigners in Japan • immigration • Living in Japan • police • police questioning • residence card • shokumu shitsumon • society • zairyu card)

Gun found in Japanese convenience store restroom, traced to forgetful on-duty cop

Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2026

A public restroom stall shock that had nothing to do with cleanliness.

Japan
(bathrooms • COK • convenience stores • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • gun • police • restrooms • weird)

Man in Japan calls in bomb threat because he doesn’t want to go to his own work farewell party

Casey Baseel
May 23, 2026

Whatever happened to just faking a stomach ache?

Japan
(bomb threat • crazy • crime • police • society • weird • working in Japan)

First Shiba Inu police dog in Japan’s Gifu Prefecture now on duty[Video]

Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2026

Who’s a good girl who serves and protects?

Japan
(animals • cute • dogs • police • shiba • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • video)

Fatal stabbing at Pokémon Center in Tokyo reignites concern over rising stalking cases in Japan

SoraNews24
Mar 27, 2026

Assailant had previously been arrested on suspicion of violating the Stalker Regulation Law.

Japan
(Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Sunshine City • news • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • police • Stalker Regulation Law • stalkers • stalking • Sunshine City)

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.

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

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

Master Blaster
Nov 27, 2025

No good deed goes unpunished.

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

Almost arrested in Tokyo: Hentai Kamen cosplay leads to a brush with police in Shinjuku Ni-chome

Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2025

Our boss tested the limits of Tokyo’s most liberated neighbourhood and was detained by police.

Japan
(COK • crime • culture • hentai kamen • police • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo)

Osaka police to start patrolling on motorized kick scooters

Master Blaster
Sep 24, 2025

At least it’s a little cooler than recumbent bikes.

Japan
(kick scooters • Osaka • Osaka Prefectural Police • police • safety • traffic laws)

Japanese police to use AI to search social media posts for potential terrorists

Master Blaster
Sep 15, 2025

Officer AI is expected to patrol feeds next year.

Japan
(AI • crime • National Police Agency • police • social media • technology • terrorism)

Policewoman forgets gun in restroom, continuing an odd trend in Japan

Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2025

Well, at least she washed her hands, apparently.

Japan
(bathrooms • COK • crazy • crime • firearms • funny • guns • police • weird)

Osaka police to trial bodycams, sometimes on the side of their heads

Master Blaster
Sep 1, 2025

To serve and protect and vlog.

Japan
(body cameras • bodycams • law enforcement • National Police Agency • Osaka • police • technology)

Man dressed suspiciously warm for Japanese summer chased by helicopter and arrested for fraud

Master Blaster
Jun 21, 2025

He was drawing too much heat.

Japan
(clothing • crime • fashion • fraud • long sleeves • police • Saitama • special fraud • summer)

Hokkaido police refuse to acknowledge theft that really seems like a theft

Master Blaster
Jun 13, 2025

Unfortunately, not technically being a theft won’t bring the victim’s car back.

Japan
(crazy • crime • fraud • Hokkaido • law • police • theft • weird)

Nagasaki police get into high speed chase with Nagasaki police

Master Blaster
May 24, 2025

It’s a police chase in the truest sense of the term.

Japan
(crime • driving • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Prefectural Police • police • police chase • speeding)

A close encounter with a dangerous criminal on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan

Oona McGee
May 9, 2025

Frightening experience shows that although Japan might be considered safe, you never know when you might have a brush with danger.

Japan
(bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • crime • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • news • police • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • Tokyo • tourism • trains • travel)

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