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Man arrested in Kyoto after failing to return rental car over a year past deadline

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2020
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Late fee works out to be more than the cost of a new car. 

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• Japan
• (arrest • cars • COK • crime • driving • Kyoto • news • police • rentacars • rental cars • travel)

Fireman photographs female in bath, gets chased by parents, drives off with mother on bonnet

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2020

Hero parents risk their lives to catch a predator.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • arrest • attempted murder • crime • news • peeping • peeping tom • police • voyeur • voyeurism)

Japanese man rides 1,000 kilometres on stolen mamachari bicycle to see Tokyo for first time

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2020

Epic journey stopped by police just short of completion. 

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• (bicycles • crime • epic journey • Hakone • Kyushu • long bicycle trip • mamachari • news • police • travel)

Woman in short skirt arrested after inciting upskirt photography in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Aug 7, 2020

Police have been told her partner was the driving force behind the scam. 

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• (chikan • crime • extortion • gropers • news • police • Tokyo • up-skirt)

Kyoto man arrested after clerk mishears him say “I have SARS.”

• Master Blaster
  Jun 20, 2020

Wrongfully accused man also loses job after being labelled as “the SARS guy.”

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• (adenoviral keratoconjunctivitis • coronavirus • COVID-19 • crime • Joyo • Kyoto • obstruction of business • police • SARS)

Minnesota riots prompt people in Japan to protest against racial profiling by police【Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 1, 2020

Shibuya protest comes eight days after a foreigner was filmed being detained by police on the road in Tokyo.

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• (crime • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • Japanese Police • news • police • police brutality • protestors • protests • racial profiling • racism • Shibuya)

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)

Police with batons patrol Kabukicho, tell people to go home during coronavirus crisis【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 13, 2020

Imposing scene has some people now fearing the authorities. 

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• (coronavirus • COVID-19 • Kabukicho • lockdown • news • police • shinjuku • state of emergency • Tokyo • videos)

Japanese police officers turn police box into their own little love hotel, do it instead of duty

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2020

Late-night shifts, nothing to do, and a bed just sitting there.

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• (COK • crazy • crime • koban • love hotels • police • Police box • weird)

How to safely apprehend a chikan pervert and protect women from being groped on a Japanese train

• SoraNews24
  Jan 31, 2020

Helpful guide from a Japanese man who’s stepped in to stop groping on more than one occasion. 

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• (chikan • groper • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • molestation • molester • news • pervert • police • schoolgirls • train groper • train stations • trains)

Japanese police officers increasingly forgetting their guns in public restrooms

• Master Blaster
  Jan 28, 2020

At least they didn’t forget to flush… we hope.

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• (Aichi • convenience stores • guns • Hyogo • Narita Airport • Osaka • police • restrooms • safety • Tokyo)

Nara City apologises after employee jumps from platform to platform across railway tracks【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2020

Dangerous stunt by Japanese civil servant gets slammed online.

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• (crime • Japanese train stations • Nara • news • police • train stations • trains)

Chinese police force called in to investigate New Year decoration

• Master Blaster
  Jan 9, 2020

Someone dialed 110 on a 2020.

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• (2020 • balloons • decorations • funny • Guizhou • New Year's • police)

Ibaraki Police warn against fake warnings by the police

• Master Blaster
  Dec 10, 2019

Hmmm…

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• Japan
• (con • crime • fraud • Ibaraki • ore ore sagi • police • scam • Tsukuba)

Yamato delivery man kicked and yelled at by older colleague in Japan【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 30, 2019

Japan is known for its amazing delivery services, but behind the scenes there’s a lot of stress in keeping up the high standard. 

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• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

Japanese woman arrested for snipping hair off a woman’s head on bus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2019

Many people are siding with the perpetrator, saying they’ve been annoyed with hair on public transport too. 

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• (bus • buses • crime • hair • Hokkaido • Japanese women • manners • news • police • Sapporo • scary • video • women)

Japanese people outraged by group riding bikes through underground shopping mall in Osaka 【Video】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 19, 2019

Group includes a man in his 40s who sees no problem with doing wheelies through Namba Station.

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• (bicycles • bikes • crime • Japanese train stations • Namba Station • news • Osaka • police • train stations • trains)

Disturbing video shows man hitting woman for crossing her legs on Japanese train【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 18, 2019

Manners on board are important in Japan, but we never expected to see this.

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• (crime • fighting • Japanese trains • manners • news • Osaka • police • scary • train manners • trains • video)

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)

Shibuya Halloween: 9 people arrested for theft, assault, and groping【Pics & Videos】

• SoraNews24
  Nov 1, 2019

Insane crowds caused a standstill on Shibuya streets as police kept partygoers in line. 

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• Japan
• (cosplay • cosplayers • crime • halloween • Halloween 2019 • news • police • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween)

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