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Vietnamese-language driver’s license tests suspended in Japan following alleged cheating

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2026
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Testing center believes photos of test questions have been leaked after finding images on examinees phone.

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• Japan
• (cheating • COK • driver's license • foreigners in Japan • scandal • society)

Candidate for Prime Minister of Japan embroiled in astroturfing scandal

• Master Blaster
  Sep 30, 2025

Politician caught with bogus posts of support.

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• Japan
• (astroturfing • election • LDP • politics • prime minister • scandal • shinjiro koizumi • stealth marketing)

One of Shohei Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2024

MUFG downplays part of its partnership with the baseball star following his interpreter’s gambling scandal.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crime • MUFG Bank • scandal • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video • weird)

Okinawa pub posts “Japanese only” admission sign based on some shaky logic

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2023

Sign was up since at least a year ago.

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• Japan
• (COK • discrimination • internationalism • scandal • society)

Johnny’s talent agency announces name change, dismantling, and upcoming new agency formation

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2023

Decision comes one month after admission of sexual abuse by founder.

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• Japan
• (boy bands • crime • Idols • Johhny's • Johnny & Associates • Johnny Kitagawa • scandal • Smile Up)

Japanese female rock band Scandal earns a Guinness World Record for staying together for 17 years

• Dale Roll
  Aug 26, 2023

17 years and counting!

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• Japan
• (girl group • Guinness World Record • J-Pop • J-rock • Japanese music • music • scandal • world record)

Men who groped, took upskirt photos of Ghibli Park statues apologize to governor

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2023

Three men express remorse for lewd photos taken at Aichi theme park.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • controversy • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • scandal • Studio Ghibli • Tales from Earthsea • theme parks • When Marnie Was There)

Japanese town livestreams elected politicians faces to make sure they aren’t sleeping in meetings

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 14, 2022

New policy follows backlash from citizens after city council members seen napping, reading novels during discussions.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • politicians • politics • scandal • sleeping • weird)

Newly appointed Minister of the Environment found following adult-oriented Twitter accounts

• Master Blaster
  Oct 9, 2021

To his credit, this is one of the more advanced tech problems a Japanese politician has experienced.

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• Japan
• (crazy • follow-back account • government • Minister of the Environment • scandal • social media • Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi • twitter • weird)

Gold-medal-biting Japanese mayor scribbles letter of apology to staff

• Master Blaster
  Aug 24, 2021

It’s the lack of thought that counts.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • apology • biting • COK • gold medal • handwriting • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Takashi Kawamura)

Team behind Paralympic opening ceremony kept secret for fear of past scandals coming to light

• Master Blaster
  Aug 22, 2021

Once bitten, twice shy.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympic Games • 2020 Paralympics • entertainment • Japan Paralympic Committee • opening ceremony • scandal • sports)

Japanese mayor who bit softball athlete’s gold medal to forfeit three months’ pay

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2021

Nagoya politician also attends harassment awareness workshop, says comments he made about dating and marriage to medalist were inappropriate.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • gold medal • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • sports • Tokyo Olympics)

Mayor of Nagoya in hot water for biting local athlete’s gold medal

• Master Blaster
  Aug 5, 2021

Maybe he was just teething.

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • biting • gold medal • mayor • Miu Goto • Nagoya • scandal • softball • Takashi Kawamura)

Gold medal bitten by Nagoya mayor is eligible for a replacement

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 1, 2021

The athlete in question doesn’t seem eager to trade away her trophy that’s been in someone else’s mouth, however.

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Olympics • COK • gold medal • Nagoya • Olympics • politicians • scandal • Takashi Kawamura • Tokyo Olympics)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee to review opening ceremony…that’s scheduled for tomorrow night

• Master Blaster
  Jul 22, 2021

This doesn’t bode well.

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • Keigo Oyamada • Kentaro Kobayashi • opening ceremony • scandal • Seiko Hashimoto • TOCOG • Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games)

Cornelius resigns from Olympics, suddenly pulled from Sony webpage and NHK shows too

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2021

It must have been something he said.

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• Japan
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • bullying • Cornelius • Keigo Oyamada • music • NHK • opening ceremony • scandal • Sony)

Naomi Watanabe responds to “Olympig” remark from Tokyo Olympics ceremony chief

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2021

Derogatory comment gets a boss response.

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• Japan, USA
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • celebrities • comedians • Naomi Watanabe • news • scandal • sexism • Tokyo Olympics)

Tokyo Olympics ceremony chief quits after suggesting Naomi Watanabe dress as an “Olympig”

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2021

Another day, another scandal for the Tokyo Olympics.

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• Japan, USA
• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • celebrities • comedians • Naomi Watanabe • news • scandal • sexism • Tokyo Olympics)

Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president resigns over sexist remarks

• SoraNews24
  Feb 12, 2021

Yoshiro Mori apologizes, insists “I have supported all women.”

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• Japan
• (2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • controversy • gender • Olympics • scandal • sexism • society • sports • Tokyo Olympics • Yoshiro Mori)

Japanese comedian apologizes for his many “multipurpose toilet affairs”

• Master Blaster
  Dec 5, 2020

That was not one of the multiple purposes of those toilets.

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• Japan
• (comedy • extramarital affair • Gaki no Tsukai • Ken Watabe • multipurpose toilet • multipurpose toilet affair • scandal)

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