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Vandalism on rise at Japanese shrines as pro-Hong Kong protest prayer boards are defaced
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2019 - Tweet
Ema supporting ongoing Hong Kong protests have been crossed out, snapped into pieces, and written over in Chinese.
- China, Japan
- (COK • ema • Hong Kong • Hong Kong Protests • politics • shinto • shrines • temples • vandalism)
Dashcam catches “frustrated” man punching through windshield of random woman’s car
- Master Blaster
Oct 20, 2019
Suspect turns himself in to police, and an Internet star is born.
There’s a serial crapper stinking up Tokyo’s Akihabara by pooping on the street
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2019
Local merchants, and their noses, are offended by the months-long string of piles of vandalism in Japan’s otaku mecca.
Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood bans public Halloween drinking following mayhem
- Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2019
Truck-tipping vandalism a major part of tipping-point decision in ordinarily pro-alcohol Japan.
- Japan
- (alcohol • ban • COK • crime • drunk • halloween • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya truck • society • Tokyo • vandalism)
Australian tourist in Japan arrested for graffiti around Kamogawa River in Kyoto
- SoraNews24
May 23, 2019
Tag found in 36 places, foreign tourist claims it was art.
- Japan
- (arrests • Australia • Australians in Japan • crime • graffiti • Kamogawa River • Kyoto • news • police • vandalism)
Man buys CD from amateur musician on streets of Tokyo, stomps on it in front of her face【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2019
Claims it was an accident, but absolutely no one believes him.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • controversy • music • musicians • street lives • Tokyo • vandalism • video • weird)
Foreign university students among those under investigation for Tokyo Halloween truck-flipping
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2019
Tokyo police looking at 10 additional suspects, with list including Japanese nationals and foreigners from three European nations.
- Japan
- (crime • halloween • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shibuya Halloween 2018 • Shibuya truck • vandalism)
Halloween vandals trash Tokyo ramen restaurant’s meal ticket machine, prompting ultimatum【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2018
Shibuya restaurant gives jerk one chance to avoid trouble with the law, but some say they’re being too soft on him.
- Japan
- (crime • halloween • ramen • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Shinbu Sakiya • vandalism)
Man runs amok inside Osaka convenience store, reminds everyone of the Yakuza video game
- Master Blaster
Sep 24, 2018
Life imitates art?
- Japan
- (convenience stores • crime • Osaka • Osakasayama • vandalism • video • video games • yakuza 6)
Furious itasha owner turns his anime car into a literally painful trap of spikes after trip to Daiso
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2018
Following vandalism of his beloved otaku ride, owner takes drastic measures to protect it from unwelcome hands.
Japanese police make third arrest in connection with Love Live! anime manhole vandalism spree
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018
Officers establish connection with one other vandal, show there’s nowhere for law-breaking otaku to hide.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • Numazu • otaku • vandalism)
Fun’s over—Japanese city removes anime girl manhole covers after repeated vandalism
- Casey Baseel
Jun 8, 2018
Love Live! tie-up in seaside town is dead for now.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole covers • manholes • Numazu • travel • vandalism)
Hater lets world know he hates Love Live! by spray-painting over anime manhole covers in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2018
Real-life town where anime’s second arc takes place experiences hateful vandalism.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • Idols • love live • Love Live Sunshine!! • manhole • manhole covers • Numazu • vandalism • video)
Lame tourists’ lame excuse for spray-painting graffiti in Tokyo still gets them arrested
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2018
Claim they thought graffiti was allowed in one Tokyo neighborhood.
Woman pours Pepsi into two ATMs to withdraw money, doesn’t get it
- Master Blaster
May 15, 2017
Not satisfied with simply robbing a victim of her money, some fraudsters decide to add insult to injury.
Junior high teacher arrested twice for vandalizing and burglarizing own school
- Master Blaster
Jul 25, 2013
Being a teacher is tough. In a sincere effort to mold young minds, many educators have to endure strict regulations, tight budgets, and the unreasonable demands of monster parents. It’s too much for some to handle, as we can see in the case of Yusei Yoshikawa, the 26-year-old teacher who has recently been racking up an arrest per month for vandalizing and robbing his own school.
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