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Japanese man arrested for phone-stalking his own wife, calling and saying nothing up to 100 times a day

The stalking was coming from inside the marriage.

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Japanese police arrest Vietnamese man for stealing 3,000 pears in roughly 24 hours

Grand theft fruit.

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Foreign tourist in Japan arrested for having sex on shrine grounds in broad daylight

61-year-old taken into custody after being judged flight risk.

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Nagoya man arrested for putting glue in women’s hair, pretending it was bird poop to pick them up

Suspect felt fake bird poop was the fastest way to a woman’s heart.

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Officials in Japan baffled by mystery road someone built inside country’s biggest lake【Video】

Uncivil engineering.

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Rapist to become first Japanese person caned in Singapore following conviction

Corporal punishment included in sentence handed down for 2019 crime.

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Woman charged for driving suitcase without a license in Osaka

Charge is the first of its kind in Japan.

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Taiwan’s most beautiful politician kicks groper in balls during visit to Japan

Thanks Japanese police for response, says attacker wasn’t Japanese.

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Tokyo’s Shibuya district passes year-round public drinking ban

Ward cracks down on on-the-street boozing in unanimous vote.

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Osaka man arrested for trying to rob woman with necktie that says “Police”

Suspect stands accused of impersonating the long tie of the law.

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Tokyo’s Shibuya proposing year-round public drinking ban, would be first in Japan’s capital

Shibuya looks to expand its Halloween drinking ban while another neighborhood wants to add one of its own.

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Kanagawa woman arrested for calling police 1,200 times in 8 days, saying “Merry Christmas, Die!”

I think she’s confusing Christmas with Easter.

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Kyoto government worker assaults coworker for spoiling popular manga series at the office

”I don’t like spoilers.”

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Foreign traveler caught trying to sneak into Japan by climbing down rope from cruise ship

Goes over the side one day into cruise that already started in Japan.

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Yakuza lieutenant arrested in Tokyo for stealing Pokémon cards

Organized crime syndicate’s M.O. is looking a lot like Team Rocket’s.

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Akihabara pop-up shop sells goods made by Japanese prison inmates

A unique store packed with unusual Japanese souvenirs you won’t find anywhere else.

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Arrest proves a common Japanese saying about apologies and police

“I’m sorry” doesn’t cancel out “I’ll kill you.”

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Tokyo police arrest two men for theft of 4.98 million-yen Yu-Gi-Oh! card

The Heart of the Cards had the law on its side.

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

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

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Shohei Ohtani’s personal interpreter fired, accused of “massive theft” to pay off gambling debts

It’s a wild ending for one of the highest-profile pairings in the translation/interpretation world.

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