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Man arrested for threatening a shrine in Kyoto because they used AI art

Sometimes you have to ask yourself, “Am I acting like a demon?”

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Good-cop interrogation part of the menu at new restaurant in Japan

Hey, this must be really hard for you. How about some katsudon?”

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Police raid real casino in Tokyo where people gambled with online casinos

Yo dawg, I heard you like casinos.

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Father and son arrested for impersonating Shohei Ohtani to commit fraud

With only $100 million in endorsements, it can be hard to make ends meet.

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

He was drawing too much heat.

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Niigata man arrested for stealing over 40 bikes, wanted to build the perfect bike for himself

And you will know him by the trail of bike parts…

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

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

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Indian man in Japan arrested on charges of using curry spices as weapon in robbery attempt

Spicy tactics used in attempted theft of over 7 million yen, police say.

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8 people arrested for being fake fortune-tellers, as opposed to… real fortune-tellers?

Next bad horoscope I get, I’m pressing charges!

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With arrests of foreigners in Japan increasing, police no longer guarantee in-person translators

Getting arrested in Japan is never a good idea, but it’s about to become even more inadvisable for foreigners.

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Japanese police find 74 packets of cocaine inside foreign traveler complaining of stomach pains

Yeah, that’ll cause digestive and legal problems for you.

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“Bumping men” are a uniquely Japanese class of criminals that are hard to deal with

This peculiar Japanese crime leaves its victims wondering what to do.

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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says

Popular program in birthplace of samurai martial art iado forced to retool.

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Bicycle gang terrorize Shibuya Scramble with lame and annoying wheelies

Godspeed you beige emperors.

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Fukuoka woman arrested for drunk bicycle riding

It’s a more serious crime than you may think.

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Foreign-born convenience store manager in Japan saves elderly customer from being scammed

Senior regular customer’s shopping trip was very different, and much more expensive, than his usual ones.

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Saitama women arrested for dueling

They demanded satisfaction but got busted instead.

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Kyoto man arrested for forcing appliance store clerk to shave own head in apology

Clerks really don’t get paid enough.

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Nagasaki police get into high speed chase with Nagasaki police

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

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Japanese host and host clubs no longer allowed to take advantage of customer’s romantic feelings

New law seeks to address women being pressured into prostitution to pay off host club debt.

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