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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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Japanese couple fights burglars with bug spray, golf club as they gas, smash getaway car【Video】

Husband and wife show quick thinking, no mercy as pawnshop robbery goes very badly.

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Four yakuza members arrested for having office too close to library

This time, the yakuza have gone too far… in the direction of a library.

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More yakuza members caught stealing huge haul of sea cucumbers from the ocean

Latest bust in the long-running sea cucumber racket of organized crime.

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A close encounter with a dangerous criminal on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan

Frightening experience shows that although Japan might be considered safe, you never know when you might have a brush with danger.

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Chiba man destroys Evangelion Unit 01… pachinko machine

You can (not) do that.

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Saitama police continue to piece together man’s naked rampage spanning three cities

Long list of crimes committed in about an hour continues to grow.

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Tokyo government ordered to search for biological parents of 67-year-old-man switched at birth

Four-year lawsuit comes to an end as court dismisses privacy concerns.

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