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Ramen restaurant owner found shot in his Kobe kitchen was also a yakuza boss, police say

Murdered man ran both oxtail ramen restaurant and local crime syndicate.

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Heroic fisherman who caught PM Kishida’s attacker now a fashion icon

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear flashy vests.

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Drug dealers in Japan forget their pot stash in rental car, ask agency clerk to not look inside

Two men test the limits of Japanese customer service.

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Video game maker Konami employee tries to kill old boss with fire extinguisher

Says he wanted to kill former manager “in order to live.”

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82-year-old Japanese man arrested for driving without license, says he had one 60 years ago

Maybe he just hadn’t had enough time to get a new one yet.

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Japanese convenience store clerk outsmarts robber with just two words

Hammer-wielding robber wasn’t expecting the answer he got to his question.

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Man in Nagoya can’t be bothered to use dorm bathroom, brings bottles of his pee to work instead

It’s hard to see how his plan was any more convenient.

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Japanese security polearm maker’s takedown videos are crazy, products look crazy effective【Vids】

Employees demonstrate the Cerberus, Orochi, and other incapacitating items on their boss.

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60-year-old Japanese laundromat owner fights panty thief half his age, almost gets run over【Vid】

Thief tells owner what he’s doing in “none of your concern,” but brave senior disagrees.

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Japanese police make first “sushi terrorism” arrests for disgusting sushi restaurant prank videos

Like the plates in revolving sushi restaurants, justice eventually comes around.

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Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Tokyo police hold anti-nuisance YouTuber drill【Video】

”It was just a prank, bro!” won’t get intruders off with just a warning.

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Yep, that’s illegal in Japan – Yakuza boss arrested for making supermarket point card

If you’re a mobster signing paperwork in Japan, always read the fine print.

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Takoyaki stand in Nagoya sold side orders of cocaine, police say

System required buyers to use a code word when placing takeout orders, say investigators.

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Fukushima man arrested for defecating on another person’s bicycle seat

The suspect claims to have been attracted to the victim.

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Hyogo man arrested for stealing over 1,000 New Year greeting cards to “distract from loneliness”

1,000 is the loneliest number.

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Osaka man arrested after paying phone bill in the middle of crime spree

Crime doesn’t pay.

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“Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement

Android Woman says she wasn’t that android woman.

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Groper arrested in Japan insists he did not grab both breasts, but just one

Japanese language quirk made charges ambiguous, but he probably didn’t help his case by clearing that up.

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Japanese police file charges against illegal anime girl huggy pillow cover seller

Prosecutors plan to throw the book, not the pillows, at him.

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Nitori furniture store guard arrested for shoplifting from Nitori furniture store

Hard to find good help these days.

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