The tokusatsu franchise continues to find itself on the wrong side of the law with second arrest in as many months.
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Man with more determination than brains says after initial rejection days earlier, he “just couldn’t forget her.”
Local citizen takes the law into her own hands and catches the prepaid card-stealing bird, but lands in trouble with the authorities herself.
Drunken attempt at assistance is a prime example of the solution being far worse than the problem.
Threatening to cut people up with a knife is not the best way to go about airing frustrations.
Told junior high student who wanted to run away he’d pick her up, and also “Bring your school uniform.”
Creator of hit anime/manga franchise keeps himself out of jail and his comic in monthly magazine.
Tells police odd mix of courtesy and violence was “the only way” to settle their differences.
Months-long investigation ends with police officers taking Shogun Kigawa into custody after he fails to resist his fetish for peeing women.
Nagoya man arrested after crossing prefectural lines to perform illicit act with elementary school student.
Thieves used machinery to steal flowering cherry blossom branches and tree trunks from a park in Osaka Prefecture.
“Old enough to know better” loses out to “old enough to just not care” as two seniors slice each other with same weapon.



















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