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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.
Female employee finds two different men camped out in the ladies’ restroom in roughly an hour.
Actor’s arrest parallels his character’s story arc, and also has elements from Cinderella.
Silhouettes of karate fighters, bodybuilders, and domestically dedicated dudes make would-be criminals think you’ve got a live-in boyfriend.
Sometimes, a not-so-gentle reminder is all it takes to make sure your belongings continue to be yours.
Hardly the last place someone would look.
He wasn’t arrested for theft, but he stole her heart, and she gave him even more in return.
YouTube hit has restaurant’s owners seeing red, and not because of any mouth-watering maguro tuna.
Cops crack down on public feel-copping, also charge two men in get-rich-quick-with-boobs scheme.
Tokyo court orders manga artist to pay startlingly small fine for possession of nude depictions of girls no older than 15.
Now you can find out if there are any upskirt photographers, bag-snatchers, swindlers, or burglars in your area.
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