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Yakuza member arrested for renting a car once in 2022

Crime does pay but gets arrested for it.

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Bus driver who pocketed 1,000 yen in fares denied 12 million yen in retirement money

Employer withholds 12,000 times what was taken from them.

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15 famous hotels in Tokyo investigated by Fair Trade Commission over possible price fixing

Hotels had been meeting for decades to exchange insider information regarding occupancy rates and future pricing projections.

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Can the Japanese government make AI-generated Ghibli images illegal?

Politicians discuss the sudden surge in “Ghibli-style” AI-generated images.

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Japanese court gives seller of modified Nintendo Switch systems suspended two-year prison sentence

Case is Japan’s first arrest and conviction for selling Switch with unauthorized modifications.

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First-ever arrest made related to AI-generated porn in Japan

Yeah, but their hands are probably all mangled.

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Trial of man accused of kicking rabbits to death on Japan’s rabbit island comes to an end

Presiding judge has stern words for defendant in Okunoshima animal abuse case.

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Kyoto Station partially evacuated as bomb squad finds sweet but unwanted surprise

Suspicious package report follows two cases of handguns being brought in to nearby international airport.

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Mongolian woman arrested on charges of pickpocketing foreign tourist at Tokyo’s most famous temple

Police say woman stole wallet of 81-year-old American tourist.

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American senior citizen tourist arrested in Japan for bringing gun into country in his luggage

At his age, he really ought to have known better.

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Kanagawa man arrested for pouring instant noodles into train ticket machine

We can only hope he didn’t also put money down his throat.

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Osaka Prefecture bans seniors from talking on the phone while using ATMs

Ban is first of its kind in Japan.

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Japan abolishes skirts from policewoman uniforms nationwide

After nearly a half-century run, skirts to no longer be part of uniforms.

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Thinking she was giving money to Mick Jagger to invest for her, woman conned in Aomori

No sympathy for this devil.

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Tokyo government makes a magical girl anime video about the dark side of contract scams【Video】

Magical girl contract goes very, very wrong in public service ad.

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Large drunk foreign man arrested for trespassing on imperial palace grounds in Tokyo

Visiting the imperial family unannounced is always a bad idea, especially when it’s the middle of the night and you’re hammered.

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Live streamer killed on Tokyo street had her location tracked by attacker through stream

Murderer came from two hours away on morning of attack.

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Woman stabbed to death on Tokyo street while live streaming

Morning attack occurred on quiet side street.

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Hokkaido man arrested after asking convenience store to lend him money

It does hurt to ask sometimes.

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American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs

Senior citizen arrested at ski resort three hours away from fuzoku establishment where incident allegedly took place.

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