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Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo souvenir replica recalled after warning from muggle law enforcement.

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Man with snake face tattoo arrested for assault, neighbors shocked he would do such a thing【Vid】

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover… unless a snake is tattooed on it.

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Kyoto green onion theft victim becomes Kyoto green onion thief

Prosecutors seeking jail time for theft of hundreds of kilos of Kujo negi.

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Nara man arrested for burying mother in his cemetery plot by himself

You don’t have to abandon a body to legally abandon it.

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American jackass tourist arrested after carving name into gate at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine【Video】

Cops arrest senior citizen who vandalized shrine one day after arriving in Japan with family.

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Japanese police arrest four foreign residents on charges of stealing over 100 cars

Thefts took place across five prefectures in east Japan.

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Foreign man arrested for grabbing former AKB48 idol on Tokyo street, forcing her to ground

Original AKB48 member was in Shibuya for book launch event.

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American teenage tourist arrested on suspicion of arson in Tokyo during family trip

18-year-old arrested on the day he was supposed to fly home, suspected of setting as many as seven fires in one night.

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Australian sentenced to prison, judges unconvinced he said “Go to a door” not “This is a robbery”

The “soramimi defense” fails to hold up in court.

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Australian on trial in Tokyo, case hinges on if he said “This is a robbery” or “Go to a door”

Possibly the first time a trial in Japan is decided by English grammar and pronunciation.

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Yakuza member arrested on charges of using insurance to pay for severed finger treatment

Don’t chop off your own finger if you’re not prepared to pay out of pocket to get sewn up afterwards.

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Tokyo go-kart rental company charged for renting to foreign tourists “without driver’s licenses”

Charges stem from discovery of reverse-loophole following crash on Tokyo streets.

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We go on our own hunt for “the biggest mountain” to climb in the style of Tokyo Swindlers

The only difference is that our version of a “mountain” may be a bit more gastronomically inclined.

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Osaka zookeeper caught stealing chimpanzees’ food

Victims claim to have seen no evil, heard no evil, nor spoken no evil.

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Japanese woman subdues convenience store thief with headlock, credits anime for technique

Shopping trip turns into unexpected grappling session that ends with bite marks, letter of commendation.

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Tokyo police arrest French man on charges of shoving, killing senior citizen in bar district

Suspect says he has “absolutely no memory” of incident after victim dies in hospital.

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Thieves invade Osaka office and steal 10 million yen worth of trading cards

“Which are da expensive ones?”

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Japanese man arrested for phone-stalking his own wife, calling and saying nothing up to 100 times a day

The stalking was coming from inside the marriage.

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Japanese police arrest Vietnamese man for stealing 3,000 pears in roughly 24 hours

Grand theft fruit.

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Foreign tourist in Japan arrested for having sex on shrine grounds in broad daylight

61-year-old taken into custody after being judged flight risk.

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