Poor exchange rate with the metaphysical plane was not enough to cover his pack of smokes.
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The men allegedly misrepresented themselves as U.S. military members to cheat victims out of money.
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The case of what was arguably Japan’s weirdest political scandal finally comes to a close.
Video footage showing the aftermath of a collision between an infant’s electric ride-on toy car and an upper-middle-aged woman has split public opinion between both sides.
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Actually, forget that. A bigger let-down is when someone exploits our shared hatred of soggy bread for their own personal gain. That’s what Tokyo Metro Police are suspecting Takashi Ishimoto of doing by making fraudulent complaints of damp sliced bread and raking in an estimated 30 million yen (US$251,000) from unsuspecting retailers in the process.
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