Crime & Legal
Unemployed Man Arrested After Punching and Flying-Kicking 7 Women in 15 Minutes on a Tokyo Street
Tokyo police have arrested a 39-year-old unemployed man suspected of randomly assaulting seven women in the space of about 15 […]
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Teacher Suspended for Appearing in Porn Says He Wants His Job Back
A teacher in his forties in Saga Prefecture has been suspended for a month after it came out that he […]
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American Tourist Runs Out of Cash in Japan, Walks Into a Police Station, and Immediately Gets Arrested for Overstaying His Visa
Last Saturday evening around 7 p.m., a 36-year-old American man walked into the police station in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, looking […]
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Finnish Woman Arrested at Haneda With 3.2 Kilos of Cocaine in a False-Bottom Suitcase
Tokyo police have arrested a Finnish national after customs found about 3.2 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her luggage at […]
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A Dead Relative’s Line Account Started Flirting With Him. Then It Pitched an Investment.
A man in his 60s in Iwate almost walked into a romance scam that started from the worst possible place: […]
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Cops Nicknamed Her “Sugar Baby Yoshiko.” She Allegedly Faked Her Dad’s Cancer for 13.5 Million Yen.
Tokyo police have arrested a 36-year-old woman they say drained an older man of 13.5 million yen, then spent it […]
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They Heard Japan Goes Easy on Thieves. Then They Broke Into a Tokyo House the Day After Landing.
Two Chilean “tourists” just admitted they picked Japan for a crime spree because they heard the punishments here are a […]
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Pro Basketball Player Arrested in Kumamoto After Bar Staff Says He Groped Her and Took Her Underwear
A 42-year-old pro basketball player has been arrested in Kumamoto City after a female bar employee accused him of sexually […]
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Nagano Police Officer Arrested After Meeting Underage Girl Online
A 34-year-old police officer in Nagano has been arrested on suspicion of statutory rape involving a teenage girl he met […]
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Vietnamese Man in Tochigi Grew 200+ Weed Plants at Home — Says He Had No Idea What They Were
Tochigi police have re-arrested a 33-year-old Vietnamese guy for allegedly running a pretty serious grow-op out of his house. Pham […]
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Police Just Grabbed the “Collector” in That Brutal ¥53 Million Gold Street Heist
Tokyo police have locked up another name in that ugly gold robbery from earlier this year. Akira Nakao, 31, got […]
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He Broke Into Her Place 100 Times, Swapped Her Underwear, and Installed a Spy Cam — Then Told the Court He Just Wanted to “Be of Use”
Tokyo just wrapped one of those cases that makes you want to check every window lock twice. A 33-year-old guy […]
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Roppongi’s nightlife scene just got another messy headline.
Rino Tazawa, 27, better known online as Yama Torino, was one of the biggest names at JUNGLE, the well-known hostess […]
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Ibaraki Man on Trial Says He Killed Pregnant Ex Because He Wanted to “Erase Her Existence”
A 29-year-old man standing trial in Ibaraki has told a court he murdered his pregnant ex-girlfriend because he wanted to […]
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Two Nara cops just got disciplined for sexually harassing the same female colleague
Nara Prefectural Police announced the punishments this week. A superintendent in his 50s got a reprimand on August 28. A […]
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Top Roppongi hostess and influencer Rino Yamato just got popped for cocaine
On September 15, Tokyo police raided a luxury apartment in Roppongi and arrested 27-year-old Rino Tazawa — better known as […]