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Death threats Against Sakurai MIU

Sakurai MIU updated her X on June 25 announcing the cancellation of her street speech, claiming she had received death threats. She reported the damage...

Electoral Candidate Posts Advertisement to Sex Shop on Poster

On June 23, Takashi Tachibana, leader of Party to Protect the People from NHK, who "hijacked election billboards", was warned for allegedly violating the...

Nigerian National Arrested for Romance Scams

The Tokyo Police Department arrested a Nigerian national, 61, unknown occupation, in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of fraud and theft, for posing...

Police Warn Candidate for Governor from Using Naked Photos

The Tokyo Police Department warned a political candidate on June 20 for putting up a poster of a nearly nude woman on a campaign...

Itadaki Girl Scams Man Out of 1 Million Yen

A woman calling herself "'Non-chan"' has been arrested on suspicion of scamming a man of money through so-called "itadaki girl" tactics. The suspect arrested on...

Man Spits and Urinates in Plastic Bottles for Colleagues to Drink

On June 18, a 21-year-old university student from Nara City was re-arrested for mixing his own saliva and urine 15 times into colleagues' plastic...

Soapland Staff Arrested for Facilitating Prostitution

On June 17, the Chiba District Public Prosecutor's Office indicted a 76-year-old man, a company director in Chiba City, and three others for violating...

23 People Arrested for Prostitution at Delivery Health

On June 17, the Security Division of the Tokyo Police announced the arrest of 23 men, including the shop managers of three shops in...

Singaporean Diplomat Took Voyeuristic Photos of Boys

A former counsellor at the Singaporean Embassy in Japan was arrested in February this year for taking voyeuristic photographs at a public bathhouse in...

Shrine Bans Koreans From Entry

Some South Korean tourists' disturbing behavior has become an issue at a shrine in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, located 50 km from Busan, South Korea. Some...

Group of Spectators Come to Watch Tachinbo

The "tachinbo"' standing around Okubo Park in Kabukicho, Tokyo have been often brought up as a problem, and despite repeated police and administrative measures,...

Fraud Syndicate Arrested, 8600 Women Scammed

On June 11, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Chiba Prefectural Police arrested a fraud syndicate leader, Kazuki Suzuki, 48, unknown occupation, from Ichikawa...