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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...

Town Mayor Suspected of Bid-Rigging

Kazuo Okazaki, 76, who resigned as mayor of Ikeda Town, Gifu Prefecture, in April this year after a third-party committee found that he had...

Sexual Assault on Sugar Baby in Toilet

On June 10, the Uji Police Station re-arrested Tatsuhiro Seichi, 50, a self-employed man from Kyoto, on suspicion of robbery and non-consensual sexual intercourse...

Teacher Exposes Genitals on School Trip to Tokyo Disneyland

On June 7, the Chiba District Public Prosecutors' Office dropped charges against a 53-year-old male teacher at an elementary school in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture,...

Tokyo to Develop Dating App

The Tokyo Government is developing its own dating app. It's expected to be put into practical use this summer. Many municipalities are working...

Four Chinese Nationals Arrested for Exorcism Fraud

Four Chinese nationals were arrested at a shrine in Nagoya, for posing as a medium, stealing cash and precious jewelry worth 450,000 yen from...

Shibuya to Ban Drinking on The Streets

On June 3, Shibuya Ward submitted to the assembly a draft amendment banning year-round drinking on the streets and parks around Shibuya Station. The...

Chinese National Graffitied “Toilet” on Shrine

A video went viral on Chinese social media, where a man is seen making a gesture of urinating towards a shrine pillar, then spraying...