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Get Out of Japan! Teenager Arrested for Hate Speech

In February, on an internet message board, a third-generation Korean resident of Japan, Ms. Choi Kangiko (51), who is the director of the "Kawasaki...

1,765 Myanmar Trainees Go Missing in Japan

Over 90% of the 1,739 Myanmar technical trainees who went missing last year applied to change their residency status to the "Designated Activities" visa...

Do NOT Bring Meat Products into Japan

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), which provides information on food through its X account posted on September 4, the following alert...

US National Arrested for Smuggling Cannabis Wax

The suspect Ezequiel James Rocha, 38, a US citizen, was arrested and sent to prosecutors on suspicion of breaching the Cannabis Control Act and...

Sushi Chef of Michelin Restaurant Arrested for Sexual Assault

A chef at a high-end sushi restaurant listed in the Michelin Guide Tokyo has been arrested on suspicion of indecent behavior towards a woman. In...

South Korean National Robs Pregnant Japanese Woman

On September 10th, a trial was held at the Osaka District Court for Kim Deho, 33, an unemployed man of no fixed address and...

Flogging of Japanese in Singapore

The first Japanese national to be sentenced to whiplash in Singapore has been confirmed. A former Japanese hairdresser, 38, was convicted of 20 whiplash sentences...

Foreign Man Scams Lady Through Love Confession

The Niigata Police Department awarded a certificate of appreciation to Daishi Hokuetsu Bank's Niigata Ekimae branch and Niigata Higashi-Odori branch, as well as to...

Chinese National Arrested “I wanted to kill someone”

Late on the night of the 5th, a 19-year-old Chinese suspect was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for slashing a woman in her...

Man Smuggles Cocaine into Japan by Ingestion

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Ryo Kobayashi, 28, from Sendai City, on suspicion of breaching the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Act for attempting...

Liberian Nationals Arrested for Posing as Gold Traders

Last November, two Liberian Nationals were arrested in connection with the theft of 34 million yen from a man at a hotel in Chuo...

Overseas Japanese See their Visas Suddenly Cancelled

With taglines like "Ryugaku no chikara (Power of Studying Abroad)" attracting Japanese people aiming for a working holiday visa, one could learn a language...