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Vietnamese National Fails to Steal Phones, Assaults Customers Instead

On the night of December 16th, a man attempted to steal smartphones from a store in Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, and assaulted a customer...

Police to Crack Down on Shady Hosts and Sex Businesses Moving Forward

On December 19, an expert panel of the National Police Agency compiled a report on measures against malicious male-host clubs, which states that false...

Vietnamese Nationals Go Around Fukuoka Breaking into Homes

Four Vietnamese men were arrested and re-arrested on additional charges for breaking into vacant houses in Fukuoka and three other prefectures, stealing items such...

GACKT in Favor of Japanese Isolationism Amid Globalization

Japanese musician GACKT posted on X, sharing his thoughts on trade and diplomacy with foreign countries. GACKT commented, "Starting December 12, the 'use' of marijuana...

Shops Take Japanese Speakers Only

A Chinese cuisine restaurant in Kyoto has a controversial booking website. When switching from Japanese to English on the booking website, a message appeared in...

Egyptian National Arrested for Drugs, Tries to Deny It

Okinawa Regional Customs filed a complaint with the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office on the 17th against a 45-year-old Egyptian National living in Uruma...

Chinese National Smashes Police Window with Model Gun

Hyogo Prefectural Police Fukiai Station arrested a 22-year-old Chinese university student living in Kobe City, on suspicion of property damage after he allegedly smashed...

YouTuber Goes 500 Million Yen in Debt for Breast Implants

On December 16, YouTuber Tenchimu, 31, was ordered by the Tokyo District Court to pay damages of approximately 380 million yen in a 'night...

Peruvian National Jumped by Five People

According to the police, around 11:30 p.m. on the 14th, a Peruvian man (20) was surrounded by five people at a park in the...

3 Viet Nationals Arrested for Stealing Over 4 Tons of Copper Wires

On the 12th, three Vietnamese men were arrested in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, on suspicion of stealing copper wire from a solar power plant...

Ex-Wife of Wakayama’s Don Juan Acquitted

The Wakayama District Court acquitted Saki Sudo, the ex-wife of a wealthy man called 'Don Juan of Kishu (Wakayama)', of murdering him. She was accused...

2 Viet Nationals Arrested for Stealing 144 Times

Hyogo Prefectural Police's Criminal Investigation Division 3 revealed on December 12 that two former technical trainees, both Vietnamese nationals, had been arrested and charged...