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Wife of Don Juan Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison

Saki Sudo, 28, an ex-wife of Kosuke Nozaki, a wealthy man known as the "Don Juan of Kishu (Wakayama)," was accused of cheating another...

Vietnamese National Arrested for Stealing Pears

A Vietnamese national named Nguyen Xuan Thu, 31, was arrested for stealing 3,200 pears just before they were ready to be harvested in Ibaraki...

Japan Introduces Currency Detection Dogs

On September 3, the Customs and Excise Department of the Ministry of Finance unveiled a demonstration in the Ministry by a currency detection dog...

U20 National Football Player Suspended for Drug Use

On August 30, the Japan American Football Association announced that five members of Kansei Gakuin University team had committed serious breaches of discipline during...

Two Members of Pink Panda Arrested

On August 28, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of two Chinese Nationals, including Yi Xiaofeng, 37, a suspect with an unknown...

Japanese National Arrested in Manilla for Money Laundering

A Japanese man wanted by the Osaka police on suspicion of laundering was arrested in the Philippines. According to the authorities in the Philippines, the...

Man Orders Beer at Love Hotel and Tries to Escape

On August 27, Ken Takeo, a 36-year-old unemployed man was caught red-handed in a love hotel in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, for entering a...

Governor’s Abuse of Power Comes to Light After Suicide of Official

Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito, 46, is in a tight spot following the suicide of a former official who prepared a document accusing him of...

Pakistani Arrested for Kissing Two Teenage Girls

An unemployed man, 68, self-proclaimed Pakistani National living in Hamamatsu City, was arrested on suspicion of non-consensual obscenity. According to the police, the man...

International Student Forced to Provide Sexual Services

The trial has begun for a former manager of a massage parlor in Kyoto, who is accused of allowing a Chinese student to live...

American DJ Caught with Cocaine in Shibuya

A US national, the president of a TV personality management company, was caught red-handed with cocaine in Shibuya, Tokyo. The suspect, Bryan Burton-Lewis, 52, a...

Pre-Trip Screening to be Introduced to Eliminate Illegal Aliens

On August 21, it was disclosed that the Government intends to introduce a system whereby foreign tourists who are exempt from short-term visas, such...