On November 26 at about 5:30 PM in a shopping center in Okayama City a man (44) was arrested after he allegedly pulled down his pants while riding an escalator. Behind the man was a female in her teens. The man was detained by a security guard at the shopping center. Police were called to the scene and the man …

A disgusting change from all the coronavirus news. A 48-year-old officer of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force has been disciplined in connection with an incident in which he used a bodily fluid to assault a woman. According to the Yokosuka District office of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force (Japan’s equivalent of the navy), the incident in question occurred on September …

Nothing about this story makes any sense. On November 23 police in Hyogo Prefecture arrested a lawyer who allegedly stole a partially consumed bottle of milk tea after he somehow managed to commit lewd acts on a sleeping man without waking him. According to police in the city of Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, the crime occurred early in the morning …

Who says working at a convenience store isn’t profitable? Quitting on the first day at a new job is hardly something you want to do if you’re in need of money. In fact, repeat this a few times and before you know it, you’ll probably be penniless and on the street. That is, unless you steal everything you can from …

Pee doesn’t do that… Romance can be hard. This is especially true when you fall for someone who isn’t interested in you. Sure, you can do your best to have the target of your affection notice you but there are limits to what you can do. Cross the line and you might end up in handcuffs like in the case …

That’s some hardcore “training.” The Japanese word shugyō is often translated as simply “training,” but that’s not quite accurate. Shugyō isn’t normally used to describe the kind of training you might do before participating in something like your local 10k run. Instead, it’s used to describe the dedicated physical and mental training performed by individuals like religious ascetics and warrior …

He should’ve caught an Uber. A man in Kanagawa Prefecture has been arrested after allegedly stealing a taxi, driving it drunk, and then crashing it into another taxi. According to police in the Minami Ward of Kanagawa, it all began at about 4:35 a.m. on December 29  in the Konan Ward of the city of Yokohama. It was at this …