Crime
Woman coerced into prostitution, served 1,300 men over 9 months
Suspect manipulated victim via the smartphone application Line […]
Nikkan Gendai
Crime
Homeless man arrested in Golden Gai blaze was drunk, had previous record
An investigator speaking about the suspect: ‘In his drunken state, he stumbled on a fire hose’ […]
Crime
Kanagawa police: Hostess beat, scalded 2 customers in hotel over 17-hour period
The spreading of gossip provoked Ami Imagawa, 26, to assault 2 male customers and steal their wallets […]
Crime
Follow the money: Extortion rackets key to coming yakuza conflict
The collection of ‘protection’ money may lead to a war between the Yamaguchi-gumi and Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi […]
Crime
A message from Japan’s underworld: Beware the ides of March
A coffee shop in Kabukicho could prove to be the powder keg for hostilities between the Yamaguchi-gumi and its recently formed rival […]
Crime
IT exec used Twittbot to post ‘obscene’ images
The suspect uploaded explicit images of women to Twittbot and then distributed the content on Twitter […]
Crime
Japan’s cops crack down on app used for sharing child porn
The app Shashinbukuro assists minors in the distribution of pornographic images of themselves […]
Crime
Trouble is their business: Kabukicho braces for Yamaguchi-gumi battle
The formation of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi could cause turf battles in Japan’s biggest red-light district […]
Tabloid
Japan sees surge in ‘flesh-eating bacteria’ cases
Oral sex can be a means of transmission, in which the mortality rate is 30 percent […]
Crime
Shibuya call-girl services featured ‘extraordinary’ college gals
‘At Elite Club, it is likely that some girls pulled in 150,000 yen a day’ […]