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Tokyo: Images released by police lead to arrest of fraud suspect
Suspect collected 2 bank cards from an elderly woman that were used to withdraw ¥1 million in cash from her accounts […]
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Tokyo cops: Yakuza threatened restaurant into purchasing New Year decorations
Suspect allegedly threatened the woman into paying ¥90,000 in cash for a pine decoration commonly hung outside for the New Year’s holiday […]
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Tokyo: Manager of ‘JK’ business nabbed for employing minors to provide sex
Service billed itself as offering massages by girls in uniform […]
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‘Hostess yoga’ studio visited by education minister not sex business, says manager
Yuko Shoji, of Positive Star Yoga, wrote on her blog: ‘This malicious report is causing inconvenience to both customers and instructors’ […]
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Tatsuya Yamaguchi of Tokio accused of molesting school girl
Suspect is alleged to have forcibly kissed the victim and committed other acts deemed obscene […]
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Education minister used official car to visit ‘hostess yoga’ studio: report
Positive Star Yoga permits masseuses to communicate with customers via the smartphone application Line […]
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Hokkaido: Man, 44, arrested over fatal stabbing of woman
Woman was found collapsed and bleeding inside a room of the suspect’s residence in Hakodate City […]
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Gunma: Police hunt for man after Peruvian hurt in assault
Victim was found bleeding from a wound to the head in front of his residence on Tuesday […]
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Kinki police staffer flashed woman
Staff member revealed the lower half of his body to the woman, aged in her 20s, on a footpath in Kita Ward last year […]
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Tokyo: Yakuza, older sister nabbed in attempted fraud of elderly woman
Victim was told by a person pretending to be a representative of the Financial Services Agency that her bank account was being abused by a third party […]