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Kabukicho shop used trash to distribute illegal adult DVDs
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Police seized about 40,000 uncensored DVDs from a warehouse used by the shop
Yoshimoto Kogyo comedians to ensure no ‘anti-social’ links
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
In June, the agency suspended 13 comedians for participation at parties held by fraud rings
Hyogo: Man handed suspended term for dumping woman’s corpse at dam
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Court ruled that the defendant 'might have been aware' that a body was inside a garment case dumped at Gongen Dam last year
Osaka: Host pimped girlfriend to cover debts
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Girlfriend accumulated her debt at suspect's former club, police said

Yua Mikami before entering AV: ‘It is my life, so I have to choose myself’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Honey Popcorn is another challenge for the idol
Kamikaze pilot inspired right-wing executive to fatally slash open belly near Yasukuni Shrine
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Mitsuhiro Numayama slashed open his abdomen on a road near Yasukuni Shrine on May 11
Yuka Takaoka incident: Gruesome details emerge about ‘crime of passion’
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Yuka Takaoka said, 'After I stabbed him, he said he liked me'

Chiba man listed as likely abducted by North Korea found safe in Japan
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
His disappearance in 1992 was not connected to North Korea, police said
Funding issue leaves 2 corpses in North Korean vessel found beached
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Salvage company discovered the two bodies aboard the vessel while using an excavator to pull it off the sand on February 11 and 12
Aomori: 2 sailors rescued from suspected North Korean vessel
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Three other sailors were tossed overboard by rough seas, the rescued men said

An evening in Sannomiya, Kobe

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 7, 2014

Out on the town
Man about town
Watchful eye
Superhero in action
Waiting for Charles Bukowski
Shopping

(Photographs by The Tokyo Reporter, May 5, 2014)

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By Tokyo Reporter Staff
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By Tokyo Reporter Staff
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By Tokyo Reporter Staff
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