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Saitama: Yakuza nabbed over stabbing of 2 fellow gangsters
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect allegedly used a knife to stab the victims in the chest inside a multi-tenant building in the Saitama City on Friday
School apologizes after video purportedly shows teacher assaulting student
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Teacher slapped the boy across the face, causing him to fall up against a wall in a hallway
Tokyo: Man (not named Banksy) arrested for spraying graffiti
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Man is suspected of spraying graffiti the text 'Bureau Cat' 15 locations in Minato Ward

Publisher apologizes after petition raised over ‘easiest university girls’ article
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Article ranked universities based on the likelihood a man has of scoring with a co-ed should he purchase a meal and drinks
5 years on, murder of ‘Gyoza King’ remains unsolved
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
President of Ohsho Food Service was shot dead in front of the company’s headquarters in Kyoto City on December 19, 2013
Osaka underground: Dozens of bar employees suspected in assault, extortion incidents
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Delinquent organization operated a number of bars that scammed customers and funded yakuza

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
Shimane: Possible North Korean boat with 4 crew members found on coast
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Sailors said they had not eaten in 10 days
Number of North Korean boats found in ’18 double last year’s figure
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Water currents and winds regularly send ships whose engines have become disabled to the northern coasts of Japan

Nakamise shopping arade in Asakusa

By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 28, 2010

Shoppers shuffle through the Nakamise shopping arcade

(Photo by Tokyo Reporter, February 27, 2010)

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AV actress Masami Ichikawa stalked by jilted fan
By Kenji Nakano
Series of stalking incidents began with Ichikawa failing to offer online acknowledgement of a present he had sent her
Osaka prostitution service masqueraded as dating business
By Kenji Nakano
Male customers useed social-networking services to communicate with women supposedly interested in a type of relationship known as enjo kosai
Positive HIV test for porn actress sends industry into panic
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
An actor in the industry says, 'You have to defend yourself, but asking for the name of the actress in question results in no answers'

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
Shimane: Possible North Korean boat with 4 crew members found on coast
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Sailors said they had not eaten in 10 days
Number of North Korean boats found in ’18 double last year’s figure
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Water currents and winds regularly send ships whose engines have become disabled to the northern coasts of Japan