4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (191+ words) KYOTO (TR) – A 62-year-old Kyoto Prefectural Government official has voluntarily resigned after being disciplined for repeatedly trespassing into a workplace women’s restroom to steal used sanitary products, reports ABC News (Sep. 8). According to the prefectural government, the man, who worked…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (442+ words) HYOGO (TR) – A prefectural public safety commission on Monday announced that it is set to lift the draconian “designated conflict syndicate” status imposed on Japan’s largest yakuza group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, and its rival splinter factions. Authorities cited a massive decline…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (474+ words) TOKYO (TR) – A woman in her 30s has revealed her double life: by day, a home helper for the disabled, and by night, the operator of a specialized “delivery health” (call girl) service aiming to satisfy the suppressed sexual needs of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (228+ words) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo MK, a prominent Tokyo-based taxi operator, on Wednesday issued a public apology after its owner was caught throwing chairs and hurling verbal abuse at employees who failed a surprise English vocabulary test, reports TV Asahi (Sep. 2). The…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (522+ words) TOKYO (TR) – It was not always this way. A seismic shift is occurring within Japan’s criminal underworld, as two historically warring yakuza syndicates appear to be burying the hatchet following a series of highly secretive meetings, reports Shukan Shincho (Aug....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (231+ words) FUKUSHIMA (TR) – Police are hunting for brazen fruit thieves who stripped orchards bare of hundreds of peaches just moments before they were due to be harvested in Fukushima and Aomori prefectures, reports Nippon News Network (Aug. 28). In Date City, Fukushima…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) KUMAMOTO (TR) – Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student in Yatsushiro City accused of soiling a female classmate’s personal belongings with his bodily fluids two years ago, reports Kumamoto Kenmin TV (Aug. 24). The suspect, whose name has been withheld…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (370+ words) Saitama restaurant owner accused of using Vietnamese eatery as meth delivery hub The Tokyo Reporter - Veteran 51-year-old soapland worker rakes in ¥3 million yen a month, shuns public transportation By Tokyo Reporter Staff At the top Japan's adult entertainment pyramid, elite…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (203+ words) KYOTO (TR) – Local authorities have officially classified an incident as abuse after a home caregiver abandoned a severely disabled man to play pachinko, leaving the helpless victim to crawl along a public road, reports Nippon News Network (Aug. 20). According to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (456+ words) OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 61-year-old site manager for major general contractor Takenaka Corporation after he allegedly forced subcontractors to inflate construction costs for the Osaka-Kansai Expo to fund his personal remodeling projects, reports the Sankei Shimbun…...