Remember the phrase never to judge a book by its cover? Well apparently, a husband and his wife, two respectable teachers at schools have been busted for filming in the toilet of the public gymnasium in Yokohama’s Hodogaya Ward. The incident took place on June 28 when a woman using the restroom noticed a black cable coming out of a roll of toilet paper. She immediately knew that someone was filming her.
When she left her cubicle to report what she found, the woman jumped out to stop her. They struggled …

Just when we thought there will be more death threats made against singers, we have the latest news – a flasher!
A man was arrested yesterday for obscenity in public after he reportedly flashed passengers aboard the JR Kagoshima Line.

Ishikawa, who told police he was unemployed and homeless, admitted to the charges, and was quoted as saying: “I got on the train with the intention of flashing someone.”
The conductors attempted to question Ishikawa about the flashing incident but he escaped at Spaceworld Station in Kitakyushu City, running for about 650 metres …

Another man has been arrested, this time for making death threats against Kumi Koda. He posted death threats on Koda’s record company blog using his mobile phone. The man, Yusuke Nozaki, aged 31, was arrested on a charge of blackmail. He has admitted to the allegation, saying that he wanted to kill Kumi Koda, and then himself.

‘‘I will ‘assassinate’ her on the Shinkansen platform of Kyoto Station,’’ another post by Nozaki, a company employee in Saitama Prefecture, was quoted as saying. The record company called the Shibuya Police Station …

A man by the name of Yosuke Ida, 22 years old this year was arrested for sending a letter threatening to blow up Konata’s house! The house was originally the home of Lucky Star manga creator Kagami Yoshimizu. He moved out last May and the house was reopened upon renovation by Satte City Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 28: as the birthplace of Lucky Star

According to the authorities, the suspect said that he did not intend to actually set off an explosion, but thought there would be an …

This was posted some time ago on DannyChoo. Didn’t have time to read all the news and articles there, until today. ^^

A man walked into a convenience store and pulled out a knife on two female shop attendants – “give us the cash!”
One of the shop assistants aged 51 pulled out a kitchen knife, held it up to the assailant and said…
“Society is rotten because of fiends like you!”
After reading this, I felt that knives are quite common in Japan. We have many incidents related to knives that have *cough* …