- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 4, 2010 10:07 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Chikan, Courts, Crime, Law, Misandry, Police, Saitama, Schoolgirls, Trains

A man accused of groping a schoolgirl on a train was exonerated in court by forensic tests of the alleged victim’s pantsu which could find no trace of his DNA, but in spite of a not guilty verdict police still refuse to acknowledge this “unexpected” outcome, and are considering an appeal.
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A gang of three boys has been arrested for 30 charges of rape and robbery, committed in a three week rampage which saw the gang target countless young women in a series of violent outrages.
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An 18-year-old girl has been arrested on child pornography charges for selling nude pictures of herself online.
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The Lucky Star mikoshi, one of Washinomiya’s most sacred relics to legions of otaku devotees, will be be spending most of the year in China for the Expo 2010 Shanghai China international fair as an example of Japan’s unique modern visual art.
The mikoshi, a Shinto portable shrine used as a sort of chariot for deities during religious processions, is perhaps less well known outside of Japan than it deserves, so a brief introduction to the shrine is included below…
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Saitama Prefecture, well known for being the spiritual home of Lucky Star, has published an official proposal to bolster the prefecture’s already substantial anime tourism trade via such otaku-oriented methods that include a previously reported plan to change schoolgirl uniforms to anime seifuku cosplay.
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The chief priest of a 500-year-old Buddhist temple allegedly burnt down his own temple to fraudulently collect millions of dollars in insurance and so pay off huge debts incurred in the course of a lavish lifestyle, which saw him frequenting hostess bars and driving about town in a BMW.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 8, 2010 04:30 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crossdressing, Education, Loli, Medical, Mental Illness, Saitama, School, Shota

Japanese schools are struggling to accommodate skyrocketing diagnoses of “gender identity disorder,” which have seen boys as young as 8 attend school clad in skirts and said to be “girls.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 30, 2010 21:08 JST
- Tags: Crime, Dating, Fraud, Marriage, Murder, Otaku, Ronery, Saitama, Suicide

Miyuki Ueda, the woman who allegedly seduced and murdered at least 5 men, ranging from lonely otaku to helpless old men, has been arrested in connection with yet another slaying – cameras caught the murderous temptress at the moment of her arrest:
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Oct 27, 2009 21:12 JST
- Tags: Crime, Dating, Fraud, Marriage, Murder, Otaku, Plamo, Ronery, Saitama, Suicide

Police have arrested a woman suspected of tricking an otaku into giving her some $50,000 to cover the couple’s imminent marriage, after which the man promptly committed suicide.
Further investigations revealed three other men connected with the woman had died under mysterious circumstances, in a case police are treating as murder.
Update: Now it appears no less than 6 men connected with the woman died or committed suicide, and we learn that the woman, a convicted fraudster, led a lavish lifestyle from which she swelled to just shy of 100kg…
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Yoshito Usui, author of the famous manga Crayon Shin-chan, has been found dead on mount Arafune, apparently after a hiking trip gone wrong.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Aug 2, 2009 08:15 JST
- Tags: Crime, DVD Extras, Oppai, OVA, Saitama, Shonen, Theft, To Love-Ru


The latest OVA and uncensored manga edition of top oppai anime To Love-Ru is apparently so packed with nipples that one schoolboy couldn’t contain his lust, grabbing the DVD, detailed in pictures below, and attempting to make off with it before being chased down and arrested.
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A taxi driver has been arrested after luring a 13-year-old aspiring seiyuu to a hotel room with promises of filming, only to spike her drink with sedative and have his way with her.
Not satisfied with brutally outraging her, he then stole the contents of the girl’s purse, netting $13…
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