- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 31, 2012 21:30 JST
- Tags: Crime, Hikikomori, Mental Illness, Murder, NEETs, Otaku, Suginami, Suicide, Tokyo

A hikikomori who carved up his brothers with a kitchen knife and then hanged himself after his twin brother dared to tell him to get a job has been highlighting the dangers of hikikomori interventions…
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Tokyo faces a 75% chance of a magnitude 7 quake in the next 4 years, say researchers, a figure much higher than the government’s previous estimate of 70% in the next 30 years.
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Japanese police insistence that a man found dead with his penis severed and thrown under his bed was a clear case of suicide seems to be hardening, with investigators unable to find any evidence that his death was suspicious, and with one expert even suggesting that “he may have thought it was a monster and tried to cut it off.”
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Japanese police have uncovered what they think may be a highly unusual and doubtless unbelievably agonising case of suicide by penis auto-severance.
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A pair of Taiwanese students were found stabbed to death in their blood-drenched Tokyo dormitory, having come to Japan to learn Japanese and study anime, it is reported.
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An elementary school teacher has admitted to raping 12 girls, some as young as 11, even going so far as to rape one little girl the day before his own wedding.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Nov 17, 2011 06:02 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crime, Cults, Lolicon, Martial Arts, Medical, Raep, Religion, Tokyo

A dentist and his young wife have been arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl in order to “draw out evil spirits,” as part of the religious group the dentist operated when he was not fixing people’s teeth.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 26, 2011 03:45 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Feminism, Loli, Lolicon, Mass Media, Misandry, Otaku, Politics, Tokyo

Tokyo’s Ishihara-led government is proposing yet more onerous censorship of manga and anime, this time on the grounds that they are sexist and violate the human rights of the groups (i.e. women and children) being depicted.
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The Anime Contents Expo will go ahead after all, although it seems the anime industry is now thoroughly cowed as they are still participating in TAF and have dropped all mention of opposing censorship.
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Mangaka Kei Aoyama has killed himself, announcing the fact by Twitter.
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Amongst the many itasha on display at Ita-G Festa 5, perhaps most intriguing is this Remilia Scarlet Touhou tractor (and for those less than captivated by farm machinery and gaudily painted automobiles, some sexy cosplayers are on display).
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The 2011 Tokyo Game Show saw a large contingent of sexy cosplayers accompanying the cute and saucy companions, and fortunately a horde of photographers have been documenting them for the edification of those unable to attend.
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