
Police have come under fire after it emerged they stopped a schoolboy for interrogation, as he was wearing a dark veil, and then asked him if he was a member of the Taliban, the former Islamist rulers of Afghanistan, adding insult to injury.
His veil was in fact due to being afflicted by porphyria, an illness rendering the skin highly susceptible to the sun.
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A teacher overseeing the training of a girls softball club paid a nocturnal visit to their room, where he apparently mistook it for a toilet, and there relieved himself.
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A girl who secretly filmed other female patrons at a local bathhouse (sentou) using a hidden camera has been arrested, we hear.
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A class of third year elementary school girls had an unwelcome surprise when they returned from their swimming in the school pool, only to discover a thief had made off with their pants, with all 14 pairs unaccounted for, along with socks, shirts and other items of apparel. The changing rooms had apparently been left unlocked, and the door unattended. We do not hear whether the girls went nopan for the rest of the day.
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A high school girl who may have given birth in a school toilet and then hid the baby’s corpse there has been arrested. A cleaning lady at first discovered the dead babe, placenta still attached, stuffed in a plastic bag and dumped in a closet for cleaning utensils, in an outdor toilet of the Japan Aviation Academy, apparently having been there for four or five days. Police have arrested a girl attending the school on suspicion of illegally disposing of the corpse.
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A popular regional cosplay event has been cancelled by a single complaint made by an old woman. “In a place for enjoying flowers for everyone from children to old people, what sort of a place is this for a big gathering of young people?” was the criticism offered.
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