
As a result of the quake, eastern Japan’s major power company Tepco has announced it plans to introduce rolling blackouts throughout much of the region, the first since the end of WWII, for as much as 6 hours a day and possibly lasting until next year.
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The organisers of the recent Lucky Star Konkatsu dating event are crowing over the fact that “35%” of the otaku participants successfully formed nascent otaples.
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A teacher has been caught blindfolding and posing his pupils in order to “express deep affection” for them in a “1-on-1 setting.”
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Police have arrested two boys for the crime of duelling, blaming the influence of shonen manga.
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- 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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