
Controversy has erupted over compulsory school judo which bans throws and other formerly essential elements of the sport, after schools became concerned about the number of children the sport was killing and maiming.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 28, 2012 06:00 JST
- Tags: Bicycles, Bizarre, Cars, Crime, Himeji, Internet, Police, Schoolboys, Suicide, YouTube

A man who uploaded a video of himself chasing a schoolboy on a bicycle in his car whilst threatening to run him off the road to YouTube has committed suicide, despite police and the boy declining to press charges, prompting furious speculation as to why he would kill himself when he remained anonymous and faced no punishment.
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The appearance of Saber in a French Japanese conversation phrase book and Haruhi and her minions in a Japanese social education tome have been causing some astonishment online.
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Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy for having sex with a 17-year-old girl, charging him with child prostitution.
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A father who went to his daughter’s school and punched an elementary school boy repeatedly in the face after he told him he “didn’t remember” bullying his daughter has been feted as a hero.
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Chinese pondering the differences in national character supposedly reflected in the school buses of Japan and the USA need look no further than their own “buses” for some rather painful introspection…
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Chinese have been pondering the differences between the school-buses of Japan, noted for their “extreme cuteness,” as compared to those of the US – described as being “like tanks.”
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Deleting someone’s details from a mobile phone now apparently constitutes a grievous act of domestic violence.
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A schoolboy who sexually defiled the corpse of an elderly woman who had committed suicide has been arrested.
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Reports that some Japanese schools have banned Vocaloid music from their campuses are causing a stir amongst Vocaloid fans.
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A court has ordered the parents of a boy who accidentally kicked a ball into the street to pay nearly $200,000 in compensation after he, in the court’s view, caused the death of an 87-year-old motorcyclist who fell off his bike in an effort to avoid the ball, breaking his leg and later going senile only to die over a year later as a result of an infection stemming from a feeding accident.
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The news that 45% of Korean children apparenently consider their nation’s principle enemy to be Japan, with less than half as many considering North Korea as grave a threat and a further 20% actually believing the USA is a worse enemy than either of them has lately been stoking much comment.
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