

Some creamy confectioneries courtesy of anime cake-baker Anime Sugar have been made available for pre-order, sure to be the perfect accompaniment for bizarre birthday shrines or for eating alone on the cheery winter holiday.
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A school has come under fire for insisting that teachers making schoolgirls endure groping, hugging and even late night solo visits to the teacher’s bedroom “does not constitute sexual harassment,” instead merely chiding the teacher responsible for “inappropriate instruction.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Nov 2, 2011 20:21 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crime, Fetish, Internet, Pantsu, Police, Prostitution, Schoolgirls, Shizuoka

3 men have been charged with the crime of buying used schoolgirl underwear, paying as much as $100 a pair.
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A teacher who instructed teachers to “inform the vice principal if you ever have to be alone with a female pupil” during sexual harassment training has been arrested for indecently assaulting one of his pupils whilst he was alone with her.
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Demonstrating some of the disturbingly inventive thinking and equally disturbing candid honesty Japan’s sex criminals are known for, one chikan has explained that the reason he was caught with his hand up a girl’s skirt was so “I could save money on brothel expenses.”
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A man has been arrested for the theft of Saten Ruiko in what must rank as one of the least well thought out robberies ever conceived.
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Lolicon taxi riders and Ichigo Marshmallow fans are sure to be delighted (or at least mildly bemused) by the announcement that ita-taxi (“Moetaku”) bearing the likenesses of Miu and company are finally gracing the streets of Hamamatsu.
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A school is in trouble for expelling a schoolgirl for having sex with her teacher, and refuses to reinstate her despite being ordered by a court to do so.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Galleries, Japan
- Date: Jan 8, 2011 07:35 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Abandoned Places, Bizarre, Buildings, Gifu, Image Gallery, Kanagawa, Niigata, Shizuoka


An anonymous urban explorer has been sharing photographs of the many abandoned places he has been investigating throughout Japan with 2ch – the photographs hauntingly depict some of the most quintessentially Japanese of places, such as faddish theme parks and love hotels, ravaged by abandon and neglect, and in many cases still housing strange oddities – in one case a stuffed mammoth…
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Konami has again demonstrated its dual mastery of control over otaku heart/purse-strings, this time by offering a complete Love Plus seaside tourism package giving otaku the chance for some imaginary time alone with the girl of their choice.
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The 1:1 monster RX-78-2 Gundam formerly menacing Tokyo has been re-erected in Shizuoka with upgraded armament. Below the animatronic statue can be seen in detail, as ever striking a particularly impressive figure against the night sky.
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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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