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Sakura and the Spirit of France: “LIGHTS OF FRANCE” Exhibition Illuminates Oji This Weekend
Pedaling Through Paradise
Art and DEI Get Cozy at the agnès b. Gallery in Aoyama”
The Documentary Black Box Diaries and Marriot International: Who’s Actually Protesting?
Ex-Japanese Lawmaker Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen – and Walks
Divvying up the booty from the Susumu Kajiyama loansharking case
Tokyo District Court on Thursday began the necessary procedures to divide up nearly 2.38 billion yen in damages to those caught up in a 2003 international money laundering scheme run…
High school girl accepts ¥1,000 for sex
A Saitama man was arrested August 4 under violation of child prostitution laws for paying a 16-year-old high school girl for sexual favors in a hotel room in Tokyo’s Hachioji…
Jake Adelstein interview with 3:AM Magazine
More than just the typical Tokyo Vice Q&A, an interview with Jake was recently posted on 3:AM Magazine covering the yakuza reaction to the book, the crackdown in Kabukicho, and…
Yamaguchi-gumi members arrested in sumo scandal! But how far can the cops go?
It does appear, at least, that the Yamaguchi-gumi seems to have one of their people inside the sumo association to keep things quiet and has grudging or willing help from…
Cracking down: Sumo scandal just a part of larger anti-yakuza operation
Sumo scandal news may have begun to quiet down with the end of the Nagoya Tournament, but this great article from Gavin Blair at the Christian Science Monitor tells the…
Ex-yakuza celeb management office top arrested for attempted fraud
The PR manager of a well-known celeb management office was arrested and a warrant put out for the company representative on July 26 on charges of attempted fraud in connection…
Drugs discovered inside snack packages at Inagawa-kai member's condo
A member of the Inagawa-kai was arrested for possession of stimulants and cannabis after being discovered carrying 19.5 grams of stimulants and 29 grams of marijuana on his person July…
Tokyo Vice hits BBC's Book of the Week
Only weeks after the release of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan in the United Kingdom, we have been honored to have the book chosen…
Nichidai board chairman plays matchmaker with Sumo Association and NPSC reps
An article in the July 22 issue of Shukan Bunshun (武蔵川と中井洽疑惑の参院選で「料理停密会」page 146) reports on a suspicious meeting between the chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, Musashigawa, and National Public Safety…
Kindergarten teacher arrested for taking photos of student
It was announced that a kindergarten teacher has been arrested in Higashi-Murayama city for indecent assault and creating child pornography. The 28-year-old male teacher reportedly molested a fourth-year student in…