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Yuka Takaoka incident: Victim survives, holds 'no grudge'
2019年8月12日 · Yuka Takaoka allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, a bar host, inside her residence in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo in May
Japan's oldest adult video starlet retired at the age of 80 in January
2017年3月21日 · Venerable label Ruby released the final AV film in the career of Maori Tezuka, 80, in January. TOKYO (TR) – It has been no secret that Japan is a rapidly aging society.
Host club debts drive women to street prostitution in Kabukicho
2024年12月8日 · TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have launched a crackdown on the increasing number of women soliciting prostitution around the Okubo Park area of the Kabukicho red-light district.. The number of women loitering on streets in the area, often sitting on a guardrail, has increased in recent months, with many foreign tourists serving as their customers, according to …
'Tokyo Swindlers' ordered to pay Sekisui House ¥1 billion in …
2024年12月8日 · TOKYO (TR) – “A team of swindlers gets wind of prime real estate worth 10 billion yen and will stop at nothing to pull off their most ambitious scam yet.”
Company president among 4 accused of forcing man to fatally …
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested our people, including the president of a company, for allegedly forcing a male colleague to enter a railway crossing and causing him to be hit and killed by an oncoming train last year.
Foreigner ‘nuisance dance videos’ shot in Japan drawing attention
2024年10月26日 · TOKYO (TR) – A man appearing to be a foreigner suddenly collapses to the floor on a train traveling through Yamanashi Prefecture. A female student who reaches out to help him get up seems confused.
Ex-AV actress: ‘I seriously wished that I’d never been born’
Asuka Hoshino retired from adult video industry in 2012 (s1s1s1.com) TOKYO (TR) – Retired adult video (AV) actress Asuka Hoshino, 30, wrote on her blog last month that she was coerced into performing in the industry.. The revelations follow the arrests earlier this year of persons connected to AV-related companies for forcing a woman to appear in a film.
Yuka Takaoka: Court transcript reveal details of crime of “real-life ...
2024年9月9日 · On May 23, 2019, Yuka Takaoka, then 21, used a kitchen knife to stab her boyfriend at their fifth-floor residence in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. The victim, a 20-year-old bar host named Runa, survived the ordeal.For Takaoka, who was the manager of a girls’ bar, she went on trial for attempted murder.. However, in the time leading up to the trial, she became a …
Okayama court upholds ruling against ex-Nomura employee for …
2024年11月29日 · OKAYAMA (TR) – A court here earlier this month upheld a previous ruling against handed to a former employee at the Okayama branch of Nomura Securities for defrauding customers and others out of nearly 100 million yen.