Last week, a 50-something Chinese man got on his knees in Baishan City in Jilin Province, China. He begged a judge…
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Earlier this week in Poland, a 30 year-old computer company employee arrived at work wanting to do two things: talk…
Selling pirated software or software that allows one to pirate is illegal. But that didn't stop one man from doing…
Earlier this month, a 55 year-old junior high school teacher allegedly took pictures up a young woman's skirt at an…
In years past, video games have been scapegoats. Need something to blame social problems on? Blame video games. This…
Prior to the 2002 World Cup, hallucinogenic mushrooms were legal in Japan. They were sold in little vending machines…
There's a crime wave in Japan. The victims are famous and beloved, but helpless and unable to fend for themselves.…
According to Japanese news reports, a 40 year-old bureaucrat from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, was…
Twenty-nine year-old Jin Yasuda allegedly swiped a friend's game console. When it came time to sell the console (the…
One Piece is a very popular manga and anime about pirates. Takuyuki Machida, 47, and his wife were apparently…
Englishman Lewys Martin thought it would be a good idea to to offer people "hacks" for Call of Duty Games, which not…
On May 11 at a Walmart in Massachusetts, staff apparently saw three men shoplift packs of Pokémon cards and exit the…
Detective Conan (AKA Case Closed) is one of Japan's most popular manga and anime. In Tottori Prefecture, the…
Be careful who you meet online. On May 8 in China's Henan province, Gao Xin (not his real name) found out the hard…
There's a new cop on the beat in Kyoto's Miyazu City: a four legged one. And he's ready to help squash fraud.
On May 12, a 54 year-old junior high school teacher spent the evening at anime shop, Animate, in Osaka's geek…
Online in Japan, the vast majority of game news first hits 2ch. And it's not just games—so much news is shared…
Thieves in Orlando tried to snatch an Xbox 360 on Wednesday from an Orlando home covered in a fumigation tent, the Or…
Bomb threats are never fun; they scare the living daylights out of people and create massive delays at airports.…
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Carlos Valenzuela was driving around Texas the other day, minding his own business, when he forgot to signal a turn…