Second Osaka strip club busted for indecency, 19 arrested
News On Japan via Tokyo Reporter -- Nov 18
Osaka prefectural police earlier this month announced the bust of a second strip club in the metropolis for public indecency violations. On November 3 at 12:20 p.m., officers from the community safety division took Katsuya Tashiro, 54, and eight other employees at Manzen Toyo Show, located in the Ikedamachi area of Kita Ward, for allowing customers to photograph female dancers who were not wearing underpants.
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Saitama and Okayama prefectural police last week arrested the manager of an online porn DVD operation that specialized in films featuring children. (Tokyo Reporter) 
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A 24-year-old woman was in a serious condition Friday after being stabbed by a man whom she reported to police for stalking her in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Japan Today 
A 70-year-old woman has been rescued from a toilet in which she had been waiting for help for three days, Hiroshima police said Friday. (Japan Today 
A traditional dance was performed on Friday at an ancient temple in Nikko City, northeast of Tokyo. (NHK 
A bear was shot dead after it wandered into a school in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Thursday. (Japan Today