A Japanese man who’s suspected to have instructed a current collection of robberies throughout Japan had his girlfriend repeatedly carry defrauded cash 4 years in the past from Japan to the Philippines, the place he’s based mostly.
Japanese police imagine that Watanabe Yuki is a member of a gaggle linked to telephone scams in Japan and had given directions from the Philippines within the collection of violent theft instances in Japan.
Tokyo police have already obtained an arrest warrant for Watanabe, who’s now being held at an immigration facility in larger Manila, for fraud instances in Japan.
His girlfriend, aged 32, was discovered to have repeatedly traveled to Manila in 2019 to ship what are believed to be bundles of money swindled from victims in Japan to Watanabe.
Police and different sources say the lady was arrested in November 2019 for stealing money playing cards from an aged sufferer by making telephone calls pretending to be a police officer.
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Nowadays in Japan the divorce fee and single fee are rising. According to a authorities report in 2020, virtually one third of married {couples} have been divorced and the speed of single individuals who had by no means married by 50 years outdated was 28 for males and 17 p.c for ladies, and it is anticipated to speed up.

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Japan Today – Jan 26
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of damaging property after a variety of folks have been spattered with what gave the impression to be ink on their kimonos as they attended a celebratory occasion for 20-year-olds earlier this month in southwestern Japan, in accordance with police.
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