Offices raided over Ayumi Hamasaki's crowded Tokyo event

Wednesday 10th June, 01:09 PM JST

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timeon at 03:08 PM JST - 10th June

actually, I do believe that Japanese pop singers and tarento are serious crimes
tkoind2 at 03:16 PM JST - 10th June

So what!!!!

If the cops here spent as much time trying to solve crime as they do just being a barrier to just about everything, then maybe Japan would return to being a safe country again.
chotto at 03:31 PM JST - 10th June

No doubt the SWAT teams were out in force for this one!
GOROZO at 04:01 PM JST - 10th June

Japanese police often raid selebrities to increase the budget.
bamboohat at 04:22 PM JST - 10th June

wow, a bunch of people rushed out on to the street to see a pop star, and the cops raid the offices two months later. I guess the crack J-police wanted to make sure they had all the evidence correctly analyzed. This sounds like something out of Monty Python sketch.

"Right, we're from the ministry of proper sidewalk usage...."
herefornow at 04:39 PM JST - 10th June

My God, is spontaneous fun against the law here? So they blocked a little traffic -- what could possibly justify raiding someone's office for that?
TokyoGas at 05:20 PM JST - 10th June

2 months later? Just give them a fine and tell them to get a permit in the future. What a waste of man power.
Nessie at 05:33 PM JST - 10th June

Another time I actually ended-up cycling into a film set during recording, because the idiots hadn't secured the area properly with warnings before filming ! The director did not look amused, the idiot.

Is that you, Borat?
nisegaijin at 05:48 PM JST - 10th June

Is there a law that prevents a celebrity from hosting a free event? What kind of gestapo crap is this? Is this how they use my taxes?
northlondon at 06:29 PM JST - 10th June

Is that you, Borat?

Think you vary much. How much ?
thepro at 06:38 PM JST - 10th June

Better check all their bikes while you are there too. Who knows what criminal bike thieves are working at Avex!
Den Den at 11:37 PM JST - 10th June

Raided??? helicopters, tear gas, percussion grenades, satellite imagery, street closures, bomb-squad robots, I hope they catch these evil people who made pedestrians walk on our roads!
Pump24 at 01:41 AM JST - 11th June

I spent an hour last night watching a telethon show dedicated to finding missing persons. Maybe there would be less missing if the cops didn't waste their time on useless seiges like this. Way to go, guys.
Jericho8 at 06:49 AM JST - 11th June

Whats the point of this?
DaDude at 10:01 AM JST - 11th June

Wow! because that area of Shibuya is always peaceful with no people?