By SHOKO MIFUNE/ Staff Writer
December 18, 2023 at 18:42 JST
A male Thai national, seen in back, is caught red-handed on suspicion of violating the Tokyo metropolitan government’s nuisance prevention ordinance. He was surrounded by investigators just before entering a hotel with a man in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 7. (Shoko Mifune)
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