{"id":173653,"date":"2025-10-15T13:19:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173653&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:19:44","slug":"fukuoka-court-convicts-woman-for-food-tampering","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-court-convicts-woman-for-food-tampering\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Court Convicts Woman for Food Tampering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 70-year-old woman received a suspended sentence from the Fukuoka District Court for inserting stapler pins into yogurt and fried tofu sold at a Sawara Ward supermarket in May 2025. The court described the act as \u201cmalicious,\u201d noting it caused major disruption as the store withdrew products, contacted customers, and issued public apologies and warnings. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/2223375?display=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_stapler_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C908&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Court Convicts Woman for Food Tampering\" width=\"1400\" height=\"908\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_stapler_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_stapler_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_stapler_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_stapler_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 70-year-old woman received a suspended sentence from the Fukuoka District Court for inserting stapler pins into yogurt and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173653","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-sawara-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}