{"id":180362,"date":"2026-10-16T11:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180362&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:30:44","slug":"two-men-fined-for-taking-1333-protected-hermit-crabs-on-amami","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/two-men-fined-for-taking-1333-protected-hermit-crabs-on-amami\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men fined for taking 1,333 protected hermit crabs on Amami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Naze Summary Court fined two Chinese nationals 500,000 yen each on Oct. 14 for illegally collecting protected land hermit crabs on Amami Oshima. The men, aged 33 and 28, took 1,333 crabs from coastal areas including Amami City in June 2026 without national permission. The crabs are designated national natural monuments and are protected under the cultural properties law. The judge described the offense as organized and highly malicious, finding that the men acted on instructions from accomplices in China. The court also took their expressions of remorse into account when imposing the fines. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kts-tv.co.jp\/news\/29036\/\" target=\"_blank\">KTS News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.livedoor.com\/article\/detail\/32564687\/\" target=\"_blank\">MBC News<\/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\/2026\/10\/fnn_protected-hermit-crabs-amami_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1312%2C988&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1312\" height=\"988\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_protected-hermit-crabs-amami_2026_cl.jpg?w=1312&amp;ssl=1 1312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_protected-hermit-crabs-amami_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_protected-hermit-crabs-amami_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_protected-hermit-crabs-amami_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: <a href=\"https:\/\/online.bunka.go.jp\/heritages\/detail\/203326\" target=\"_blank\">Cultural Heritage Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Naze Summary Court fined two Chinese nationals 500,000 yen each on Oct. 14 for illegally collecting protected land hermit crabs on Amami Oshima. The men, aged 33 and 28, took 1,333&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180362","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-amami","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180362","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}