{"id":180898,"date":"2026-11-13T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T02:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180898&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T02:07:31","slug":"loan-sharking-suspects-allegedly-sent-unwanted-yakitori-to-a-borrower","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/loan-sharking-suspects-allegedly-sent-unwanted-yakitori-to-a-borrower\/","title":{"rendered":"Loan-sharking suspects allegedly sent unwanted yakitori to a borrower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka police rearrested five people on suspicion of illegal lending, NHK reported on Nov. 12. The group allegedly charged a 57-year-old Tokyo man more than 10 times the legal interest limit on loans made in February and March. Some members are also suspected of arranging an unsolicited \u00a520,000 yakitori delivery to a restaurant as repayment harassment. Police say a false fire report was also made after repayment fell behind. Investigators believe the group lent money to at least 1,000 people. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261112de75069\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18498185&#038;ymd=2026-11-12\" target=\"_blank\">KBC 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\/11\/fnn_yakitori-on-grill_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_yakitori-on-grill_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_yakitori-on-grill_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_yakitori-on-grill_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/fnn_yakitori-on-grill_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: KBC News<\/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>Fukuoka police rearrested five people on suspicion of illegal lending, NHK reported on Nov. 12. The group allegedly charged a 57-year-old Tokyo man more than 10 times the legal interest limit on loans made in February&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180898","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180898","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=180898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}