Japan news 26/5

• Padding up in the paddies puts some samurai swagger into genteel old game
• J.League star arrested for stealing woman's panties
• 'Multi-sexy idol' Sawamoto arrested for flashing
• More charges facing pub operator who brokered fake marriages for Russian hostesses
• Man told to find religion faces charges for dumping Buddhist altar on roadside
• Arrests made of trio suspected in unsolved Kochi killing
• Cop faces charges for letting off teen bully to cover up own misdeeds
• Sea angels found outside natural habitat in Miyagi Prefecture
• Celebrity couple calls it quits
• Niigata town subsidizes purchases of black enka singer's tune
• Riot squad cop commits suicide in Narita Airport toilet
• AWOL GSDF member suspected of role in cabbie killing found in Nagano
• Raw milk shortage driving butter, cheese prices skyward
• 10 Myanmar demonstrators injured in scuffle with Japan police outside embassy