A Japanese man has been arrested under a rarely used 19th-century law against duelling after a late-night street fight in Tokyo that police say was arranged in advance left another man dead, fuelling wider concern about Japan’s violent amateur fight culture online.
Police said Fuzuki Asari, 26, from Yachiyo in Chiba prefecture, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of duelling and causing injury resulting in death under a statute enacted 137 years ago.
The case centres on a late-night...
Fatal Tokyo fist-fight leads to rare duelling charge and fears over amateur fight culture
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Source: scmp.com

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