{
  "id": 14884938,
  "title": "Mie Pref. Enacts Japan's 1st Ordinance Penalizing Customer Harassment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/mie-pref-enacts-japans-1st-ordinance-penalizing-customer-harassment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:03:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101600152/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Mie prefectural assembly on Friday enacted an ordinance imposing penalties for customer harassment, or nuisance behavior by customers toward employees, in the central Japan prefecture. The ordinance, which will take effect on April 1 next year, was approved at a plenary assembly session. According to the prefectural government, it is the first ordinance in J...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}