{
  "id": 14907547,
  "title": "World : Central Japan Assembly Passes Japan's 1st Ordinance To Fine Abusive Customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/world-central-japan-assembly-passes-japans-1st-ordinance-to-fine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:22:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2621292"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "TSU (Japan), Oct 16 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- The central Japan prefecture of Mie on Friday enacted the country's first ordinance to impose penalties on abusive customers, such as fines of up to 500,000 yen (US$3,170) or penal detention if they fail to follow a prohibition order, Kyodo News reported.",
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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."
}