{
  "id": 18992675,
  "title": "Seven-Year-Old Taken Into Custody Over Shorinji Racing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/seven-year-old-taken-into-custody-over-shorinji-racing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T17:58:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151293.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police across Japan are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading social media trend known as \"Shorinji Racing,\" in which children and teenagers shout \"Shorinji\" outside police stations and police boxes before running away, with Osaka police recording approximately 280 related incidents and taking around 50 minors aged between 7 and 16 into protective custody or questioning them. (News On Japan)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}