Police said an officer had stopped the unnamed monk, who is in his 40s, on a road in Fukui prefecture in western Japan earlier this year and told him he could not drive in his “constricting” sōi robes.
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“Japanese police said the rate of fatal accidents attributed to drivers over 75 stood at 7.7 per 100,000 license holders in 2017, more than double the number for those below 75.”
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Akihito also referred to foreign workers, saying he hoped that "the Japanese people will be able to warmly welcome as members of our society those who come to Japan to work".
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The court wouldn’t extend his detention so the police just rearrested him to keep him longer in jail...
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