Ukrainian YouTuber arrested in Japan over Fukushima livestream


A Ukrainian live streamer was arrested in an area declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, in the latest incident involving fame-seeking foreigners behaving badly in Japan. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

TOKYO (AFP): A Ukrainian YouTuber with more than 6.5 million subscribers has been arrested in Japan after livestreaming himself trespassing in a house in the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, police and media said Friday.

The arrest, which reportedly occurred in an area declared a no-go zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster, is the latest in a string of incidents involving fame-seeking foreigners behaving badly in Japan.

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