As Rintaro Sasaki begins his college baseball career at Stanford with all of Japan watching, he knows there will be growing ...

Public prosecutors demanded Monday that a 25-year-old man accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign ...

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 70-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she strangled an unemployed man in his 40s at his home. According to police, the incident ...

Hey Dada,” my six-year-old says. “When did Japan start believing in Pokemon?” It’s day three of our journey through the land of the rising sun and we’re getting to the big questions.

Landing on multiple must-visit lists for 2025, Osaka is also proving to be a hub for LGBTQ+ travelers thanks to its emerging ...

A zoo in Japan, Healing Pavilion, has banned solo male visitors after repeated incidents of harassment toward its female ...

FUKUOKA--A man convicted of sexually abusing his teenage stepdaughter was sentenced to seven years in prison on June 9 in a retrial here that hinged on the reliability of the girl's testimony.

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FUKUOKA -- A woman who allegedly squashed a sweet bun at a convenience store in Fukuoka, saying she was trying to check its firmness, was arrested Feb Full article The Mainichi on social media ...