SAPPORO -- A human head was found on July 24 at the home of a doctor and his daughter, who were arrested in connection with the discovery of a decapitated body at a Sapporo hotel on July 2, investigative sources said.
TOKYO — Three people were hurt in a knife attack on a train in western Japan on Sunday, with police saying they had arrested a man for allegedly carrying out the stabbings. The victims — a
Three schoolgirls drowned in a river in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Friday while swimming on the first day of their summer vacation, local authorities said. The local sixth
Minakami has come a long way since the early days of its adventure tourism beginnings, but if it wants to last well into the future, regulation may be key.
“Whole,” a 2019 Japanese film directed by Bilal Kawazoe, has a scene in a ramen shop where a rude Japanese patron keeps pestering a fellow customer, a young biracial man, with questions.
A man in his 70s died after he was apparently pushed off a bridge in Osaka on Monday morning. According to police, the incident occurred at around 1:05 a.m. on Mikunibashi bridge which spans the Kanzaki River in Yodogawa Ward. Kyodo News reported that police received a call from a pedestrian…
Corporate bankruptcies rose in Japan in the first half of this year as some businesses struggled to pay back COVID relief loans. The number of firms going bust exceeded 4,000 for the first time in five years.