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OTSU -- A former assistant nurse who was acquitted in a retrial after serving more than a decade in prison over the death of a patient was urged by a district court here not to wear an "Innocence Project" T-shirt during her subsequent damages suit, it has been learned.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to open a hotline for male sex victims possibly in September as part of emergency steps unveiled Wednesday, with Japan's top male talent agency hit by sexual abuse claims surfacing against its late founder Johnny Kitagawa.

Exploring the scene at the 2023 edition of BitSummit.

The person to ever sit the longest on death row - 55 years - is still alive in Japan. And attorneys say they can prove his innocence.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A delegation of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday spoke with former members of Japan's top male talent agency Johnny & Associa

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The population of Japanese nationals fell 801,000 in 2022 from a year earlier to 122,423,038, marking the largest drop and the first

The case is likely the first time an outing has been recognized as a work-related injury.

The Chinese embassy in Japan said on Monday that NATO's plan to expand into the Asia-Pacific violates U.N. rules and hoped Japan, in its interaction with NATO, would refrain from actions that undermine trust among countries in the region.

A pamphlet aimed at new moms in Japan set off a social media firestorm in Japan when it asked men what they wanted most from their wives.

Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have detained a 39-year-old woman who called them on Monday to say that she had killed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter According to police, the woman called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. Monday and said she had stabbed her two children, Kyodo News reported.…

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.

SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A Sapporo doctor and his daughter were arrested Monday on suspicion of beheading a man and carrying his head out of a hotel in the

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

NAGOYA -- A 30-year-old man here who claims to "have caught about 50 video voyeurs" has been arrested for allegedly taking an upskirt video.

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

Japanese weather officials say the rainy season appears to have ended in three regions west of Tokyo.

Japan's Diet has passed a new law designed to create a more secure working environment for freelancers.

Partying tourists, a busy fish market and and global businesses all play a part in a world most of us sleep through.

OSAKA -- A 40-year-old man died here after he was apparently shot in the head by a water cannon on July 14 while he was setting up a music event venue

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.

The neighborhood of Otsuka is very different from what it once was--and even more so without its most iconic building.

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