The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Masafumi Tabuchi, who contested the Tokyo No. 26 constituency in the election for ...

A joint police task force on Nov. 27 raided facilities at four locations in three prefectures related to a suspected ...

MIE (TR) – On November 24, 1998, journalist Noriko Tsujide, then 24, left the Ise City office of publisher employing her at ...

The government of this central Japan city will introduce a system that automatically translates and displays conversations on ...

Some examples of violations include blowing on a victim’s neck, sniffing hair or intense staring. Read more at ...

Negotiators were struggling to reach a deal Saturday at UN climate talks in Baku. If they fail, it would not be the first ...

Police in Kyoto have arrested a 56-year-old woman on suspicion of stealing 74 million yen in cash from the second home of an 84-year-old man whom she was dating. Police said Yayoi Sakino is accused of ...

John Prescott, the Labour Party stalwart who rose from being a steward on a cruise ship to serving as deputy prime minister ...

The average life expectancy for a chimpanzee in captivity is 39.2 years, according to the Kyoto University Wildlife Research Center. "Over the last four years, Rosie was able to see her ...

According to South Korean media reports, police said Song was found dead at his home by a friend, who had plans to have lunch with the actor, on Tuesday (Nov 12) afternoon. The police added that there ...

Police said the raids were in response to an ... ahead of an expected cease-fire to end the 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah. KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Japan's cheap houses are ...

World News // 17 hours ago Japan's cheap homes offer promise with pitfalls KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Japan's cheap houses are drawing a large buzz of attention around the world. While they ...