A female business owner has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a tea ceremony class student of over 1.2 million yen in registration fees by lying to her about her qualification. The suspect is ...

Police in Niigata City have arrested a 61-year-old man on suspicion of fraud after he said he couldn’t pay his bill at a bar. According to police, the man ate and drank ¥10,120 worth of food and drink ...

Japanese prosecutors on Friday indicted Takashi Tachibana, head of a fringe political group known for his controversial public activities that have drawn media attention, for defaming a former ...

Last summer, we reported on an announcement by the police that a certain toy gun found in crane games across Japan was deemed a real gun. Honestly, it’s a little laughable, since even though the toy ...

A woman in her 60s living in Aichi Prefecture has been conned out of more than 80 million yen in cash and gold bars by someone she met on social media, following a false investment scheme. According ...

Ibaraki Prefectural Police have arrested a 75-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and murder after he allegedly stabbed a 73-year-old man to death and stole his car and wallet at a home in Kawachi, ...

A 9-month-old Japanese girl died earlier this month after sustaining critical injuries in a collision when a taxi carrying her and her family, who were sightseeing, veered into the opposite lane in ...

Police in Machida, Tokyo, have arrested a 79-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 100-year-old mother with whom he lived. Police said Masato Watanabe has admitted to the allegation and quoted him ...

Police in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of sexually molesting an 8-year-old girl by groping her. According to police, Norito Tsuzuki, who is an office ...

A car rammed into pedestrians in Tokyo on Monday, killing an 80-year-old man, while another was found without vital signs and nine others with injuries, police said. A 37-year-old man was arrested on ...

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a 37-year-old male acquaintance in the abdomen with a knife.

A 37-year-old woman has been arrested for attempting to set fire to the home of a 91-year-old man in Betsukai town, Hokkaido, where she worked as a caregiver. Police said Tomoyo Yoshida, a visiting ...