Four days before being fatally stabbed, the victim called the prefectural police to talk about being stalked but hung up ...

MITO -- A man suspected of murdering his pregnant former girlfriend in this eastern Japan city in December 2025 after stalking her was arrested Jan. 2･･･ ...

A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly killing his former girlfriend at her apartment northeast of Tokyo on New Year's Eve, police said, after the victim had consulted police about being stalked ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday (Jan 14) for allegedly leaving his two-year-old son inside a washing machine, ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan emperor wishes for peace in New Year's poem TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his hope for ...

Analysis of the medical records of 1,269 elderly patients with advanced cancer by researchers at University of Tsukuba has found that more than 70% were prescribed potentially inappropriate ...

A man in his 20s was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering a 31-year-old female nail artist in Mito on Dec. 31.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for leaving his 2-year-old son inside a washing machine, causing him to suffocate ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after his 2-year-old son died by suffocation after falling into a washing machine last April in Ibaraki Prefecture. Yuki Yamaguchi, a temp worker in Tsuchiura, ...

MITO, (Japan): A female nail technician was found bleeding and collapsed inside her apartment in Mito. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital on Wednesday (Dec 31). She had a wound on her neck ...

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

Brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman (British, b.1966; b.1962) are sculptors, printmakers, and installation artists who work together as a duo. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in ...