Police in Seika, Kyoto Prefecture, on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old Swiss man who was wielding a knife on a train station platform. According to police, an employee at JR Hosono Station called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. and said there was a man on the platform holding a knife and… Read
Police in Takahama City, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her 91-year-old father at their home by not reporting his death. Police said Rina Yamamoto told them her father died about a month ago and that she didn’t know what to… Read
Prosecutors on Monday demanded a 15-year prison term for a man accused of attempted murder after a pipe bomb attack two years ago that targeted an election event attended by then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Ryuji Kimura, 25, is accused of hurling an explosive device at Kishida, who was walking… Read
Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who directed an Academy Award-nominated documentary detailing her own sexual assault, is facing further pain from theaters in her homeland that are refusing to screen her film due to legal concerns. Ito's former lawyer and others who represented her in the high-profile case have said the… Read
A Japanese woman whose Irish ex-husband has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her body was found in a Budapest apartment fire had previously reported she had been the subject of domestic violence to the Japanese Embassy in Hungary, her lawyer and supporters said Sunday. The 43-year-old woman had… Read
Gold smuggling cases are surging in Japan on the back of the rising price of the precious metal and the recovery of overseas tourists following the COVID-19 pandemic. Customs authorities are ramping up measures to tighten border controls as smuggling methods become more sophisticated, such as hiding powdered gold in… Read
A 26-year-old woman was attacked by a man at the entrance to her apartment building in Osaka on Sunday morning, police said. The incident occurred at around 6:30 a.m. at the building in Naniwa Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. The woman called 110 and told police that a man grabbed her… Read
Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 70-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she strangled an unemployed man in his 40s at his home. According to police, the incident occurred between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Saturday, NTV reported. Police said Kazuko Shirato is accused of… Read
Police in Saitama City have arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in death after he hit and killed an 87-year-old woman on Friday. According to police, the incident occurred at around 5:40 p.m. in Minuma Ward. Katsuko Chiba, who lives nearby, was found bleeding from her… Read
Four Japanese nationals have been detained in Thailand over their suspected involvement in a transnational scam operation based in neighboring Myanmar, Thai police said. The four, whom police identified as tourists, were held Wednesday in Mae Sot, a northwestern Thai city on the border with Myanmar, and are believed to… Read