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On August 7, Yasukuni Shrine announced the prohibition of visitors from entering the precincts wearing "cosplay costumes" or "military attire"
Police in Takamatsu City have served a fresh arrest warrant on a 34-year-old Filipino English teacher for allegedly committing an indecent act a…
Prosecutors in Nagasaki City have indicted a 41-year-old waterproofing contractor for violently assaulting an employee who attempted to quit his…
Chiba police have arrested five men, including a yakuza member, on suspicion of prowling around a former jewelry store in Chiba Prefecture in pr…
An city councilman in Muroran City is facing calls to resign after being caught on tape pressuring municipal officials to leak confidential publ…
Police have arrested a 44-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of blackmailing, sexually assaulting and filming a high school girl he met via so…
Philippine immigration authorities have detained a 38-year-old Japanese fugitive who practically handed himself over by walking into an office i…
Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested eight Vietnamese nationals on suspicion of possessing stimulants inside a karaoke parlor in Osaka City
An Osaka Prefectural Police officer on Wednesday fatally shot a man wielding a bladed weapon at a supermarket in Kawachinagano City
The Nara District Court has handed suspended prison sentences to four individuals for their roles in operating an illegal remote pachinko gambli…
Ibaraki police are searching for a pair of brazen thieves caught on camera prying a water heater from a residence in Kashima City in the dead of…
Tokyo police have arrested a former Japanese Olympic weightlifter for allegedly assaulting a convenience store clerk and breaking his finger aft…
The Tokyo District Court earlier this month sentenced a man to a prison term for sexually assaulting a woman in a chilling "rape-for-hire" plot
Tokyo police have arrested a senior yakuza gang member and three accomplices over an attempt to extort 2 million yen from a man in the Akabane n…
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 36-year-old company employee for allegedly severely beating a man and demanding cash following a traff…
Tokyo police have re-arrested the former director of a disbanded non-profit organization (NPO) for allegedly mediating an illicit organ transpla…
Hyogo police have arrested a 41-year-old doctor for the third time on suspicion of stealing gym clothes from a high school girl's bag on a crowd…
Authorities here have detained more than 50 foreigners, including five Japanese nationals, during a raid on a hotel suspected of operating as a…