A relatively strong earthquake with an epicenter off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture struck before sunrise on March 1, rattling many from their sleep in the predawn hour. The quake at around ...

A teenager in Japan fell from a shopping centre rooftop, landing on and killing a pedestrian, prompting her posthumous ...

Many argued that pursuing charges against the dead teenager is unnecessary and a misallocation of resources, as it serves no ...

MINAMI-BOSO, Chiba Prefecture--A soft-serve milk ice cream topped with generous slices of raw whale meat. Anyone? Hanamaru ...

An anonymous 17-year-old teen will be prosecuted by the absurd legal system of Japan for taking the life of a 31-year-old ...

Santa Claus arrived in Japan on Nov. 29, not on a sleigh led by Rudolph, but on a commercial flight from Finland, known as ...

With just one month remaining in 2024, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo is preparing a gigantic straw rope decoration for the New ...

TOKYO (SCMP): A decision by Japanese authorities to prosecute a 17-year-old girl whose suicide resulted in another woman’s ...

Two men and an underage boy have been arrested for allegedly attempting to break into a residence in the Chiba Prefecture ...

Rengo will demand an increase of 4% or more in pay scale in addition to a regular wage rise of 2%, for a total raise of at ...

We meet Peruvian Estela Nakazaki and her daughter Namiko, both working in elderly care in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, and ...