TOKYO (TR) – Authorities have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly scrawling graffiti at the Imperial Palace while it was ...

Japanese authorities had a strong sense of crisis. Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s 3rd Investigation ...

On December 20, a woman believed to be a foreigner was spotted feeding birds on display at Ueno Zoo in Taito Ward without permission. When a man saw this and warned her, the woman reportedly assaulted ...

TOKYO (TR) – Following revelations that a former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank employee stole over 1 billion yen worth of valuables ...

TOKYO (TR) – An elderly man choked on a sticky mochi rice cake at a residence in Itabashi Ward on Tuesday and died, reports ...

CHIBA (TR) – A man in custody in connection with a murder-arson case in which a couple was fatally stabbed and nearby ...

SHIZUOKA (TR) – Shizuoka Prefectural Police have arrested 25-year-old woman for allegedly giving birth and abandoning the ...

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a woman over the alleged killing of her son at their home in Ebina ...

TOKYO (TR) – Monday marked the 24th anniversary of the murders of four members of a family at their residence in Setagaya ...

TOKYO (TR) – Nine people were rushed to hospitals in the capital after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes over the three-day New Year holidays. Two of the victims were later confirmed dead.

As with choking accidents, many people who eat mochi are elderly. At Dr. Ishihara’s clinic, intestinal obstruction is most ...

NAGANO (TR) – A male backcountry skier from Tokyo died on Monday after he became covered in snow and was able to move outside ...