Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has commented on the death sentence in China handed down to a man charged in connection with a knife attack on a bus carrying Japanese schoolchildren.

Japanese government spokesman Hayashi Yoshimasa said that members of the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army visited their Japanese counterparts and senior Japanese defense ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will attend the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Additionally, Foreign Minister Hayashi is expected to lay the groundwork for ...

Saif Ali Khan was attacked in his house on Thursday. NEW DELHI: As some reports claimed the involvement of Lawrence Bishnoi's gang behind the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan at his residence ...

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A woman repeatedly raped as a child by a depraved Asian grooming gang has demanded Prime Minister Keir Starmer launch a national inquiry into the scandal – claiming past investigations have not ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the agreement should be implemented "steadily and sincerely," adding that Japan will make diplomatic efforts to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian ...

Then, in January 2013, came the gang rape for which he has finally been brought to justice. Robinho and five friends were attending a Brazilian music night at a Milan nightclub when they assaulted ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has described the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a crucial step toward Japan's goal of improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza and easing ...

Photographs and Video by Noriko Hayashi Supported by By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Before Marie Kondo captured the world’s attention with her exhortations to rid ...

Swift police action led to the arrest of four suspects, aged between 22 and 44, in a pre-dawn highway robbery on Tuesday, January 14, where truck parts worth R50,000 were stolen and crew members ...

Cooper also said she had asked Baroness Louise Casey, who wrote a report into child exploitation in Rotherham in 2015, to oversee a rapid audit of the current scale and nature of gang-based ...