Japan’s crime rate rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, propelled by a record-breaking fraud wave and an increase in ...

Results of the survey show close to two-thirds of respondents said they felt 'dissatisfied' or 'uncomfortable' during ...

The Pentagon’s inspector general has initiated a review of how US military personnel in Japan complied with policies on preventing and addressing violent crimes after reports of sexual assaults in the ...

Japan has about 123 million people. In some years, gun deaths can be counted on one hand. In 2021, just one person was killed by a gun in the entire country. So how is that possible? The answer isn't ...

TOKYO -- Some 737,679 criminal cases were recorded by police across Japan in 2024, marking an about 4.9% rise over 2023 and a third straight year of increases, the National Police Agency (NPA) ...

The British law was introduced after the murder of a teenager who was killed with a ninja sword near his home in 2022 Britain's ban on ninja swords has sparked a debate in Japan on knife ownership and ...