Amid a spate of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, there were also suspected related cases in Tochigi Prefecture and ...

A group of 16 Japanese young people is suing utility firms over their carbon emissions, in the latest case worldwide of ...

TOKYO — A man threw several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo Saturday, then crashed his car ...

Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial last ...

The lawsuit centered on whether the parents' decision to acquire British citizenship for the child could be regarded as a ...

The case could rekindle a debate around abolishing the death penalty in Japan. The court found that evidence was fabricated and planted by investigators and that Hakamada was not the culprit ...

A new liberty order, promised two months ago by the top U.S. commander in Japan following alleged cases of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault by U.S. troops, takes effect Tuesday.

The number of cases where companies in Japan went under due to labor shortages stemming from factors including employee ...

Japan has so far said very little about the case, but Hideki Tokoro, president of the main whaling company Kyodo Senpaku, told AFP last month that Watson should face justice in Japan for his ...

On Saturday, a man threw several firebombs at the headquarters of Japan's ruling party in Tokyo. No reports of injuries have ...