Robert Takata is unlike any of his predecessors. The 48-year-old is the first Japanese-Dominican to be appointed as the ...

Tokyo police have arrested three individuals in connection with suspected money laundering. The three, including Hayashi Meio ...

The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will designate in advance local governments that will dispatch relief ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Adventure-seekers can enjoy a blend of excitement and natural beauty in Hinohara village aboard a nine-passenger monorail ...

Two men suspected of direct involvement in a home invasion in Yokohama in October 2024 in which a 75-year-old man was fatally ...

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police last week announced the arrest of five Japanese men for allegedly committing ...

Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

Police in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture have arrested a 34-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on the grounds of a vacant house last September. According ...

In Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a place that Filipino women living in Japan call "our home." The support ...