Japan's prisons are feeling the strain from the country's aging population.

The uprising “tokuryu” make millions from conning Japan’s ageing population. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

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 ...

After the arrest of a yakuza boss for his alleged role in supplying workers to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Plant, we are learning the details of how Japan’s nuclear industry relied on organized ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - When American Jake Adelstein arrived in Tokyo to study Japanese, martial arts and Buddhism two decades ago, he had no idea he would one day be fleeing, fearing for his life, ...

(AP) - Hundreds of records detailing sex-crime investigations involving U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan show most offenders were not incarcerated, suspects received light punishments after ...