Police later accused Yumi of murder. When explaining the incident to the press, Tokyo Metropolitan Police described Yuji as a ...

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are questioning actor Ryo Yoshizawa, 30, breaking into a neighboring apartment of his ...

TOKYO (TR) – Authorities have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly scrawling graffiti at the Imperial Palace while it was ...

Japanese authorities had a strong sense of crisis. Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s 3rd Investigation ...

On December 20, a woman believed to be a foreigner was spotted feeding birds on display at Ueno Zoo in Taito Ward without permission. When a man saw this and warned her, the woman reportedly assaulted ...

TOKYO (TR) – Monday marked the 24th anniversary of the murders of four members of a family at their residence in Setagaya ...

CHIBA (TR) – A man in custody in connection with a murder-arson case in which a couple was fatally stabbed and nearby ...

TOKYO (TR) – An elderly man choked on a sticky mochi rice cake at a residence in Itabashi Ward on Tuesday and died, reports ...

As with choking accidents, many people who eat mochi are elderly. At Dr. Ishihara’s clinic, intestinal obstruction is most ...

TOKYO (TR) – Nine people were rushed to hospitals in the capital after choking on sticky mochi rice cakes over the three-day New Year holidays. Two of the victims were later confirmed dead.

TOKYO (TR) – Following revelations that a former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank employee stole over 1 billion yen worth of valuables from safe deposit boxes, it has been discovered that the former employee sold ...