Tokyo police have arrested five Malaysian nationals for allegedly smuggling large quantities of cocaine into Japan by hiding ...

A major host club group has pushed back against allegations of extreme violence following the sudden death and suspected ...

AICHI (TR) – The father of a 23-year-old woman who was crushed to death in July when a suicidal man plunged from an 11th-floor balcony has launched a petition demanding the jumper face murder charges, ...

In Japan’s notoriously youth-obsessed adult video (AV) and nightlife industries, a woman's career trajectory is dictated by a ...

Despite making a living by baring it all on camera, AV actress Nanoka Hatsumi used to be too embarrassed to even visit a public bath ...

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Two female nurses at a hospital in Matsudo City have been dismissed after taking unauthorized videos of bedridden patients ...

Kyoto Prefectural Police have arrested a former head priest and two accomplices for allegedly taking over a 300-year-old ...

At around 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, the victim, a woman in her 50s, was about to leave her apartment in the Kiyohara area of ...

Police in Fukuoka City have arrested a woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed her married lover ...

Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is expanding its investigation into a suspected price-fixing cartel orchestrated by the ...

NMB48 member Mako Sakashita on Saturday became the first female runner in 25 years to win the grueling "Akasaka 5-chome Mini ...