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Tokyo police are hunting for two men who fled after a stolen vehicle they were traveling in crashed onto a sidewalk during a ...

Around 90 "ninjas" gathered in Koka City on Monday to battle for the title of Japan's top shadow warrior at the 43rd All ...

Hyogo Prefectural Police have arrested a 49-year-old fisherman after he allegedly groped a woman inside a local amusement ...

Police have arrested a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi and four others for allegedly kidnapping a woman and attempting to force ...

TOKYO (TR) – A man appearing to be a foreigner suddenly collapses to the floor on a train traveling through Yamanashi Prefecture. A female student who reaches out to help him get up seems confused.

Police in Yonago City have arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly vandalizing a love hotel room and making off with two ...

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Russian authorities have detained a Japanese reporter working for the Hokkaido Shimbun on suspicion of espionage ...

KAGAWA (TR) – Kagawa Prefectural Police have re-arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly trespassing onto residential ...

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Shizuoka Prefectural Police have re-arrested a 56-year-old former accounting chief on suspicion of embezzling approximately ...