The city of Nagano in northern Japan is on high alert following a fatal stabbing near its main railway station last Wednesday ...

Japan's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with committing a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a middle school student in 2015, citing his failure to ...

Authorities pieced together the suspect's movements using security footage and citizen tip-offs, ultimately tracking him down ...

Heavy snow is pounding many parts of Japan, with the severe conditions expected to continue through Sunday. Weather officials ...

People in France have enjoyed sampling wines from Japan at a tasting event in Burgundy. Fifty wineries from Japanese ...

Too much weight and stubborn body fats are too hard to get rid of. So much so that it becomes a stressful, too-much sit ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

The Japanese yen strengthened on Thursday, reaching a nearly two-month high as Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Naoki Tamura ...