Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY/NAGOYA, Japan -- A Chinese organization allegedly used a base in Japan to smuggle chemicals to make the synthetic drug fentanyl for the U.S., a Nikkei investigation has found.

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

It’s well known that Japan’s washoku diet, which is rich in fish, soy beans and vegetables, is good for one's health. Now, a large-scale study says it may also help prevent depression.

As of the morning of June 26, 474 such earthquakes had been observed around the Tokara island chain. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Takahiro Shiraishi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing nine people he met on social media, was executed Friday — the first use of capital punishment in Japan in nearly three years ...

An historic building in Portland that was damaged this week when a drive crashed straight into it will be repaired. The building is an old one-room schoolhouse dating back to the 1800s.

“Japan represents a potential market for thermal energy storage due to high penetration of renewables and desires for sustainable solutions, and this collaboration will help us accelerate ...

Wales head for Japan hoping their Two-test trip will see them end their painful run of international defeats.

Although prospecting was undertaken as early as the 1850s in what became known as the Mammoth Mining District or the Old Hat Mining District, it was not until 1881 that ...

Check out Lark Mason Jr.'s appraisal of a Japanese Lacquer Box Signed Haritsuo, ca. 1800, in San Jose, Hour 1.

In February 1942, when the evacuation vessel Vyner Brooke was sunk off the coast of Sumatra, survivors who had fled Singapore just before the island surrendered to Japanese forces, struggled ...