The Fukuoka Prefectural Police have filed charges against a man in his 30s from Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, who allegedly illegally discarded 585 CDs of the girls pop group AKB48 on a mountain, it was learned Tuesday. The police turned over to the prosecutor's office Monday ...

The operator of a Tokyo dating service is taken into custody under suspicion of hiring a female high school student who then allegedly had paid sex with a 45-year-old customer.

The man whose road rage led to two deaths on an expressway had a history of aggressive and menacing behavior behind the wheel.

A court orders the government to pay damages to residents around the U.S. Yokota Air Base over aircraft noise while dismissing the plaintiffs’ calls to halt some flights.

Police arrested a woman on Tuesday for alleged vandalism at a building in the historically important Zenkoji Temple complex in Nagano Prefecture, while also looking into her possible connection with other graffiti found there. The 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion that she made x-marks ...

In second ruling of its kind among 30 similar lawsuits, court says 3/11 quake and tsunami were foreseeable.

For over a decade, retired elementary school teacher Kimiko Iino has been involved in the rehabilitation of parolees, regularly inviting them into her home to provide guidance on probation rules and to listen to their concerns. Iino, a volunteer probation officer and president of the ...

Police have launched an investigation into vandalism following the discovery of graffiti at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano. Part of the temple is designated as a national treasure. Officials at the temple contacted police Sunday, and they later found at least 30 marks, ...