Sadistic videos posted online this year showing a man abusing a toy poodle have sparked revulsion among some viewers and calls by activists for changes to the law. The seven videos show an unidentified man beating the dog, kicking it, dropping it on the floor and hurling it against furniture. ...
The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Makoto Hirata against a nine-year ...
Wakayama plans to introduce an ordinance to restrict the sale of dangerous knives, following the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old ...
In the brutal murder of a 13-year-old boy on the banks of the Tama River in Kawasaki, the victim, Ryoto Uemura, joined the three teenage suspects on the night of the slaying without knowing the group included the 18-year-old boy he was afraid of ...
An 18-year-old youth arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old boy along the Tama River in Kawasaki has admitted to his role in the slaying, saying he used a box cutter to kill the boy, investigative sources said Monday. Two 17-year-old boys also ...
The involvement of three teen-aged suspects in the death of a boy in Kawasaki is fueling debate about the anonymity granted to minors in cases of this kind.
The government will ask 48 entities in charge of key pieces of infrastructure to help it take countermeasures against cyberthreats, an official said Sunday. The 48 entities designated by the basic law on cybersecurity enacted last November include Nippon Telegram and Telephone Corp., operators ...
One of three teenagers being interrogated in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Kawasaki boy tells police the ringleader threatened him, too, with death.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it has reached a settlement with a former Japanese stockbroker over his role in the massive accounting fraud at Olympus Corp. Hajime Sagawa, a former employee of a major Japanese securities company and now a U.S. resident, ...
Two U.S. Marines were arrested Saturday for allegedly trespassing the previous day in Okinawa Prefecture, police said. The two suspects, Sgt. Richard Hart and Lance Cpl. Justinkainoa Kealanahele, are suspected of entering the balcony of an apartment in the town of Kin around 10:45 ...
Three male teenagers were arrested Friday on suspicion of stabbing to death a 13-year-old boy in Kawasaki last week, investigative sources said. The eldest of the three, an 18-year-old resident believed to be the main suspect, told investigators he wishes to remain silent, while ...
Prosecutors on Friday demanded life imprisonment for a Chinese man accused of killing two people and wounding seven others at an oyster processing plant in Hiroshima Prefecture in March 2013. Chen Shuangxi, 32, was a frustrated trainee at Kawaguchi Suisan in Etajima when he ...
A care worker was arrested Friday for allegedly using a knife to inflict several cuts on a 100-year-old woman at a nursing home in the city of Toyama, police said. Satomi Kamata, 22, of Toyama, is suspected of attacking the resident of Sanjuen Home ...
Police will soon question several boys at once in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old boy in Kawasaki last week, investigative sources said Thursday. The boys surfaced after security footage taken near where Ryota Uemura was found dead along the Tama River ...
In a first, the Supreme Court backs sexual harassment penalties issued by an Osaka aquarium, overturning a high court ruling.
