Dispute panel dismisses Okinawa complaint over U.S. base relocation
A dispute resolution panel has rejected a complaint filed by the Okinawa governor over the central government's authorization in October of landfill work for the relocation of the Futenma air ...
Driver arrested after man fell from truck, having clung on for 6 km, in Miyagi road rage incident
Police say he should be charged with attempted murder.
South Korean lawyers to start sale of Nippon Steel's assets over wartime labor
Lawyers visiting from South Korea say they will soon liquidate assets seized from Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. in a wartime labor ruling to compensate the four plaintiffs.
Environmental campaigners have filed an unprecedented lawsuit in a bid to halt the so-called drive hunting of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, arguing that the practice is cruel and illegal. In drive hunting, fishermen force dolphins into a cove by beating on boats to disorient ...
Man arrested over stabbing of two, said to be former colleagues, near Korakuen Station
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing two people with a knife on a street near Tokyo Metro Co.'s Korakuen Station in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on Thursday night. The suspect, Takashi Kaneda, was arrested at the scene on attempted murder charges. The victims of ...
In a first, LGBT couples sue Japan over constitutionality of not recognizing same-sex marriage
“We’re not demanding anything special; we just want to have a chance to stand at the same starting line in our lives,” said one plaintiff.
Chiba father held over death of daughter served fresh arrest warrant for earlier alleged assault
A man held on suspicion of assaulting his 10-year-old daughter just before she died in late January was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday for allegedly assaulting her on another occasion about a month earlier, investigative sources said. Yuichiro Kurihara, 41, was initially arrested on ...
Japan's flamboyant 'Prince of Green Juice' arrested for alleged tax evasion
A flamboyant entrepreneur known as the "Prince of Green Juice" was arrested for alleged tax evasion on Tuesday. Tokyo prosecutors raided beauty and diet product company Media Hearts Co., which President Yuta Misaki set up in 2007, over the evasion of about ¥180 million in ...
Japanese man shot to death trying to save father in Belize robbery
A Japanese man has been shot to death and his father critically wounded by two armed men in Belize, according to the Japanese Embassy in Belmopan. The incident happened in Belize City, nation's largest city, at around 6 p.m. Thursday, embassy officials said. Local media identified ...
Man held in connection with Tokyo student's death re-arrested on murder charge
A 35-year-old man being held in connection with the death of a female university student whose body was found buried last month in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, was formally arrested Sunday on suspicion of her murder. Koichi Hirose, who was initially arrested on Jan. 31 for ...
Video shows Chiba girl who died following abuse begging for forgiveness, police say
Police have found a video believed to show the abuse of Mia Kurihara, the 10-year-old girl who died at her home last month, investigative sources said Saturday. Police have arrested the girl's father, Yuichiro, and her mother, Nagisa, in relation to the suspected abuse. Police are ...
An 85-year-old man who was imprisoned for a 1985 murder in Kumamoto Prefecture is expected to win an acquittal in a retrial of his case. In a hearing at the Kumamoto District Court on Friday, the defense proclaimed the innocence of Koki Miyata, while the ...
