The death toll in Kyushu rose to 11 on Friday as flooding and mudslides caused by the torrential rain over the past couple of days continued. While a flood warning was issued in Kitakyushu, evacuation orders remained in effect for about 191,000 people in nearby ...
Search and rescue efforts continued Thursday as torrential rain devastated parts of Kyushu. Six people were confirmed dead and at least four were missing in Fukuoka Prefecture following massive flooding and mudslides. In Oita Prefecture, 15 people can't be contacted and are feared missing as ...
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso violated the ministers' guidelines recommending against the purchase or sale of golf club memberships while in office, a parliamentary report showed Monday. An official at Aso's office said the deputy prime minister "should have refrained from" buying ...
The Japanese underworld loves gold — it has been the analog bitcoin of crime syndicates in recent years. The origins of gold are difficult to trace, and the material is easy to convert into cash and store. Crime syndicates are increasingly smuggling it, stealing ...
Prosecutors on Thursday charged a policeman with murdering his wife earlier this month at their home in Fukuoka Prefecture, where their two children were also found dead. Mitsuru Nakata, a 38-year-old sergeant with the prefectural police, is accused of strangling his wife Yukiko, also 38, ...
A 90-year-old triple murderer, reportedly the oldest prisoner on death row, has choked to death on his own vomit at a prison in Fukuoka Prefecture, the government said Monday. Takeshige Hamada was convicted of killing three people in the prefecture for insurance money over a ...
A police sergeant in Fukuoka Prefecture becomes a suspect in the slaying of his own family as contradictions in the evidence pile up.
A mother and her two elementary school children were found dead Tuesday in their home in Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, with the police saying they have started a murder investigation.
U.K. citizen residents of Japan offer their thoughts on the British general election in the wake of terrorist attacks on London and Manchester.
A police officer in Aichi Prefecture is suspected of leaking information on last year's massive gold bar theft in Fukuoka to a suspect before 10 people were recently arrested in connection with the case, investigative sources said Friday. The 10 were arrested in May over ...
Three foreign members of the Fukuoka tech entrepreneur community discuss whether the city's efforts to style itself as an international startup hub are paying off.
Six people are held in connection with last July’s brazen gold bar heist by fake police officers in Fukuoka, and more arrests are expected.
