National May 15, 2022
Misaki Ogura disappeared shortly after arriving at the campsite in the village of Doshi with her family in September 2019.
National / Crime & Legal May 13, 2022
DNA results suggest skull fragment likely linked to missing Yamanashi girl
To examine the skull fragment, the Yamanashi police employed a method called mitochondrial DNA testing that looks into the subject's maternal blood relations.
National May 5, 2022
Clothing and apparent bone found near Yamanashi site linked to missing schoolgirl
Misaki Ogura, then an elementary school first grader, went missing from a campsite in September 2019 after following other children who went to a nearby river.
National Apr 27, 2022
Human bones found near Yamanashi campsite where girl disappeared in 2019
Police work to determine if remains belong to 9-year-old who disappeared from a mountainside campsite over two and a half years ago.
National / Crime & Legal | FOCUS Apr 11, 2022
Following law change, Japanese media name a 19-year-old suspect for first time
Under the revised juvenile law, media outlets are now allowed to disclose the names and photographs of alleged offenders age 18 and 19 once they are indicted.
National Feb 14, 2022
Snowfall could reach 30 centimeters in Yamanashi Prefecture, 20 cm in Nagano and the western part of Kanagawa, and 8 cm in central Tokyo.
National Dec 26, 2021
The Japan Tourism Agency is conducting trials at five locations to promote local revitalization through new tourism services using digital technologies.
National Dec 3, 2021
Pair of quakes shake Japan and prompt fears of more seismic activity to come
by Alex K.T. Martin
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolted eastern Yamanashi at around 6:30 a.m., which was followed by a magnitude 5.4 temblor in Wakayama three hours later.
Business / Tech Oct 14, 2021
The drones are coming: Unmanned machines fly to rural Japan's rescue
by Alex K.T. Martin
Aging and shrinking communities in the nation’s countryside are looking to the sky for essential deliveries.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 13, 2021
Teen arrested for attacking girl in Yamanashi hints at involvement in arson
A 19-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a girl the previous day in a house in Kofu, west of Tokyo, shortly before the house burned down in a suspected arson incident that killed two people presumed to be the girl's parents.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 12, 2021
Couple indicted for murder of Tokyo high school girl in August
The couple were arrested on Aug. 31 on suspicion of abandoning the girl's body, after the police apprehended them a day before in Nagano Prefecture.
National Jul 1, 2021
Mount Fuji opens to climbers for summer after closure amid virus
With virus countermeasures in place, the most popular of the four routes up the 3,776-meter volcano was opened on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the world heritage site.