Death penalty sought for man charged with killing Chinese sisters in Yokohama
Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded the death penalty for a 40-year-old man accused of killing two Chinese sisters and leaving their bodies stuffed in travel bags in a wooded area southwest of Tokyo last summer. Tatsuya Iwasaki allegedly strangled Chen Baolan, 25, and her sister Chen ...
Ex-nurse sent to prosecutors over suspicious death of elderly patient
A 31-year-old former nurse was turned over to prosecutors Monday after being arrested Saturday for allegedly murdering an elderly patient in 2016 at a Yokohama hospital where three other patients also died under suspicious circumstances, police said. Ayumi Kuboki has admitted to killing Sozo Nishikawa, ...
A culinary tour of Yokohama, the historical juncture of Western-Japanese fusion
Several of Japan's beloved Western-style dishes, such as doria and Napolitan spaghetti, originated in the culinary melting pot of Yokohama.
Man flees after fatal knife attack at Yokohama housing complex
One man is dead and two others, his wife and son, are injured after a knife attack early Thursday at a housing complex in Yokohama, police said. The male suspect fled the scene after attacking Koji Endo, 61, his wife, Kyoko, 61, and their son, ...
Citizens from Japan and overseas take initiative to join worldwide war on plastic waste
Faced with shops full of food and other goods swathed in plastic, families across the world are trying to reduce its use and recycle wherever possible to lower its impact on the environment. People from Yokohama to Athens are trying to play their part as ...
Yokohama to get aerial gondolas ahead of 2020 Olympics
Private-sector companies with the backing of the Yokohama Municipal Government plan to build seaside aerial gondolas in the port city, aiming to attract tourists coming from abroad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Senyo Kogyo Co., the Osaka-based amusement ride manufacturer that operates the Yokohama Cosmo ...
World champion Flora Duffy won the World Series Triathlon event in Yokohama on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack early in the 10-km race to claim her second consecutive title in Japan. Duffy won in a time of 1 hour, 53 minutes, 26 seconds. She ...
Ribatei: No pretension here, just satisfying yakitori
Ribatei might be located in a grittier part of Yokohama, but the yakitori third-generation owner-chef Tomotsugu Sakakibara serves is nothing to scoff at.
Sparta: All the Greek classics, with Mediterranean charm
Yokohama's Sparta has been around a while and has the Greek food chops to prove it.
Couple arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport for attempting to smuggle meth worth ¥1.8 billion
A 43-year-old man and his 34-year-old wife have been arrested at Tokyo's Haneda airport on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine with an approximate street value of ¥1.8 billion ($16.7 million), police and customs officials said Monday. The amount, about 30 kilograms, is the largest haul Japanese ...
Chandru G. Advani, 1924-2018: 'Uncle' to Japan's Indian community
Dada Chandru left his mark in the fields of business, bilateral ties and in the hearts of Indians and Japanese whose lives he touched.
One injured as explosion sets Yokohama chemical factory on fire
A man was seriously injured in Yokohama Monday when an explosion set off a fire at an agricultural chemicals factory, police said. The fire broke out at around 9 a.m. at a five-story factory run by SDS Biotech K.K. about 800 meters south of JR ...
