Thai authorities took the 16-year-old boy into custody in Mae Sot, in northwestern Thailand, this month, and are looking into the details of the situation.

Fuzoku is a complex term to explain, and the two kanji characters that it’s written with aren’t very helpful. The first, 風, ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A record-high 279 people were accused by Japanese police of using online casinos in 2024, more than twice ...

The deceptively innocent scheme requires users to do one simple thing to earn some extra cash: take screenshots of videos.

THAILAND (TR) – Police here have arrested a 29-year-old Japanese man wanted in Japan for allegedly deceiving a high school ...

A ruling is expected later this month. The attack on Kishida came about a year after the assassination of former Prime ...

A former Japanese lawmaker was on Feb 3 given a three-year suspended jail term for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2024, ...

Self-checkout registers are supposed to be a win-win. Shoppers can quickly pay for their items and be on their way, and store ...

In a troubling reflection of Japan's aging population crisis, an 81-year-old woman named Akiyo resorted to theft to secure a ...

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

Japan's National Police Agency says the number of penal code offenses in the country last year topped 730,000 cases and ...