The group, linked to crimes in at least 10 prefectures, is believed to have sent stolen items to Vietnam for resale.

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The Shizuoka District Court last September acquitted Iwao Hakamata, ruling that investigation authorities had fabricated ...

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Several high-profile cases show some early limits to the billionaire's influence even as he has emerged as one of the ...

The number of visitors to Japan between January and September 2024 reached 26.88 million, setting a record-breaking pace.

Russian troops swept through swaths of Ukraine in early 2022 before being pushed back to its east and south. The 1,000 ...

The remarks by industry officials come after Tokyo and Brussels launched a new security and defense partnership earlier this ...

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A woman in her 70s was later reported injured in the town of Tsubata, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the prefectural ...

Several in Trump's team now see a direct approach from him, to build on a relationship that already exists, as most likely to ...