In the bustling nightlife district near Osaka's Umeda area is a narrow street known for attracting women engaged in ...

Why were authorities unable to protect the life of a woman who repeatedly complained of being stalked? The police must ...

Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were ...

Japanese police and media say a man with a knife has slashed two passengers on a train stopping at a Tokyo subway station ...

Tokyo police said they had charged a man with attempted murder after an alleged knife attack on the subway that reportedly ...

The guests 'had asked the hotel to watch their suitcases, and the suitcases made a rustling noise,' a police official said.

A bag containing a body of unknown gender and age has been found inside a house in this city's Kawasaki Ward, sparking an ...

The protected crustaceans are popular as pets in China, leading to an increase in smugglers trying to capitalise on the trend ...

Police in Japan say a man was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into seven schoolchildren who were walking home TOKYO ...

A senior police official said the rise in fraudulent renovation work is largely due to a legal loophole over small-scale ...

Police in eastern Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture mistakenly arrested a Thai woman for not carrying her passport, failing to ...