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

More youths are feeling isolated in Japan, and some among them will not hesitate to carry out acts of extreme violence, ...

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

A name on a forgotten medicine bag at a crime scene has led to the arrest of a suspect in a series of burglaries across two ...

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

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

The father of a 15-year-old student arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly woman who was found stabbed in a street in ...

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

About 35 Okinawa civilian and U.S. military leaders met in a promised forum at Camp Foster to discuss cooperative measures to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...