Steve Lee Hayes had carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

U.S., Japanese and South Korean naval forces exercised together in East Asian waters on Thursday in their most complex and ...

The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to ...

American tourist Steve Hayes was arrested on Wednesday ‘on suspicion of damaging property’ at the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

The biggest destinations of sake exports are now the U.S. and China, but sake officials think there is room for growth.

The Japanese army's fleet of hybrid-helicopter aircraft have been cleared to resume operations after being grounded following ...

The individuals were arrested on charges for extorting about ¥2 million in cash from four male customers in their 20s to 40s ...

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

Suspect Steve Lee Hayes, 65, allegedly carved letters into the wooden pillar of one of the shrine's torii gates.

A 65-year-old American tourist was arrested for allegedly etching letters onto a traditional wooden gate at a Tokyo shrine, police said Thursday, the latest example of bad behaviour by visitors ...

Japan ranked a record low 92nd in the 2024 English proficiency ranking of 116 countries and regions where English is not the ...

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