Police later accused Yumi of murder. When explaining the incident to the press, Tokyo Metropolitan Police described Yuji as a ...

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are questioning actor Ryo Yoshizawa, 30, breaking into a neighboring apartment of his ...

TOKYO (TR) – Following revelations that a former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank employee stole over 1 billion yen worth of valuables ...

TOKYO (TR) – Authorities have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly scrawling graffiti at the Imperial Palace while it was ...

Japanese authorities had a strong sense of crisis. Investigators from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s 3rd Investigation ...

On December 20, a woman believed to be a foreigner was spotted feeding birds on display at Ueno Zoo in Taito Ward without permission. When a man saw this and warned her, the woman reportedly assaulted ...

TOKYO (TR) – Monday marked the 24th anniversary of the murders of four members of a family at their residence in Setagaya ...

TOKYO (TR) – An elderly man choked on a sticky mochi rice cake at a residence in Itabashi Ward on Tuesday and died, reports ...

CHIBA (TR) – A man in custody in connection with a murder-arson case in which a couple was fatally stabbed and nearby ...

SHIZUOKA (TR) – Shizuoka Prefectural Police have arrested 25-year-old woman for allegedly giving birth and abandoning the ...

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a woman over the alleged killing of her son at their home in Ebina ...

As with choking accidents, many people who eat mochi are elderly. At Dr. Ishihara’s clinic, intestinal obstruction is most ...