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

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Between 2012 and 2021, the average period from the finalization of a death sentence to its execution was about seven years ...

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The incident occurred at around 3:20 p.m. in a densely packed area of Susukino, lined with multitenant buildings.

Kyodo news had reported on unconfirmed information that a parliamentary vice foreign minister had visited the shrine in 2022.

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

The planned funds will be used for making the revision widely known to the public and setting up call centers to receive ...

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

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

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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 ...