A total of 126 people remained on death row in Japan as of Dec. 27, 2015, according to the Ministry of Justice. It is the third straight year since 2012 that the number of inmates on death row at year-end has declined. In 2012 the number of death-row convicts at the end of the year […]
A 29-year-old woman suspected of mutilating and abandoning the corpse of a younger acquaintance at her home here was arrested on Dec. 29, police said. “There is a skull in my room, but I don’t want to say anything now,” Terumi Morishima, a self-described illustrator, was quoted as telling officers at Kadoma Police Station. The […]
Kentucky Fried Chicken may be a favorite Christmas food in Japan, but thanks to this limited-time offer, the feasting may just have to continue! The winter holidays are a time for family, presents and eating copious amounts of food. While you probably know that KFC can help you make the most of your Christmas, it can also […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 24-year-old male company employee for smearing his own excrement on a girl in Mitaka City, reports TV Asahi (Dec. 27). On December 5 at 9:45 p.m., Kenta Nagahama used a bicycle to come up from behind the girl, aged in her late teens, at an intersection and rub feces into her mouth […]
Police in Chiba Prefecture on Sunday arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of killing his grandparents. The boy, a high school student in the city of Kimitsu, turned himself in to police Saturday evening, saying he killed his grandparents. Investigators later found the bodies of his grandfather, 67, and grandmother, 64, at their house. The […]
Expected increases in building projects and overseas visitors in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics could raise Japan’s annual GDP growth by about one percent by 2018. The figure is part of an estimate that the Bank of Japan released on Monday. The central bank’s calculations assume that investment in building projects […]
Japan’s financial regulators will draft new laws to allow debit card holders to withdraw cash at supermarkets and convenience store counters. The service, called “cash-out” in some countries, is handy for areas without ATMs. In the United States, cardholders obtain funds by inputting their PIN numbers at store counters. The service has been unavailable in […]
Police arrested a popular comedian Saturday on suspicion of stealing dozens of girls’ uniforms from a Tokyo high school. Kenichi Takahashi, 44, from the comedy duo King of Comedy, was quoted by police as saying that he has committed similar thefts over 20 years to fulfill his sexual desires. Police have confiscated about 70 large […]
Tokyo police say the number of people to have their driver’s licenses revoked because of dementia continues to rise. Between January and the end of November this year, 60 people with dementia in the Tokyo metropolitan area had their licenses cancelled. The figure was 53 in 2014, and 7 in 2013. Japan’s road traffic law […]
A major international airport near Tokyo is crowded with travelers heading overseas for the New Year holidays. The annual exodus at Narita International Airport is hitting its peak on Saturday. Travelers in the departure lobby are forming long lines at check-in counters. The airport’s operator says more than 42,000 people are expected to depart for […]
