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Japanese police sent papers to prosecutors on Tuesday accusing a smoker of causing a fire that killed two firefighters in the western city of Osaka in August last year. The Osaka prefectural police de ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Toyama Prefecture have arrested the 53-year-old suspect who broadly admitted the allegations against him. ( read original story ...)

A man in central Japan has been arrested on suspicion of preparing to carry out a random killing in Tokyo, police said. Katsumi Mori, 53, of Namerikawa, Toyama Prefecture, was quoted by police as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's custody laws have changed for the first time in decades, allowing divorced parents to share legal responsibility for their children. ( read original story ...)

The man said he began experiencing abdominal pain on June 29 while in police custody in Tokyo, and he was pronounced dead on July 2, with police not publicly stating the cause. ( read original story ...)

Hatonomori Hachiman Shrine is celebrating a Bon Odori festival on the evenings of July 17 and 18. You can expect food stalls set up by local businesses, as well as games and activities for children. ( read original story ...)

By Leika Kihara and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO, July 14 (Reuters) - Japanese policymakers on Tuesday flagged the possibility of changes to the asset allocation of the nation's giant state pension funds, though they offered no clues on the timing or scale of any shift. ( read original story ...)

South Korea, the United States and Japan are discussing joint small modular reactor projects to strengthen Indo-Pacific energy security. ( read original story ...)

Though the impact of Zentoshin’s sudden bankruptcy is limited, it’s a setback for Japan, which only recently shed its notorious cash-only image. ( read original story ...)

A Turkish man arrested over an immigration-related violation died from an illness during detention at a Tokyo police station earlier ... ( read original story ...)

A man in central Japan has been arrested on suspicion of preparing to carry out a random killing in Tokyo, police said. ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo ward has installed outdoor AI cameras with facial recognition capabilities to help locate missing children and elderly people, a move aimed at improving public safety but also raising privacy ... ( read original story ...)

The investigation says that after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Western countries expelled hundreds of suspected Russian spies and imposed sweeping export restr ... ( read original story ...)

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne ever slimmer. ( read original story ...)

Police in Sapporo City have arrested a 33-year-old man who confessed to brutally bludgeoning his younger girlfriend to death with a hammer ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber has begun supplying its Advan Sport V107 tires as original equipment for the BMW iX3 battery-electric vehicle (BEV). ( read original story ...)