Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as ...

Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun has alleged that Fuji TV has long exploited its female announcers to entertain stars such as ...

Three individuals were arrested on Jan. 16 for allegedly defrauding a Tokyo woman in her 70s of over 30 million yen (approx.

A Japanese woman has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of concealing the birth of a baby girl by ...

Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American ...

A Chinese court deemed the death penalty as appropriate in view of the 'extremely heinous' nature of the crime, which resulted in the death of a bus attendant.

Not so for 80-year-old Naoko Nishimoto of Nagasaki, whose sole choice of transportation for 25 years was a Mazda RX-7. A ...

A Japanese woman pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to a charge of concealing the birth of a baby girl by dumping the infant in ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai announces retirement after sexual misconduct allegations - ‘I will continue to face my ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star in the band SMAP, announced today that he was retiring to ...

Japan's Fuji Television said it will open an investigation into a high-profile sex scandal linked to one of the country's top celebrities ...

A Thai woman, who was arrested in Japan for an immigration offence, died in Japanese police custody on Sunday, January 12.