Japan's consumer affairs watchdog has seen a recent increase in consultations about ongoing subscription charges for deceased ...

In an interview, Mr. Kitade described how the passport photograph, signed Zosia, with a note ... death camps. The visas he painstakingly wrote by hand were not officially sanctioned by the ...

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation this week following his acquittal ...

“On this note, it was labeled as a ‘death list’ and there were four students within the classroom on this death list, and also another staff member,” she said. She said the note included ...

A Japanese court has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church over its connection to the death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The shock killing of Japan’s Prime ...

Wakayama (Japan) (AFP) – Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a ...

Only five retrials have been granted in Japan's post-war history for death row prisoners, all resulting in exoneration. The latest was for 89-year-old Hakamata, who in September was acquitted of a ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout represents 12,500 ...

Only five retrials have been granted in Japan's post-war history for death row prisoners, all resulting in exoneration. The latest was for 89-year-old Hakamada, who in September was acquitted of a ...

Police in Shizuoka City have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 72-year-old mother. According to police, Eiki Ozawa is accused of stabbing his mother, Hizuru Kiyoshi, in ...

Waiting for us at the front of a ground floor apartment is Hisayoshi Joto of the Japan Association of Memento Organization (JAMO), one of thousands of private entities that provides professional ...