Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY/NAGOYA, Japan -- A Chinese organization allegedly used a base in Japan to smuggle chemicals to make the synthetic drug fentanyl for the U.S., a Nikkei investigation has found.

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

Japan expressed opposition Monday to the European Union's possible proposal for regulating international trade in all eel species under the Washington Convention, the Fisheries Agency has said. If ...

Japan remains the only non-European country in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index top 20, but has lost ground on its previous ranking, according to a U.N.-initiated list released ...

Online rumors that a major earthquake will hit Japan on July 5 have no scientific basis, but their spread in Hong Kong and elsewhere has led to some prospective tourists staying away.

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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered a… ...

A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. Marine to seven years in prison after convicting him of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman on Okinawa.

A death row inmate convicted of killing nine people was executed on Friday morning.

Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador to Russia, is leaving Moscow, her embassy said on Friday, noting she had served through one of the most strained periods in relations between Moscow and Washington.