Tomoya Yanagimoto, 28, raped and injured the girls — who were 8 to 12 years of age — between March 2016 and May 2022.

A court here has sentenced former hospital employee to life in prison for sexually assaulting 10 girls, including elementary ...

A 27-year-old man on trial over the alleged murder of a female university student he was dating has told a court here that he admits to the charges, reports Mainichi Broadcasting System (Feb. 17). At ...

Osaka police have arrested a man on suspicion of abandoning his wife’s body, despite the fact her remains have not been found ...

A man was sentenced to life in prison by a Japanese court on Tuesday for sexually assaulting 10 elementary school girls ...

It's a crime where perpetrators are often victims themselves. Cyberscam centres have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, and ...

Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a 28-year-old man on Feb. 3 on suspicion of abandoning a dismembered body found in a ...

The crime occurred in one of the busiest shopping areas in Osaka, which attracts many tourists and shoppers from Japan and abroad even on weekdays. After the incident, the area was taped off by ...

Osaka prefectural police have arrested a 28-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of dumping the body parts of a man in a mountainous area of Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture. Police said Hiroto Oki ...

OSAKA -- The Osaka District Court on Jan. 16 ordered the Japanese government to pay 400,000 yen (approx. $2,600) in compensation to a male inmate, ruling that holding him in a cell equipped with a ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A record-high 279 people were accused by Japanese police of using online casinos in 2024, more than twice ...