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Back to SearchBody Believed to Have Passed 15 Years Since Death Found in Freezer
A severed body believed to have passed nearly 15 years since death has been found in a freezer in an apartment in Kobe, the capital of Hyogo Prefectu…
14 hours ago
Japan Ruling Bloc to Revise Secondary Capital Bill
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with Hirofumi Yoshimura, leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the junior coalition partner of her Liberal…
15 hours ago
German Defense Giant Eyes Production Base in Japan
Major German defense company Rheinmetall AG told Jiji Press on Monday that it aims to cooperate with Japanese firms, with an eye toward setting up it…
16 hours ago
Canada's Brookfield to Promote AI Investments in Japan
The head of the Japan unit of major Canadian asset management firm Brookfield Corp. has voiced plans to promote investments in artificial intelligenc…
17 hours ago
Diet Leaders OKs Draft of Imperial House Law Revisions
The leaders of the Diet on Monday broadly approved a government draft of revisions to the Imperial House Law and other legislation aimed at ensuring …
19 hours ago
Japan PM Updates Shared via Public Affairs Secretary on X
Kozo Saiki, Japan's cabinet secretary for public affairs, has been actively sharing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's daily updates on an X account lau…
19 hours ago
6 Held for Allegedly Trying to Smuggle 1-B.-Yen Gold from China
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department has arrested six people for allegedly trying to smuggle 49 kilograms of gold bars worth about 1,075 million ye…
20 hours ago
PM Takaichi to Submit Aide's Account on Scandals
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday expressed her intention to submit a document summarizing her aide's explanations over the campaign v…
21 hours ago
Honor-Restoring Ceremony for Leprosy Patients Held in Tokyo
A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to restore the honor of leprosy patients in Japan, who had suffered severe discrimination based on the governm…
21 hours ago
Woman Gets 27 Yrs for Hokkaido High School Student Murder
A district court in Hokkaido, northern Japan, sentenced a 23-year-old woman on Monday to 27 years in prison over a high-profile murder case in which …
22 hours ago