TOKYO (TR) – An elderly man choked on a sticky mochi rice cake at a residence in Itabashi Ward on Tuesday and died, reports ...

CHIBA (TR) – A man in custody in connection with a murder-arson case in which a couple was fatally stabbed and nearby ...

As with choking accidents, many people who eat mochi are elderly. At Dr. Ishihara’s clinic, intestinal obstruction is most ...

TOKYO (TR) – Following revelations that a former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank employee stole over 1 billion yen worth of valuables ...

Early on December 24, Taichi Watanabe and the youth, 15, are suspected of driving dangerously, including ignoring traffic signals, at the “ Scramble Crossing ” in Shibuya Ward, reports TBS News (Dec.

KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a woman over the alleged killing of her son at their home in Ebina ...

SHIZUOKA (TR) – Shizuoka Prefectural Police have arrested 25-year-old woman for allegedly giving birth and abandoning the ...

With many people expected to gather for the New Year’s Eve countdown festivities, the ward sealed off the area around the ...

NAGANO (TR) – A male backcountry skier from Tokyo died on Monday after he became covered in snow and was able to move outside ...

TOKYO (TR) – The FBI and Japan’s National Police Agency revealed in a joint announcement on Tuesday that a North Korean cyber attack group is suspected in the previously announced theft of 48.2 ...

TOKYO (TR) – A taxi hit an elderly woman who was crossing the street at an intersection in Shibuya Ward on Thursday. The woman later died at a hospital, police said. At a little after 6:00 p.m., a ...

For Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the boy band SMAP and television personality, it is not clear what led to his current ...