Rice prices in Japan have continued to surge since last summer's "rice crisis of the Reiwa era." Despite the government's ...

Livestreaming has become increasingly popular especially among young people in Japan in recent years, but there have been ...

Following the road collapse in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, a nationwide emergency inspection of sewer pipes discovered corrosion and other abnormalities in three locations in the prefecture. In ...

An 86-year-old man who had continued to seek a retrial over his conviction in a high-profile murder case in this eastern ...

With efforts to find a driver who fell in expected to take about three months, there is no concrete timeline in place on when such work can begin.

The fifth game of the 74th Osho shogi tournament was played in the city of Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, on March 8 and 9, and ...

A five-year-old boy was found dead in a parked car in Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture, along with his unconscious older brother and father in what police believe was a murder-suicide. According to ...

SAITAMA (TR) – There have been a series of bag-snatching incidents across the prefecture. Police recorded 12 thefts over a ...

In an online auction four years ago, Japanese dentist Yusuke Kamimura’s father purchased his first piece of Shohei Ohtani ...

The infrastructure ministry said Friday that emergency inspections on sewage pipes, which were conducted in the wake of last month's road cave-in in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, have found ...

Police in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of killing her mother by repeatedly kicking her. Police said Midori Kurata is accused of ...

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