China to require visas for tourists from Japan

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 31-year-old daughter of the couple whose burnt bodies were found in a mountain area in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, this April. She is the 7th person arrested in the double-murder case. (NHK)

A former breeder in Saitama Prefecture has been arrested on suspicion of killing dogs that were deemed non-reproductive by sealing them in bags.

Authorities in Japan have warned people not to go up Mount Fuji before it's safe to do so. They've seen four climbers die at a time when the trails are still closed to hikers. (NHK)

A 26-year-old truck driver from Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, has been arrested on suspicion of forgery and other charges after allegedly impersonating a police officer using a fake police ID.

For over four hundred years, our nations have inspired each other, learning from each other’s experience and enriching our industries, cuisines and cultures with elements borrowed and shared.’ In his State Banquet speech, The King spoke of the deep roots of the relationship between the UK and Japan. (The Royal Family)

Rei Fukuoka, a 27-year-old popular YouTuber with blonde-tipped, braided hair, boasting 160,000 subscribers, has been arrested on suspicion of regularly assaulting a man with whom she lived, including pouring boiling water on his face, and attacking him with a hot frying pan.

A roaming monkey sparked a wild goose chase on Wednesday in a residential area of Tokyo, running amok in local vegetable patches while evading capture by police and residents.

Osaka Prefectural Police have sent a Chinese national to prosecutors for allegedly riding an electric suitcase on a sidewalk, marking the first such case in Japan.