A 28-year-old woman has been arrested following Friday's discovery of a newborn baby's body at a golf course in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
A 54-year-old man was arrested after jumping onto the tracks at JR Osaki Station and attempting to flee following an accusation of molestation.
The benches under the overpass in Shinjuku Ward, originally intended for three people, now accommodate only one, following the local government's decision to screw poles into the benches in an effort to deter late-night drinkers gathering and making noise.
An explosion in an apartment in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, on Thursday night has been caught on dashcam, scattering debris and injuring three people.
A 25-year-old unemployed man has been arrested and sent to the prosecutor's office for threatening a female member of the popular idol group AKB48 with murder.
A retrial at the Tokyo High Court has resulted in an upheld guilty verdict for a former employee of the major publishing company Kodansha, who was accused of murdering his wife in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. The court dismissed the appeal by the former employee, confirming the initial 11-year prison sentence.
Six Vietnamese nationals have been arrested for allegedly cultivating approximately 1500 cannabis plants for sale in a warehouse in Ibaraki Prefecture.
A man threatened staff with a knife at Takahama City Hall in Aichi Prefecture on Tuesday, before pouring kerosine on his head and lighting it.