Starting November 1, Japan's revised Road Traffic Act will designate the use of mobile phones and cycling under the influence of alcohol as dangerous acts, requiring violators to attend a course at a licensing center.
A massive tomato spill covering the Tohoku Expressway led to a temporary road closure on the morning of August 28. The spill, estimated at around 13 tons, turned the highway bright red.
A 68-year-old surf school coach was swept away off the coast of Chigasaki City in Kanagawa Prefecture yesterday evening while attempting to rescue students. Authorities are currently searching for the missing man.
A Chinese influencer accused of defacing a stone pillar at Yasukuni Shrine with graffiti is now under investigation by Chinese police for separate charges.
A Yomiuri Shimbun employee has been arrested on the spot for assaulting a man who was skateboarding.
A mother in her 30s has been arrested in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, for allegedly striking her elementary school-aged daughter once on the head while the child was studying at home on Saturday night.
As Kumamoto Prefecture battles an outbreak of norovirus among people who played in the waters at ‘Todoroki Falls’ in Amakusa City, water quality tests have uncovered the virus in the surrounding area.
A male high school teacher in Saitama City has been arrested for allegedly installing a small camera in the dressing room of a school dormitory to secretly film female students.