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.
A government survey shows that matchmaking apps are now the most common way for young people in Japan to find a spouse. This has officials considering how to tap social networking as a way to encourage more people to marry. (NHK)
A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in her 40s after following her on a motorcycle as she disembarked from a bus in Hachioji City, Tokyo.
Prince Akishino, his wife, and their son, Prince Hisahito, attended an entomological conference held in Kyoto Prefecture.
A teacher at a junior high school in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture, who was arrested on suspicion of secretly recording female students changing at the school where he works, has confessed that he 'did it 100 to 200 times.'