In a retrial that began after he spent 45 years on death row, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was found not guilty of a 1966 ...

Iwao Hakamada, believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate, has been acquitted in a murder retrial in Japan ...

Japan has sent a destroyer through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, Japanese media reported, amid increasing military ...

Snack maker Yaokin, based in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, announced on September 24 that it will raise the price of "Umaibo" from 12 ...

Hakamada’s older sister, Hideko, has spent years campaigning to overturn her brother’s conviction (Picture: The Asahi Shimbun ...

In 2020, the Supreme Court sided with the district court and ordered a new trial. According to The Mainichi Shimbun, one of ...

Members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s Aso faction were passed off-the-books cash collected at fundraising ...

Japan's ruling LDP will choose its new president on Sept 27, to replace Japan PM Fumio Kishida. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Years before Monster Hunter World, producer Ryozo Tsujimoto says a PSP game was the series' true turning point.

A man thought to be the longest-serving death row inmate in the world has been acquitted by a Japanese court at the age of 88 ...

Candidates for Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) presidential election (from L-R), Economic security minister ...

The nine candidates vying to become prime minister have been differentiated by their stances on a law requiring married ...