The woman, who lives in Minato Ward, received a call from a man who identified himself as her son around 11 p.m. on Jan. 7, according to Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department.

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a male Korean national from a sex-industry scouting group in Osaka Prefecture for allegedly tricking a woman into joining a prostitution ring in ...

More than 50 percent of women in Tokyo have fallen victim to “chikan” groping while riding on or waiting for trains, usually without any consequences for the perpetrator, a survey shows.

SAITAMA -- Three individuals were arrested on Jan. 16 for allegedly defrauding a Tokyo woman in her 70s of over 30 million yen (approx. $192,000) by impersonating a Japanese astronaut, according ...

OpenAI chief Altman signs deal with South Korea's Kakao after DeepSeek upset Study brings to light new picture of intimate ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 47-year-old unemployed woman on suspicion of sending approximately 16,000 messages to the official blog of actress-singer Chiemi Hori, disrupting the business of the ...

The Tokyo Olympic Games organising committee is ... His female replacement, Seiko Hashimoto, aims to have women make up 40% of the board members. The changes - just five months before the games ...

Iwamoto, 78, is suspected of committing a breach of trust, allegedly making the university fraudulently pay a total of around ...

An athlete who qualifies to compete as a woman in tennis may not meet the requirements to compete in track and field events. After the Tokyo Olympics, in November 2021, the International Olympic ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New Japan women's basketball team head coach Corey Gaines vowed Monday to restore "respect" from the world ...