The defense team of Hakamada Iwao, who had been acquitted of murders nearly six decades after his arrest, plans to seek ...

Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office is considering full audio and video recording of voluntary questioning, sources ...

A Japanese man acquitted of a 1966 quadruple murder in a retrial is set to file a lawsuit against the state for defamation after the prosecutor general called the ruling that found him not guilty ...

Naomi Unemoto, Japan’s first female top prosecutor, knows all too well that gaining a conviction is only one aspect of the criminal justice system. She used to think her role “was over once a ...

In April 2023, Japanese prosecutors sought a 15-year prison sentence for the perpetrator who threw an explosive device at ...

Ryuji Kimura, 25, is accused of attempted murder and other charges for throwing an explosive at then-Prime Minister Fumio ...

TOKYO — The conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide ...

Gun-related crime is rare in Japan because of strict gun control laws, but there has been a series of high-profile knife ...

(Mainichi/Kazuho Motohashi) TOKYO -- Japan's Supreme Public Prosecutors Office is considering full audio and video recording of voluntary questioning, sources told the Mainichi Shimbun. This kind ...

A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of a former American Nissan executive for helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income, while rejecting prosecutors’ bid to overturn ...