Early ripening peaches have reached their harvest season in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture. These juicy, ...

Extremely hot weather hit wide areas in Japan from the Kyushu to Hokuriku regions on Monday. ... 36.1 in Kumano City, Mie Prefecture and 36 in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture.

Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who killed and dismembered nine. Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and murdered.

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

US Marine sentenced to 7 years in prison for sexual assault in Japan The sexual assault case is the latest to strain relations between residents of Japan's Okinawa Islands and U.S. servicemembers.

VICENZA, Italy—Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a former Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that contaminated ...