Public prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Jun Saito for murdering three members of a family in Saitama Prefecture ...

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A Japanese district court Monday sentenced a man to an indefinite prison term for murdering three members of a family, including a U.S. citizen, in the city of Hanno in Saitama Prefecture, north of ...

SAITAMA—A 43-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison on March 16 for the murder of three neighbors at their home in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, on Christmas Day in 2022.

SAITAMA, Japan >> At an increasing number of stores and restaurants across Japan, customers are able to provide children with ...

Visitors are flocking to a cherry blossom festival featuring an early-blooming variety at a riverside park in Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

Following the road collapse in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, a nationwide emergency inspection of sewer pipes discovered corrosion and other abnormalities in three locations in the prefecture. In ...

A body believed to be an elderly woman was discovered on Friday inside a metal drum at a recycling company in the city of Yoshikawa, Saitama Prefecture. The discovery was made after an employee called ...

Police on Sunday arrested a 42-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury and violation of the Road Traffic Act (hit-and-run) after he plowed into a group of elementary school ...

A large sinkhole swallowed a truck Tuesday after appearing at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, with local authorities working round the clock to rescue a trapped man believed to be the ...

A Japanese district court Monday sentenced a man to an indefinite prison term for murdering three family members, including a U.S. citizen, in the city of Hanno in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, ...