A municipal government employee in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, was arrested Thursday after parts of his wife's body were found inside an incinerator in the animal crematorium at the popular Asahiyama Zoo.

Police in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, on Friday appealed to the public for any information that might help apprehend the person or persons who killed a 15-year-old girl in 2008. Each year (except ...

Police in Nagoya have arrested two men after they got out of a car which they crashed while being chased by a patrol car in Nagoya. The incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. in Nakagawa Ward on ...

A man remains at large after allegedly striking two high school students with a hammer and spraying an unknown substance at multiple police officers on Wednesday morning, police said. The incident ...

Police in Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of attempting to kill his 24-year-old wife. According to police, the man, who says he is a construction worker ...

Police in Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido, have arrested a 55-year-old man after he told them he was planning to kill three work colleagues. According to police, the man, who is a company employee, ...

Police in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of unlawfully confining a woman in a car and assaulting her. According to police, the man is suspected of ...