Prosecutors seek 17-year prison term for man over alleged murder of hostess
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Prosecution said, 'The two were merely in a pseudo-romantic relationship for the sake of sales'
Man injures himself and five others in leap in front of Keikyu train
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Man jumped from the platform and collided with the front of the train, breaking through the front glass
Woman uses pepper spray in theft of Hermes bags from Shibuya pawnshop
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Three Hermes bags are valued at 3.9 million yen, police said

Two corpses found in Nagoya home
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Authorities found two bodies on the first and second floors
Nagoya teacher ‘used school’s digital camera’ to take underwear shots of girls
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Third party now searching for hidden cameras in the school that staff have not yet found
Nagoya and Yokohama teachers suspected of taking illicit photos of students and sharing online
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspects allegedly shared the images in a social networking group whose members are other teachers

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How Japan Is Gradually Rethinking Cannabis

By Balco Barry on June 6, 2025

Despite some of the strictest cannabis laws in the industrialised world, Japan is quietly undergoing a cultural shift

Suspect in girl’s bar stabbing dined with victim two days before incident
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Ichiro Yamashita had a knife in each of his hands as he attacked two female employees at a hostess bar in Hamamatsu City
Aomori priest, decorated cop accused of raping 17-year-old girl
By Mieko Shimizu
Incident took place in a rental room in Aomori Prefecture last November
Mei Nagano’s reported two-timing could impact commercial endorsements
By Kenji Nakano
One ad exec said, 'If this is her true nature, her sponsors will be shocked'

Miki Sudo takes women’s title in Nathan’s hot dog contest
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Sudo said of her failure to eclipse the record she set last year, 'I'll improve my technique and eat more next year'
JP Dragon head nabbed outside Manila
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Authorities apprehended Ryuji Yoshioka outside the capital Manila during a raid of the suspect's birthday party
Japanese man wanted in ’95 Tokyo cafe robbery detained in Philippines
By Tokyo Reporter Staff
Suspect allegedly worked with accomplices to stab the manager of a game cafe in Ota Ward and steal 700,000 yen