While people have been arrested in other parts of the world for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles, it had never happened in Japan before Otobe's apprehension ...

Although he’s been hit with a prison sentence, a man arrested for selling modded Nintendo Switch consoles in Japan won’t be serving jail time.

Matthew Fox, founder of media company Sweat Elite and popular YouTuber in the running community, was arrested in Osaka on ...

Famous running YouTuber arrested in Japan on drug charges - Matt Fox is one of the world’s most popular running YouTubers, ...

Japan’s choeki penalty, which mandates prison labor, has been criticized internationally. Many developed nations do not impose such a work obligation on prisoners in line with an international ...

But in recent years, another unexpected trend has been unfolding: In record numbers, elderly people in Japan are committing petty crimes so they can spend the rest of their days in prison.

The Osaka District Court has sentenced a 27-year-old unemployed man to 22 years in prison for killing his 19-year-old girlfriend in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, in 2024. According to the ruling on ...

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m). The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his ...

The company has pledged to rehabilitate the former Nara Prison into a “top-class” luxury accommodation facility, unveiling the outline of Japan’s first “prison hotel.” Yoshiharu Hoshino ...