Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Japan

Search Intensifies in Kyoto as Shoe Believed to Belong to Missing Boy Found

Search intensifies in Kyoto Prefecture as police discovered a shoe believed to belong to a missing child. The shoe was found Sunday in a...

Ehime Prefecture Elderly Fraud Hits Record 1.2 Billion Yen in Sophisticated Scam

Record elderly fraud has struck Ehime Prefecture in western Japan. Specifically, a woman in her 80s lost approximately 1.2 billion yen to a sophisticated...

Peak Bloom at Kyoto’s Sewarite Dike Draws Visitors for 2026 Cherry Blossom Festival

Peak bloom draws visitors to a famous cherry blossom location in Kyoto Prefecture this week. Specifically, the Someiyoshino cherry trees at the Sewarite dike...

Punch the Baby Macaque Shows Growing Independence as Zoo Raises Millions in Donations

A Japanese macaque named Punch has been spending more time without his surrogate mother at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture. The 8-month-old monkey...

Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Japan Man in Hanno Triple Murder

Public prosecutors have formally requested the death penalty for a man accused of killing three family members. The demand came on Thursday during a...

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