Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo.

Japan's Justice Ministry says a man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo ...

In Japan, almost everyone is cremated – which Islam strictly forbids. But Muslim migrants and converts "face opposition" when it comes to building cemeteries that can accommodate an Islamic ...