The attack remains one of the most shocking atrocities in Japan, a country known for its low crime rates. The cult, Aum Shinrikyo or Supreme Truth, has since disbanded. Its founder, Shoko Asahara ...

Japan's homicide rate has been steadily decreasing since the ... and the stigma of arrest for any crime in Japanese society. Check out this chart that shows how Japan stacks up against other ...

Our members in Japan are scared. They’re apologizing for something they didn’t do. They are worried that their families will ...

Troubled by problems at home, he is believed to have left Japan for Thailand with an airline ticket procured by the crime group and smuggled into Myanmar. He said he worked under the surveillance of ...

"The yakuza used to have their own code of rules called 'suji'," explains lawyer Morohashi Yoshitomo, who was once himself a member of a yakuza crime syndicate. "But they've started to turn to ...

BANGKOK—Six Japanese nationals are being held captive in a “crime hub” for special fraud in eastern Myanmar near the border with Thailand, according to a nongovernmental organization.