A new study concludes excess deaths increased in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic but does not report any explosion in ...

However, holidaymakers might want to think twice before booking their summer trips, as the Atlantic Ocean island group has one of the world's highest murder rates. The archipelago recorded 103 ...

Sao Paulo, April 12 (Jiji Press)--A Brazilian man will face a jury trial for the August 2022 murder of his wife and daughter in the western Japan city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, a Brazilian ...

One popular tourist destination actually sits at the top of a grim list with one of the highest murder rates in the World. According to data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ...

In a statement released Thursday, a judge noted that there is sufficient evidence to prove his involvement in the murder case. The Brazilian court remotely took testimony from witnesses in Japan ...

But heightened market volatility and global recession fears caused by higher US tariffs are likely to keep the Bank of Japan (BOJ) from raising rates at its next policy meeting on Apr 30-May 1 ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling ...