A mother, who reportedly got tired of looking after her bedridden daughter, has been accused of suffocating her child to death in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on Wednesday, April 13. 

A man who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 64-year-old homeless woman in 2020 allegedly killed himself while he was out on bail in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, April 8.

The former Japanese Princess Mako, who gave up her royal title to marry her college sweetheart, is reported to be working on a new exhibit with the people at the Met in New York.

A man who was caught stealing a car navigation system from an apartment complex parking lot allegedly blamed Vladimir Putin after getting arrested in the Aoba Ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday, March 30.

A Japanese woman who tried to leave her country using her dead mother's passport was arrested on suspicion of corpse abandonment in Tochigi Prefecture, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, March 24.

A woman reportedly drowned her 88-year-old ailing mother to death in a river before trying to drown herself in an apparent murder-suicide attempt in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan on Thursday, March. 24.

A 4-year-old boy reportedly died after he was hit and run over by a car driven by an 80-year-old woman in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan on Saturday, March 19. 

A woman reportedly left her newborn baby in a toilet bowl unattended for nine hours after giving birth inside a lavatory in Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan on Wednesday, March 9.

A man has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death in 2020 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

A mummified mermaid-like creature that is worshipped by a local Japanese temple is being investigated by a team of scientists on Thursday to find out more about its origins and true nature.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his classmate in the neck with a knife, while the victim was walking a corridor inside campus premises in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan on Thursday, Feb. 17.

Princess Yoko, a member of Japan's royal family, was hospitalized on Tuesday due to complications related to COVID-19, the latest royal to contract the virus.

A 60-year-old elementary school principal was caught filming up a woman's skirt at a convenience store in Higashi Ward, Japan on Tuesday, Feb. 1.

A woman has pleaded guilty to parental neglect resulting in the death of her three-year-old daughter after she left the toddler alone at home for a week in 2020 while she went to spend time with her boyfriend. 

A 66-year-old man was arrested for holding three people hostage and killing one of them who was reportedly shot in Japan.

A 34-year-old man reportedly attacked his ex-girlfriend and stabbed her 54-year-old current boyfriend to death in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday night, Jan. 25. However, just 30 minutes after committing the crime, the man suspiciously died in a fire accident at his own apartment located barely 10 kilometers away from the crime scene.

A dismembered corpse was found inside a suitcase abandoned at a former golf course in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

An Uber Eats delivery man has been indicted over the death of a 78-year-old man last year in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan.

A man, who grew tired of looking after his 92-year-old mother, allegedly suffocated her to death before taking his own life by hanging in Kyoto, Japan on Monday. Jan. 10.

At least two fast-food chains are experiencing supply shortages of fresh chicken and french fries, citing the impacts of worldwide staff shortages as Omicron spreads and a massive flood near the Port of Vancouver in Canada.

A Japanese woman sued the sperm donor of her second child on Wednesday after she found out that he lied about his background to her, forcing her to put the child up for adoption.

A woman allegedly strangled her ailing 90-year-old mother to death because she was worn out from looking after her.

A 42-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly locked his 2-month-old baby inside a freezer to perform a twisted prank on the infant. The incident happened inside a hotel room in Fukuoka City, Japan between April 15 and 16, 2021.

Police in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, nabbed a man onboard a passenger train after he reportedly proclaimed he tested positive for COVID-19, a move that he thought would allow him to sit comfortably and alone in one of its carriages.

A Japanese man was arrested on Wednesday after he was found to have faked the signature of a woman who didn't know him in order to get married to her.

A 67-year-old man allegedly stabbed his son's friend while they were having a drinking party on New Year’s Eve.

A Japanese mother allegedly killed her 9-year-old son by pushing him from the 23rd floor of a Tokyo hotel in a suspected murder-suicide attempt.

Two brothers in Japan reportedly kept their father's death a secret and lived with his remains in their house for over two years to continue receiving his pension money.

A mother allegedly killed her newborn son by throwing him from the second floor of a building.

An unemployed man allegedly killed his 88-year-old mother by stabbing her multiple times with a knife at their home in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.