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Satoshi Uematsu, the man who murdered 19 people with disabilities and injured 24 others in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2016 pleaded not guilty, Kyodo reports. The 29-year-old admitted his crimes during the first hearing held at [Más]

Japan's ambassador to Lebanon Takeshi Okubo visited Lebanese President Michel Aoun to convey the "great concern" of the Japanese authorities about Carlos Ghosn's escape, Reuters reported. Okubo asked Aoun for the Lebanese government's cooperation on [Más]

In 2019, 3,215 people were killed by road accidents in Japan, according to Statistics by the National Police Agency, Japan Today reported. The figure recorded last year, an all-time low, is the lowest since information [Más]

When you think of Sony, you come to mind PlayStation or relics like the walkman, but not a car. However, the Japanese giant presented in Las Vegas its first prototype electric vehicle equipped with autonomous [Más]

On September 28, 2017, Masahiko Konno, an advisor to Chinese gambling company 500.com, pulled 22.5 million yen ($207,000) from a bank account in Hong Kong and then flew to Japan with the money. Konno landed [Más]

In April of last year, Carole Ghosn, the wife of fugitive Carlos Ghosn, denied during a statement in Tokyo District Court to meet a person whom she did know and with whom she had previously [Más]

In 2018, Japanese authorities made 620 arrests for the use or possession of residence cards for counterfeit foreigners, nearly 1.6 times more than in 2017. In the face of its increase, as well as the [Más]

In 2019 the average temperature in Japan reached its highest level since 1898, when the country began its records. The temperature exceeded the normal year level by 0.92 degrees Celsius, according to the Japan Meteorological [Más]

Japan's government has already taken steps to strengthen controls following Carlos Ghosn's escape late last year. Transport Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said large baggage of passengers on private planes should be checked in a mandatory manner, [Más]

In 2019, 5,195,216 new cars were sold in Japan, down 1.5% than in 2018, Kyodo reported. The fall recorded in 2019 was the first in three years. The causes? Demand for new vehicles slowed due [Más]

Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan was so unexpected that it baffled the Japanese highest authorities. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and Speaker Minister Yoshihide Suga confessed that he was speechless when he learned of the former [Más]

The mystery about Carlos Ghosn's escape gradually dissipates. The NHK reveals that images from security cameras are rebuilding the executive's footsteps before fleeing the country. Here are the details: On Sunday, December 29, around 2:30 [Más]

Two or three months ago, one of Carlos Ghosn's daughters met with a friend in Tokyo. During the meeting, the daughter told her that her father's freedom would come soon. When the person expressed disagreement [Más]

Peruvian Nipo Kaoru Morioka (40), an international with the Japanese Football team and so far a F League player, signed for Parrulo Ferrol, the Galician team of the Spanish League's first division. Kaoru will be [Más]

Carlos Ghosn's escape surprised his own lawyers in Japan. Predictably, they were outraged. However, somehow they understand it. One of his lawyers, Takashi Takano, wrote on his blog that he was outraged and betrayed by [Más]

Japan's former defense minister Takeshi Iwaya is one of five Japanese lawmakers who would have received one million yen ($9,200) in bribes from a Chinese company, 500.com, interested in opening a casino in Japan. At [Más]