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Police suspect the possibility of murder and abandonment of a corpse in connection with the death of an elderly woman in Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 4, 2026
Vietnamese man hints at murdering elderly woman in Saitama
Acting on the man¡¯s statement, the Saitama Prefectural Police searched a forested area in Hanno on Saturday night and found the woman¡¯s body.
A bereaved family member said they thought the Saitama District Court's life sentence ruling on Monday was generous and that they hope the prosecutors "will quickly appeal the ruling."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2026
Man convicted of 2022 triple murder in Saitama Prefecture given life in prison
Public prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Jun Saito for murdering three members of a family in Saitama Prefecture on Christmas Day in 2022.
The death penalty has been sought for a 43-year-old man charged with killing three members of a family in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2026
Death penalty sought over triple murder in Saitama
The defendant, 43-year-old Jun Saito, is charged with killing three members of a family at their house in the city of Hanno in December 2022.
The Saitama District Court. In the first trial hearing at the court for a triple murder case on Monday, defendant Jun Saito said he did not know about the case.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 16, 2026
Man pleads not guilty to triple murder in Saitama Prefecture
According to the indictment, Jun Saito killed U.S. national William Ross Bishop Jr., his wife, Izumi Morita, and their daughter.
Kenji Yanobe¡¯s spacesuited cats are the main characters of ¡°Ship¡¯s Cat Island,¡± the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 7, 2025
What can Kenji Yanobe¡¯s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
The spacesuited felines will be familiar to those who have visited the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka or Tokyo¡¯s Ginza Six shopping complex last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2022
U.S. national killed in Saitama was a well-established businessman in Japan
William Bishop Jr. came to Japan in 1974 and eventually went on to start his own health care consultancy. He has been described as ¡°dedicated, hard-working and a real leader.¡±
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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